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Wait. Don't you have a 750 in that plane? Only five lines???

I also have a GTN 750/GTX 345 combo, and I also have the Txp controls on the GTN. IIRC, I specifically asked them NOT to do that because I wanted the last two data fields, but the shop told me that there was something in the STC approved install instructions that required them to do it that way...

Probably because a big fan is a terrible way to try to heat water. :D :rofl:

Absolutely! I think it got some extra visibility with the recent hurricanes. But yes, Apple originally introduced just a search-and-rescue "Emergency SOS via satellite" with the iPhone 14, and as of iOS 18 a couple months ago has expanded it to use that satellite hardware for regular Messages...

Yes. It's quite a difference in cost. The 650 is definitely not worth it unless you need the nav radio, IIRC the 650 is only 0.55" taller than the 375. The 750 is obviously MUCH taller. The one thing that might still be worthwhile even with limited IFR flying is the Smart Glide that the GTN Xi...

And really, it comes down to the size of the market and the extreme cost of getting anything certified and produced. :( Even Cirrus had to be sold off to the Chinese, and they are by FAR the most successful new entrant into the market in the last 50 years. Mooney's latest owners were doing...

Oh, I absolutely do that. Maybe it's because I don't know enough good repairmen/tradesmen... I mean, I've got an electrician and a garage door guy, and a company that I usually call by default for HVAC and plumbing that seems to have better than average techs, but for anything else, I don't know...

I do not think it does what it sounds to me like you're saying here. A GTN does let you put in an altitude at any/every waypoint (and easily add along-track offset waypoints for that purpose too, like "Cross 10 miles east of Farmington at and maintain 4,000"), and it obviously loads approaches...

Ooooh... Not much more fun than building a panel with someone else's money! :D Congratulations! You're living the dream. :) So like you said, probably nothing worth saving. If you decide to keep the KX155, you need to find someone to refurbish it - Mainly, to remove and replace each and every...

EVs in general, I can see having issues. Many of the manufacturers are still on their first-generation EVs, and they're just not very good at them yet. Companies like Tesla and GM that have been doing EVs for a while should, IMO, be more reliable. However, that particular study goes back to the...

Because they're cheap. Well... The turboprop world has just been getting FADEC in the last few years (PT6E series). And technically, piston FADEC does exist on the Continental (TS)IOF series. However, I've heard it's something like a $100K premium, so nobody does it. I've been around long...

The milk chocolate melts in your mouth, the candy coating melts in your hand.

They all saw what the FAA did to the Beech Starship... And considering that one failed aircraft design at the airliner level can sink the manufacturer, they're not trying very many radical designs.

I'm certainly not expecting earth shattering performance boosts, all else being equal. Physics doesn't care how fast you want to go. What has changed is materials and manufacturing technology that lets us do things today that simply weren't possible in the 60s-70s heyday of GA. Question: Why...

So I went down the rabbit hole of fantasy-shopping for airplanes after reading the I have tasted speed, and I like it thread. Given that what I fly right now is probably as good as it gets in terms of price/performance ratio (M20R, 175 KTAS/12gph), and is relatively new (1997), it's hard to get...

A hybrid fast-charge/swap system could also be used, depending on the capacity and range needs. Start with the battery at 100%, burn 20% per trip and charge 10% per trip while swapping pax, and when the battery is down lower than 30% for example, it gets swapped and fully charged. I would...

There's not much to figure out there. There are tons of fast chargers out there for ground-pounding EVs, and there was a recent thread showing one of the EA? (aircraft) manufacturers had already been putting in fast chargers at airports. I would expect they'll also work it so that the...

EVs are purposely not being built with 400+ mile range, with a few exceptions, because there are very few people who want to drive that long without stopping, and the weight of the batteries means that your performance, range, and efficiency are all negatively affected by the increased battery...

I just realized that using Google to find this answer is silly - Control surface limits are in the TCDS. Per the TCDS, the 182R has 40 degrees up through S/N 18268055, and then has 38 degrees (Hmmm) and that would have been the changeover between 1981 and 1982. Oddly enough, the TCDS also says...

I think it's maybe just "the model where they switched" and some Rs have 30 while others have 40. I found a 1981 182R POH online that referenced 40º flaps. Oddly enough, I see that yours is a 1981 as well, so maybe that's the year they switched.