McMooney

My mags are due in about 50 hrs been really thinking of getting a surefly. do you actually notice any difference ? how about fuel burn?

Spent today getting the new IR wet, man can't believe I actually get to do this flying thing.

my understanding, they are actually going to add dme's back to the system. https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/techops/navservices/transition_programs/nextgen_dme/

Nice to not have your name and address show up on the faa website

Yes, E or F even better. IMO, the sooner you get your bird the better.

Ahh except for the AOpa map I’ve never used jeppessen charts. Thanks that was bugging me.

if it's just a transponder, have the shop doing your annual do the installation? single downtime?

On my checkride Tuesday, inbound on the LOC 17R approach into KDWH the Examiner covers my GPS and ask now what, how do you identify the fix. I smiled, pointed at the ancient DME dutifully showing distance from the localizer and about 10 mins later, became an IR rated pilot.

Here's my flight for today, sorry no pics but I did get a new IR

build your own, probably do it for similar cost and it takes 5 mins longer

I kept my DME, I find it comes in handy on a number of approaches, not necessary but handy.

Not much has changed, pc is basically still a pc, internal bus has changed, water cooling is big, graphics cards are phenomenal and stupidly expensive, cpus well 4 cores are now entry level. Memory is dirt cheap and no one remembers spinning hard drives. oh yea, optical disc are relics. wait wait OH YEA AMD is actually competitive now. they might have more pci lanes for multi-gpu gaming, sound cards aren't really a thing anymore. Hopefully fs has been rewritten from the ground up. I always go overboard, so my next gaming rig will be something like: 8 to 12 cores 64 to 128 GB of memory Fastest 1TB NVME m.2 drive available. 2x latest amd or nvida graphics cards. 2x curved 4k monitors

Hey while shooting approaches the manifold pressure gauge decided to stop working. if I remember correctly, I think it read somewhere between 15 and 20 inches and I was at 3000ft. Engine kept running, prop kept spinning but mani pressure wouldn't move. on the way back to the airport, at approx. 2500 to 2000 ft the gauge decided it wanted to work again. wth? landed, taxied to the ramp for a runup, everything seemed fine. called my IA, he didn't seem worried, at all. anyone had this happen? am I good?

can he do the extended tank mod ?

i'm in, can't wait. my fsx is getting pretty long in the tooth

I feel your pain, i'm praying for trutrak to get it together.

would really only need it when taxing about and maybe for the first 4000 to 5000 feet of flight. so say 1 hour. could even fill it with ice to make it a bit cooler. $40 sounds a lot more reasonable than https://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/arctic-air-portable-air-conditioner-38-qt-single-fan-12-volt.html some concern about adding moisture to the interior of the plane, but hell, it's texas, pretty moist already.

Hey just saw a TV add for a tiny dc powered evaporative cooler, https://www.amazon.com/Ontel-Evaporative-Portable-Conditioner-Personal/dp/B07RCZWQ7P/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=arctic+air&qid=1559884282&s=gateway&sr=8-4 wondering how it'd work in the plane 8)

everyone knows the short bodies are the best

thanks all, sorry for not being clear, i'm all kinds of stressed ; needed clarity as to not outright fail the checkride i'm thinking this approach was dreamed up by some mad person not wanting new ifr pilots in the world. seriously, if It was really ifr, would I really want to be doing all that twisting around just to land at the airport I should've went directly to.

updated original post with link to the procedure

looking at the vor-a 60r approach, what is the best way to enter the procedure if say you are coming in inbound say 280 to 300 deg? one instructor says fly over vor then left turn back to vor then out bound 141 other just says turn to 321 as your approach the vor https://skyvector.com/files/tpp/1906/pdf/06576VA.PDF guess adding a link to the approach would help

this is one situation where technology has just moved on. there just isn't any currently manufactured indicator which can replace the ki-214. even the Narco-122d si going for premium. as everyone is currently very proud of their old beatup avionics, it's probably better if you go with a new radio. problem is that means minium of 7k installed. maybe 6 if you get the installer drunk with a hand job. jk. so since you are in the same position I was in, my advice would be just bite the bullet buy new equip and enjoy. I spent almost as much money trying to be cheap

is it possible to get a new rayjay install ?