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Turns out the trim was way out of rigging. We fixed it up and it's flying much better now!

Having the day off work on July 4, I decided to call up my instructor and put some more time into learning to fly my PA-32-300. After a couple hours of adequate landings, my instructor had me land and told me "We're done. You're good to go!" That evening, I grabbed my partner and we flew down...

Unless someone hid a pile of bricks in the tail of the plane, my guess (and what the mechanic is going to look at) is the elevator trim rigging to make sure it's correct.

My mechanic is gonna look into it next week. I wonder what's up with this...

Sorry for the terrible picture. Here's where the trim was set while doing level flight in the lighter scenario.

In the heavy scenario, we had 470 pounds in the front seat, 200 pounds in the back seat, 80 pounds in the rear baggage, and 504 pounds of fuel. In the second scenario, I had 300 pounds up front, 170 in the middle, 504 pounds of fuel.

After two months of training, my instructor finally gave me the green light to go fly. (Life, scheduling issues, and me having some things to unlearn made it take longer than I wanted, but we made it!) Anyways, I've been wondering about the balancing of the plane. When we did a flight at 95%...

HA. Funny you mention that. I *am* actually having a similar problem to this person! Though mine is during a transition to a new airplane type (High performance, low wing, 6 seater...). I did have issues like this when getting my PPL, but I worked them out before my check ride... They''re...

I'm definitely enjoying the low wing better than the high wing. It's a challenge, but I'm working through it. :) . I see now why so many insurance plans wanted me to have 25 hours before they would insure me flying...

We've also been doing other things, like engine management, slow flight, stalls, steep turns, unusual attitudes, and other stuff... I am doing a BFR, HP endorsement, checkout, and whatnot all at once. Also, 20 was an estimate. Looking at my logbook, it's actually 26. And we aren't doing...

I'll be keeping ALL of this in mind tonight! Thanks! Great advice!

As I've been doing my transition training into my very own PA-32-300, I have been STRUGGLING with landings. They keep getting better as I work with my instructor, but I'm 12 hours and about 20 landings in, and all but 2 of them have been bouncey as heck. It's probably a result of the fact that...

I just bought a Cherokee 6 300 without having seen it. Frankly, had I seen it... I doubt I would have noticed anything that would have made me think of buying it or not. I'm not all that well versed in the mechanics of things. Enough to know how things work, not enough to notice "Hey, that's...

Before that, I think I want to look at getting a decent autopilot in there. It still has the original AutoControl IIIB thing. Dunno how well that works, but I hear it's not great.

Gosh, I'd love to, but I don't really have the time. :( . Work has been hellishly busy lately, and I just took a bunch of vacation.

We closed on my plane today! My first one! You can see it here: http://airmart.com/aircraft-for-sale/172/piper/n7008f-1977-piper-cherokee-6-300/n7008f It should be in my hands in a few weeks once the ferry pilot is available to fly it from South Carolina to California. Aaaah! I'm excited! I...

It's interesting how there is a divide between "Run away" and "You have to expect some of this from an older plane." Makes it hard to figure out what to do! :P My mechanic and I really feel like we've got a pretty clear idea of how bad this is... and it's gonna be bad, don't get me wrong...

It’s been flown regularly, every single day. I think we have a good sense of how much repair work is needed on this thing. Probably around $10k or so. My mechanics say it’s a good buy for the right price. The trick is finding that right price and seeing if the seller will accept it.

The pre-buy was not what I hoped. My guy called it a "10 footer." Plane looks great from 10 feet, but when you get close, there's a lot of problems. There's a ton of loose or smoking rivets and little spots of corrosion and stuff like that. What's worse is that there's a lot of mechanic...

That's what I hear. 6 seats scares people. Also plane value.