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yep...just private message me and we can lay out what you want...ie, colors, tailnumber, ship to, etc

Hey All, I've been prototyping this with the Beechtalk community and thought it might be a good idea to post here....The short story on how this came to be was I was thinking about spark plug maintenance and decided to make a plug holder. I couldn't keep the cylinder numbers and the rotation order clear in my head and wound up making and 3D printing this thing that turned out to be pretty handy during spark plug cleaning, gapping and rotating. Here are the highlights - after many iterations : - Continental and Lycoming versions - 6 Cyl and 4 Cyl engines - Works with Champion and Tempest plugs (although they are the same size...they have different geometries) - Flex TPU insert/liner holds the plug snug - Grip slots on the bottom - With or without N number added - Measures just under 8"x 8" Some pics attached I can make more .... just message me. ....Brian D.

MinneMooney, I have not had any issues after receiving the new hardware ( PN: 910-00101-001 A ) back in Feb '20. Put about 40 hours on since then. IMHO, if you want to go with the E5, work with a shop that is agreeable to installing it.

It was all the E5....seems solid now and it actually initiates faster and more consistently too.

I should add...I've put on about 6 hours since installing the new E5 configuration.

Still solid with E5 - New Unit + New 2.11 SW.....just bought the TAS, OAT, GPS Annuc. and Winds Aloft unlock for the E5

There have been lots of E5 / Aspen posts lately and just wanted to get an update out there. Aspen delivered an updated E5 ( with the new 2.11 software ) to my shop and was able to get it installed today. I have just 30 min on the new unit but no issues so far....Aspen has been responsive to the issue and feels like we are moving forward.

@Baker Avionics I'm assuming this is *not* the "latest and greatest" ?

I was looking pretty hard at the AV-20...the price differential between the 20 and 30 isnt that much but either would fit the bill.

Sure thing...Thank you for taking a look.

I am pretty sure the ifd is set to to talk to aspen via ARINC 429

So, over the weekend and thanks to these aviation forums...I've been able to connect with 3 other Aspen E5 users having the same random in-flight reset issue. One thing in common is that all four of us are using the avidyne ifd440. maybe a coincidence? but worth noting. It does seem like E5 is being "told" to be reset by "something"....ie, I don't see any red Xs, error messages, shift to battery or anything in the log that indicate something failed and required a reset....the reset behaves the same if I just flipped the switch other than the normal "shutdown in progress" message you get when you do flip the switch.

yep...same here....puts a real crimp on flying. I'm not giving up though and looking to get this fixed....Aspen has been in this business a long time and I would expect that they will be able to figure it out. On a side note....I am looking real hard at the uAvionix AV-30 as a backup once it gets certified.

I did remove the VAC system as NJMac mentioned....I don't have the ea100 but I do have the ACU.

my ifd440 is on 10.2.2.0

That is interesting...so far, I've been able to find 4 Aspen E5 customers with this issue....all seem to have ifd440s Not saying that is it but its just interesting.

@jma201 .... I see that you are an Aspen E5 user, as am I. Have you ever experienced any issues described in this post ?

@NJMac .... Did you ever get a resolution on this. I have a very similar situation I've been chasing almost all year with my E5. here:

That is it !!! .... Thanks, I'll post there and see if a resolution was found.

Thanks for the welcome carusoam...yes, looking back it has been painful but as I was going through it I really believed it was "fixed" each time a replacement came in. I will continue to look for aspen related threads and hopefully someone can help shed some light on this.

Earlier this year I took the plunge and did an avionics upgrade that included a new avidyne ifd440 and a new Aspen E5. Unfortunately, since then my new Aspen E5 has been performing poorly in the 9 months since installation. I recently found and reached out to another Aspen E5 customer that is going through similar problems with his new Aspen E5....I am looking to see if other Aspen E5 customers are experiencing similar issues to help find the root cause. While Aspen has been responsive in trying to resolve the issue I will describe below.....I am posting here to try and get the word out to see if others are experiencing the same problems with the Aspen E5 to see if the community can shed some more light on what is going on with the Aspen E5. **** So, here goes ::::: I'm now on my 3rd Aspen E5 unit since Feb 2019. I've had 3 in-flight E5 restarts ( 1 on each E5 )...the E5 just goes blank and reset as if it was normal: 1st reset) On final approach to rwy in Feb - approach power/RPM, gear going down:::E5 replaced by Aspen in Mar 2nd reset) In cruise at ~8k ft in Sept - cruise power/RPM:::E5 replaced again by Aspen + New (blue) shielded RSM cable Nov - cable length less than 12 feet. 3rd reset) On departure at ~5k ft in Dec - high power/RPM:::Logs downloaded and sent to Aspen. Logs seem clean to me but Aspen has yet to review and make a root cause determination Some background info: - I've flown about 80 hours since original E5 install - E5 is just connected to an ifd440 and an Stec-30 via the Aspen ACU - I have the original 910-00003-002 RSM (E5/Top Mount) installed - I get no indication on anything in the plane that a reset is pending...ie, dim lights, GPS error, etc - Seems that there is no correlation in the events for the in-flight reset - I reviewed the logs sent to Aspen....I can see nothing other than what appear to be normal bootups - I have looked at the disgnotics page and see nothing out of what I would expect to be normal - E5 MAP software was 2.10 during all of this - E5 has a backup battery but never "goes to battery", ie like in a loss of power situation - There is no ADSB-In info being fed into the system...I use a portable stratus and ipad/foreflight for weather/traffic. If anyone has any ideas or has experienced any E5 issues, please feel free to reply.