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Fritz1

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    KFCI, Richmond, VA

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  1. another 30lb can be gained by taking the rear seats out, any luggage goes as far back as possible, you will never even reach the icing rear limit of the the CG specified in the TKS AFM supplement, aircraft handles and performs best with max aft CG
  2. Beautiful, looks squeaky clean, the TKS birds are typically weighed with the tank full, so with the tank almost empty you can load about 60 lb more people and luggage, equipment list in POH will tell how much fluid was included in the weighing
  3. No loss in cruise, 8% lower stall, really impressive, probably translates into 15% less landing distance. Dumb question: what do they do in icing?
  4. Don, will do, got scammed due to my own stupidity. It appears two scammers sent me PMs, I am listing their coordinates so everybody can stay clear from now on: JICOJA2903, phone 850 296 8308 NADINEMOLINE65 tel 410 609 4588, $400 went to HARRYSILLS956@GMAIL.COM Probably all burner phones, I reported the incident to Paypal and I am somewhat confident that I will get the $400 back since I declared this a business transaction and an extra insurance fee was paid. These guys seem to be hovering over the portal and caught me on the wrong foot. Lesson learnt: simplest way to determine if the seller really has the part is to ask for another picture from an angle that is not shown on the portal. Soo, if this is the most stupid thing I do all year I will be fine
  5. Hmm, I got an email listing a phone no 410 609 4588, started communicating with the guy and sent $400 down-payment via PayPal, have not received the cylinders yet, if that is not you, I will report the incident to PayPal insurance, let's see if the funds are recoverable, and by the way still interested in the cylinders, pm me with a phone # where I can call you to get this going
  6. Unusual bird, vortex generators, fancy interior, thorough inspection of engine by Lycoming guy might be helpful,
  7. Prior comments are on target, engine mounts are torqued to spec, remote chance torque is off, loosening the bolts and re-torqing is simple and eliminates that remote chance
  8. Don says cylinders will be delivered next week, no worries
  9. Have you shipped my 10-25D cylinders yet? sent you $400 down-payment per our agreement
  10. If you have impulse coupling the sky tech may spin the warm engine fast enough for the impulse coupling not to engage, try slick start mag booster, there may be another problem, but the slick start may fire the hot engine regardless
  11. C&W Caldwell NJ, pay them for an annual, you buy it, they sign the annual after fixing identified squaks, if you don't buy it there is a good reason and money well spent, kicker may be to fly aircraft to their location, they may not be inclined to inspect aircraft in Virginia
  12. interested in the 10-25D master cylinders for my 2000 Bravo, please PM me
  13. Swap temp sensors from hottest to coldest and clean blade contacts on sensor leads
  14. Sounds like you are making all the right moves. I trust Kendrick's judgement. Regarding tweaking new or overhauled cylinders I have heard good things about Gann in Georgia and Victor in CA. New Conti cylinders apparently leave room for improvement, think Gann hones the valve guides and puts a fancy multi angle grind on the valves and valve seats, think he has a stock car guy that does this kind of thing for him. Best way to find out what is what is to call them. Getting an airplane that is new to you into the shape you want typically takes 2 years, nothing you did wrong, nothing the seller did wrong, nothing the broker did wrong, probably nothing the pre-purchase guy did wrong, just the nature of the beast and the cost of doing business. You carefully expand the envelope without getting into trouble, fix whatever pops up the best way you can immediately and eventually you have a reliable bird that goes wherever you want whenever you want.
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