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Just put a GFC 500 in my Arrow as part of an avionics upgrade (GFC 500, dual G5, GTN 650Xi, GNC 255A, GTX 345, GMA 345). Absolutely love it. Echoing what others have already said, the airplane flies like it's on rails when using the autopilot. FYI, I didn't put in the pitch trim servo. I don't...

I think you’re probably right about this. Having said that, if learned properly for ground/taxi ops, applying full throttle for takeoff should cause the engine to stumble and quit if left leaned.

A swirling mass of metal fatigue, rotating around an oil leak!!!

Fell from $3.83 to $3.27/gal where I’m based, KEDN (Enterprise AL), just a couple days ago

Sorry for the thread creep, but how do you get around not meeting the TSA citizenship requirement before the discovery flight?

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Own a low wing, Piper Arrow. Instruct mostly in high wing, C172. Full time gig is fling wing, EC145.

Same here.

So...what is the experiment? Inquiring minds and all! Oops. Just realized you asked for LNAV/VNAV. Not LNAV only. Thought it was an odd request.

RNAV 22 at 0J4, Florala AL

I’ve flown in for the Indy 500 twice in the last 10 years. KHFY (Greenwood) both times. I can’t remember if I had to reserve a parking spot ahead of time or not. But neither time was the ramp completely full. Fees and fuel prices were reasonable. I know you said you were VFR. I arrived on an...

Some good ideas above. Our school has some old pistons, cylinders and a crankshaft laying around. I use those during my ground school on engine systems to help students visualize what’s happening inside the engine.