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They are bulletproof. Even now you can get a few hundred bucks for them in good shape. Somebody made a front end that added a digital display and a standby frequency. Other than the freq spacing, I'd be happy to use one of those today.

They did the "double switch" around here 20 years ago. Darn clever. Back then, there were lots of KX170Bs. They all looked alike. Steal one. Carefully break into plane 2. Put the stolen radio in plane 2. Take the radio from plane 2 and sell it. It won't be reported stolen, because the...

Yeah. I'm sure they'll get right on that.

I think it's pin 11 for the remote light. This is from the JPI site: Be sure the light return lead is connected to a positive power source (through a circuit breaker or fuse), and not to ground. Alarm light signal is an open collector(sinks to ground) capable of sinking 150 ma. Connect one...

I'll see what I can find. The pins are called out in the install manual. I remember seeing them and pointing them out to the tech doing the install. The 830 installation was a couple years ago.

Look at the 830 install manual. There are two pins on the unit that can be used to drive the lights I wrote about above. Put the lights in the middle of your scan. Very little cost, very little effort at this stage of the project, and worth their weight in gold. I have the GFC 500. An...

Do it. You will be happy. Consider getting a 930, which will be primary. All the other gauges can come out. The 900 is primary, too, but it's a little small. I have the 900 in the 182 and the 830 in the Sundowner. Of course, there's the difference between 4 and 6 jugs, but the 900 is a...

I will get some. There is enough room to install 2 G5s in a recessed mount. I recessed the G5s and a JPI 900.

I can get to the Backlight menu for my 530W. When I go to change it, the menu offers two choices, Manual or Auto. If I select Manual, I can adjust the backlight the way I want it. It will stay that way until I turn the unit off. When I turn it back on, the backlight setting is where it was...

I saw a video that showed a 172, and said that there is a bar under the panel that connects the yokes. In a situation where the yoke is pulled and held back, the right side passenger can step on that bar and move the controls forward. It's been decades since I've been in a 172, so I can't...

Usually the glider pattern is different from the power pattern. Understand that they can't go around, and everything works out fine.

FF is an amazing product. I just recently emailed them to request a feature, that the total from the W&B be transferred automagically from the W&B screen to the T/O and Landing calculation pages. I received a phone call from Tech Support saying that the feature was already there, and this is...

What about PPRUNE?

In fairness, she made it quite easy...

Texas Pete's ain't bad, but it's no Cholula.

If you hangar at a place with jet traffic, you will notice a constant deposition of soot on vertical surfaces, even tied up indoors. I foresee little practical effect, or a massive increase in washing.

I've heard enough "Hey, Bubba, that you?" on CTAF that the last thing I would worry about is "clogging" up the freq with an exchange about who extends and who lands.

I saw the Gryder interview. I think he overplayed a weak hand. Jason handled himself well. I agree with Jason, there is nothing wrong with a power-off descent for landing. He was fast and at parking before the other plane could exit the runway. I think Dan is right more often than he's...

For what it's worth, Gryder said that is what this one was.

Although I see room for improvement, I don't see a specific safety of flight issue here. Sometimes the focus must shift from "self announce" to communicate and understand.