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I thought that increase the RPMs would help using the prop to slow down. I know that higher RPM >> more power at same MP. But also higher prop RPM means more aerodynamic breaking, right? What I'm missing here?

I hope the OP doesn't take this bad, I'm not trying to offend anyone. I'm amazed by how "vulnerable" people is to deep fake news, even a very low quality one, like this one, tricks people into thinking that it could be real. Just a few things that stand out on this one: The voice, veeery AI style. At https://youtu.be/lHIpvC1qEXU?t=68 you can see no strut on the right landing gear. https://youtu.be/lHIpvC1qEXU?t=196 the nose landing here is on the tail, lol https://youtu.be/lHIpvC1qEXU?t=270 well, when I started the post I hadn't watched this far, but hey, no one who ever learned anything about airplanes can take this as a real airplane cockpit. So many other details. We need to be more vigilant with the information we receive, from the internet as well as from traditional news papers. Use the best judgment, verify, and look for red flags.

This is a no-no for me. Never ever leave something halfway done. Period. Hand-tightening things that are supposed to be torqued, whether it is an oil filter, nut, or whatever, and leaving it like this, is asking for disaster.

I guess it warrants a poll!

I was thinking the same when I saw that picture

I think this is good news: https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/faa-updates-airport-grant-assurance-requirements/

https://youtu.be/PYaSfBu2WXI?t=1304

I was not aware of this service bulletin, sounds bad. What's the logic to decide whether something is a SB or an AD?

It looks like there is a strip of disturbed grass right before the aiplane's final position, as if it landing in the clear between the two tree lines, and then it fall into that ditch or small stream/bayou. EDIT: giving it a second thought it doesn't make sense that the lighter patch of grass before the airplane is the result of a force landing, the distance between the two tree lines doesn't seem large enough to make a force landing without clipping the first's line trees. Very tragic, it looks like a very experienced pilot, with a new (in GA terms) and very well-equipped airplane.

They might also take the NOTAM service, and make it a paid service.

Even if people don't like it, it is clear that open-source has won over closed-source projects. And it is not only about how many successful open-source projects there are, it is also about enterprises releasing many projects as open-source, contributing to open-source projects, and adopting project management methods that were born in open-source communities. Even the most rancid institutions, like PMI, have made Agile a core part of their PMP curricula. The few software companies still doing software the old way, are either bankrupt, or on their way to bankruptcy in the next 10 years. This is not to say the closed-source is dead, for sure it is not, but the % of closed source vs open source projects that are powering mission critical systems, is tilted way more to the open source side. Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure, hugely successful commercial products, rely mostly on open-source software. Azure RDS and Databricks, the main competitors in the data warehouse arena, relies mostly on open source software. Wordpress, which powers over 50% of Internet sites, is open-source. To the question of why there is not a successful EFB, there could be a multitude of reasons, starting with not having a community interested in investing the time to do it, and adding on top what @GeeBee mentions of regulatory requirements, which can add significantly to the development cost.

Lol. Yeah, right. A team of motivated developers has developed Linux, the most used operating system ever. There are way to many open source success stories. You sound very much like Steve balmer laughing at the iPhone and iPod.

The beauty of software development is that 99% of the cost is to pay a salary for a team of devs. So if you get a team of 10 (or if you go open source, maybe hundred) of motivated softwade developer pilots, I'm sure you can build the best EFB for, almost, free... just people donating their time for the cause.

+1 Getting something basic I'd say that is a ~1MUSD investment, getting to the level that foreflight is, i think it can go as high as 100MUSD, or more

Yeah, exactly, I have some personal experience with PE, and the model is exactly that. Is not even focusing on the bottom line of the company, is just playing financial tricks to make the numbers look better and then in 3 or 4 years sell it for a profit. PE is one of the worst things that can happen to a company...

WTF? I hate when aviation products are owned by businesses that don't share the passion for aviation. I guess I will take a look at Garmin Pilot too. + I can use my non Apple tablet/phone that I have laying around as a backup.

Looking at the last ADS-B ping, I think it landed in this dirt road

Nice, I was looking at the skew-t in Windy, but you don't get the KI and LI there.

Where can I find weather products showing LI and K factors? I googled a round a bit and couldn't find anything.

Kind of a side question, what would be a large growing cumulus? One of the few times I flew solo IMC I was flying on and out of cumulus clouds extending to 10kft. I was flying at 8k and each time I transitioned through one of these cells I could feel and see how speed increased while the output was holding altitude. I didn't feel comfortable so I asked ATC to fly around the cells. But I'm still not sure what's big enough to warrant flying around and what's on to fly through.

The most ironic thing about G100UL is that most likely is much worse for health and public safety than 100LL

I just realized that the main photo on g100ul.com does not show proper refueling hygiene! What a concept, right?! I guess when they took the photo, it was not still a thing to have to protect your aircraft paint while refueling.

Yeah, I think the IA would be liable if he doesn't comply with the steps / modifications stated in the STC. But I don't know how he could be liable as long as the work associated with STC was correctly performed. I don't think the IA responsibility is to question and evaluate if an STC is safe or not, that is the responsibility of the FAA.

Don't California my Texas

I guess they are trying to kill G100UL without saying that they made a mistake in approving the STC... if 100LL is not banned, G100UL is death.