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  1. flyingcheesehead

    What if... Modernizing GA

    The FAA, airlines, and corporate aviation do. That's why we have FOQA. Merely surveillance on its own doesn't do anything. It's surveillance combined with ensuring that the pilot knows they did something and corrects it. Hell, I recently uploaded all of my flight data for the last few years to...
  2. flyingcheesehead

    What if... Modernizing GA

    Yes... There were 1000 preorders. We agree on that. But the numbers of orders over time don't agree with China being the problem. When they announced the China build, they had 850 orders. Over a year later when they started shipping, they had 1000, a net GAIN of 150 orders in spite of the worst...
  3. flyingcheesehead

    What if... Modernizing GA

    I was thinking more like DA40 vs 172. The DA40 does tend to have a better payload, but not by a ton.
  4. flyingcheesehead

    So I bought a C182 - what now?

    How do you know? FWIW, the faceplates never said "430W".
  5. flyingcheesehead

    The self-flagellation of the frugal and mechanically minded(a rant)

    1966. https://fraserengineco.com/fraser-fast-facts/animal-house-deathmobile/
  6. flyingcheesehead

    What if... Modernizing GA

    That doesn't track at all - That would have meant that nearly every cancellation ever was because of China production, while most of them were because it had abysmal numbers, especially for useful load. Three days before the announcement that they were to be produced in China, they had 850...
  7. flyingcheesehead

    What if... Modernizing GA

    The point is to prevent accidents to the extent necessary to lower the cost of entry. You can have your privacy in your $1.2MM SR22, or you can go as fast in a different new airplane that's even safer for $80K. The choice is yours... I was just trying to come up with some way to make new...
  8. flyingcheesehead

    New panel for a 206

    VORs are definitely something I rarely use any more. It's up to you whether it's worth it to keep one in the "I had to go IFR but then the GPS system went down" or "I had to go IFR but I was near one of the GPS jamming tests" intersections. My panel is for my "I fly IFR frequently" bird and I'm...
  9. flyingcheesehead

    Zombie F-35 Mishap Report Out...

    I keep meaning to post the accident report (again, this is for the Shaw incident, not for the zombie F-35) because the link that I keep finding to it everywhere is broken. Here it is.
  10. flyingcheesehead

    Zombie F-35 Mishap Report Out...

    :( I wasn't really thinking about hours directly being the issue there, more just that we seem to be demanding more per hour. Yes. That was the big thing, and what started the accident chain. Without that, the seat wouldn't have been an issue. Yes, they said that best case scenario it would...
  11. flyingcheesehead

    Personal Locator Beacon - Still Relevant?

    When you're off grid, people who are either in your emergency contacts or in your Family Sharing group can contact you via satellite without you contacting them first. Obviously, this needs to be set up as desired *before* you're off grid. Only the person who is off grid needs the iPhone 14+...
  12. flyingcheesehead

    Tire time! Goodyear Flight Special II or Airhawk, $50/tire difference. Which one?

    Not that I've ever been able to notice. I would think they'd have to be hard as a rock before it had any significant effect.
  13. flyingcheesehead

    Instrument training…

    It's not in one place visually is what I meant. And sure, old school with 230/200 as in your example may be visual if you're experienced at building that picture in your head, but it won't be to someone who's in training.
  14. flyingcheesehead

    Tire time! Goodyear Flight Special II or Airhawk, $50/tire difference. Which one?

    For airplane tires, get recaps. They can use a harder rubber compound on the tread that way, so they'll last even longer than new tires. https://www.aviationconsumer.com/maintenance/tire-retreads-strong-cheaper/
  15. flyingcheesehead

    Zombie F-35 Mishap Report Out...

    So, we often hear that flight time is quite restricted in today's military. They also have sophisticated simulators to be able to spend a minimum of time on the aircraft, plus very comprehensive ground training. The hours seen in the military do not in any way match up to what we as civilians...
  16. flyingcheesehead

    Instrument training…

    It's windy town there in Kansas! I once was passing through and went flying with a friend who was working on his CFII at the time. He flew an approach into Topeka from the right seat while I safety piloted from the left seat... And during the approach, I was looking at the runway over the...
  17. flyingcheesehead

    What if... Modernizing GA

    I had another thought on this while I was typing the last post. One of the big things holding us all back is, as mentioned before, the extreme cost of protecting against lawsuits. In addition, since we're going after safety, it's even better if we can prevent accidents in the first place. So...
  18. flyingcheesehead

    What if... Modernizing GA

    You could do a whole range of different planes. If we were to start the PlanesOfAmerica Manufacturing Co, and put together a lineup of planes to cover the widest number of missions, what would it look like? I'd suggest that if you covered a few broad areas you could do a lot: 1) The Sport...
  19. flyingcheesehead

    New panel for a 206

    Oh jeez. This is super dumb: I get it, they've decided there's a minimum button size with the touchscreen, but those checkboxes are stupidly large. They'd have done better to have another line at the bottom with check/skip/previous buttons, which would allow 3-4 times as many checklist items...
  20. flyingcheesehead

    Instrument training…

    True, but not being a visual representation, it's still a surprise until you get used to it.
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