blaine beaven

Thanks everyone! I think it is, as suggested, just too accurate of data. I’m glad to hear it’s not uncommon, so I’ll simply continue to monitor for any abnormal indications.

Hi all, I just got my 1978J with IO-360-A3B6 back from a full panel upgrade - G3X, GTN650xi, GNC355, GFC500, etc. I'm really enjoying all of the data from the EIS system. One thing I have noticed is that my fuel pressure seems to fluctuate up and down in cruise, with no other changes being made. Is this normal? Is this a sign of something I should investigate? I did not have an engine analyzer prior to this upgrade so my benchmark was a needle on an analog gauge. Attached is a screen cap from my Fly Garmin logbook. When I do a delta analysis on Savvy over a 30 minute period it shows about a 1.9psi difference average. Any groupthink is always appreciated! Blaine

My J has a good heater, but I also fly it in -25C. What I do in the wintertime is I hang a vinyl curtain behind either the front two seats or the rear seat. I have Velcro on the interior panels that matches up with Velcro on the curtain. This effectively reduces the area I am trying to hear by 1/2 to 2/3.

Buy a battery blanket or two and zip tie them around the garden sprayer filled with fluid. Plug it in for a couple hours before your flight. All the warm fluid you could want.

Byron, I’m getting some work done on my cowls (fixing cracks, new camlocks, paint, etc). Do you have a picture of this strap and angled piece of aluminum set up I can show my mechanic? thanks,

Hey all, looking for some feedback on my options here, and if I’m missing something obvious. Thanks! Idea A Nov 26.pdf Idea C Nov 26.pdf Idea B Nov 26.pdf

Next flight, throw some gold bars behind the back seat (or something else heavy) and see what you get for a deflection. I find on my 78J that the elevator position depends on how the plane is loaded.

I’m doing a panel upgrade this fall, and it has me thinking that I’m going to put three circuit breakers on the far left side of the panel: Autopilot Pitch trim Gear motor I think these are the most likely ones that need to get pulled in an emergency, so might as well make them easy to find!

Welcome to the club! I’ve got a 1978J as well here in Saskatoon. Yours looks very nice and you’ll love flying it.

I’ve always thought something like this might be great: https://elementfire.com but I don’t know that they have FAA approval. Less space, less mess, just as effective?

Thanks for reminding me why I seldom share on this site… It’s not screwed into the plastic; as noted above it’s mounted on the steel tube frame. Defrost hoses are getting changed during the panel upgrade along with cleaning up the general rats nest of old wires. 99% of my flights are by myself. When I do have a passenger, they are rarely sitting forward enough to be close to that extinguisher. It’s solidly mounted, so they would hit it in turbulence about the same as if they hit any other part of the plane. Please, drill into your spar and hide the extinguisher under your rear passenger’s legs, a far superior location…

When I bought my 78J the extinguisher was mounted on the floor in front of the back seat. Not an easy place to reach. I moved it to mount on the side of pedestal under the instrument panel in the passenger footwell. There is a structural tube of some sort running from the throttle quadrant area to the firewall. I used two adell clamps wrapped around that tube to attach the fire extinguisher bracket. It is not at risk of being stepped on, is out of sight, and I can easily reach it from the pilot seat. I’ll try to remember to take a picture next time I am at the plane.

In case anyone was curious as to the outcome of this, during the annual this week we checked the interconnect springs. Neither are broken or weak. We swapped them to see if it made a difference and it made no difference. My mechanic presumes that the cause of the yoke "drooping" is just the nature of the geometry of the linkages and the interconnect in my particular plane. as soon as any pressure is applied to the rudder pedals the yoke centers immediately. This seems to be more a "cosmetic" issue as the plane flies fine. But if anyone else has had this happen or any other ideas I am happy to hear them. Otherwise, I'm not going to chase it down much further.

@PT20J I hope that you’re writing a book with all your experiences… you could pitch it to everyone that buys a G3X!