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  1. Pinecone
    It was one of the screws you cannot grip the head with vise grips. Finally got it off with a better screw driver and some Screw Grab.
  2. Pinecone
    I just had to ident today.
  3. Pinecone
    Let's see, things are well below market prices. Only takes a cash app with no protection for the person who sent the money. Yeap, that would be perfectly legit...... NO WAY, in case you did not recognize my sarcasm.
  4. Pinecone
    Both are EXCELLENT for making you a better pilot.
  5. Pinecone
    BOTH of them can kill you. The difference is, with a spin you hit the ground with the airplane intact. In a spiral, normally the wings and fuselage part company before you hit the ground.
  6. Pinecone
    AGREED. And not stalling them in training leads to not knowing they are stalled in real life, hence AF447
  7. Pinecone
    This is a 252. One of the screw heads is stripped, so I can't get it out. And once I get it out, I am not putting it back in. And it is Sunday, so FBO is closed to see if they have one.
  8. Pinecone
    As the title, are the hub caps required? And why are they there anyway? It seems like all they do it make it hard to check and air the tires.
  9. Pinecone
    Huh. Not only have I stalled jets, I have even intentionally spun one. Now, these were not GA or Aircarrier jets. But if more jet pilots had stalled jets, AF 447 might not have crashed. A stall in swept wing aircraft is a lot different than a straight wing aircraft. There is no stall break. Then nose stays pretty much on the horizon and the wings rock. And you come down VERY quickly
  10. Pinecone
    Yes, the right adapter. But if they are the typical smallish home tanks to people can move around easily, you won't get much of a fill
  11. Pinecone
    Need to make sure they are the same weight (as in ounces). There is a difference in them from a 252 to an Encore.
  12. Pinecone
    I have both a regular iPad and Mini. In my Mooney, the Mini works well, yoke mounted. The bigger one just doesn't fit well. Too big. I do yoke and fly the larger iPad in CAP C-182s I fly. I have considered and may try tomorrow, mounting the bigger iPad on the right side. I have nothing there, so will try a suction cup mount. More for the person in the right sear.
  13. Pinecone
    Great, thanks.
  14. Pinecone
    But is it not the prime meridian by definition? If not, where is the actual 0 longitude?
  15. Pinecone
    It is disappointing that it seems Mooney put this out, without any path to getting the parts in stock.
  16. Pinecone
    I have looked through the POH and the only thing it says is that the annunciator will indicate if the voltage is too low or too high. No numbers. So, if you were putting in a monitor for voltage, what would you set the Low and High levels to alarm at? For my case, for a 24 volt system.
  17. Pinecone
    Yeah, and there were a few others doing the same thing. Amazing how many geeks there are in the world.
  18. Pinecone
    No, the point is, the Prime Meridian is the Prime Meridian. It is a physical point. Yes, GPS works because it is consistent. It will take you back to the exact same point. BUT, if you put in a lat/long it doesn't take you to that point exactly. OTOH, many places were not exactly where we thought they were. Early uses of INS discovered this.
  19. Pinecone
    Agree, new to the airplane, don't worry about a few trips ROP. People ran ROP for MANY years. I did the same bring my plane home from TX. I ran ROP, to reduce the new things by at least one factor.
  20. Pinecone
    Funny thing is, the WGS84 Datum does not have 0 degrees longitude correct. I took a portable GPS to Greenwich UK and placed it ON the Prime Meridian. And the GPS said it was off by almost 100 yards. The GPS places it out in the parking lot.
  21. Pinecone
    Yes, there is no port. Well, if you have a full JPI 700 install, you can just swap the units. But if you want the other the things the JPI can display, such as RPM, MP, oil pressure, oil temp, you need to install those sensors. I was able to use my installed Shadin fuel flow transducer. BUT, it seems that some JPI 700 installs are upgrades from a GEM unit. And JPI had a connector that interfaced the GEM probes with the JPI 700. Problem is the 830 cannot interface to the GEM probes. Guess how I learned this.
  22. Pinecone
    I don't know about vintage models, but I know the counterweights can be changed on the 252 and Encore. The upgrade from 252 to Encore requires replacing the 252 counterweights in installing Encore ones.
  23. Pinecone
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamometer Scroll down to real engine dynos. https://powertestdyno.com/products/engine-dynamometers/ https://superflow.com/products/engine-dynamometers/
  24. Pinecone
    Because you can double check Flight Aware or 1-800 WXBRIEF to see what your clearance is.
  25. Pinecone
    A real dyno measures torque at a static RPM. But typically you need to have the engine out and and mounted to the dyno. A typical one basically has the engine drive a pump and restricting the outflow to provide the load. If you want to dyno you car, they use a chassis dyno, that current ones use acceleration of a known weight cylinder. Using F=MA, then converting the force to a torque taking into account rolling radius of the wheel/tire, and gear ratios.
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