ArtVandelay

My PCP is a pilot, so that makes it a lot easier. Also my checkups mostly consist of us talking about aviation.

Does no one check the fuel pressure before starting?

For those of us that fly in the south where air is warm and humidity is high, our performance will not match our northern counterparts. I routinely see a 10 knot difference in TAS between flights in PA (where he is) and flights in FL. Our engines are not making rated HP in hot and moist air, if you want bragging rights, move to where it’s cold and dry.

You’re assuming the instrument is correct on a 60 year old plane.

I did the same thing and removed the annunciator. You’ll need engine monitoring to substitute for the fuel low and voltage lights not to mention the engine instruments, get rid of the vacuum pump, and then it’s just gear lights. Be aware the nav lights dimming circuit for gear down light.

Looks like the red annunciator light below the gear down light is on as well, can’t read the label of what it is.

Hey, that’s hitting close to home.

Horsepower is same for all years. 1.Many older Js including mine have been updated with the 2 mag engine, winglets, removing ram air, etc to really make assumptions based on the year. 2.There’s too many variables to really subdivide Js into different years; Engine time, avionics, etc.

You would get an extra 10 knots in a J, so that’s an extra 30 nm over a 3 hour trip. You also would be able to carry more fuel, more range. If you want to take 5-6 hour trips without stopping, having plenty of fuel leftover, a J would save you a lot of time.

I had the same problem, same solution.

I had this happen, the door didn’t flop around, IIRC it just stayed open.

Here are the average of prices for Js on controller, slight decline. $ Date # 166140 02/17/24 22 165409 03/09/24 21 165800 03/24/24 22 167039 03/28/24 21 169032 04/09/24 22 170165 04/13/24 20 169760 04/20/24 20 159537 05/21/24 20 163797 05/23/24 21 163803 05/27/24 21 162422 05/28/24 21 162380 05/31/24 19 164374 06/20/24 21 161653 06/29/24 20 165210 07/07/24 20 162013 07/21/24 22 165115 08/12/24 20 157711 08/25/24 18 167902 09/02/24 21 163297 09/12/24 23 162518 09/21/24 24 163522 10/04/24 23 156234 10/31/24 19 156852 12/23/24 25 152442 01/19/25 26 154118 02/02/25 26 156345 02/16/25 26 155668 03/30/25 25 160621 04/16/25 26 158166 05/02/25 25 157868 05/15/25 26 162855 06/03/25 26 164928 06/18/25 27 155852 08/08/25 25 161675 08/20/25 25 157996 09/24/25 22

I keep track of the Js, they’ve averaged around $160k (listed) for past 2 years, fairly stable.

It’s recently flown a 3 hour flight which is a good sign.

I put in a second lighter socket on left side, so only a short 1’ cable is needed. This is also far away from the radio, the right one is right next to my radio stack. No interference issues. My PS radio also has a UCB-C power port as well. I like the idea of sockets, in case USB-X becomes the new standard, or I want to use a non USB device (starlink, laptop, etc)