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Tank seal? It's a little bit last minute. Hopefully someone can give you a ride back that's instrument rated. Are you filing IFR?

65E no flaps rotate near bottom of white arc (I'll have to look at speeds...still trying to erase Cessna RG data from the noggin). Gear up 100-200 AGL (it was hard to break that usable runway bit but I know I can get them back down quick) My trim indicator is too difficult to see so my trim insdicator is looking out the window at the elevator.

It's a common problem with the older planes so don't loose too much sleep over it. After that much time I think the sealant gets brittle. I purchased mine knowing it leaked and I would do a complete reseal when I got a chance because it appears repairs don't work if you just spot fix. It's like painting over a rust spot. I did notice the blue carpet the other day. Scared me pretty good because I thought it was corrosion. But then I found out it was fuel stains. Mine will be going in around spring. I just don't top off for now. The reseal is around $7000. Make sure they know what they're doing. Weep No More in Minnesota is the closest to you that I know about.

Lol. I like bulletin 2 Anthony. I've done it in the Cessna during training and didn't realize it. It was never enforced to keep your feet off the top of the pedals until you're ready to break. Tim

Does someone else near you have the same Garmin that would let you swap them out to see if it's the GPS unit?

Ha, that's what happened to me too.

My 65E has it but one of the wires unscrewed. Haven't hooked it back up. I can feel the fuel selector to tell the position and I have flashlights if I need them so I don't really need it. Tim

I was able to get in an ILS and an RNAV yesterday. The frequency auto tunes when it auto switches to VLOC. That's really nice but makes me lazy. If anyone is interested I'll try to make some video of some approaches.

Push the MAP button left side of middle gives you the map layout of the new hold.

There's two ways to change the data, use the knobs to scroll over the 318 or just touch the 318 heading. Then change it to 090 which is your inbound heading (shown below) by using the knobs or enter it on the pop up keypad (not shown). You can also change hold direction (left/right), and crossing altitudes here. Notice it also says we are holding West of the VOR as ATC instructed.

Holds. Here's what I've leaned. I wanted direct KAFW to UKN and hold West on the 270 radial. But below is what I get. The problem is it gives me a hold on my course heading of 318, I assume because there is not a published hold. You have to open the FPL tab (which is right of center in photo above) to edit the hold. Which will look like this...

About the Pilot Safety training...is it worth it? I think it's not well produced but if I lost this USB i might buy another one. It's hard to say.

I give the training from PilotSafety a 2.5 out of 5. That's just my opinion. If you're really interested in why I felt this way about the content pm me. I feel it's more important to get a safety pilot and fly some task oriented flights with the new equipment. For example the first day I did an RNAV approach. Next 2 flights tracking and holds and I'll do another flight later this week with holds (I think I finally figured it out) and some ILS. Tim

Mark, I was going for that audio panel until I found out Avidyne's audio panel will allow me to monitor Com2 on the IFD440. The Garmin unit I had installed for the 2nd Nav/com is a really nice unit as well. The monitor button on it actually mutes the secondary com frequency when receiving on com1 which makes it useless for getting ATIS while under ATC control near a class B or C.

So about how much are we looking at for adding fuel flow?

Well, I ASSumed I needed the Gamis. I made a couple 1-2 hour trips last week and I'm starting to learn my plane a bit more each time. It's hard to tell anything with the left bank of digits missing on the JPI so I need to get that fixed first. It looked like when I get to about 350 degrees on the 1 and 4 cylinder, 2 and 4 are anywhere between 30-50 degrees cooler. But the engine runs rough. When I get the engine smoothed out by enrichening the mixture number 1 and 4 get about 380 degrees. I need to get the JPI fixed and get someone to go up with me that knows what they're looking at. It's very possible there is nothing wrong...except with the operator! Tim

I started upgrading my instrument panel. I recently got my plane back and I'm really liking it. Looking forward to getting it closer to what I want but this is acceptable for now. I had to make 2 trips from Fort Worth to Oklahoma City last week and it was great...very happy right now. My avionics guy rearranged the instruments for now to a 6 pack layout. Much easier on me. This pic doesn't show the Avidyne transponder or the ADS-B IN box. Next upgrade will be an audio panel and maybe the JPI 9xx. Tim

How difficult is it to add a fuel flow? 65 E I have a JPI 7xx. I need to send it in because while it was in the shop the left bank of digits went out. The shop is going to make sure something didn't get unplugged but I figured if there's something they have to do to the unit is do it while it's there although me feeling is that it's already there and I just need the sensor. I'm going to add gami injectors and was thinking they may need fuel flow. I want to upgrade to the 9xx at some point so I don't want to get too deep into this one. Tim

Congratulations. Good luck in the new rating. It's so much easier to have a plane any time you want, especially when training. The good thing is you'll be learning the old way. Once you get everything down with ILS the RNAV stuff is a piece of cake. Tim

Really nice interior, James. Looks like they added some lumbar support. I'd like that and a little bit of lift. I feel mine sits low. Now that you're done I feel ok saying it looks like the previous owner was a mechanic without a lift or a creeper who worked on drive lines and flew to work daily. But the new interior is beautiful. I'm sure I'll be asking questions when the time comes. Tim

Still having a bit of trouble changing the hold to different than what the Avidyne gives me. For example. Direct to MPQ VOR and hold West on the 270 radial standard turns. If my heading is 330 to the VOR, all I have to do is touch that magenta block (or gray if I'm not yet direct and tell it go direct). Then select the option of Hold (or any of the V airways). Now it gives me a hold but I want to select a different radial...seems like it gives me a hold, in this case of an inbound course of 330, on the 150 radial. According to the training videos you should be able to select that route again and it allows you to edit the radial you are holding on (which will be a reciprocal of your inbound leg...in this case hold on the 270 radial and your OBS would be tuned to 090 TO). Does the GPS/OBS setting have anything to do with it? Or is it a 'view' setting for the FMS button? Tim

Sounds like someone talked you into something new at OSH. What did you get?

Wow. I'll be following this thread. Let us know what you find. I figured I'll leak test mine soon enough with fall coming. Tim

Yes, that bit of info, as well as how to get it done, is in the video. Disclaimer...I skipped over that section. Since I had to have new cables I let someone else do it.