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Yep, merely requires the software update to eliminate the extra tach.

I’m all for Darwinism.

insurance is typically based on revenue, but aviation may be different. With regard to airports taking a cut, ours does as well. 10% vig to do business here.

While I believe the entire insurance industry is broken from top to bottom, I don’t see a $1,000,000 liability policy as a high bar, it cannot possibly be that expensive, and owners should demand it as well. I would not want someone uninsured doing repairs to my plane. add on…. adding a specific certificate holder for a hangar or owner is usually provided at no charge, or for a nominal fee, it protects owners. the onerous nature of airports in Florida is no lost on me. The city that owns our airport property is earnestly trying to close the airport. a hyper vocal minority is driving the case, but no one shows up for the other side of the argument so it moves forward. they have put a moratorium on all development on the field and have voted to immediately cease accepting FAA grants. they are also proposing to eliminate base tenant fuel discounts, and to start charging landing fees. The future does not look bright for GA.

Interested to find out if these charges end up being reversed at some point due to fraud. but if that continues I think it would need to go to full membership to post. I don’t understand what value of these spam posts. I’m sure the spammer is getting paid, but this kind of site has to be a pretty low yield.

A big thumbs up foe Joe Cole a Cole aviation. He is the salt of the earth, a really good guy. Wouldnt hesitate for a moment to bring my plane back to him.

Don’t think anyone here is saying suck it up like money doesn’t matter. but there aren’t any legal options. how exactly would you fight back?

i don't believe it is an industry shift. it is more than likely one underwriter finding themselves having too many of one type on their books for the actuarial. my aerostar has the issue every year. i will get quotes from 11k to 60k for the same coverage.

About 12-18 months for reapplication depending on exposure. Nothing in between. I use waterless cleaner about three times a year, the belly about eight times a year. The first time I used it, I did my own cut and buff. I didn’t really try to get every swirl or imperfection out. I did hit scratches and oxidized areas. This product applies like rain-x. It has a slight haze that you wipe on, and then off a few minutes later when dry, with little effort. Water beads like fresh wax, bugs come off easier and it seems to attract less dust/dirt via static cling. It just seems to stay cleaner and be easier to clean.

So interior and exterior schemes have been decided. the interior is going to me caramel, black and white. exterior is finalized as shown. interior and annual happening presently. paint to begin in November. hopefully back in the air by January.

https://planeperfect.us/products/clear-coat-finishing-spray-reload this is what I usually buy. They have changed the configuration. it used to be two of these small bottles for $35. Looks like it’s $20 a bottle now. each bottle will do two planes, or a plane and a car if you can do them at the same time. the solution cures in a few days in the bottle, once mixed, and becomes un-useable. between the price and the ease of use, I feel like it’s a great value.

Plane perfect is a product I have been using for several years. It is 35 bucks a batch which realistically could do my Mooney twice. however, once you mix it you have limited time to use it before it crystallizes in the bottle. it’s basically wipe on, wipe off, no real effort and produces fantastic results. I don’t know what it is, what is in it, or how it works.. what I can tell you is once the plane is clean it takes about 30 minutes to apply, and the water beads off like fresh rain-x for about a year or so. it won’t address paint corrections or swirls and scratches, but I guarantee it will move your paints appearance by several degrees at a minimum , regardless of the condition. I have no financial interest or connection to the product. I only know that I am thrilled with the cost to value.

How many “real” members…. So I agree, cant be that many

im skeptical of all of these types of products, but i don't see why it would be unreasonable, for whatever protection it affords, to last 3-5 years for a plane that is hangared. I fly about 200 hours a year and my plane spends less than 10 days outside of a hangar. If you are on a ramp, i don't believe it would last one year. UV and heat are inexorable.

One of those killed a friend of mines dad a few years ago in his twin Comanche. Always go up!

I don’t think you’re wrong at all. That is a potential upside. You should also be prepared to go worst case as well, or walk away.

I was 20 at the time, and don't know how much was actually done in between designs. What I do know is that the entire airport runway environment was done and we did inspect the first one throughout the course of the project. The second and third i didn't participate inspections and don't know what happened. I was just drafting and checking other drafters work, i did do inspections on the fourth one so it was done at least twice. When i asked the firm owner why we were redoing it he said they had grant money to spend. This was around 1992-1995. They were his single biggest client until he retired in 2015. We did a lot of municipal work and all of it was haphazardly managed and no one cared about cost. They would demand stainless steel tubing and risers at 10/12 times the cost of galvanized as one example. Even though the service life of the galvanized was 30 years. look up Milton”s four ways to spend money. Goverment 1,0000,000% embraces the worst of the four. but i am not cynical at all..... sarcasm/off/

100k is wishful thinking. paint alone will be 30k+. the have to's are bad enough, when the "while we are there's" it will go to 200 in the blink of an eye.

while you are probably technically correct, the funds they receive are more often than not fungible. I worked for an engineer who did all the electrical design for an airport while i was in college. We redesigned all the runway and exterior lighting 4 times in three years. Bureaucrats find a way....

Better yet, go directly into your IFR while you have the grasp of information and the momentum. nothing better than training for hard IFR in the plane you will be flying. All of that dual you are planning for could apply directly to your IFR requirements.

Congrats! Beautiful looking bird!

If you clean off the old door seal before you go it will be half that. the adhesive is super easy to work with and cleanup. Is a brass bristle brush. Do NOT do this in your hangar and tape off the cabin.

The longer you fight it the more it will eat at you. It sucks and I doubt many of us would feel any less frustration or anger. But you’re almost done with them and have a significant upgrade. And you don’t ever have to go back. Hang the engine, put some distance from that shop you, then find a good guy. They are out there. Really sorry this happened to you .

Yes they do. The door seal for the k fits. I installed it in my acclaim.

You will not believe the difference until you hear it for yourself. it is extremely easy to install. it will take you more time to remove and clean the old seal. I opted for a manual inflate, for price, weight and simplicity.