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eman1200

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  1. to get back to the topic at hand, as has already been mentioned, they are right next to each other. They are both on "ground floors" so to speak so your family member wouldn't be taking stairs at either location. if you grab an uber, BE SURE TO ENTER IN THE ADDRESS OF EITHER FBO YOU USE, otherwise the last time I used uber the ONLY option in the app was the MAIN terminal. service-wise, I'm not sure what you'd be looking for, the people at the counter will be nice at either location. they'll both have couches in the FBO. Signature as a whole can just suck it so I refuse to use them, however they both will charge you a fee, which you said is not a concern. again I don't know what kind of service you are looking for, but really I think either would meet your needs, as long as it isn't signature
  2. find a good lance, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
  3. your autopilot is so good you don't even need a yoke!
  4. FYI, second flight with no voltage light coming on. thanks for all the helpful suggestions! of course now my CHT gauge is going wonky. looks like similar symptoms from when my EGT probe busted.
  5. update: went on the hunt for loose/goobered up wiring. on the back of the alternator there is a threaded post with several wires/ring connectors on it. the nut was loose and all connections behind it were loose. I cleaned up those connections and tightened the nut. went on a test flight and had zero issues with the voltage light coming on. that's only one flight but still, so far looking good. I really hope that was it and will be a little embarrassed but upon visual inspection I don't think I ever would have caught that it was so loose. will update after another flight or three.
  6. I will do this today/tomorrow, thank you.
  7. Based on the symptoms and outcomes I was leaning towards a bad VR. But what I wanted to avoid was putting the new battery in then something going wrong (either VR craps out or alternator) thus damaging the NEW battery.
  8. my voltage light came on....reset the field breaker and all looked fine after that. on the return trip it did the same thing. some more details: my battery has been showing signs of weakness. granted it is well over 6 years old but cranks the plane every time. I do have a new one waiting for the right time to install. if you look at the attached image of my ammeter, green dot location 1 is where the needle is in cruse almost all the time (uh, except today), and very stable in that position. voltage light came on, I cycled the field breaker. with the breaker pulled, the needle dropped down to red dot position 2. with breaker back in, needle jumped to red dot position #3 for probably not more than a minute, maybe even less. needled stabilized back at position one for the remainder of the flight. the above steps and results from each makes sense to me. I have one of those cigar lighter voltmeter thingamajiggys and after the breaker reset, it was fluctuating between 14.2 and 14.7, bouncing back and forth between those #s. usually it is much more stable at the lower end of 14. the tension on the alternator belt seems normalish, maybe even slightly tighter than I remember but that could just be my brain playing games now that a blinky light came on (actually it wasn't blinking, it was on solid). I'm going to get the specs on my voltage regulater and alternator, but other than that I'm not sure what my next steps are. I am a bumbling idiot when it comes to electrical stuff. when I was 5 I stuck a popsicle stick in an outlet and that was when I wrote off anything and everything electrical. please form replies as if you were talking to that 5 year old (pre-popsicle stick incident), because that is about where my electrical skills are up to. thank you.
  9. Grasshopper. Because that was my first passenger the day I bought my plane.
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