Steve Dawson

I have a new starter with 35 hours on it and the starter spins however the Bendix drive doesn't engage. Other than buying a Sky Tec, does anyone know of a fix for this? Thanks Steve

HI Ken, I have TKS also but when I first bought the plane the rigging was substantially off and the engine baffle compartment had many leaks. I think my temps are still high so I'll probably continue to stop the leaks or get a new baffle kit from BeeGee. I think the people who did the rigging before I bought the plane were chasing a problem and just made it worse. I had one guy on my field check and fix the rudder problem which lead to re-rigging the ailerons and flaps properly.

I can get 175 KTAS at below 10,000 ft but at 16 GPH

With the way gas has been priced over the last few months that might as well been a decade ago. My point was to ask Banyon for a discount

I just had my tanks resealed by Edison a couple months ago and he replaced the drains for the same money. It seems like a lot of money but after he finished with it I was glad he did it and feel safer that I won't have a leaky valve problem in the future. I'm not sure what the parts cost is but it's a fair amount of labour too. You'll have to have your tanks filled before you leave so Edison can do a leak check. Banyon is the only fuel server on the field and they were $9.85/gal when I had mine finished. Phone Banyon up before your tanks are ready and ask them for a discount. I was able to get $1/gal discount ($90.00) which is enough for a round of drinks with anyone but pilots.

Has anyone figured out how to get rid of condensation drops in their wing fuel gauges without removing them from the plane and leaving the inspection covers in?

From what I've read and heard Berry mounts aren't approved for Bravo's/TLS's and I believe there's an SB on them as well as it being stated in the service manual.

Update on my Bravo and the vibration problem, I just had the engine mounts replaced with new Lord mounts and now theres quite a positive difference. It's actually very smooth throughout all the engine RPM ranges. When the shop replaced the previous mounts they were found to be askew in the engine mount so that the rubber didn't fit properly in the mount and we also found the engine mount bolt was loose. Flew from FXE up to GSP and tried the range of RPM's from 2200 to 2550 and it feels great now.

I have about 15 hours with it and I really like it's ability to do "things" with it. I haven't used the keyboard but I use the IFD 100 and Foreflight and enjoy the transferability. So far the ability to change the data fields to the way I want is more than Garmin has. I flew roughly 10 years with a GTN 750 in my J and didn't have any issues with it. I do like it's larger screen but with a coupled Area 760 to the IFD I can get the information I need and want for IFR . Flying through Florida last week it was nice to have the traffic box separate in the data field as well as having distance and time to different waypoints in other data fields. Having both wifi and BT helps with connections. I'm still learning so it'll get more useful.

As of now I'm not selling the Bravo. I've just spent a lot of money and time on it and it's currently having the fuel tanks resealed. I ordered the 750 back in September and they kept delaying the delivery multiple times so I bought and installed an Avidyne IFD 540.

I have a brand new Garmin GTN 750 xi that I have for sale. Still in the unopened original box. It would have to be installed by a Garmin approved installer for the warranty. Selling because I no longer need it. Asking $17,950 US including basic ground shipping within the US and Canada Steve sdawson630@gmail.com

Having installed a Garmin GTX 345 I no longer need the Stratus anymore. Works great and comes with the antennas and USB charging cord. Asking $395 and will ship to Canada or the US. Steve sdawson630@gmail.com 510F327F-218A-4026-A5C3-8E3520AFC624.heic C0C22A4B-D373-4BA9-BDC5-9C894B431219.heic

I have very little health care education so it's a guess but what happens to the CO2 you expel when the air pressure is less at altitude? Or is the CO2 expelled as well at altitude as it as on the ground?

Tom, very sorry to hear about your plane. I talked to you at Spruce Creek and thought you'd done an amazing job on it. Glad to hear that no-one was seriously hurt.

Thanks Rick, very helpful

Impressive Rick, When did you install the fine wires and did they help with getting your engine to run LOP and run smooth?

Thanks for the information on the Tempest fine wires. They're next on the list for the next thing to do. I have a tank reseal booked for this month so I'm watching my budget for now. Hopefully this will work because I didn't want to go through changing the engine mounts yet. Just out of curiosity, after you installed the fine wires, did you notice a difference in RPM drop when doing a mag check? It was a dynamic engine/prop balance done so technically it was the prop that had the weights and the engine wasn't touched.

Resurrecting this old post, Great info from John Green, Scot, Andy and everyone about the details of running the Bravo. I just tried a the power settings that John mentioned here and another one of his posts with almost the same results. It's taken awhile to get the plane rigged properly but now it's flying straight and close to the same speeds with the power settings shown he described. I had the engine balanced (.3 ifs @2300 RPM) and it still has a bit of a vibration at 2300 RPM when flying so I may replace the engine Lord mounts and see if that helps, but I'm very happy with all the great info in these old posts.

I had a sidewinder for my J but unfortunately the person that bought my plane realized how versatile they are so he wanted it with the purchase. When I bought the Bravo the seller included a RoboTow. It's pretty good and will tow the plane over a 1/2 mile on one battery. That said I ordered a Redline Sidewinder and I'm selling the RoboTow if you're interested?

Thanks Art, I figured that out a couple days ago. I could only find one sentence in the manual stating that they were in series and that helped. Second was to supply a separate ground. JPI didn't help at all. Secondly I'm having a difficult time getting the fuel pressure sensor to work.

Just finishing off installing a JPI 900 in my Bravo and I have a couple questions on where you connected the fuel pressure sensor and on the fuel tank senders how did you connect the two individual fuel tank senders in each tank. I've already talked to JPI and they don't know. Thanks

Frank you have an agenda. You haven't posted all the information on here that you did on BT so maybe you can update us on current your Avidyne asset status and how it came to be. You didn't have to slam Avidyne and the people that own Avidyne equipment to notify us of Avidyne's transparent (slightly hidden) policy. Why not just state that if you buy a used Avidyne product or any ones product to check before with the manufacturer on the status of that equipment. And to add that if someone has an accident or incident with their aircraft to make sure that their insurance covers that loss. Personally I would never buy anything off of you because your propensity to hide facts that maybe circumstantial to the buyers advantage. Sophistry! As I stated on BT I think Avidyne has stepped up and given general aviation a huge advantage on choices. They've risked their funds, time, research and reputation to supply a very worthy competition to Garmin when a few others have backed away. I have had excellent service from Avidyne and Chase as well as our local avionics shop (Brant Areo).

I had the same issue when I owned my J. Before you start spending money on repairs, open the inspection door on the side and locate where servo to trim tube is. There's a chain connecting the two and it sometimes starts to seize or just needs lubrication. Or when its cold it will contract. Try spraying some lubrication on it and manually exercise the trim wheel and see if that helps. I think I spend a couple AMU's until I figured that out.

What sort of equipment are you looking for and what years?

Thanks guys. I just ordered some from AS.