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The way I always remembered it was: You need 2 more than the (conventional) number of dimensions you want to operate in. 2D plot, you need 4, 3D plot, you need 5. The error correction one is what gets everybody :) Anyway I'm guessing in this situation a RAIM wouldn't help as that wouldn't...

I was fortunate enough to have very good CFIs for my private/instrument/multi. Part of this was knowing what to look for (I come from a family of pilots), part of it is just the good fortune of them being relatively local (I went to a further airport than the closest one to me just for this...

FYI I have flown (renting) a G6 with P+ and while it has a lot of "whiz-bang" stuff over a old school G1000, personally I really just liked the speed and resolution on the NXi. The rest I could take or leave vs. an old-school G1000. This was with a CSIP doing essentially a "differences / new...

I prefer verniers for fine control, but I will say that on something like a DA40 it is nice to be able to have your hand wide to cover all 3 levers at once on a go-around as a good muscle-memory item, just in case you got distracted and didn't have the prop/mixture forward on the before-landing...

The issue in my mind is operational capability. I don't fly piston singles (sans BRS) at night-cross-country or over the top of low ifr mountain obscuration. It is just a personal set of minimums of mine, as I like having some plausibly high degree of survival if the fan quits. Lots of people...

What you really need to know about 210s is what can kill you. My father owned one for about 30 years (a T210M), great plane, most of the virtues have already been discussed. I think one of the highest compliments it can be paid is that is was/is an ideal smuggler's single. On top of the usual...

There is speculation (and as far as I'm concerned at this time that is all it is), that there will be a pressurized version of the -62, and that this is one of the reasons the 62's front canopy is different than the 42. The basic design would likely allow the incorporation of a pressure vessel...

Thanks Eddie for posting up the photo. I agree with the comment on the wingspan, it is a serious wingspan (over 44 feet), and just when I thought the DA40 wingspan was big! I like the SR22/22TN (no thanks on the 22T) in G3 and G5 guise. I'm not as big of a fan of the control feel vs. the...

So I'm looking at buying a da42-vi right now, and I have to say, acquisition costs aside, it is a heck of an airplane. They are also fairly quick for the fuel burn (for a twin). Comfort is improved with the reclining seat option. Overall a good plane for a western US pilot who wants to build...

Are we to assume he ran one tank dry (one tank "on" one tank "x-feed") running both engines? That seems to be what is being hinted at, but then again maybe the guy was flipping switches left and right trying to fix the problem? Wouldn't one be acutely aware of the massive fuel imbalance (and one...

25 right is for us foreigners, 25 left is for locals. You do closed traffic on 25 left enough and aren't a local and you'll find out... There are noise abatement provisions in place, if you are landing on calm wind runways (25), make sure you go between the two schools on the left base turn...