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  1. Pinecone
    For my home field, I expect a certain speed by the end of the touchdown zone marker.
  2. Pinecone
    Running a tank dry could bring you lower than official unusable fuel. Unusable is based on expected attitudes, so with out pickup location, in a descent, nose low. The proper way to calibrate is fully drain the tanks, then put in the book amount of unusable fuel. Which is 1.5 gallons per side for my M20K 252.
  3. Pinecone
    I run mine without the battery connected.
  4. Pinecone
    DUH> YES, an FD reduces the task loading so your SA goes up. But without the HSI, you would lose much of that benefit. As I have said before, if you can only have ONE, put in an HSI. BTW, a good autopilot helps even more than an FD. Another DUH.
  5. Pinecone
    I had them reweb my rear seat harnesses. And also reweb my CAP-10 harnesses. They also found that there was an AD on both planes that had been missed for MANY years on the buckles. They were able to replace them to comply with the AD. I replaced the front ones with inertial reel systems from Alpha Aviation. Although the buckle side webs were too long, so I had Aviation Safety Products shorten them to get the shoulder harness attach where it needs to be.
  6. Pinecone
    You actually don't need the extra button. A coupled approach with gear up will get the plane on the ground and most likely survivable. All they need to do is pull back the throttle.
  7. Pinecone
    1) Even if you have factory installed shoulder harnesses, you may want to take a look and see how old they are. In my 1986 M20K, the tags said they were made in ....... 1986. And you could sea fading from UV on the webbing. REPLACE OLD BELTS. These guys will reweb your seatbelts. And interestingly, they found a couple of missed ADs relating to seatbelts that had never been done. https://aircraftseatbelts.com/ 2) Even without a J bar, I have managed to release my seatbelt doing the trim manually.
  8. Pinecone
    Welcome to the internet. Just like conversations in person, the conversation wanders. In this case, due thinking about ways to prevent the same thing from happening.
  9. Pinecone
    Smart move.
  10. Pinecone
    Exactly. You want 3 points or 5 or more. Although Schroth of Germany makes a 4 points that is anti submarine. One of the two shoulder straps gets longer in a crash situation, causing the torso to twist and prevent it from going under the lap belt. I have thing installed in 2 BMWs for autocross/track use. Interestingly, my 2002 M3 came from the factory with the rear mounts for the shoulder straps already installed.
  11. Pinecone
    I agree with #1. I am thinking about going back to fixed on passenger side. The problem with #2 is, if something goes wrong can you really say you will not forget to put it back on or tighten it up? And if it is loose, it is worthless.
  12. Pinecone
    If the plastic wheels breaks, the switch handle is still big enough to manipulate. Some people have had the switch itself break If someone has a handle in excellent shape that they can spare for a while, I may be able to have it modeled.
  13. Pinecone
    I just hate to come down from the teens and have to climb back up again. My SO is not happy with the solution, but accepts it. We found a silicon funnel on Amazon that works better. Still use the Travel Jane as receptacle.
  14. Pinecone
    I suspect that there is a 3D print file for the wheel part.
  15. Pinecone
    Are you flying an FD without an HSI?
  16. Pinecone
    The rule of thumb I have heard is a minimum of 5% under your resting sats on the ground. But you are very right about different people. I have told this before, maybe even in this thread. But one flight I had to go to 14,500 in a C-182 with two pilot friends to get over a ridge of clouds. I was fine in the left seat. I noticed the pilot flying from the right seat under the hood (CFII practice) started to have his head move around a good bit and he was not as sharp on heading and altitude. I turned and looked and the other guy was out cold in the back. We crossed the clouds and descended to 10,500 and both were fine.
  17. Pinecone
    Agreed. I keep mine pretty full. But I have 104 gallons (252 with Monroy). But with the Encore upgrade I can carry full fuel, two people and some luggage for a weekend.
  18. Pinecone
    Agreed. Unless you have a lot of places you want to go or have a mission such as Angel Flight or Pilots n Paws. But even with a fun plane, how many hours can you do in it? BTW, I have an acro plane as well as my Mooney. I do fly the Mooney more.
  19. Pinecone
    How might consider enlisting a few others as mods to help do some of the grunt work.
  20. Pinecone
    My house (not in CA) is insured for replacement value, but there is a limit to the number, like hull insurance on a plane. They won't just cover any amount.
  21. Pinecone
    Agreed. A good paint person can fix it so you can't see it. And it shouldn't cost much at all. And I agree, that this is not acceptable, that the shop should pay for the fix.
  22. Pinecone
    Sarasota Avionics is $6939 trade from 750 to 750Xi, at least for 2 more days. https://sarasotaavionics.com/avionics/gtn750-to-750xi-upgrade
  23. Pinecone
    You could also use the technique used in the climb and lean to the desired EGT. Somewhere in the 1400 - 1500 range. I am thinking maybe not leaned for takeoff, then pulled it off slow, backside of the power curve. If slow and gear stayed down, airplane is not going to climb.
  24. Pinecone
    Travel John pee bags work quite well.
  25. Pinecone
    There is a lot to be said about this method. You don't build complex or retract time, but insurance will be cheaper. Annuals will be cheaper. Fuel burn about the same as a C, but you will be going slower. Although I remember the trip in my friend's Cherokee 180D where the trucks on the interstate were passing us.
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