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Did they say somewhere it was fuel exhaustion? The car looks like the prop cut it up, and the blades are curled like a gear up. strange….

Absolutely… I did a 6+ hour flight in my ovation, from south Florida to Austin about 8 years ago. First and last time I ever will do more than 4.5. There was little enjoyable in that journey. I plan for under four hour legs, but occasionally push when it’s just over 4.

they say the aerostar has a 1000 mile range but that would only be on the 700 with the extended range tank, and that would only be under ideal circumstances. The 601p or 602p does not have 1000 mile range.

I assume there is a standard that must be met to crossover which is a justifiable expense. But other than regulatory impediments, there is no other influence within its given market. I’m sure some of the VC that has gone hard into aviation want payouts. but there is a cheaper way to do this for part 91. no rules doesn’t sound very wise, but there is no reason in this day and age and technology that things couldn’t be approved 1000x faster, easier and cheaper.

I drive my cars until they are done. Never did less than 250k in any, had three that went over 500k and one to 700k. All Toyotas, mostly work vehicles. But my two land cruisers are at 300k and 200k, my old one that I gave to my daughter and mine which is a 2009 and about to hit 200k. I have never changed the alternator in either. i agree that age makes a difference, but most planes are kept in hangars. and there is no real functional difference in an automobile alternator vs an airplane. in fact, didn’t someone bolt one on in a post here a while back. Apparently it had the exact same part number as the airplane version, but since he didn’t pay 10x the price it wasn’t legal. point was if it wasn’t so difficult to certify something for part 91, or it was possible to take a certified aircraft to experimental, we could see some actual innovation. imagine the efficiency and reliability of a Mooney with a 2025 computer controlled engine. It would be one tiny step from autonomous flight.

Alternator with adapter for an acclaim is north of 4k. to be fair, it didn’t fail, but was closing in on 20 years(900 hours) and it was replaced bc of extent of the work I’ve done, I didn’t want any down time when finished. but even so 4k?

You know, a car alternator runs 10x the average plane engine time and failures are pretty infrequent. They also cost about 300. I have never even heard of a voltage regulator in a car failing. Not saying it doesn’t but 45 years of cars and about 100 of them in that time… one would think that 4000 for an alternator would make it a bit more robust than a 150 one from autozone…. I mean what efficacy do all of these onerous and obtuse rules provide? on average my alternator on cars fail around 200k miles (mostly Toyota). That equates to almost 6000 hours. they really need to rewrite the rules, they are not serving us well for safety….

I was making a joke because when did the interior on my plane the two belts for the front, only the belt and bag were 5k. this doesn’t include the rest of the system…

That should be good for about a dozen seat belts!

So have I, which is baffling. common sense isn’t always common…

The bottom plug is easier to scope than the top plug, but removing intercooler on top is only a few screws and two hose clamps. Every single oil change I remove all plugs, clean, gap, apply anti seize, and reinstall. If it wasn’t so difficult to clean all the oil spilled from removal, I could do it faster. This takes me about three hours.

The factory website does still list an acclaim for sale! Alas, it’s merely another piece of the business neglected.

If you go all the way to big bend and don’t see Chisos basin at sunrise you should go back. we went mountain biking there 30 years ago, during a school break. We rode our tails off, changed a lot of flats. found an unofficial border crossing along the rio. It was kind of innocent back then, I mean migrants weren’t using it to migrate, just a convenience for tourists. apparently there were plans to build this major border city in the Mexico side but after a bunch of major infrastructure was put in they cancelled the plans. (at the time it may actually be built by now) so you had these giant power lines and highway but no electricity and hardly even any cars. it was very rural on their side of the border and national park on our side. anyway, you could eat tortillas and buy blankets , trinkets , awful liquor. we shot pool in a cantina with dirt floors. funniest part was you went across in a boat full of bullet holes, and the ride across was $1 and for another $20 on the other side you could ride a burrow into town. boat ride back was $20. This was 30 years ago and we were students!!! good times…

You will never regret it if you do it, a turbo provides options which is always better. but… for those altitudes it is not necessary.

Just like housing, regulations have driven these machines financially out of reach for most people. RIP