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  1. Pinecone
    Nope. I updated my 650 to 650Xi in Oct at Sarasota. The price on the site is the price I paid. No sales tax on aircraft parts in Floida. No extra fees. They even changed over my Garmin subscription to the new navigator. And updated my G5 for free.
  2. Pinecone
    Blackstone takes that into account. If you go longer (miles on a car) and numbers of up, they do some normalizing
  3. Pinecone
    I don't know, in the airplanes I fly, there are Garmin 400, 430, 650, G-1000, and my plane with a 650Xi. I find the 650s very nice, with a lot of capabilities over the 4xx navs. And the touch screen is very nice. I keep poking the screens on the other airplanes.
  4. Pinecone
    Since the automatic waste gate will be closed at 19,000, I can't see that it would add more. How high of a critical altitude are you looking for? And why?
  5. Pinecone
    There are some with better useful loads. The sweet spot seems to be a 252 converted to Encore. Mine is at 1119 UL right now. So at 770 pounds in the cabin, I can still load 58 gallons of fuel. So about 4.5 hours with reserve.
  6. Pinecone
    Where does that fall on the drier/wetter line? I know that one side of SA is much drier than the other side.
  7. Pinecone
    I have used Blackstone almost since they were founded for my cars. I run oil analysis for the first 50,000 or so miles. Then figure I am ahead of the game. I use them for my Mooney. I called them when I purchased it and had the N number transferred to me, so I have the trend data. It is not like they just give people the data willy nilly.
  8. Pinecone
    Starting at 55:25 there is a long piece on the "new" Mooney 252. With a lot of shots of the factory. At 31:22 starts a piece on the ill fated Porsche Mooney. In between is a look back on the first light plane moving map. Man have we come a LONG way.
  9. Pinecone
    And track/race cars are typically full throttle open or full throttle closed, and nothing in between.
  10. Pinecone
    The other issue with vacuum speed brakes is the bellows that actuates them. Not available. Jet Driven says he can patch them, but after a while, they will be too far gone. I have an Aspen 1000 (not Pro Mx) but with a G-55 for backup. No vacuum system'
  11. Pinecone
    Where in Central TX? The dry part or the damp part? If the dry part, add some Cam Gaurd if you haven't already, I would fly it to get it hot, open the oil filler to let the moist air out. Maybe do an oil change if over half way. If the damp part, consider an engine dryer system. 3 months is not that long in the scheme of things. Longer than optimum, but many planes sit for 3 months several times a year. I agree that rodents may be the bigger issue.
  12. Pinecone
    I had this issue with mine. When I took the plane to Sarasota Avionics to swap the 650 for an Xi, I mentioned this (and the KAS-297B display was dim), and they fixed both in an extra hour or so, and for a quite reasonable charge.
  13. Pinecone
    My Dad would have a hard time with the step stool even. Maybe I could make a ramp he could crawl up. Although I have a friend with a Cardinal. Easey peasey. She seems amenable to my flying it, just have to find out the insurance issues.
  14. Pinecone
    Or how about a TIO-540 at 350 HP ?????
  15. Pinecone
    Older avionics, it just wasn't something they did. Newer stuff should have it. As mentioned, if no other reason that most of them have a power supply to reduce the voltage to electronics levels.
  16. Pinecone
    I was thinking in more of a size issue. Also, with a Mooney, you sit down into it and have to climb out of it. I would love to take my 96 year old Dad for a ride, but I don't think de could get back out.
  17. Pinecone
    There is a J a few hangars away from mine. He does Angel Flights. I would think you would need to work with them on the size and mobility of the people.
  18. Pinecone
    My 252/Encore had the vacuum speed brakes replaced with electric. Something I did not realize before I picked it up. A nice $8000 GOOD surprise. There is an STC for them in my files.
  19. Pinecone
    As has been mentioned, many old aircraft did not have a Alt switch, only the master. The rational I heard for starting with it On was it put less load on the coupling as the engine spun up, than engaging it with the engine running at 1000 - 1200 RPM, especially if the battery is low. That said, my POH says Off for start.
  20. Pinecone
    One big problem is, we don't have real AI. We have complex sets of issues/responses. I read somewhere that the biggest problem with self driving cars is that people driving cars do strange things that the self-driving car cannot deal with. Once they can start dealing with the unexpected, we will be close to real AI.
  21. Pinecone
    Yeap. Used to be a 6 weeks course (full time), something like 3 different tests and a significant failure rate.
  22. Pinecone
    Also, the system was tested and reading 180 when the probe is in 212 water. Then in flight, as long as reading is over 130, oil is at 162
  23. Pinecone
    One issue is, a lot of cars those things are not optional. So them buying them does not mean that they WANT them. And then poll those that had a accident where/because the automated system failed.
  24. Pinecone
    That would help.
  25. Pinecone
    It would help if we would actually teach people to drive. Compared to the process of getting a pilot certificate, getting a driver's license is little more handing them out on the street corner. One issue is, it is more acceptable to most people to be in control and make a mistake that to not be in control and have the computer make a mistake.
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