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I've considered dropping hull coverage (~100k) on my Debonair. My premiums with hull/liability currently are around $1400/yr. I can't remember the exact figure for liability only, but it was around $500-600/yr. To this point, I've never had the cajones to do it for a savings of $800/yr...

I trimmed a few shares this morning. Wished a owned a lot more, but easy to say in hindsight.

Me testing out my new to me tug the others day. Saw it on craigslist for a good price and pounced on it. As luck would have it, it was located at my home airport. I was assuming I would have to drive somewhere to pick it up. Makes a world of difference. The Deb can be a bit heavy especially...

Will, that’s insane they wanted you to put your hand sanitizer in a hazmat locker. Never heard that one before. Job security for someone I guess.....

From a practical standpoint, I don't think there's a big difference at all. For whatever reason, fire codes generally do not permit storing fuel in a hangar. I guess fuel in the airplane doesn't count. Don't ask me!

Up to this point, I could load the family with up to 15 lbs of luggage each and still be under gross, so I never had to worry about it. However the kids are continuing to grow and weight is starting to become a factor. I actually did a W&B a couple days ago with their current weights (105 and...

No. If I was ever going to the let plane sit for a period of time I would fill it with avgas.

I mounted a 90 gal DOT approved tank to an old Harbor Freight trailer I had. See profile pic. I keep the trailer in my hangar (empty). After a flight, I know exactly how much fuel I used from my EDM700 engine monitor. With this information in hand, I hook up the trailer and head to the gas...

Hey Ben. Sorry I missed your post, haven't been on the board for a couple weeks. If you are looking to fly on a budget (I am certainly in that category). You can not go wrong, IMHO, with an autofuel capable Debonair (225 hp). I'm paying $1.75 for 87 Octane ethanol-free gas at the local...

Truth be told, the lifetime MPG on the display is 125 mpg. When I bought the car it had about 3,000 miles on it (had been on the lot a while) and had been driven mostly on the ICE as near as I can tell (lifetime was around 40 mpg). I set up one of the trip meters to track the mpg since...

Thanks for the video. I’m not ready to do anything for at least another year but I do like the Dynon system. How is the Dynon engine monitoring package? I love the EDM900/930, however it seems like it might be more cost effective to do the Dynon package. I currently have the EDM700 w/FF

Nice write up . Thanks! My Volt is a Gen 1 as well (2015). I’m right around 184 mpg lifetime. I need to check out a Model 3 sometime. I’ve been in the X and S, never driven a Tesla though. Def keeping the airplane for now. No way I can afford both!

I have to stop reading this thread! I currently drive a Chevy Volt, and love it, however a Model 3 is definitely on my mind. As Golfpilot mentioned, I too wonder if I had a Model 3 with autopilot if I wouldn’t start driving a lot more instead of flying. I would certainly save a ton of money...

Jakl, I have a C33 Debonair and absolutely love it. My kids are 14 & 11, and we are still able to do full fuel (74 g usable) with light baggage (Useful 1060). My wife and I are about 340# and the kids are roughly 190#. My wife does not like legs longer than about 2 hours (I don’t either). I...

I’ve flown with John in my Debonair. Great guy and excellent instructor. I want to do his acro course. Need to get on that!

I just had the NGT9000 w/active traffic installed (along with a new IFD440) and love it so far. Like Martin, I’m very happy that I went with the active traffic option. I actually had a very close encounter on my first flight after install (ADS-B test flight). I was doing the typical test...

I have a 65 Debonair and love it! I also burn mogas almost exclusively. 2.75/gal vs 4.75 at my local airport. That is huge if you have a limited flying budget, like myself. I think a mogas burning Deb or E185/225 Bo is about the best speed per fuel $ that you can get. Of course, I do have...

Nice TA, Brian! I bid on one last year, but was outbid in the end. Picked up a 65 C33 Deb back in Sept and loving it so far, especially the auto fuel. It’s in the shop now for ADS-B and also swapping out a non-WAAS GNS430 for an IFD440. Always liked the TA. Maybe I’ll get one eventually...

For my install, decided to go with the IFD440. I should be able to sell my pristine non-WAAS 430 for around 4k or so. In the end the cost differential between upgrading my 430 and adding the FS210 was just to small compared to a new 440. No FS210 required, one less thing to install. In...

Chris, I have the PM1000 II. I had the old Sigtronics as well and it was pretty much T/U when I bought my airplane. Just like you, I wasn’t ready to dump a bunch of money into an all one one audio panel while my old Collins panel was still working fine. My mechanic recommended the PM1000 and...