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Dan: Do you know if the tray is a Garmin tray, a Narco tray or a King tray? If you had a Narco or King Transponder in the plane when you upgraded the transponder, you could buy an adapter that fit between the Garmin GTX320 and the connector of your existing Narco or King tray. It made the...

Does the GTX320 come with the rack? Better yet, do you have the adapter so it can slide into a King KT76/78 transponder rack?

I have a 1978 Tiger. You’re going to love it!

I give credit to the OP for at least asking the question. Good advice has been offered. I have many 1000s of hours and I wouldn’t think about this particular mission in anything less than a King Air type of aircraft. Just too many risk factors: Low time, mountains, IMC, ice, winds, piston...

TBO on the Tiger is 2000 hrs. Not sure about TBO on the C182 but I'm pretty sure it's less and more expensive to overhaul.

The Tiger has a fixed pitch prop, so speed is determined by RPM. Fuel burn is determined by power output and RPM. For the best speed you need to be at the altitude that gives the maximum RPM for the power output you desire. For me that altitude is 8,000 to 10,000 where full throttle will give...

How low do you want to be when you break out of the clouds after an engine failure? What are the odds of picking a suitable place to land after breaking out at 200 ft, 500 ft or 1000 ft? Go fly with a safety pilot and have him pull the engine on you, leave the hood on until your minimum...

Doors? I don't need them! I'm partial to Grumman Tigers. If I want to go as fast as a Sundowner I can do it at about 7 gallons per hour, at Cherokee 180 speeds maybe a 1/2 gallon per hour more. But I can also burn 10-1/2 gallons per hour and fly faster than an Arrow and within a few knots of...

The Scout draws a bit over 200 ma, so with a 20,000ma battery you could leave the thing on for nearly 100 hours! Turn it off after every flight and just charge the battery once a year at the annual!

Congratulations on your decision! You will like the very active flying environment of North Texas. We have a 12 month flying season, similar to California. Although, the summer months slow my activity down quite a bit. You will be getting a full measure of the heat and humidity Texas has to...

Never under estimate the affect humidity has on comfort. I prefer the dry conditions of Reno over the humidity of East Texas. Been raining here daily for the past 10 days. Much too wet for my taste.

The difference is that if you live in Stockton, the much cooler climate of the bay area is a 30 min drive away, an easy escape for the day or weekend. From central Texas cooler weather is well over 600 miles away, escape is not as easy.

Many folks are forced to live in a particular place because of a job or they are chained by family/friends ties. If you are free of such things that bind you to a location, why accept living 6 months of your life (or your wife's life) indoors because of heat or humidity? Life is too short...

Unless things have changed recently, ADS-B out is not required nor will be required in Canada or Mexico for some time.

My wife and I are closing in on retirement and unfortunately my family is entrenched in California between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. Not many places in the world with that nice of weather. It's really tough visiting family and returning to Texas and especially East Texas humidity. We...

If your wife doesn't like humidity, don't bring her to East Texas! Although housing is generally cheaper in Texas don't expect to make money on the sale of your house like many areas of California. With a few exceptions, home values in Texas tend to remain stable. They don't appreciate really...

I've lived in Tyler, Texas for 17 years, moved here from San Antonio and before that lived in Dallas. Tyler is opressively humid all year round, nice winters usually, but May thru September is horribly hot, rainy and humid. Dallas is just too big and busy, not quite as humid but even hotter...

Jim: I was shopping for a new Nav radio and came accross the VAL INS 429 all in one, very similar to the Narco Nav 122 currently installed in my Tiger. The Narco Nav 122 is TSOd but the VAL is not (although VAL says it does meet the applicable TSO). I could not find any installer in my area...

This is how I understand the rules as they apply to avionics. The problem in a "nut shell" as I understand it is this; All certified aircraft are eligible to be flown for hire and therefore are expected to have "for hire" or TSO'd equipment installed in an approved manner. Some equipment is...

No need for Snarkiness. ADS-B is a convoluted and overly complex mess. Little wonder there is so much misinformation on the internet. I have been studying the regs, studying the associated Advisory Circulars and researching and posting online for 2 years now. My co-worker has had direct...