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Not even close to the best practice according to Lycoming. You don't have to read past the first half of the first page. There is no way to rock the prop back and forth if you are using Tom's method of balancing on TDC and it clearly says in a caution to not let the prop swing. I am betting the...

The accident chain was you let someone be in front of the propeller. Before starting the procedure you should have had him come stand behind you. The way I have seen comp check done safely twice is: One person works/reads the gauge, one person works the propeller. One guy used his leg to keep...

Can this operation be performed with both people standing behind the propeller? It's like a saw blade if you are never in the line of the saw, you can never get cut.

Goop hand cleaner works on the lead residue also.... Home depot has started carrying it in the Auto parts section.

Did you call a flight school in the area and have them put you in the left seat and give you a lesson while you are getting to where ever you want to go?

I come from the computer world... I agree a Db9 is not the best since you would need to have a large diameter something for the B+ and ground... But of all the connectors out there wouldn't it be nice to have some standardization.

You could use a DB-15 as an intermediate connector. Not sure how much the shielding on the wires comes into play as you would have a break, It is interesting that best I can tell the Molex connectors that BK uses are no longer in production. A set from an aviation source will cost you $100 at...

Goop hand cleaner. Home Depot carries it.

TnG usually mean you are doing the pattern so you are flying over the houses that are calling the airport and complaining. This happened at Houston Exec. So if they ban TnG then there is a lot less people flying over the houses of the people who call. Yes the airport was there first, but it...

Removing all the dirt dobber nests will get you a few pounds back. All and I mean all exposed round hole needs to be checked for dirt dobbers.

It's not your 50 year old plane, it's when you touch wings in ground ops with the $2M turbo prop

Moots.... and a BMW 1200GS

Apparently you missed the survival training where you can turn the long pants into a flotation device. Just saying

primer. wet sand imperfections primer. wet sand 400 or 600 grit. Don't sand through the primer. Spray a tack coat. Then coverage.

Price an overhaul for 1 or 2 cylinders in your bid...

Best I can tell that was the way it was when I bought the plane

Maybe. A PS Audio panel has instructions to modify various headsets to work with their panels. With PTT on the yoke it is wired from a pin on the audio panel to the NO switch then to airframe ground

Turn the volume up, correct switches on the audio panel. Try another set up plug in location, different headset

All modern aircraft are assigned a unique ICAO 24-bit address or (informally) Mode-S "hex code" upon national registration and this address becomes a part of the aircraft's Certificate of Registration. Normally, the address is never changed, however, the transponders are reprogrammable and...

Flightaware shows one for my plane. I entered it in on one device and don't get the shadow.