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The flight where the alarm persisted as the voltage drop was a hoot! She was sitting in the plane with me, very calm and trusting, but hyper focused on the red alarms instead of enjoying the scenery. I did a bit of trouble shooting in the air turning things on and off sure that did not help...

The shop owner made it sound like he thought he could just replace the post in house, but it would void any remaining factory warranty if there were any left. He thought this would get me back in the air sooner.

Shop was able to look at it today. Battery wire on alternator too short to work with, needs replacement. They have the wire, not sure about the fittings. Post on alternator needs replacement, they think they can handle that also. A few parts might need to be ordered. They are very behind on...

That, and your medical... which requires a doctor, not an online form. Dec 23: "When I did my Stage 1 Ground Check Friday, I found out my old combination medical and student pilot certificate are no longer valid. I spent some time on my own over the weekend trying to get it straightened out on...

It was sort of on, but no resistance to pulling apart. Pretty clear to me it was what has caused my issues for a while now. Best I can guess it is 10awg? A decent shop might be able to make one and install?

Back of alternator. I saw the orange cap partial wore out, touched it, seemed to be attached by rust dust. Now, what is this wire called so I can order one for whoever I can find to replace?

C172M, new avionics and engine in past year or two. Alternator replaced before leaving the shop. I still get irregular low volt and amp alarms. Normally goes away within minutes. A week or two ago my paint shop did a test flight and took a look at this with an avionics company. On the...

I do not know the reason. I suspect it was just his life circumstances, perhaps he already had a job as an engineer. I posted this as it is what would be most appealing to me, to work on just my plane, or irregularly for others, and then test so I can sign off my own annuals. Another IA...

Today I applied for AP school! An IA I know suggested he only worked on his own airplane for three years before becoming an IA. Anyone else do this?

Of maybe they read POA and are worried of the advice given, like hanging a bag of dog excrement...

This was initially in the flight following portion of the forum. There was nothing about flying in the post.

Tough to deal with this. I'd deal direct again, then consider other stuff. Best I can think of is to shut the doors, then lock them. Leave a typed note saying you left the key/combination with Dave. But this really reads like 5-10 seconds of work and not worthy of its own thread.

Surely there are other better forums to ask this of? Maybe go to that giant internet thingy, find a "search bar" and type "cat forum" Perhaps there your *****/FIP problems will be solved or better commiserated with.

1. Did you fit in those planes? 2. Figure out what the POH for each of them says, calculate max weight for student... I was 285 flying with fatter CFI at times.

If this were a single family home rental it would work all day long.

Thanks, good tip. Or else find the cooler that belongs to the early bird showers guy.

Thanks!

Okay, big picture update to the day. Voltage alarm came and went, mostly went. An avionics guy said that the voltage monitoring was being done on the avionics bus, needs to be on the battery bus. A mechanic said start up voltage of 14.5V was too high, tried to look for a set screw on the...

I think sticking with a lowly 172 is in my future!

I dont get it