jaylw314

The tiedown ring idea is an interesting one, I imagine that might not see negative AOA as well (although that is less important anyway). The access panel idea is less convenient, since it will still require an A&P to sign off unless you keep an extra panel to reinstall if an inspector comes along!

IIRC, electronic parts that are standard, e.g. have a part number, can be replaced with another without separate PMA's or meeting any TSO's.

And yes, I was thinking about this in terms of a Raspberry Pi project, but I'm putting it out there because it might go like my RV-10 project--halfway through, 20 years to go...

Good point, I hadn't thought about that. I guess my thinking is a way of installing it that isn't a permanent installation. How about on the wingtips? If you had a vane on each wingtip, and mixed the two positions, that would give you some kind of average AOA. If both wingtips had a high AOA and differed by too much angle, the unit could give a second spin warning alert...

Oh, sorry, I was specifically talking about cases where you declare an emergency, not just in general

I'm just randomly thinking. Would it be feasible to make a portable AOA device by attaching a sensor to your side window? If you take a small windvane with a metal base, you could attach it to your side window with a rare-earth magnet on the inside (both protected by rubber, of course). The windvane has a electronic position sensor and bluetooth transmitter, with the receiver being a display that you would velcro to the top of your glareshield. Since it is not permanently attached to the plane, it requires no installation. It might need calibration, or you could have the receiver use the position during the ground roll as your zero degree calibration automatically. Heck, if you wanted to go really low tech, you could just have a mirror on the glareshield pointing at the windvane on the side window. Anyway, just my brain droppings for today...

And if they're Gil's, check the electrolyte levels?

I think it's something like trying to spend as much of the first 10 hours at 75% cruise power or something like that?

ANY flight from one airport to another is technically cross country time I assumed we were using it to talk about just long flights in general, though

If that happened to me some poo would definitely come out too!

I read somewhere (I remember where and can't fact check it now) that if ATC does not give you priority over another flight, there cannot be any certificate action. So a good first question after you're on the ground and settled is to ask if ATC had to give you priority over another flight. If the answer was yes, then file an ASRS. If not, then it would be optional. Is that correct?

I think most flyers spend the majority of their time on cross country trips, simply because those take more time (unless they ONLY fly in the local pattern). Probably makes more sense to talk about what percentage of flights are cross country trips, rather than the number of hours. I only made 5 or 6 cross country trips last year, but that accounted for 40 of my 70 hours last year, even though I've tried to fly every week. I'm guessing my night hours are less than 8%, so you're way ahead of me there

The cheapest problem would be discharged batteries. Even a cheap 15 A charger should get you enough juice in a couple hours of charging, you don't need to get the batteries to 100% to start the engine normally. On the other hand, if the batteries are weak, you might need to, and it might help to move the prop to a different position by hand before you start--a weak battery might be able to crank it through one of the compression areas if it has some space to build up momentum.

Electronic ignition ozone risk, I'll let you know. The computer controller is inside the cabin, coil pack on the firewall, crankshaft location sensor in place of the magneto, new wiring harness and bottom plugs. Also replacing the problematic key switch with their modern ignition/starter switch panel. The shower of sparks box is no longer necessary as well. Pirep to follow. Install and test flight in a few weeks. ah Does the electronic ignition system have a mechanical distributor, or is it solid state? I have to imagine it's solid state, so there shouldn't be any arcing or ozone production from mechanical contacts in the box, right?

If I understand correctly, an A&P (or an IA for that matter) cannot produce a new part for replacement. An A&P can "repair" a part, which only requires some part of the original part. An owner can produce a part by being "involved" in production (which could simply giving the old part to someone to duplicate) and having it signed off by an A&P, who needs the original part to compare it to. The upshot--if the part is damaged, no problem either way. If the part is lost, though, that's a problem, and buying a replacement/used part is the only legal way.

The other option if you had the old panel but it was damaged, you could ask your A&P to repair it. As long as he keeps at least one part of the panel, like one nutplate, he can call it a minor repair (using the "golden rivet rule"). If you don't have the old panel, neither the owner-produced part or the "golden rivet" would work, and you'd be stuck with getting a replacement.

Congratulations!

If you have the old part and have some basic tools, that would be a prime candidate for a user-produced replacement part if your A&P was willing to sign off on it. Cut out some aluminum sheet the same width, paint and install a few nutplates. The only limitation would be if the old panel had the kind of recessed or bulging contour to make it flush with the skin, that would be much harder to fabricate.

I'm not sure why I find that image funny, but that made me laugh

My cheapo Samsung tablet (a Galaxy Tab A 8") has a screen protect function, where you can lock out not only the hardware buttons, but parts of the screen. I think it's an Android function that not every manufacturer turns on, but should check it out. Avare is great and faster, but definitely less polished. The main gripe I have about Fltplan Go is that the charts servers are painfully slow, sometimes taking 8-12 hours to download chart updates.

I should point out that since you posted this in the Avionics/Panel Discussion section, discussion is actually the expected outcome. I've actually found the discussion quite interesting, even if I'm not planning on buying it.

I'm still working on an RV-10, and I'm hoping the DeltaHawk turbo diesel comes out before I'm ready to do the engine. At the rate they're going and I'm going, it seems like we'll be neck-and-neck 20 years from now...

The Fltplan Go app has a similar cloud-top camera in the tools section, and it has the advantage of being FREE! Sorry, I have difficulty saying the word FREE! without getting loud. After all, the cheapest you can get is FREE! Really, Fltplan Go is quite good, and has almost all the functionality of Foreflight and more for FREE! Avare is another FREE! Android EFB worth looking into. Less polished, but faster and better in some ways. Did I mention I like things that are FREE!?

+1 for IFR, but VFR only pilots wouldn't have a reason to think of that

I didn't know they went so high!