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An infamous Ted Smith nose wheel steering system. Have you taxied an Aerostar?

This is why I mentioned painting it. The U-Coat-It in my garage has been down for 20 years and is going strong. I only put down the color coat, I did not add the clear coat (most slippery) so it does show some grime.

You acid wash fresh concrete to neutralize the excess alkaline. Excess alkaline exudes from the concrete and will lift any paint that you apply if you do not acid wash. But again, about 2 cups per gallon of water. Spread it around and very quickly the acid and alkali neutralize each other and all you have is water with some salts in it.

I saw two. One was mine. I was at the FBO and they have one in the hangar for some maintenance. Looks like a short body, but with a J windshield. I do not remember the N number.

For a carb engine, try running just slightly below WOT. The slightly cocked throttle plate can cause turbulence to even out the misture distribution to the cylinders. Also try a touch of carb heat. That can also help. Otherwise, go old school, lean until it is rough, then just rich enough to smooth things out.

For moving Cessnas around, the deal was, push down on the SPAR, right nest to the fuselage. Too many people pushed down on the leading edge, leading to damage

As was mentioned, it is like 2 cups of acid to a gallon of water. And ALWAYS ADD THE ACID TO THE WATER.

Almost 3 hours at cruise for me.

I did my PP in Grumman Tigers. No nose wheel steering either. No problem. BTW, the King Air doesn't have nose wheel steering either.

BTW, if you have speed brakes you only gain just under 30 gallons.

FYI, I would not use sulfuric acid. For cleaning/etching concrete, you use muriatic (hydro chloric) acid.

Dawn and water. You need a surfactant to allow the water to remove the petro. The dye stain may never come out. Cement/concrete is porous, so things soak in. The other option is to paint the floor. When I did my detached garage is this - https://ucoatit.com/getstarted-gad/?gclid=CjwKCAiAvK2bBhB8EiwAZUbP1BA2w7ME0n9pNAHJDkJi0Q65knTIK6FrmuGeVRri40TJCOMdrwlyrhoCQlsQAvD_BwE It is a water based epoxy. The first coat has an additive and it is applied to damp concrete, and actually soaks into the concrete to bond. I pulled a loaded metal shelf unit across it and it ground the paint, off the shelf unit. It is not hurt the coating.

Based on these posts, I am still loving my 252/Encore. 174 KTAS in the mid teens on 10.3 GPH

I haven't used them, but for a total seat rebuild, there is also Oregon Aero. Everything I have read is that their seats are amazingly comfortable.

I will be talking to Parker when renewal time comes.

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It was nice to non-stop NE MD to KSRQ, with hefty headwinds, without having to worry about maybe needed into stop. 73 gallons.

When I turn off power on the aircraft, the G5 asks if it should keep running on battery or shutdown.

BUT, if they knew they were mainly dealing with radar missiles, they could load more chaff. On the A-10, we had a button for each. So could dispense just chaff, just flares, or both. Individual or a program.

FYI, I am through Falcon for both my renter's insurance and my plane. But I am USAA for house and cars, and they have an agreement with Falcon. From what I was told, there is a group in Falcon that only deals with USAA customers.

Also, when these airplanes were designed/built, the primary flight instruments were vac, not electric. And ATC had Primary radar. So with separate comm, you were good to make it safely to the ground. But I wrote my piece before I read yours. I like the idea of a split avionics bus that one side can be fed directly from the battery bus.

True. But since I already have one, maybe two, iPads, it is really one more device. The Stratus 3 can be hooked up to power via USB cable, then will revert to batteries of there is a loss of power. The question starts to be, how far down the rabbit hole do you want to go? How about this, a separate line from battery to an essential avionics bus, separate to the line to the Master. That way if the line that feeds everything goes poof, you have a back up for an AI, Nav, and Com.

You are reinventing the wheel. There are the small portable chemical toilets used by millions of boats. There are are the ones that are a 5 gallon bucket with a lid and bags. Add to that the several ones similar to the Jill's Jon idea. And the piddle pack, gel in a bag version. https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/thetford-porta-potti-campa-potti-xg?ds_e=GOOGLE&ds_c=Cabelas|Shopping|Smart|Camping|General|NAud|TopPerf|NMT&gclid=CjwKCAiA9qKbBhAzEiwAS4yeDQvcMTFGU3Q2Bv5r2BbhZWc7KtloSe1T6-lExGW3JOMOtcvVvmyOJxoCmEgQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/reliance-luggable-loo-camping-toilet-seat-and-bucket https://www.amazon.com/ADENG-Unisex-Urinal-Camping-Outdoor/dp/B07TVN6GCC/ref=sr_1_57?crid=15PYQOFG8FKZB&keywords=urinal&qid=1667835044&sprefix=urinal%2Caps%2C82&sr=8-57

There is the old Fly2Lunch, but a lot of the data is stale. Especially after COVID, a lot of places closed. There is a new one that is growing called https://flightsforbites.com/ that is growing. Help it out by adding any places you know.

Hmm, maybe to start thinking about two separate busses for avionics. Put a nav/com and AI on each. Maybe even a battery back up on one (lower load one). Extra avionics master relays as mentioned. I wonder if there is a way to set up dual alternators to keep one able to power a single bus if something takes out the main bus. Just thinking out loud. And the port to connect a handheld to one of the Com antennas is a very good thing. FYI, Stratus and Sentry have AHRS as well. As well as the ADSB In. So that gives you a backup versus the Aera 760.