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Well I just sent it to the shop for an oil change.. guess I’ll find out if you’re correct. fingers crossed.

Ok, this is a new one for me. Thank you for the great insight. Learned something new. You all rock for the replies! the stalagmite kind of looks cool.

This morning I had a small puddle of oil sitting below the plane. It came through the breather tube as I added an extra quart prior to a 3.5 hour flight. My O-470 likes 9, I was at 8.5 so added a full quart and expected a little blow out. regardless of that issue, the color seemed alarmingly...

A week of solid flying. Sounds like a dream. Start a thread and upload pictures as you go!! If it’s not installed, get an ADSB receiver, an iPad, and big battery.. oh and restroom relief bags. Sometimes you just need to tinkle.

You’ll want the trim servo when doing the GFC500 install. a guy at my field thought he was saving some money by not doing it and the price to install almost doubled that single servo since they have to pull it all apart again.

I will have to check out the diode/resistor.. I really appreciate the help and will let you know what I’ve found.

I’ll fly with you! I have a 182 at IWS and am also seeking hood time towards my Instrument.

I recently left my plane off the trickle charger and the battery drained during start. So I called up the FBO and they tried to jump start using the Tug. Actually two Tugs since they thought the first one didn’t work. Apparently, I’m not getting power through my external 3 prong plug on the...

thank you very much. I’ll try this tomorrow.

how do you find the GPS setting on the 830?

funny, I did get a 650xi, GTX 345, 2-G5s and 3axisGFC500 for only 10k more than his quote for the GFC500

My 182 also does this. It’s a little alarming to see oil at 110 degrees. Just globs of viscous liquids trying to cool down the engine. I noticed on the next flight after one of these cool oil events, the dipstick had oily condensation spots all the way up to the handle. They almost looked like...

This sounds like a NextDoor dog poop post. While what the pilot did may be in question, was he confronted at the ramp? If I saw some freshly minted PPL blatantly bust through minimums, I’d probably be there as the prop stopped turning. Letting someone know they ....ed up in person is typically...

Interesting. From 440’ missed to 1900’ is a 1460’ climb. Assuming my plane climbing at 95kt for 500fpm it would take around 3 minutes get you to just under 5 miles from the airport to reach 1900’. Approximating distances on the chart between some of the fixes, you could see where the turn may...

I do slips with 20deg regularly in my 182. We have a large tree on final, so you’re either coming in fast, or you lower the nose and slip it directly over the tree to lose 50 feet.

That’s why I had my wife take 10 hours of lessons. She got the bug and now loves to fly.

Put in a quote request at https://www.generalavionics.com/about/ James is the owner. He did my avionics and many of the people I regularly fly with. His all in costs beat out every single “well known” avionics shop around the country.

I reached out to a somewhat local(to the plane) mechanic shop who was also a Cessna center. The plane was ferried over there for the entire inspection process. They inspected and sent logs, had the logs reviewed by my local people. Turns out they had done business in the past and had a good...

That front cylinder gets a lot more cooling than the rest. However, I had to replace a JPI probe after install due to a faulty reading. check those first.

Do you have built in ads-b in? If not the upgrade for the GTX375 covers that. plus it allows you to “future proof” any necessary upgrades you may stumble upon. Perhaps eventually you want some G5? Now you have a capable IFR platform and can remove that pesky vacuum pump. I love being able to...