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Not sure how you managed that unless you got lucky with a software fluke or they changed the usage terms after you bought your subscription, but current subscription rules specify that one subscription can be run on one ipad or one ipod touch or one iphone http://www.foreflight.com/support/subscription

I think you have a different sort of connector. OR75 mentioned the correct kind of connector as seen on the site below: http://www.aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Terminals/knife_splice_2.jpg There are no washers etc .. Its the connector that you have to disconnect everytime you take the bottom cowl off - it sits next to the oil filler ..

it wasnt happening directly over the east coast and at our altitudes the chances of getting hit in the head with one of these on the ground is the same as the meteor hitting the plane. Most, if not all are burning up in the upper atmosphere

Yeah those would be nice, i'll see if the A&P agrees to change them to that

Apparently there was a meteor shower visible towards the east from 10 pm to 5 am saturday night / sunday morning. If only i had known in advance, i would have flown to see it in the relative darkness up high and near the coast. Hope someone got to see it. Rate was supposed to be 25 an hour or so ...

Has anyone modified the connector for the landing light wires that need to be disconnected every time the bottom cowl comes off? Over time it has become pretty loose.. I was thinking i will put some heat shrink tubing around it, but i would really prefer to have a strong connector that either connects or is clearly disconnected - no half way loose states - kind of like the plastic snap connectors in car electrical connectors. Thanks

One more thing - you should not reduce rpm at or near full power operations. The reason being, the engine is designed to develop peak pressure from the combustion event once the piston is going away from the cylinder head after reaching top dead center. This way the combustion gives the piston a push. True at least for the engines designed for continuous full power ops. If you lower RPM at full power, the piston moves towards top dead center slower and if the peak pressure is reached before or close to top dead center, you end up pushing the piston down when its trying to move up. This is not productive towards moving your crankshaft and causes a lot of energy to be absorbed by the cylinder head which shows up as high CHT. Temperature is after all average velocity of the molecules, which in turn is dependent how much energy you have fed those molecules. If your CHTs are 380 or less, i guess you are fine, but you are probably doing wasted work by not developing peak pressure at the correct time. If you want to know more, search for a yhread titled "turbo lop" here. I know yours is not turbo, but the thread has a bunch of very interesting articles that explain what I am talking about

Wow quite an adventure hopefully i never have to see X on approach. I live 30 mins from KOWD but with the 3 year plane-port waitlist, have to keep mine in fitchburg. About your comment on who wouldnt want to fly now - i was looking up sport planes and those rotax engines cost 10k with crankshaft to overhaul (no official source, just internet search). While not a traveling machine, they are much more affordable to run for limited missions, especially with something exciting like the icon aircraft !

Yes you can use the same subscription on the iphone. I dont have an iphone, and I cannot have the same subscription running on another ipad.

Is it the one 5 miles east off hopedale industrial? I think it was there when i learned to fly in 2003. I was going around trying to visit all the airports in the 152, but never got around to a few airports such as norfolk, cranland and marlboro (rwy too short for me at that time)

I saw this a while back on the EAA site. If it is safe on aluminium, i wouldn't mind givint it a try. Even just to prevent the bug splatter cleanup on my 36 feet of wing!

That is a funny term but also a bit sad since someone is trying to start an airport and facing objections. I think starting an airport will be very neat, but its probably not a very good business.

Yeah I have had foreflight crash on numerous occasions, so you are right. I am thinking of a backup tablet with some free chart software or just view the free app charts that the faa puts out. Foreflight on a backup ipad would require a full subscription

In my J, I could smoothly obtain about 5.2 gph at 2100 rpm at peak. Any lower the engine was not very smooth. However, i am only 150 from TBO. So maybe it will be better with a new engine and overhauled governor etc. I kept my MP higher at 17 to 18

I am no A&P but it doesnt seem like it should hurt anything. But it is puzzling to me. Is the boost pump doing its job?

I used to start a timer only if there was no other way of identifying the missed approach point. With geo ref approach plates, garmin ifr gps etc, there is no real need to time at all any more.

Just to be clear - you mean on a hot start you have the mixture at idle cut off and then you use the boost pump to pressurize the fuel system. I heard thats how the continentals like it - wasnt sure about the lycons For me it just starts at idle cut off on a hot start. One thing that helps is to open the oil door on the cowl after landing to let the engine cool better - maybe it vaporizes the fuel in the pipes less ... I got that from someone's post on this forum - dunno who - but it seems like a good idea and I do it. Also park it facing the wind if anticipating a hot start .. etc etc

look for engine saver on aircraft spruce. They cost about 350$ or so. I dont know how effective they are because I cant see what effect they have on the inside of the engine but sounded like a good idea

I had my pre-buy done at premier. Very thorough and knowledgable and went the extra mile for me during the sales process. They did everything on time and caught every small issue and reported afterwards in writing and phone conversation. Very easy to get hold of any and all of them at the office. I live in MA and was buying from florida and without their help would have been difficult indeed.

okay thanks Byron! - let me measure tomorrow and PM you if I need the 7/8ths.

The reason is that if you actually prime for 3 seconds or whatever your POH mentions - you should create an over rich condition in the engine. This mixture is usually too rich to burn - depends on how long you primed for. So the next step is to get the mixture in the cylinders from an over rich condition to the right fuel air ratio so that the engine fires. The way that is done is to put the mixture at idle cut off and crank the engine - as the engine vents some of the over rich mixture through the exhaust - more fresh air comes in and the mixture becomes progressively leaner until its at the correct ratio for combustion. And then you need to push in the mixture again to provide fuel for sustained combustion. Maybe you are over-priming? You might want to prime for 1 second less or until fuel flow shows a stable flow indication. Or you might try what others have mentioned - that you wait x number of seconds after you prime before you start cranking to promote the fuel to vaporize better. As for your case today where you left the mixture in - I am not sure how that happened unless you forgot to prime aor didnt prime long enough and left the mixture in. That would also achieve the correct fuel air ratio by starting from an over lean condition (all air - no fuel) to more and more fuel per crank until it catches. I am not exactly sure why we have to go from a over rich condition to an over lean condition to start - we could start the other way too - go from over lean to rich.

thanks! one other question .. what should the model number be for the tempest fine wires for the io360 a3b6d? UREM38S or URHM38S - this is a 1987 m20j and thers a choice of either thanks

Quick question, how do you measure resistance of the plugs? Where should i be connecting the multimeter probes to? Thanks

I wonder if its possible to pump the tank with hot air from a compressor and then look at the tank with an infra red camera in darkness? Should show the leaky hot air coming out in a stream.

New plane! I am one of those suckers who will get fooled by a paint job But really, new paint is special!