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Do we know what material is used?

I live under the Delaware TFR. If you are transitioning the outer ring and are not IFR, the easiest way to file a VFR flight plan and begin communicating with Philly ATC prior to arriving to the TFR. Most of the time you will get clearance through the outer ring. You’ll never get cleared through the 12 mile ring (this TFR’s inner ring is wider). I’ve never been pushed far enough to go to the SFRA. There is plenty of distance between the Wilmington TFR and the SFRA. You may however hit the 60 DME ring. Still passable. This time of the year the Rehoboth area may have a TFR since Biden spends his time there sometimes on weekends. Pay attention to these new TFRs for Trump and Harris. I think they are 5 nm and are popping up in Jersey and sometimes in Delaware when Harris meets with Biden’s campaign advisors here.

I had a similar issue. It was smeared in that timeframe when Garmin was dealing with open squelch issues that the short term fix was adjusting the squelch and losing some transmission range. After that was resolved, I was still having transmit issues. I replaced all of the RG-58 with RG-400. Someone more familiar with the installation requirements of the Garmin stuff can comment whether that is a requirement or not. I think there is a lot more RG-58 still being used on new installations. Replacing the cabling fixed the transmission problem (never had a noise issue). Another thing to check is the antenna. I had a GNC 355 installed recently and was having issues with transmissions being heard. The problem was masked because the radio that was removed was a 16W GNC255B. Turned out to be the 7 year antenna that was bad. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Obviously you! [emoji38] Here is a better shot. 7 years older but still looking pretty good. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Some little birdie told me it was a refueler for the F16s. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Being one of those lucky owners based at an airport that is in the no-fly area of the current presidential TFRs, I have a perspective on this. I don’t particularly understand the need for them. I lived only a few miles from the Prez and if it wasn’t for the TFR, I would not even have a clue he was in town. But by presenting the TFR, someone with ill intent certainly would know. My airport is less than 5 miles as the crow flies from the current Prez’s house. If someone took off from my airport, stayed low (flat terrain the whole way), to your point, there is no way an intercept would happen. And even if Philly picks them up on radar, I have listened to the fighter/controller exchange where the controller helps the fighter locate the interception target. There is a nice YouTube video that showed this happening in the NYC area during the former Prez’s term. The controller was giving out vectors to help locate the interception plane. Too much ground clutter? Turns out it was a West Point Academy GA plane that was involved. There is some entertainment value to them. Every time there has been an intercept, I usually know because I hear the fighters circling. That’s when I head to the airport to see what this intercept brings. Like the sweet octogenarian couple who clipped the western edge. We helped them find a hotel after the guys in the black SUVs were done making sure their denture cream wasn’t in fact an explosive. Or the poor guy in the Cirrus, who had to leave his plane there for a week until the TFR came down. I guess having two pilots on board doesn’t guarantee that one of them saw the TFR notification. But my all time favorite was relayed to me by a realtor friend. They were at a home and set up to do a drone video on the home being sold. They were swarmed by a horde of black SUVs and detained for a couple of hours. The drone operator was Part 107 but obviously slept through the part that drones were also included in the list of grounded airborne vehicles. I do find it interesting how some of these interceptions are conducted. On a couple of them, the jets did the intercept only to be joined by a Coast Guard helicopter that followed the plane to the airport. I made a suggestion to the airport manager to see if they could set up a FRZ type process for us. We already tried to see if we could get a gateway designation like KILG. But even KILG’s TSA window is pretty narrow. Our work around if we really need to get out is fly our plane to one of the two airports before the TFR goes active. Another interesting thing we learned is that when these TFRs are up, sometimes when you look on ADS-B exchange, you can see a refueler doing circles over the area. Wonder how much that costs… I wonder if isn’t time the approach is revisited… Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Thanks for the reply. I suspect something is wrong with either the mag or something else. I’ve tried a different hot start that another IO-360 uses and it isn’t any better. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Just had a SureFly installed. I’ve read numerous accounts that hot starts are easier. I’m having issues with hot starts. For those of you who have installed one on a IO-360, did you need to change your hot start procedure? I’ve used the same hot starting procedure since I bought the plane in 1991. On shutdown, leave the throttle at 1,000 RPM. On hot start up, leave mixture out, crank and when it catches (3 or 4 blades), advance the mixture. This doesn’t work any longer. The only way I could get it to start was to use the flooded start procedure. Am I looking at a SureFly issue or something else? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

It’s actually several years old. I bought it from Airtex (https://www.airtexinteriors.com/about.php). Great company to work with. I ordered their stock carpet for my my Mooney but I didn’t like the fit. I asked if they could work off of a template and they said they could. Made a paper tracing of the carpet I wanted and they cut and bound it for the same price as the stocked stuff. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Installed. Just need to paint it to match the interior and do a little carpet trimming. Thanks for the help. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Thanks. I’m not sure how much I will be back on the forum. Retirement is keeping me busy between searching for the failed rocket engineer designer of my fuel selector switch, hanging out with Stinky Pants at his fly-ins or chasing the Grim Reaper off my airport when he stops by to terrorize people looking for his next hacksaw job. Didn’t realize retirement is more work than real work. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Wow John! You keep amazing me with your innovations. I think it would be too much for me to take on, besides it would cut into my time looking for the failed rocket engineer who thought it was a good idea to put that fuel selector in the only area where someone mid aged or older can’t reach. [emoji15] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

That’s the picture I needed! I figured the darker colored piece went under the bigger piece but wasn’t sure how it was screwed in. Appreciate the research Ross. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Hey Andy, nice hearing from you! The darker piece is actually a thick piece of plastic. Probably to provide some spacing for the fuel sump stem. It’s pretty narrow and I don’t think it will be easy to line it up to the existing holes to drill (especially since my old pieces is obliterated). And of course drilling new holes in that area raises the pucker factor a bit. As for the paint job. Nope… still holding out hope that David finishes his cowling mod. Last year he said he was getting close but life probably got in the way. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

I guess you can consider this a fly by (as opposed to a drive by)… [emoji12] Only jumped on the site to see if someone has a Spatial Interior installed so I can figure out how Bruce’s fuel selector/sump replacement piece is installed. Not obvious to me. That’s when I came across this thread on the SureFly. Just went through the installation, hence the carnal knowledge on electronic tach requirements. Hope you guys are doing well. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Paul - the issue with the Horizon is that it requires a negative voltage (that the Tach 2 add-on for the SureFly will convert). The EI R-1 uses a 5V square wave and requires a change of their insulator for the mag it is on from a normal P lead insulator to a VI-2UF. A JPI installation with a Hall effect sensor can be move to the right mechanical mag if you don’t want to buy the Tach 2. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Not only is age catching up with me, it has also caught up to my fuel selector/sump plastic surround. When Bruce did my interior a few years ago, he left this gizmo and said “yours is in pretty good shape, but you might need it in the future”. Well, the future has arrived. Does anyone have one of these and can show me what it looks like installed? Hope all are well… Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

I really don’t get your attitude towards my post or the discussion. It seems you are the one making it a problem by providing examples that are really off base of what I am asking. I simply asked why there isn’t flexibility allowed for a physician around the timing of a Basic Med physical especially if you are the constant care of said physician. My primary care physician sees me several times a year and also gets the medical reports from other practitioners who see me. Like I said previously, my doctor knows more about my health than ANY AME who conducted an FAA medical on me. What difference does it make if my physical was done one or two months earlier than the due date if my entire health dossier is available to them? I’m guessing you’re one of the CFIs who strictly goes by the book when conducting the flight review of one of your closest and oldest friends. Everything evaluated per the book. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

The “they” I am referring to is the FAA. A physical is a snap shot in time and by no means is it an absolute whether you’re 100% healthy at the time of that snapshot. You could have a physical today and tomorrow die of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm because the physician didn’t do an ultrasound even though you’re 65 and were a past smoker. I would have thought since Basic Med relies on part that you as the participant have obligations under the medical self declaration, there would be some flexibility in time when the physician’s assessment could be done. They already give you to the end of the month to renew. So what’s the big deal if the actual date of the physical exam was 2 months ago and reported as such? And I’m sure there are others like me who have visited physicians multiple times throughout the year and that my actual health status is much more well known than when I was getting 2nd or 3rd class medicals. Another issue the cost. Most private medical plans only pay for one physical per year. Since my last physical was the end of November, the next time my insurance will cover it is 2024. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Thanks for the reply. My original annual physical was at the same time as Basic Med but due to COVID, the timing got skewed as well. I would have thought they built in a provision to say that if you had a physical within X months, you don’t need to set up a whole another physical 3 months since my last one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

So, I’m up for my first Basic Med renewal. I had a physical in November but my primary care physician says he won’t sign off until he does an updated physical. My November physical was fine, I’m not on any prescribed meds. Anyone go through this? Is there a requirement the physical be done in the same month as the expiration date? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

That was the reason for my question. It sounds like if an emergency “do not fly” AD was issued, then until the plane and/or logbook was reviewed, presumably by an IA, you would be grounded. I get that right? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Someone has to figure out where to spend all that membership dues. [emoji23] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Your scenario opens up an interesting question. If an AD was issued for the SureFly version that was installed in your plane but removed and it called for an immediate grounding, does the FAA consider your plane grounded since the documentation they have indicates it is in your plane? Or are you good to go because you have the original mag in the plane even though the modifying 337 was not rescinded? It seems sometimes paperwork can create more confusion. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

AOPA has golden parachutes and deferred compensation for retiring executives. They are reported differently since AOPA is “non-profit”. You need to dig into their IRS filings for the details. AvWeb did an article a while back on it. Take a look at the “retirement package” for Boyer in the article below. He clearly made at least $3.4M as part of his retirement package. Probably more since Fuller refused to answer what Boyer’s retirement compensation was for 2010 and beyond. Fuller made $582,000 in 2010 according to the filed Schedule J. I sure would love a job where my salary tripled in 12 years as it has for the AOPA CEO. https://www.avweb.com/news/an-inside-look-at-aopa-expenses-and-salaries/ As someone who was considered an “insider” by the SEC, I got to see a fair amount of executive compensation data. When I casually looked at AOPA’s, my view of what this organization was changed. On the other hand, I saw EAA as much as an advocate for GA. And when I looked at their compensations, they look aligned with what I would expect for companies/organizations of that size. Plus, they put on a pretty nice event every year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro