Jim Peace

The 1964 C that I own will take 20-30 minutes to remove the cowling.....if you are lucky....so many screws you cannot count them....

you can't remove or install the cheeks and the top in 5 minutes....unless you have 6 people working it at the same time...The two bolts in the front that hold the top on that need to be removed near the air inlet take about 10-15 minutes each to remove....

I have a C and 90% of the labor to change my oil is removing the cowling and re installing....

I consider myself pretty tech savvy, at least with user interfaces with avionics. I have FF with a full Garmin panel. GTN, 510 etc...I have to have GP for the database stuff and every now and then I try to use GP and there is no way it's going to happen. FF requires no reading and very little practice to figure out, intuitive to say the least. GP I should probably take a class or I can spend a week buried in the app and let the rest of my life waste away...not worth it. I cant even create a flight plan in GP and then to edit it makes me want to just through the iPad across the room...

Where does the plane live?

After my new panel install at XXX services I tipped each mechanic and the logbook sticker girl a 200 dollar gift card at the best steakhouse in town. 1000 in total...in return I was almost killed twice and also suffered a most embarrassing mx failure flight cancelation. The Japanese have the right idea.....

Flying in the winter with no palm tress around? Thats just plane crazy.......

Just live in Florida.........problem solved

curious when the mag inspection was done last?

I have a C with the Stec30 w/ Alt hold. It hold altitude to the foot.....very happy with it.... Came with the airplane...

See and be seen.....get a nice new bright LED....

Wow 4 pages in this thread. Don’t have time to read it all but to the OP maybe a bit of marvel mystery oil. That stopped an oil issue I was having. It was just a stuck ring in the spot that caused more oil usage. Problem was solved in about 10 hours. Used it in the oil and the gas.

Do insurance companies care if you are flying a plane out of annual? I did it years ago and never thought of insurance.

if you are doing G5's dont forget to flush!!

Albert Whitted