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Quite a few threads in POA talk about aircraft lighting. It gets confusing so I am just going to pose two general questions to the local think tank: As the picture illustrates, my single beacon (an old Sky-Lite F-200) sits very close the one of my comm antennas. Really can’t detect any...

All points noted as important considerations and appreciated. Thank you!

I’m trying to get an idea of what various maintenance shops charge to weigh an aircraft and handle the paperwork. Seems like a fair amount of work is required to de-fuel and get an aircraft leveled. Anyone had this done lately? Thanks.

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Thanks for the heads-up on this one. Very sad to see another Viking turn into a parts plane. Chances are the wings are history given the plane has been sitting outside since at least 2017. That leaves the engine, prop and turbos as the only things of much value and without the logs they are only...

Thanks for the report...I'm going for it!

Having flown in various aircraft with a variety of Nav/Comm units my observation is that not all radios have the same quality of reception. I’m planning to replace a set of older Narco and King units and thinking about the new line from Garmin, the GNC 205 & 215 boxes. Would appreciate any...

Many systems provide an annunciator for low and high voltage conditions. Trying to determine if there is an accepted threshold for alerting to a low voltage condition? Is there any generally accepted setpoint for sending off an alert? I'm dealing with at 14V system but also interested in the low...

Aviation Spark Plug Services has been a one-woman operation over the years that I used this service. I spoke with the owner, Jenny, after seeing this post. Although the business is closed for health reasons at the present time she hopes to make this service available again in the future. Jenny...

Major thanks to my friends for identifying this part. Apparently my skillset for searching for answers on my own is slipping a bit!

This is for an IO-470F, however the same clips appear to be used on the IO-520.

Anyone know of a source that sells the Continental injector line hold down clips. I need to replace a few of them but having a hard time finding them as a separate item from TCM. Maybe there is a part number, but I can't seem to find it. Thanks in advance!

My new project is building a 3D model representative of an instrument panel and all of the associated structure that sits behind the panel. Of course I want to populate this panel with accurate models of the various instruments and avionics. Does anybody have knowledge of an existing repository...

First of all, let’s not consider mid-50s “late in life”. I’d really like to have those 15 years back, but I live by the attitude that there is still a lot of future to live for. I’ve been wrenching on airplanes for 50 years and do not have an A&P ticket. Until recently this was never a problem...

Dan your information is very valuable and completely logical. Hope the OP can solve his problem. I'm going to follow your advice on the ballast resistor. I will also follow the installation instructions from the 182 manual since I do not have, and cannot obtain, the details of the installation...

Every time an electrical load hits your system there is a mechanical force generated when your alternator responds to this. I had a situation where my anti-collision light (still using incandescent lamps) was placing a sudden load on my alternators every few seconds. I was surprised at the...

Anyone have access to the install manual for the GNC-215?

Thank you Dave, nice tribute to the spirit of American innovation. Find a need and then persevere to fill the need.

A question for the engineering arm of the POA brain trust. I’m trying to understand how an instrument shop calibrates an airspeed indicator and also to find the associated tables of pressures. It seems that this would be very simple if all an airspeed indicator concerned itself with was the...

Quick update - I have been persistently reaching out to Hartzell in addition to the STC owner attempting to obtain documentation on the correct installation configuration. I was pleasantly surprised to actually receive a personal response from Hartzell with the promise to conduct some research...