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So here's a question: Given the low temps we've been having, would the lower density altitude, with it's increased drag and need for richer mixture to compensate for the denser air compute to a higher fuel burn per hour? Maybe failure to consider DA? I could probably do the math, but thought I...

Comanche. Because that's the second plane I will never buy, a couple years after the first plane I will never buy. Lotto tickets in hand while I work another shift. :rolleyes:

For the most part, this has always been true in my life, but then I have been and always will be a lone wolf. Just too much work trying to fit in where I never will. Might be a touch of Asperger's in there somewhere, lol.

Thanks, that's what these boards are for because sometimes the answers are hard to pin down between the FAR's and the hangar opinions. It never occurred to me that the IFR time would be more, but it makes sense.

I think anything Part 135 is 500 hours with commercial legal, though they may want more before hiring. Also for 135 as long as you can hold a 2nd class medical and can climb the stairs, no retirement limits I believe.

Say your prayers tonight, after a day that good I would expect Gabriel to come calling me to take that last flight West.....

Yep, prop blades.. seems to me a propeller spinning at 2,000 plus probably makes a hell of a centrifugal water separator. But then I could be all wet.

By the time I'll be able to afford one, they'll be in the LSA category and triple in price, lol

According to other sources, their numbers were all within FAA fuel reserve. Sounds like they were not using a real world fuel flow number, 9gph sound right at cruise? Of course you're not supposed to trust the gauges, which apparently was one mistake he won't make again. Wonder if there's still...

Two year old twins, a two week old baby, and the mother.... Would it be impolite to say this guy should not have been allowed to reproduce?

Just looking at it has my molecules excited. Am I allowed to say that?

Yep... used to be my first reaction after a tumble was to jump straight up and nonchalantly check to see if anyone caught the acrobatics... These days I tend to stay quite still whilst pondering my next move, if any.

Picked up a Sears Pro-Form Crosswalk LM treadmill in working condition and an inexpensive but near new rowing machine at a local thrift store for $63 all in after my *sigh* senior discount. A little maintenance and the treadmill will be like new I think. Made in USA it's that old, lol. Probably...

Actually text IS smaller, on almost everything, because they came up with ways to print smaller. When my ten year old has to have a large magnifier to read me the instructions on the box, I know it ain't just my failing eyes, it really IS small print!

I disagree completely with the premise that the speed of the auto darkening is not important. The whole purpose of the system is obviously to limit the eye's exposure to overly bright visible light. A clear glass lens will most likely block enough UV and IR to keep your eyes safe, so why do we...

Oh dear...

TIG is a whole different world, I always compare it more to gas torch welding than MIG or stick. Flip the helmet down, turn on the nice fuzzy arc light, then apply heat where you like and find the end of the filler stick, lol.

Lincoln Viking, get the 3350 in whatever flame or camo decoration you like. I picked the stylish basic black emblazoned with "Lincoln", but that's just the way I roll. They're typically $300-$400, I did the sad puppy dog act at my local welding shop, got one for around $265. Lots of adjustments...

I think what you are seeing are the battery master and starter relays/contactors.

Well, that's more likely to get you dead from Fentanyl overdose in the form of what looks like the pills you thought you bought. Ask Prince about that.