Audipilot1

Correction 24v.

Sorry folks for keeping you hanging. Busy day working. Turns out that the cigarette lighter was 20v just like the rest of the plane. The adaptor was 12v. The friend flying has over 20 years experience flying and was a bit shocked as am I that there was a plug in the plane for an adaptor and it wasn't 12v. Im not aware of any stratus or phone adapters that are 20v so I'm not sure what purpose the outlet even has. Moral of the story is everyone should be aware of the power output of their adaptor ports. Such a simple thing and oversight could have turned out much worse.

My friend has a newer M20j ( I actually think it was the last produced before Mooney shut down) with an all glass panel and pretty fantastic avionics. On a trip yesterday he had his iPad plugged into the cigarette lighter and the charger caught fire with sparks flying everywhere. Fortunately he pulled out the plug before the situation got worse. The same thing occurred with his stratus charger. We now know what the issue was and are completely in shock. I'm curious if others have an idea what caused this?

Thanks... We got a PASS today! I happened to shoot that approach....ILS Though.

Thanks everyone for their input. This has been a nice introduction to the forum and a great help in clearing up my confusion.

It's quite fun breaking out that low and the runway is right there. Unfortunately for me, breaking out has meant taking my foggles off. Haha.

Yup exactly! Now that I have about 50 hours instrument in a Piper Arrow (with a garmin 430) it will be a big learning curve jumping to my 231 which has a GNS 480 once I pass my check ride.

AHA.... I think I get it now. MAP "is" 5.9 for localizer, however, the VDP (which is what is asterisked) is at 4.9. THANK YOU.

Yes with timing.

Yes , I see this, however take a look at the timing chart where it notes 5.9 between FAF and MAP. That's my confusion because I see the asterisk you reference and that is only 4.9 FAF to MAP.

Yes, I meant for 32. Mixed that up. Ere isn't timing or dme on the ils so why does that say 5.9 when the profile view asterisked at 4.9?

I'm taking my IFR check ride on Saturday and I'm just at a loss for determining what the MAP is for the localizer approach to runway 4 at ksby. If you look at the attached approach plate you'll see timing and a distance of 5.9 from FAF to MAP. However, if you look at the profile view there is an asterisk at 1.9 DME which is only 4.9 from the FAF. SO is the MAP 4.9 or 5.9 from the FAF? Thanks very much for your response.... This is driving me crazy.