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Could not have said it better. Probably the best summary of why non proficient / non IFR pilots auger in so often. The cfi or experienced safety pilot changes the entire dynamic! For a similar reason I have my foggles on my forehead prior to entering IMC. Now I don’t use them, but in the event...

FWIW I’m a pretty recent IFR rated pilot. Have about 10 hours total actual IMC in the book. Two days ago I had my first actual IMC post check ride with no cfii right swat. Despite the rigorous training and intentional flight into IMC it still registered somewhere on the pucker scale. I...

I personally think so. I have a stratus 2 / foreflight as well and since adding the 550 have never given the iPad SV another look. Although it’s not my primary method I can easily and confidently hand fly an approach to minimums using solely the SV function of the 550. There are some YouTube...

I think the upgrade to 550 would be more useful than to the 540. The 440 to 540 upgrade primarily just gives you a bigger screen. An iPad running IFD 100 gives you that. The 550 provides AHRS SV which unless you have some nice glass primary instruments you’ll really find value in. I would...

I actually agree with Tom 100%. He’s not talking absolutes here on which AP is the best fit and I think associating each AP with a plane value may be slightly off but mostly correct. For example I used to own a PA28-180 that would fall right there in line with the $30k plane mentioned. It had...

I’m not following just how disposable you’re asking for. If it needs to be in a home safe or buried in the back yard then well I guess I don’t have just a whole lot. I tend to keep most of my funds in the bank. I guess that prevents it from being “spent immediately”???

Yes, the information on that JPI is awesome. Having preset alarms on basically every engine parameter makes it essentially impossible to miss early signs of trouble. The 3rd party bracket is 3M industrial strength Velcro. lol. Works like a charm. Pretty hard to pull off actually...

Buck, we have near identical panels. I do love my setup as well.

Meh. I got nothing to really add to the thread other than to say I’m a 300 hour PP (recent IFR) that has a pretty decent idea of where my piloting skills and knowledge rank. Threads like this certainly make me less than thrilled to ask questions on here. As a matter of fact it makes me glad...

In my Saratoga it would get pretty warm in the cabin when on the ground / TO / landing etc. I bought $25 worth of the “high quality” heat deflection cling on tint at auto zone. Took me a couple hours to carefully apply it using soapy water to the inside of all my rear windows. Drastic...

even with the Saratoga packed with wife and 3 kids for a week vacation I never really thought about shipping anything. Pack lighter.

Wish I was CFI.

Jesse speaks the truth. This has been a known integration issue for quite some time. I have a similar setup. I get my in flight wx from two sources. Foreflight iPad + stratus and/or IFD 100 on iPad + data from skytrax 100 (avidyne Ads-b in). Both work well and I like having the two sources for...

So often the cables are to blame. When I bought my Saratoga there were multiple entries every 12-18 months of “new Gill battery”. The current Gill was around a year old and it wasn’t starting the IO-540 with much pep. I checked the cables and they sucked. The old braided ground was green with...

Probably the most telling fact of this entire thread. From now on I am going to add “check for videographers” in my preflight / taxi checklist. If I see one person videoing I probably should do a quick recheck of everything and reconsider the ADM. 2+ and she’s going back to the hangar!

Forgive me as I’m sure it’s posted somewhere but where are these videos?

I agree that Gaston’s is sometimes viewed as some difficult place to fly into. It’s just not. Yeah it’s nestled down in the valley but the surrounding terrain is nothing to be scared of. The people that get into trouble at Gaston’s are most often heavy. Don’t try to get out of there over gross...

That’s terrible for everyone involved. I’d never heard of the plane. Looks like a pretty nice LSA.

I live just across the border in Arkansas. Never used the term Mizzou to refer to anything other than the school. May vary depending on location.

On another board it was mentioned he was very recently SP in the plane. I know nothing about jets like this but those on that board suggested that the particular citation he was flying is fast. Really fast and can get away from you in a hurry. A few with lots of hours in type suggested they’d...