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We have 2 of them and they're awesome. Dimensions will vary by model but you can find the specific on the day on website. We've loaded 2 of them in a Cessna 172. One in the cargo area and one in the back seat. Here's a picture of our 2 loaded in the back of a crv to give you a sense of size.

The differences I noticed in the limited testing I've done are... 1- no synthetic vision 2- no terrain or obstacles 3- no ability to create flight plan waypoints based on VOR radial and distance (eg BAE/270/10 creating a waypoint 10nm from the vor on the 270 radial) 4- noticeably slower...

I have the 6+ and use it with Garmin Pilot as I have Garmin 430Ws, GDL88 and Flightstream 210. I use the Ipad Air 2 to plan fights at home & bring it with me on the plane but stays in the map pocket as I find the 6+ more than adequate for weather, traffic and navigation and it's a lot less...

Thanks Kent. My short experience w/ Gary while I had the plane at MWC was very good and you're right he is a great communicator. Just trying to get a sense of my options and GranAire is one of them. My main concern w/ them is how much expertise they have on Pipers as they are a Cessna shop. I'll...

Our "new to us" Piper Dakota is coming up on it's first annual since I bought it last year so I'm looking for any feedback or recommendations of a good FBO/A&P that knows/works on Pipers. Any experience with... 1. Spring City Aviation - KUES 2. GranAire - KMWC 3. PlaneSafe - KUES Would...

I was thinking of setting up my camera to record cabin noise to compare before and after but this is even better. I'll check to see if an iPhone app can do this...

Ok now I see it! Placed the order today & prop should ship out next week.

Yeah looking forward to it. Park w/ blade down really???

Thanks everyone. I think I'm going with the 3 bladed scimitar vs the 2 bladed scimitar or vs. OH. First this is the original prop so it's 36 years old and although it only has 3000 hours since new & 1000 since OH (only 1 OH since new btw) my expectations is that OH will uncover some issues that...

Nice! Unfortunately MT doesn't have an stc for my plane.

What's interesting is that 2 bladed non-scimitar props seem to be priced higher than 3 blade scimitar ones and 2 blade scimitar kits are more expensive than 3 blade scimitar. That's what's odd to me.

Yeah good point. I'm now curios about the 2 blade scimitar as an option too.

In this case I'd be going from 80" to 78".

Will check this out.

Thanks figured it out. Just wasn't sure how to estimate the weight and arm change so I added an extra data pong to my WB calculator and added 13 lbs (extra weight of 3 blade vs stock) at ARM 15" (estimating from Dakota poh) and no w&b issue so no concern there.

Yeah this would be annoying and the Dakota w/ the heavier O-540 infront may be even more sensitive to this when you consider I clock in at 225lbs! How do I estimate the change to W&B from a prop change?

Will be thinking about this option the weird thing is that the STC for a Hartzel 2 blade scimitar prop for my plane is actually held by some other company than Hartzell (Professional Pilots) so not sure what exactly that is all about??? Checked their website and the 2 bladed scimitar is about...

It's confusing as some people say they haven't lost any cruise speed (with the scimitar 3 blade) and ride is a lot quitter. I came across some info that if you have a mid-time engine (like I do), swapping from 2 to 3 may increase vibration as the engine has sort of adjusted to the existing prop...

Increased weight in the Dakota would be 13lbs and supposedly with the scimitar design no loss of cruise speed according to hartzell and another Dakota owner I know who recently swapped with a 3 blade scimitar. Dakotas climb awesome as it is BUT I fly out of dense urban airports so if I can get...

35lbs is a lot and from what I gather the scimitar design makes a difference but good to know.