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I believe shoulder harnesses were standard on the '76 RG. It was definitely part of the "RG II" package that almost all Cardinal RG purchasers elected. Paul

Some people don't raise the gear until there's no usable runway ahead. In this case, and given that it takes 12-14 seconds for properly rigged '76 177RG gear to retract, it may have still been in the initial retract cycle.

last summer, CANPASS was overwhelmed. It's much better this year. Paul

use tax is once... like sales tax for USEd aircraft. Paul

If you contact any of the aircraft title companies in Oklahoma City, they can do an archival search for aircraft owned by your Dad. Paul

Call these guys, free consult, avoid 10% use tax if possible. (It usually is possible...) www.aeromarinetaxpros.com Paul

Could be a cop, or police dispatcher like my niece! Paul

Johnston Aircraft, Tulare Airport. Focus is ag planes, so it's now their slow season. Did a tear down inspection for me last year, good folks! Tell Lionel I said hi! Paul

There have always been supply chain problems. But prior to COVID, one couldn’t assume consumers understood that term. Now it’s in general use. That said, I know of vendors blaming supply chain for discontinuing lower margin products… keeps customers from arguing, apparently. Honesty cannot be...

Congrats! The blue deposits on the connector are usually a good clue. We had the same symptoms due to a break in the field wire that was intermittent. Every 40 years, pull the entire alternator regulator wiring harness, and examine it with a fine-tooth comb. Incidentally, on the new production...

Keep in mind that GAMI's G100UL was approved by the FAA on September 1st, 2022... a year ago yesterday. Not surprisingly (to me, at least) fuel producers, distributors, and FBOs might have expressed lots of curiousity and interest, but no one was keen on making financial commitments until that...

Ah! A necro-thread, back from the dead! I didn't see this one last year, and it's unfortunate there's so much misinformation in the year-old discussion. But we'll rise above that for the moment... Swift has said that it is, and that does seem to be one of the FAA's approval criteria, so we...

on the sectional, it shows mining there... and the Wrigleys still own 90+% of the island... but it's in a 50 year public-benefit conservancy so they don't have to pay the property tax bill. Paul

I know you have the concept, but you’re not expressing it quite correctly. Let’s talk about never below… Nah, that’s not how that works! Let’s use your 100% full rich example. For my turbo-Cardinal, that’s 24 GPH at takeoff power, 31” manifold pressure. The FAA detonation test would require me...

That was the procedure, but since has been rescinded. But controllers don't always keep up, or just remember their training, or are nosy! Paul

That's a little muddled, but OK... Reduce takeoff fuel flow by 12% and monitor for detonation. My airplane doesn't have a minimum fuel flow limit... it does have a fuel flow redline which I strive to always achieve (or slightly exceed). That's what engine monitors are good for. If CHT is stable...

The worst case cylinder is the one monitored... there's no summing of all four or six accelerometers. So divide your numbers by four or six accordingly. But you've got the general idea. Paul

As noted, FSS is no longer an option. Pro tip: the listed CD number isn't always correct! If you get some weird ATC facility 200 miles away that's never heard of your airport, check the listings for other airports around you. One of them is likely to be correct. Then let the FAA know they...

yeah... But no. Not in any common understanding of the English language. The FAA defines 'no' detonation as less than a certain number of detonation events per minute. We have to be a little bit clever to discuss this in a way that has engineering meaning. Saying no detonation without...

That's true, but not the definition. Like your reference says, pre-ignition occurs BEFORE the spark plug fires. Detonation occurs as the burning mixture compresses pockets of end gas (that haven't yet combusted) and causes them to explode rather than burn... combust at greater than the speed of...