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Why are you people so quick to drain the tanks? Waste all that Jet-A and 100 LL to flush it? Doesn’t it seem more logical to swap the Lycoming for a Pratt & Whitney? Before going to the trouble of draining tanks! Hang a PT6A on it and he'd have one serious Mooney! Think outside the box people!

I called Sandia several months ago and spoke with Dennis. At thay time he indicated they had shipped product to BK. However due to a software update BK elected to have Sandia perform it prior to releasing it and have customers do upgrade. Sounded like a good idea. Dennis also indicated that BK was waiting for FAA for something. Around the same time I also emailed BK and this was the response: Hi PETER The last I heard the KI 300 has slipped out until late March 2018 before the AML/STC will be completed. it should start shipping shortly after that. Ed Bannen BendixKing I sent a few emails after this to Mr. Bannen but sad to say they went unanswered.

In all seriousness this is a big step forward for Aspen and its customer base. It was a much needed and long overdue improvement. Hopefully they'll keep going with more to come. Will they get my vote and show up in my panel? I don’t think so. But that’s irrelevant and I commend them nevertheless. I’m curious to see what effect if any it'll have on G to push them to certify the G3X touch and position it right under the txi. That would be very interesting. As far as King I don't know what to say. I don't know why they're doing what they're doing. It seems their GA group is in a cloud on their own with no contact to the real world. Surely someone there has to know that announcing product that's not ready and continuously postponing can't be good for business. Unless they feel the KI300 is a nich product and that those who want it will just wait. To a certain extent that's true. The KI300 fills a very specific need with no competition at its price point. Those without that need wouldn't consider it. And I'm sure BK has run the numbers and knows where to price it and how many they can potentially sell.

Somehow I don't think Aspen is that sophisticated!

Is this what the rep told you? Heat generation is a function of percentage of capacity? Really? This is what the rep told you? What else did the rep tell you? This is getting good!

How does a faster processor run cooler and how much cooler? What components exactly? Did the rep say?

Doesn't prove anything! They look like they're the same pigs to me with slightly different lipstick hues!

What were the issues with the failures Don? Wow! 5 weeks to send you replacements?!

On the surface it doesn't sound like a bad deal for existing Aspen owners. May entice them to trade in the old pig for another sporting some newer shades of lipstick! Assuming of course it makes it past the photoshop stage and actually materializes. i.e. to my eyes that video is misleading. It's showing the old box and not the pro-max which is only seen in pictures... Mr. Uczekaj do you have an actual live pro-max? It’s puzzling if you had one why you wouldn’t want to proudly display it at Oshkosh! Recall that the nice folks at Garmin had videos of the txi back in October of last year before it was released! Not just pretty pictures!

+1 and that's not all! Some people wouldn’t recognize value if they ran into it! Look at all the innovation coming from Garmin. In contrast there's "zero" innovation from Aspen or Avidyne for that matter. Aspen is stuck on an archaic 13 year old display. They can’t even update their freakin’ display! Avidyne on an 8 year old box. Trying to latch on to the GNS success didn't work too well for them. The way I see it Aspen's and Avidyne's days are numbered. Once the new Garmin autopilots are out they're both going to be ancient history. Just like their boxes. Garmin owns the navigator and display market right now as we speak, and about to own the autopilot one as well. A and A better get off their proverbial and literal asses and do something... now. For the sake of their survival and for their customers'. Values of airplanes with their equipment will plummet and that can’t be good. The writing is on the wall. But unfortunately, as they have demonstrated, they just can’t compete. Cutting price can only go so far. Soon they won't be able to give them away.

I have the 650E’s installed and synched. I see no fluctuations anywhere.

Lack of proper maintenance is not the mag’s fault. How do you know the cam follower wasn’t installed backwards? Causing the nylon part to be very close to the points? The correct way is to have the spring steel part of the cam follower be on the inside next to the movable points. They can be installed backwards very easily. And it has happened. Again not the fault of the mag.

How are conventional mags driven separately? How many crankshaft gears are driving the idler gears in the accessory housing? And please cite one case of d mag drive gear failure.

Jeff, I will attempt to simplify your decision. Based on your mission as described I'd concentrate my efforts on a J.

I see they’re yellow tagged and laced. What are they laced with? May explain why you’re tripping! Am I going to be tripping and hallucinating too?

Would that explain the gauge indicating normal with only boost pump on? i.e. engine not running?

Here's a fuel pressure gauge question. Before engine start when I switch on the boost pump the OEM fuel pressure gauge indicates needle movement and normal pressure. At engine start it pegs high. All along I've thought it was the gauge and lived with it since I back it up with the EDM. My question is is it possible that it's not the gauge but the engine driven fuel pump set too high? Does it even have an adjustment? My fuel flows are normal. I see 18-19 gph on takeoff at sea level.

Last few flights I noticed a higher than normal CHT1. I've set the EDM to alarm at 390 and it has alarmed. I'd open the cowl flaps to the trailing setting and the CHT dropped. I'd close them again and it crept up again. The oil T was normal all along. After landing the other day I checked my cowl flaps in closed and noticed that they are closed fully vs the 1/4 inch or so trail setting in cruise which I thought they were in. Until I started to notice this CHT increase. I adjusted them to trail slightly open again and voila, all good! Moral of the story: check and correct the simple things first. Of course the real question now is how did they lose their trail slightly open setting they've been on all along?!

Does it include the loafers? Have a better picture?

Not sure what kind of answer you're looking for and from whom. That's a question only you can answer.

I would replace the switch because it wears. Not very expensive.

I'm intimately familiar with the plastics. I've taken them out, refinished them and reimstalled them. Carpet also. From his description I thought he meant the plastic is a two piece. The plastic is a one piece and the carpet is below that to the floor. The lower edge of the plastic is attached to the carpet with screws. In think thst's what he means.

I'm not sure I understand what you describe. In my airplane the part that goes around the window is one piece with the part under the window to the floor. Are yours two pieces? In any case what you describe is a very easy fix. Incidentally I prefer the screws over any adhesive clips or hooks and loops. Very easy to remove and reinstall.

Very glad you and your pax are ok.

I don't think it helps reduce corrosion. Water in the oil will cause corrosion. I think they greatly reduce friction and thus damage done by rust.