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  1. Pinecone
    Ah, this makes sense. So it is reading tach time. But on a Hobbes meter. Although I have never heard of a variable Hobbs meter. I thought they on or off only. Learn something every day.
  2. Pinecone
    The lipo bags can keep the heat and flame in. But they cannot contain the smoke and gases developed.
  3. Pinecone
    I looked and found numbers for FF versus HP for several flavors of NA engines, but not the turbo engines. Does anyone have the number for TSIO-360, specifically -SB?
  4. Pinecone
    Do used planes actually depreciate? And remember, with a loan, you pay it off with inflated dollars. Each person's situation is different and what is right for them is also different. I am not sure many people buy $1,000,000 airplanes for cash. Maybe a C is bought cash. Personally, I think ARM are CRAZY. In 2008, many people were flipping houses in a year or two, so an ARM was nice. But with the buyers stopped buying, they were stuck with over priced homes with crazily increasing interest rates.
  5. Pinecone
    I was taught this in my Commercial ASEL training. You can feel the difference in drag. Just set up best glide, trim, then pull the prop back. We did it at idle power, not shutting down the engine. So emergency procedure for engine might be prop full forward initially, but if you can't get it started, then prop full low RPM for best glide. And remember, if you need some drag, you can push the prop control forward again.
  6. Pinecone
    I guess for the vents in the NACA ducts, you would need a plug to fit in the tubing opening.
  7. Pinecone
    I just checked again, but nothing about the hour meter. Not sure if it works off the gear up switch or the airspeed switch for the gear. I guess I could go fly around for a while with the gear down and see if the time registers.
  8. Pinecone
    OK, the Hobbs meter in my plane does not track engine run time. So I think my transition CFI is correct, that it runs off an airspeed switch (maybe the gear one). And the logs seemed to be based on the time in the Hobbs meter. Since there is no hour meter in the tach, what else would you do?
  9. Pinecone
    AFAIK, ADB-S is plane to plane, no ATC involvement. If one plane is not ADB-S, but within range of an ADB-S ground station, the ATC info from the transponder through the ground station.
  10. Pinecone
    Agree with most of what you say. But a good number of people have experience with 3 miles per minute, or faster, low to the ground. Heck, the A-10 easily does that, and it is slow.
  11. Pinecone
    Excellent. Byron helped me during the finding and buying also. I couldn't use him for the pre-buy due to distance. I went down to TX last weekend to do transition training with Matt Weitzel (also found on Mooney flyer). A nice relaxed 3 day (extra day due to weather) trip home to NE MD.
  12. Pinecone
    And I don't know why would continue at well above pattern speed and descending into unseen traffic
  13. Pinecone
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MQPC6U1?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
  14. Pinecone
    More surprising that toilet paper and paper towels in 2020???
  15. Pinecone
    Nope, more expensive. GLAP is $274, Knots2U is $330.
  16. Pinecone
    They absorb moisture. But once they are in the air for a period of time, they "get full." You can bake them at around 200 degrees for a couple of hours to drive out the moisture. They do make O2 absorbers also. I think Amazon carries them.
  17. Pinecone
    FYI, I ordered one off of Amazon. I was a bit worried as I heard about the new high resolution version, but when I got mine, there was a slip in the box pointing out that it was the new high resolution one. Under $300 with the wifi box.
  18. Pinecone
    Read about this one on BT> 340 was over 180 knots on short final from a long straight in.
  19. Pinecone
    I understand that, just wondering if someone already had compiled a list.
  20. Pinecone
    Has someone compiled a list of fasteners that would be good to have? Such as which size camlocks.
  21. Pinecone
    A nose and main tube. A spark plug or two or a set. Oil. Assorted machine screws, nuts, etc. If your lights are all LED, you should not need replacement bulbs in your lifetime. Do you have basic tools? There are some threads on MS about suggestions.
  22. Pinecone
    Check with Gallagher. He worked on Whelan to get them made. And had to buy something like 100. He is taking orders with a small deposit ($47). Delivery supposedly before the end of the year
  23. Pinecone
    Sort of both. Aspen 1000 PFD. G5 secondary. Still has Altimeter, Airspeed, T&B. GTN650 replacing one nav/com. No ADF.
  24. Pinecone
    Yeah, I have to check the last log entries to see what was used. But it seems to be the only meter.
  25. Pinecone
    I don't know. I just picked up the airplane last weekend. 86 252. The meter is on the right side of the console above the mesh pocket. It is a Hobbs type meter. There is no meter on the tach. It doesn't count engine run or electrical time. It counts less than those.
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