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  1. Pinecone
    PM me your address. If I have any left, I will send you one to test.
  2. Pinecone
    I can see the rebalancing if the weight is stripped and repainted without removal. If you removed the weight, then you could weigh it, strip, inspect, repaint, return to the pre-stripping weight. But might be a pain to remove and replace the iron rivets.
  3. Pinecone
    And you do lose service ceiling. But it is not like many 252s cruised over FL250
  4. Pinecone
    But it was suspicious enough to have them continue.
  5. Pinecone
    YES. It took me a while to figure out it will only capture an altitude ONLY if you had set the climb/descent rate on it first.
  6. Pinecone
    As I understand it, the KAS-297B gets its altitude data from the encoding altimeter.
  7. Pinecone
    Around here, most hangars seem to be 10,000 square feet (100 x100)/. Mine home garage/shop is only 1,000 sq feet, but it was limited by zoning laws. But it has a lift.
  8. Pinecone
    Just start a car and airplane museum. That way you do not appear to be greedy.
  9. Pinecone
    I am NOT a bomber guy. Fighter/Bomber YES Mossie YES A/B-26 yes B-25 no, except maybe a G or H with the gun nose, especially with the 75mm cannon. B-17/-24/29/Lancaster NO At least not to own. I wouldn't turn down the chance to fly them once or twice.
  10. Pinecone
    I just renewed and was also amazed that electronic was not an option.
  11. Pinecone
    Not all insurance companies are like that. And, with mine, if someone hits me, I still claim through my insurance. They pay the bills, except for the deductible, and THEY fight the claim with the other company. And when they win, they pay me the deductible back. And I pay collision on my cars, since the MD minimum insurance is $30,000, and it would cost me more than that to replace them. My insurance pays the bills, then collects what they can off the other insurance company.
  12. Pinecone
    Two different tasks. 1) Learn the material to prepare you for the flight portion and to understand what you are doing and why. Not only during training, but as you use your instrument rating in the future. 2) Passing the written test. Doing #1 is very important for Private and Instrument. And is the basis for #2. But, a test prep before taking the written is a good review, plus lets you know you know the material well enough to pass.
  13. Pinecone
    These. The military did a lot of research many years ago and switched to white light in the cockpit. The A-10 had white cockpit lighting. The rule of thumb with white light is to match the intensity of the lights outside. So over a major city, you would turn up the lights, over back country as low as you can.
  14. Pinecone
    I think she was saying that if she had a polished airplane, it would need to be mostly Al, not fiberglass. The tips and wheel pants could be nicely painted as a accent. The cowl would be different.
  15. Pinecone
    FYI, the SCS price includes the side panel carpet pieces. The AirTex does not. If you add them to the order, the total price is very close to the price of the SCS kit. One other thing for the DIY people, the SCS at least has bound edges. Which is more work and needs a heavy duty sewing machine.
  16. Pinecone
    FYI, for most people this is the one time inspection and log book entry. A MAXIMUM of less than 4.5% of the aircraft could have these weights. It is a PITA and I do question the 2 week compliance.
  17. Pinecone
    No, I did not DO the Encore conversion. It was already done, with a Factory Reman -SB engine. I haven't compared the POHs, but I don't think the Encore conversion does much for cruise speed, but the extra 230 pounds is nice.
  18. Pinecone
    My point has been, from the original posting, it APPEARED that the parts did not meet the test of OPP. Based on that, an investigation was warranted. Further information indicates that the may have meet the test of OPP, but since the FAA has not mandated the removal, it is up in the air.
  19. Pinecone
    I think that that path is a good idea to move forward and provide a steady income stream. If the price the parts reasonably, most people would just order from them. The P-51 market is a bit different when it comes to "rebuilding" them, In that world, if you have a data plate and a set of main gear legs, you can "rebuild" the rest of the plane.
  20. Pinecone
    Almost. The butane (or other volatiles) coming out due to a combination of temperature and pressure is what causes vapor lock. Once those leave, the fuel has a lower vapor pressure that is less prone to vapor lock. Aircraft fuels have a lower maximum vapor pressure to prevent vapor lock due to flying higher and to a warmer area. Cars used to have issues if you ended up with a higher vapor pressure fuel in warmer weather. Modern cars do not have issues because the fuel pump is in the tank, so all the lines are under pressure.
  21. Pinecone
    IIRC, there is a magnetic latch to keep it fully closed. Check that.
  22. Pinecone
    The numbers stated are why I like my 252/Encore. 1119 pound useful load. And around 10 GPH for 135 IAS. In the mid-teens, this works out to around 174 KTAS.
  23. Pinecone
    From all my reading, octane being related to burn rate is also an OWT. Octane testing measures ONE thing. Resistance to detonation. Do some higher octane fuels have slower burn rates that some lower octane fuels? Sure. But the reverse can also be true. Detonation occurs when under heat and pressure, the fuel spontaneously ignites, so you get multiple, uncontrolled, flame fronts.
  24. Pinecone
    OK, I sent out switch covers to some people who volunteered to test them. So, how do you get the existing covers off?????
  25. Pinecone
    You can have the second G3X have its own AHRS. But at a cost.
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