bradp

Yeah it’s grounded properly but does live in the left wing meaning it travels with the battery cable for about 2 feet as the audio wires exit the fwd wing tunnel and head up to the panel.

A very mild pulsing that I think might be draw with the unit itself … only when audio selected with the LHS. Nothing too annoying and barely audible. I originally thought it might be the Beacon or the strobes bleeding through on the audio input, but I don’t think it’s either. Next time I am. in the plane, I’ll see if I can record it.

I’ve got my landing height system set up such that I still have the 2- and 1- foot call outs (very helpful at night), and the gear position annunciator is wired to the second side of the gear switch. I put a little placard stating LHS indicates gear switch position only. It’s pretty flawless. I do get a tiny bit of electrical noise in the system, though.

Like the MCP up high. Good choice on that.

Does the original machine have a base-plate of prefabulated aluminite, surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two main spurving bearings are in a direct line with the pentametric fan?

I have also had my avionics radio relay fail in a way that powers down the circuit. It’s not designed that way but it can still fail that way. I my case one of the spades for the relay contactons had been vibrated loose in the housing by time and the heavy gauge cable pushing down on it. It bent the contactor so that it could not physically touch - so essentially it was in an always “energized” or radio power off state.

If I recall correctly all J and higher had normally closed avionics / radio masters so that if power failed the avionics would fault to an “on” state. I believe the modern panel Fs also had relays but I can’t recall if the shotgun six pack panels had this setup. Maybe an owner can inform.?

The latest revision is an amazing tool with the bitching Betty gear reminder. They will improve night landings as well.

Rep at Oshkosh said it can be done. There are a few identical part numbers.

Or a yearly visit to Oshkosh will bring the same anxiety :/)

One tip is if your plane is coming out of maintenance and you are test flying it, expect to be a test pilot. After paint I had a rigging issue such that the plane wanted to bank hard left. Insta test pilot. The procedure after major engine work was fully decowled engine, inspect. Run up. Inspect. First break in flight (Done by another mid-RR / mechanic). Decowl Inspect Fly home Another time I heard a rattling on landing coming from the empennage. It was a snap on ratchet. I definitely kept that one. Lottery winner?

ForeFlight does indicate your gps position and will show it overlayed onto an approach chart. It will also replay your previous tracks to show position and altitude.

I’ve got ulterior motives Anthony. Going to see about making a 3D printed adapter to use the existing screw mounting set with the RAM visor. If it works I’ll happily make some for the group at cost plus shipping. :-)

Message sent to your gmail Don. Thanks Brad