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Even then you have to work at it unless you combine a too fast landing with a too short runway. Unlike Cezznas and Moonies the Bonanzas don't tend to porpoise or crow hop if you touch down too fast or too flat. But you're right, a lot of Bo drivers flare and touch down much faster than they...

Later models could have 6 seats IIRC.

I remember a few although only one involved serious injuries and that one was a student pilot in a Traumahawk on his first XC flight who clipped HV powerlines on a two mile final to my home base. I was on base to a parallel runway and had spotted the plane before he hit and was thinking he was...

Well, it's true that it's more important that you keep your airplane right side up and headed towards the general vicinity of the runway's approach end than it is to search out and identify another airplane that's about to touch down, but it's also a good idea to be as aware as possible about...

OK, that wasn't clear in your post and to be honest I'm still not sure exactly what you're asking now. Specifically are you talking about the total process of going from level cruising flight at some altitude and climbing (or descending) a couple thousand feet and then leveling off at the exact...

The only difference if you reduce power before reaching 165 kt is that it will take longer to reach that speed assuming your final power setting. If you set that power while at 150 kt you should get to within one knot of the final 165kt in several minutes or less. Technically that last knot or...

In some ways it's easier but in many aspects it's just different and there are situations where the "real thing" is significantly more difficult. What's easier is mostly the fact that you can look at anything in or out of the cockpit just by moving your eyes and your peripheral vision isn't...

Yes it's a "simple" skill the way you described it (put the nose where you want it), the less simple parts are knowing where you want it, sensing the difference between that and where it is, and determining how much control pressure is needed to reduce that difference to zero. I did sense that...

Ditto. What led me to this behavior was that the founder and chief chemist for CamGuard is considered THE expert on oil additive packages, especially ones for air cooled aviation engines. Unlike some of the snake oils I've considered in the past (e.g. MMO and Lenkite), CamGuard appears to have...

Here's the connectors you need: http://lane-pilot.com/36-pin-dual-row-connector-KX155-type_p_64.html http://lane-pilot.com/30-pin-black-dual-row-connector-KX155-type_p_65.html The same vendor has the pins that go in the connector shells.

Here's the connectors you need: http://lane-pilot.com/36-pin-dual-row-connector-KX155-type_p_64.html The same vendor has the pins that go in the connector shells.

I'm having a hard time mentally processing this because I can hardly imagine going back to the world of paper charts, telephone briefings, and planning a flight on the living room floor. That said Tom, I suggest that you look at this as an opportunity to expose yourself to some of the many...

Perhaps, but if all Tom uses it for is keeping track of his position on a VFR moving map there's not too much to learn. That said if I were him I'd learn how to access SUA and airport data prior to using it in flight.

You're confusing watts input to the radio with watts output from the transmitter power amp. Unlike a handheld, there's little incentive for electrical efficiency in a panel mounted navcom.

The only possible effects from non-ionizing radiation are heating and induced electrical currents and for both of those it's the power level combined with the ability for your tissue to absorb energy at the transmitted frequency. And given the very low transmitter output level of any BT...

v What are you wanting to do? Operate the radio out of the airplane to learn it's operation? If you don't need to transmit you need 12-14v at 2A, transmitting requires at least 7A. Something like this: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/cui-inc/SWI24-12-N-P6R/SWI24-12-N-P6R-ND/5417749...

That sounds a lot more useful than a display of signal strength and modulation depth. The most common sources of poor transmit quality are the microphone and/or a cheap intercom or overmodulation. It might be possible to build something with a limited spectrum analysis capability to measure...

I have two mini-2s that I use with FF Pro and they both work fine. 32GB is the absolute minimum memory if you want to load it with IFR and VFR charts for the continental US and 64 GB allows that plus useful extras like a music library and pdf copies for all the equipment in your airplane(s)...

I have a SL30 and the only downside for me is the need to press the Nav or Com button in order to change the frequency or adjust the volume on one if you've been messing with the other. Not a big deal but different from most of other navcoms.

I'm pretty certain the headphone output from any music source will be way too hot for the microphone input to an audio panel. You'd also have to add a capacitor to block the mic bias voltage. You probably do have enough signal to feed directly to any unused radio input but you'll need to add a...