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No vacuum system in this plane. Current instruments are airspeed, altimeter, vsi, rpm, old transponder, a pair of cht/egt guages, volt/amp guage, fuel tank guage, oil pressure/temp guage, and radio that fits into a 3 inch hole on the panel. If I bought it this would be my list of things to...

It's a dragonfly Mark iii. Not much interior to remove but the battery could help. Before looking at the plane I was thinking the starter would get swapped for a lighter weight one. Upgraded avionics in my brain would gain me maybe 15 pounds. Wheel fairings are possible as its got them and I'm...

Thanks all, this was my suspicion as well. The plane has a minimal vfr panel at best. Steam gauges (no vacuum gauges). A few engine monitoring gauges and the smallest form factor radio I've ever seen. The plane was nice as a potential purchase candidate, but it was built heavy and while flying...

Curious how much weight the average person is able to shave off their plane when they switch over to primarily glass? Took a plane for a flight today that was at max weight. The current owner stated swapping to glass would save "a lot" of weight but I'm hesitant to believe that statement. He...

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Where can I find information on these neat little airplanes? I've found a few, as in minimal, websites that talk about them and am interested in them. It might be a decent choice for my wife and I if I can figure out the details. Most websites seem to show they have a useful load around 550-600...

But did it earn you a new callsign? I'm thinking "Preacher"

Hmm, too bad I didn't see this a few months ago. Couldn't get an aircraft loan to save my life, but got a new motorcycle loan in 30 seconds with a payment almost three times the estimated payment of the plane.

I don't have my IR, just wondering what the definition of a thin layer is.

LOL, I know what you mean. I've done the coastal route a few times and more than once I've debated executing a 360 as I wait for the "cleared through the bravo" call. I usually get it just as I put the initial move to the yoke then have to correct for it.

Yep, saw that and it looks easy enough to avoid if it's hot.

I'll likely be at 5500 as I exit the coastal route and will probably stay at that altitude for the majority of the flight so hopefully John Wayne doesn't ask me to head out away from my intended route. I've done a few flights out to Catalina Island and as long as I have altitude, I'm not...

Good point on going to Mount Soledad to avoid the Bravo. Flight following doesn't bother me so I'll be on it as soon as Mugu or Socal gives it to me. Sometimes Mugu gets busy and isn't able to support but once I get close to the Socal area they've never turned me down. When departing Montgomery...

Might fly there from KCMA Camarillo, Ca. this weekend if time permits. Is there anything in particular I should know or avoid when making the flight? Figure I'll use the Coastal route from Camarillo to get over/past LAX then I'll fly to the Oceanside VOR before heading direct to MYF. So...

I wish I could find a shared ownership nearby. Been looking, but haven't found anything that works yet for what we want.

I did, they took my info and after getting a denial letter they then asked for more information. I asked for an update but never got one from them. As that was a month ago I'm going to guess they too are holding my housing allowance/rent against me as that was the standard response I got from...

Unfortunately, the bank talked me out of any dreams of airplane ownership for now. The banks all seemed to treat my military housing cost as debt in my debt-to-income ratio and the high cost of rent in Southern California makes it look like I'm over my head in debt. However, when I talked to the...

I’ve heard it hangs out in the area which makes sense with how close we are to LA.

Actually was smaller than I would’ve thought. I haven’t tried to get close to it yet but from a distance while it was landing I’d say a max of 8 people in the cabin. That’s a best guess but I’ve always envisioned these things being more massive.

Got to watch him on approach and landing during my ride home yesterday. Was pretty interesting to watch the whole thing.