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Cool...well Lou was going to buy the Stratus 2 I have for sale...guess now I can do a silent auction for it. :yikes: Just kidding Lou.

...can't comment on the complex but I have done all but about the first 5 hours in a high performance (Cherokee 235). That's a no brainer...my CFI called it the "Right Rudder signoff". I agree with the others - train in what you are going to take to the checkride and keep it as simple as...

#1 rule for checkrides. KISS It's tempting to show your @$$ when you think you've got a topic down pat...but don't do it. Just answer the question and move on. Their job is to push you to your limits on various topics and they will if you are nailing your oral. My DPE asked me a weather...

HAHA I got to correct mine...he made me pull up the FAR to prove he was wrong. Even got a, "...it's not often I learn something new on a PPL checkride...". It had to do with owner maintenance/airplane logbook stuff and he never owned an airplane...

...had several folks put notes in my inbox...going to take it on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Shoot me a PM and we'll work it out.

This is ignorant advice. Learn on what you are going to be using to fly in the cockpit - especially IFR. As a VFR student pilot there's pretty much no reason to bring the iPad in until you're at the XC stage...in which case you wouldn't use them for the required but perhaps use them on an...

My Partners bought a Stratus 2 to use for the plane so I'm selling the one I bought to replace the Stratus 1 I sold about a month ago. It's been used and I'm not kidding - one time. I've got everything it came with - the dash pad still has the plastic on it (never been used) + the suction...

...one thing to take note of. I work for a big software corp and the life insurance that I get through the company does not pay out if I die as a pilot or passenger in a non-commercial flight. The AD&D pays out - but the additional life insurance (which for me as a mid-40's with 3 small kids)...

...does this guy really think he's got the chops to be a Naval aviator? I mean, I know none of us were Top Gun pilots on our PPL checkride but this is almost comical (it is, except for I realize this guy is flying around not all that far from me...). This DPE should have failed this guy about...

They are the iVUE 1080p glasses. They actually work pretty well - both as a camera and as sunglasses. A little bulky but after a bit you don't notice it.

...great thread. I'm a ~200 hour Private Pilot and struggling with this as well. I'm in a Cherokee 235 partnership and the aircraft is IFR certified and we're about to do a small avionics upgrade to get us ADS-B compliant primarily building around a 430W or 650 GPS platform. To this...

thanks guys. It is just so damn ridiculous how expensive this stuff is. I know it's a relatively small market...but you could buy a whole Honda for what it costs to put a damn GPS into a plane? Well, maybe we'll just opt for a used 430W and figure out our options on the TXPDR side of the...

iPad mini retina + Stratus (maybe you don't need the Stratus 2 in which case some good deals to be had on the Stratus 1). I did a few extra XC's since I had my own plane when I was wrapping up my PPL and while I did the XC's by the book off my navlog for the one's required I used FF for the...

i guess i have a different model as mine doesn't have that plug/jack. The case is tight all the way around. I keep mine in the case when I'm not using it and the 'box' stays in the side pouch in the plane after it's plugged in and set so for the most part it doesn't get disturbed. I'd guess...

I flew a long XC for the first time with my Stratus 2 a few weekends ago and was not able to get a flat horizon with the HUD/synthetic vision with the Stratus suction cup mounted to my pilots side window. I had the LED's pointed to the back as others had suggested but the horizon was slanted...

Right now we've got a Garmin 300XL sycn'd up to our HSI. We'd like to upgrade but from what I can tell you can't buy 430W's anymore new. So, is the next step up a 650? I noticed on that 650 you can manipulate the transponder somehow? I'm assuming that it's just a box connected to an antenna...

I wouldn't mess with the nFlightcam - as far as I know they aren't making/supporting it anymore and I've had nothing but problems with the one I have. I sent it back once early on for some audio issues and now the audio won't even work when connecting to the intercom system. Stick with a GoPro...

I believe he's still 'stuffed'...and I think he's over at the Starlight Lounge in Terlingua.

I've flown the same plane for almost 200 hours now. It's all about the flow. I use the checklists now to make sure I didn't forget anything at various stages of the flight. We've got a custom one that one of the other pilots put together for our Cherokee and it's the size of a half sheet of...