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    Depending on the day, I use a Mac Mini, a MacBook Pro, or a MacBook Air. They all work interchangeably for db updates.
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    I bought an iPad for this reason, though I strongly preferred the Android platform. Garmin Pilot on Android was always far behind GP on iOS, and showed no signs of catching up. Garmin support indicated to me that supporting Android was difficult because of the wide array of hardware implementations, and that they would never guarantee parity (in fact, some features might never make it to Android, even years after landing on iOS). I’m still a GP user, and have never tried ForeFlight, but I’ll be very interested to hear if the approach to Android support has changed.
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    I’m not an expert on this by any means, but I replaced the old mechanical tach with a digital tach driven from the P-lead, and my understanding is that the digital tach counts impulses from the magneto as the engine turns. Comparing my displayed RPM against this audio-based app is always very very close (but I would expect the audio app to be less accurate). https://apps.apple.com/us/app/engine-rpm/id340401811
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    Same. This is awesome. Thank you Sabrina!
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    I really like using FlySto in combination with the Garmin EIS and automatic data logging to my iPad via Garmin Pilot. I have the data logs from every flight, and can upload any flight to FlySto directly from the iPad. The process is a little convoluted, but not hard, and only takes a few minutes. Having everything logged directly to the iPad avoids any need to pull SD cards out of the panel and fiddle with SD card adapters etc.
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    Wow, thank you for sharing. Glad to hear you’re okay and the airplane is fixable. I’ll leave the mechanical diagnosis to the experts, but from my perspective it sounds like you handled things very professionally both during and after the event. A dead stick landing on a narrow road after a complete engine failure is not something any of us wants to happen, but this is about as positive an outcome as we can hope for. This reminds me of the recent experience that @AME LLC had:
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    This feels like a perfect book for a print-on-demand service like KDP https://kdp.amazon.com/
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    Strangely, I’ve done two flights now since I saw the metal in the filter, and on both run-ups the prop control has been hard to pull back. The prop seems to work fine, and the prop check at runup is normal - the only thing is that it’s harder than usual to pull it back. I’ve had zero problems with the prop. Oil pressure and temperature is normal. I just assumed that the control cable needed lube, but today I remembered you saying that your metal issue turned out to be a prop governor failing, and it got me thinking.
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    Air Power lists a brand new TSIO-550-G at $117k with a core exchange. Is the crazy overhaul price just because these things are unobtanium? https://www.airpowerinc.com/tsi0550g5bn
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    Gladstone Auto Trim https://www.gladstoneautotrim.com/
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    There’s an auto upholstery shop in Kansas City where the owner is an A&P and does high quality aircraft work. It’s not their main business, but definitely worth considering. We had a couple of seats rebuilt and reupholstered there a few years back and they looked great.
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    I’m not sure what’s happening here, but I’m not going to contribute further to this thread.
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    Wow, thanks. That’s productive
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    I’m pretty confused, really. The article clearly talks about enroute/airborne calls to FSS via RCO. Maybe that’s a term that I misunderstand? I’ve only ever seen the term “RCO” used to refer to a remote FSS frequency that’s available on the ground.
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    Huh, okay. The whole thread seemed to be about people calling FSS in the air. An RCO is just used to get FSS on the ground. If that’s all we’re talking about then I doubt anyone would even notice.
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    But we’re also talking about all airborne FSS frequencies, right? Not just the RCOs available on the ground?
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    Before airborne weather was a thing, I used to use Flight Watch regularly. They were a fantastic resource when bouncing around in the soup. But Flight Service has never been critical when airborne - I’ve only had a handful of times when ATC rejected a pop-up clearance and asked me to call FSS. I guess this just means they won’t have that choice
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    Thank you - you probably already mentioned that in the other thread, but I couldn’t find it. Honestly it’s hard to see how the word “overhaul” is worth $10k here. Sounds like the right decision to me.
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    @hammdo did your shop give you a quote for an overhaul versus an IRAN? Curious what the difference was in both time and money.
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    Yep, it’s an intriguing option - but I’d be interested to know what the same shop charges for an IRAN versus an overhaul. It sounds like the only real difference is mandatory replacement parts that would be deemed “serviceable” in an IRAN. If a shop said it’s $10k extra just for the liability associated with the word “overhaul” in the log, I think I’d go elsewhere.
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    Yes, a field overhaul aiui is done by anyone other than the manufacturer. So an overhaul at a big name shop is still a field overhaul.
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    Do we have current numbers on field overhauls? Seems like most of the numbers thrown around on here are about factory remans, which tbh have almost no appeal for me after reading Mike Busch’s writings on the subject.
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    I think @hammdo had mentioned an IRAN done for about $23k in lieu of an overhaul
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    If I remember correctly from the earlier discussion, a recent IRAN was only like $23k, and a six-week turnaround. It might be worth doing just for the turnaround time, even if there was no cost savings. I'd rather have the plane in the air than sitting on the ground waiting for a solid gold factory OH to arrive in three years.
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    +1 There are just way too many unknowns over the life of an engine to pay for an overhaul solely on the basis of resale value. Spend the money that needs to be spent for you to safely enjoy the aircraft, and don’t worry about the next owner. You’re just as likely to get pushed around on the price, but you’ll have $35k more to play with.
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