Marauder

The guy who experienced the issue commented on the YouTube video that was posted on a different channel. He claimed as the pilot, the plane had just come out of maintenance and the trim was worked on. Apparently the trim was in an extreme nose down position. Although he didn’t say this in writing, it sounds like he pulled the yoke off in an attempt to overcome the heavy nose down trim. He also mentioned that the plane just had a GFC 500 installed and the LVL button saved his life. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

If you recall, Stinky Pants was lamenting about how hard it was to find a safety pilot because a lot of us are BasicMed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I got sage advice from someone who has bought and sold 17 planes in the last 30 years. “Look for a plane that someone loved”. I agree with that advice. Either you pay upfront for a turnkey plane or you pay later to make it one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Dang it, anyone know how to delete a post? Didn’t mean to post a picture of my mistress. Here’s my wife. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Can I bring my wife as well? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Me not four. [emoji1787] But I might join if they paid me $500k a year to say nice things about them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I do find the differences interesting in how facilities handle these requests. You would think there would be some sort of standardized process. When I fly to western New York, they never want to give me a clearance on the ground at an uncontrolled airport. I always get this question: "can you depart VFR?". And when I answer "yes", they give me a squawk code and a frequency to call them when airborne. It is only then do I get the clearance. At my home airport, don't even think about an airborne pickup. I'm sure it has to do with LOAs and workload. What my real pet peeve is why, with all of the computer technology out there, they can never seem to be able to provide a clearance that sticks. And then when you get this 10 waypoint clearance loaded up, you get "proceed direct to destination". There's gotta be some sadistic motivation in there somewhere...

I was a bit surprised at only $30k was spent in the “lobbying” category. Hmmm…. Also, they spent $54k on “boats and airplanes”. Didn’t know they had a boat. Hmmm… My disappointment with them involved their medical assistance program. I was dealing with an issue that would require an SI and they basically provided no help on how to proceed. I ended up using a helpful AME who guided me through the bureaucratic system. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Thanks for the reminder for why I am letting my membership lapse. The first time was when Boyer was running around saying how important it was he flew in a Citation. Pretty impressive salaries for an organization that reported $46M in revenues. To put things in perspective, a CEO for a company in the private sector that generates between $25M and $100M in revenues has a total annual compensation between $350k and $500k. Even if you applied the aviation markup… Blame this one on my former career: https://www.aopa.org/-/media/Files/AOPA/Home/About-AOPA/Governance/2020_AOPA_Form-990_Public-Inspection-Copy.pdf Take note of the reported travel expenses. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

How badly cracked is it? When Bruce Jaeger did my interior, he showed me how to repair the cracks. It’s not perfect but repaired, cleaned up and painted with a good SEM color, they look really good. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Did he sell his Mooney or did one of us knuckleheads piss him off so bad he hasn’t been back? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

You can gobble up half of that or more just in the seats. I did the Spatial Designs interior and with the seats/rugs, I was in the $8k range. I don’t know what Aerocomfort gets but they have to be pushing $15k or more. Try to find an upholsterer who can provide the burn permits. Some of the car people might end up cheaper than a shop dealing with airplanes only. I got my seats done for $2k (in leather) primarily because I caught the shop at a slow time. No one in areas where we deal with winter weather wants their plane down during the summer. SCS sells nice carpets but they are pricey. I had custom ones made by Airtex in Trenton, NJ. I could buy 3 sets of them for the price of a high end SCS carpet set. Jaeger’s Spatial Design package includes new side panels and shows you how to refurbish cracked trim pieces. I priced out replacement trim pieces and I could easily have dropped over $3k on them alone - and to make things worse, you still need to trim the trim to get them to fit correctly. This is one of Bruce’s side panels with refurbished window trim. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

That’s exactly what I do with the STEC. Click the 20’ altitude correction button if I need to adjust altitude due to a new altimeter setting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

How did it end? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

As Eric stated, the kit doesn’t contain the temp sensor. It’s on the charger. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

As far as I know, none of the King stuff is interfaced with the Aspen or the Garmin for controlling the autopilot. The only autopilots that interface with the Aspen are the STEC 55, 3100 (some airplanes), Avidyne’s DFC-90 and now the GFC 600 (Martin Pauly’s Bonanza was the test airplane). I have the STEC 60-2 and all the AP control is done through the STEC control head. I’m still holding out hope the GFC 500 will be certified. I use the Aspen to enter target altitude and minimums but it doesn’t do anything with the AP. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I have a JPI and an EI FP-5L. They each provide fuel flow and pressure. I’ll have to look at the installation again but I know I have at least two flow transducers and perhaps two pressure transducers. Don’t know much about the Shadin capabilities but I wanted to have redundancy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Mine is landscape mode as well. JPI did switch the display type on the 900. The original display seemed to have less resolution and an anti-glare covering on it. Mine failed twice and after the second failure, they provided the new style display. It has better resolution, but no anti-glare covering. I’ll be curious to see what the displays look like of those who bought a 900 within the past couple of years. Here are the two displays. The first picture shows the reason why the display was replaced. Biggest gripe I have with the new display is the lack of anti-glare and it looks like Alex’s 930 is using the same style display. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Are you talking about the window trim that sits on top of the glass or you talking about a bead on the glass where it contacts the airframe? My 1975 F had a U piece on the window trim. It was replaced with a more flexible version that Bruce Jaeger provided when he did my interior. This is what the original trim piece looked like: You can see the new U trim piece on the door frame in this picture. This what you are talking about? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Better view of it. And if you are interested in it, let me know. I think I still have a lot of it on the roll that I haven’t used since it was installed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Actually it is not a carpet. It is a fabric that is glued onto the panels. Came from Douglas Interior Products, Bellevue, WA. Item number 5586. https://douglassinteriorproducts.com/?s=5586 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Technically a J is an F clone. [emoji6] The starting airframe that was used to make the first J models were in fact Fs that were heavily modified and introduced as the J model. If you sat in a late model F or an early J, you’d be hard pressed looking at the interior to tell the difference. Now if the owner here claimed it was an Ovation clone, well then, I’d be on the bandwagon to say that would be stretching it. Pun intended. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I just got mine approved “FAT 1”. [emoji1787] I’m curious why this level anonymity is important to you guys? Afraid someone will see you flying while you should be working? Gives the mother-in-law time to work on her quips before your arrival? Let’s your neighbors know when it is safe to break into your house (in that case, probably best not to post “I’m in Cancun” on Facebook)? Or am I in the midst of a bunch of billionaires and celebrities? [emoji13] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Oxygen is an oxidizer. It “combusts” readily when expose to a petroleum source. Any fast evaporating solvent is fine to clean the orifice with. Also, if you keep a cylinder without your cannula adapter attached, you’ll want make sure you keep a cap on it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Not sure I understand your question. It has a Hobbs feature that begins counting as soon as the master is turned on. Are you talking about the ability to do like my Garmin Pilot app does, count it as time as soon as I exceed 20 knots or go vertical 200 feet? I’m not aware of any input for flight time although it does track GPS coordinates as well as speed & time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro