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fire your instructor for delaying for such a stupid reason.

Leaning till rough WILL result in RPM change in a CS aircraft. Might not be as noticeable as FP, but it's there. Also, something I've noticed: my POH states that cruise GPH for my PA28R-180 is about 8 GPH. This fuel flow holds for any altitude except for 10k+ where I can get it down to...

Dual mag vs two mags?

I lost a mag in flight. Non-event and barely noticeable. I fly behind a constant speed prop. The only indication that was possible to notice, which I did but did not realize its significance, was the loss of horsepower on the climb out from a gas stop: extremely shallow. I attributed this...

Competition is always healthy, regardless of any perceived need or lack thereof.

Ah, thanks for the clarification (non-A/P here). I watched their video on YT. Just plug Dynavibe into YT and it comes up.

Just checked it out. That GX3 which appears to be the latest and greatest model is $4k. The one on Aircraft Spruce appears to be an older model for sale for about $1600. Watched a video too on how its done. I was VERY surprised (in that I simply didn't know) that the weights added to the...

Running

Yes, this is correct. Update: I contacted Garmin and they told me with my findings and they said that it sounded like a warranty issue. They asked that I go to a Garmin dealer, have them bench test it and then have them return the unit for warranty replacement. The avionics shop tested and...

I just did this last month. Oregon to Florida. I opted for OR -> CA -> AZ -> eastward. The main reason for this was the ugly terrain, weather and icing in the northern route. It only adds about 5 hours opting for the California route than the Montana route.

Did I hear once that the MX170 is a slide in replacement for the KX170B?

I spoke with Garmin today. His recommendation was that the problem must be that I was running an older software version and that an update to the latest version would likely fix this. I checked. It is running the latest software version (3.1). (well, crap) He recommended I bring it to an...

An interesting distinction that I hadn't considered. Thanks.

It turns out it was the mic gain that was the issue. Anything set at zero or above was the trick. I have mine now set at +6. +12 however was TOO much and seemed to be overdriving the audio. I tried uploading the pic, but it was too big. Sorry.

My avionics installer sent me a picture of the Comm settings from a known-good GNC-355. I adjusted my settings to match these and the tower could finally hear me just fine! I then felt confident to depart on my OR-FL trip. After adjusting the Comm software settings and an entire day of flying...

Now this is a damn shame. I am sitting in the Jax terminal waiting to fly to Oregon to pick up my own arrow nd fly it back to Florida. Could’ve flown your archer to Washington easily. too bad I did your trip before. Took the southern route then up California Took 4 days.

A fine attempt, but your premise is flawed. you assume to much. Diving without a buddy AND no spare regulator or spare pony bottle? That is not too smart. Mitigation of risk is the name of the game, as you rightly state in not scud running.

might have missed my point.

I used to scuba dive. It was drilled into students to never dive without a buddy; it was too dangerous, what if the unthinkable happened? I drank that kool aide for a long time. Until someone mentioned to me that having a 'buddy' only fostered an inability to solve problems for oneself and to...

I'm doing it next week. I'll let ya know how it goes...