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If they asked you to advise of altitude changes that probably means they were blocking for IFR traffic above or below you and needed a heads up if you were going to potentially conflict. So first choice would be lateral deviation until you could notify them but of course remaining in VMC is...

In my Seneca I find a big difference in drag between leaving the props at 2500 cruise setting vs advancing to 2800 on short final. So maybe that is part of it? Not saying which is correct just maybe an explanation to why you are having to add that much more power after breaking out. But I also...

I finished up my IFR with PIC. He wanted to practice 20h of the same 3-4 approaches back to back slam dunk style. I said no way, its my plane, my dollar. We spent the week flying all over the country in all kinds of weather to all kinds of airports- controlled, uncontrolled, remote clearances...

I’d also look at Mike Buschs Engines as well. Lot of self grandstanding but also lot of good information. Plus all of the service manuals for your plane and engine.

This☝. I do a lot of maintenance work on my plane but I discuss everything with my A&P and anything that would not fall under owner maintenance (or a reasonable Coleal interpretation) I have him sign off on it. He’s the one signing off on the next annual anyway so he has to be confident...

Flying in the southeast this is every afternoon, particularly as I get closer to the coast. You have to kind of learn by experience which clouds are "a bit bumpy" vs which ones will cause you to hit your head on the ceiling. If I see any vertical movement visually approaching them, I avoid them...

Not sure the calculations are that simple. The CHT reflected in the probe is the temperature of the probe which is butted against a well that is drilled to some fraction of an inch from the inner cylinder wall (I looked but can't find the actual wall thickness right now). So there is heat...

Hmm that’s actually a pretty good observation. The rate of drop does go back to match the other curves toward the end of the drop. Makes me feel a bit better but will still proceed with looking over everything carefully.

They felt like it was real, although faulty probe coho not be ruled out. Remember I chopped throttle and started high speed descent when this happened as I was close I home base but high. But not to discount bad probe theory I’m replacing it also.

Current theory is preignition maybe from bad plug or too wide plug gap causing mag cross fire. Changing plugs and doing compression to confirm as well as changing probe. Just finished the Advanced Pilot Seminars course online and they demonstrate an almost identical event. Per them and per...

smaller gasket probe under a tanis heater bayonet. I hope its sensor error, but I've had those before and the indication is more erratic. This was smooth up and back down, although as mentioned above, is slightly faster down that I would expect.

but no rise in EGT that would suggest lean condition prior to CHT rise.

Saw it go from usual 330 to 350 to 400 and knew something was up so I yanked the power immediately. Alarm is set for 400 but I watch them like a hawk as my usual scan

Yeah am concerned about that. Less so for the cylinder and more so if any bearings or rods were damaged. Not sure how you would identify that though shirt if an IRAN

I hope so but these are 10sec interval readings, real time it seemed a lot more continuous than probe errors I've seen in the past. Also, the precipitous drop in CHT coincided with pulling the power to idle and descending at a rapid rate (145kias) to get back to home base before something bad...

If you catch a detonation or pre-ignition event early and take immediate action to lower the temps and it goes back to normal then what? Had what I think is a detonation event on climb out today. Noticed CHT climbing rapidly and pulled the power back to idle immediately as soon as it crossed...

I had an Aspen E5 with EA100 tied to an Altimatic IIIc in my PA32. It was perfect. Never gave me a bit of trouble. Sold the plane but worked great for the 4 years I owned it.

no different Gallagher

Friend had problems with his surefly - due to cheap wiring harness. Make sure it is the spec’d harness. Mine ran great for 400h no issues.

My 94 PA34 factory system uses the Scott connector. But you should be able to look in the receptacle and tell the difference