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I’ve been staying in touch with the Surefly folks. Today they sent me the below. They need some help with a certification survey. I did it and it’s real quick. Hope they’re done quick! Dear Future SureFly Customer, In order to permit aircraft owners the use of SureFly's advance timing feature, we are required to first collect the average CHT and Oil Temp in both climb and cruise configurations for stock configured certified aircraft series (for example, Cessna 172). We need your help in obtaining this information. Please go to www.surefly.aero/survey and complete the survey.

2-3” down from full should leave significant blue stains somewhere. Significant. You sure it was full, level, and nobody had access?

I’ll try that, thanks!

Ok, I looked at the LED torpedo conversion instructions a couple years ago and thought it was pretty nice, but I don’t have a lot of time for it and my soldering skills are lacking... has anyone found an LED bulb that can function in the torpedo lights as they were originally designed? Unmodified? I bought some a while back and the bulb part was too big to seat in the torpedo properly. As for the overhead/baggage light, is anyone using the “67” light mentioned earlier? Is it working well?

Definitely not the normal gear airspeed safety switch. That’s a big brass diaphragm connected to the pitot line right behind the airspeed indicator.

Huh, wouldn’t have thought they would change that mid year, but don’t think mine has been mod’d. Guess they did what they want, when they wanted to!

I’ve got a 68F and it’s green up to 175mph. Was it just the short bodies that had the lower green? Definitely can descend in the yellow... cruise power, trim for 500fpm descent, you’ll be yellow arc below 10,000’ or so. I’m usually cruising up around 10k though, so more like 130 or 140 mph indicated in level flight.

I have 201 windshield, no access plates. The fill tube/valve runs through the firewall and is easily accessible with top cowl off.

It’s not something simple like oil cooler and intake manifold design/location is it?

Mine drips on my foot occasionally, so I know there’s fluid in it!

Awesome, thanks! Good to know it’s an option for turbo as well. At least it should have less maintenance than traditional mags for them.

Just to be clear, the Surefly is built for NA (Normally Aspirated) engines. Both carbureted and injected engines can be NA. Turbo engines are not. Surefly is just fine on IO-360s... when it’s finally approved.

Interesting that your 68F has a retractable step... my 68F has a fixed step. Sn 68-0164. 2xG5s would mean my vacuum sys is gone completely.

After reading about your brake saga, I want to give my mechanic a hug. He’s worked on them twice, repaired the parking brake valve and bled them several times. Through it all, I’ve had decent (or better) brake pressure. I’m gonna blame this hug on you because he looks like grizzly Adams and ain’t gonna like it.

Well I don’t wanna be the one to find out.

Not judging anyone, but I’m gonna keep draining and sumping both tanks and gascolater each flight - airplane is hangared too. I wouldn’t feel comfortable flying with someone who didn’t. Maybe it’s habit, maybe it’s being checklist nazi, maybe it’s not even required. However, I dump back clean tank fuel when I visually check tanks and drain minimal amount on ground from colater. Gascolater is drained before walk around in case it sticks and drips, it’s easy to see and reset.

Can you download from the engine monitor and post data egt, cht, ff, etc when it’s happening? I had a valve starting to stick last year and noticed it airborne and with the engine monitor before I noticed it on startups. Maybe that was just me not noticing... Egt on that cylinder went up about 100 degrees above where it was set in cruise. When that happens, could also be a mag/spark issue on that cylinder causing single plug to fire as in a mag check.

Geez, we all have different cables and knobs on the RAM. Mine is a 68F, and has tge squeeze to open knob type. I’m no mechanic, so not exactly sure how these go in there, but there a very small, like almost microscopic ball bearings that go into the locking mechanism somehow. Easy to lose...

Well if you’re going to need new waas antenna, maybe new xponder antey, new antenna wiring and connection to your audio panel, gps, etc, it can be pretty major surgery for one small box.

Got you some better 430 traffic pictures and iPad mounted pictures. I concede that there may be more traffic in socal than Spokane. Ram mount screwed into the panel works well. 14,500’, 175 Kts ground, 9.1gph (ROP) isn’t bad for an F! (Yeah, there was a strong wind!)

And all the prices Marauder quotes are just equipment... you’ll need significant install, new waas antenna, etc. Potentially 1.5 or 2 times the equipment cost. thats what makes wingtip/tailbeacon so attractive. Install easy, no new antenna.

Also, if you’re getting out only and your 430 isn’t waas, it’s not going to integrate with the 430 at all. You need to decide if you really need adsb in on the 430. Probably in the 5-10 AMU range installed. I have that, it’s useable, but is it really necessary with aall the same info on your iPad? Probably not. Or you can keep getting adsb in on the stratux and iPad while using a much cheaper solution for adsb out compliance. Like maybe 2 AMUs for wingtip light solution.

He doesn’t need a waas ifr gps though, just an adsb solution with waas in it - like tailbeacon or wingtip or gtx 345 with its own gps, etc...

@gsxrpilot, you hurt my feelings! The 430 display actually works pretty well for nearby traffic! Agree that wx is shit on it. yes, when you get adsb out, it triggers the towers to zap you your own adsb traffic puck. Although in socal you’re probably getting enough piggy back traffic that it might not appear much different. Ram mini ipad mount, right side. Right above usb ports in cig lighter. Yes I see I’m flying at 9,700’. No, I have no idea why. It was a long time ago. And yes, I see little mermaid is on the iPad instead of traffic on foreflight. My 3 year old is riding shotgun!

Do the Tailbeacon or wingtip Uavix solution for adsb. Super cheap, easy install, has it’s own waas. You won’t get anything on your 430, but your ipad/stratus/sentry can be panel mounted and wired into the electrical or cigarette lighter. Yeah, this won’t display on your 430, but saves you about $5-8 (waas upgrade and new xponder) AMUs which you can save up for your instrument rating. The nonwaas 430 is perfect for instruments in socal!