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  1. farmerbrake

    Need some advice - planning my longest trip to date

    Title explains it all. Headed to KGAD (northeast Alabama regional, Gadsden, AL) to take my brother to pick up his truck that broke down. The trip one way is 520+ miles and will take just over 4 hours non-stop. I'll stop at least once for fuel. The arrow has 50 gal and burns 10/hr. I'll probably...
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    Lets talk about Airplane upgrades

    Half would be put back for an engine/prop/gear mx. The other half I'd use to put in a 650 or 750, plus an adsb transponder.
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    POTUS TFR MVY

    I feel like the POTUS makes this trip fairly regularly, which means locals (controllers, etc.) Should be getting used to this. Am I wrong in my thinking?
  4. farmerbrake

    Racing the storm

    I just had a slightly similar experience, although our radar mainly showed the green/blue areas on the radar, barely any yellow, and it didn't appear to be moving, or moving towards the airport if it was. Was actually my first TRUE MVFR flying day (Viz 5, ceiling was 8,000 but lowering and...
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    Mechanical Questions 101

    Skipping 1 and 3 because they've been answered pretty good. 4 - our arrow seems to work best like this: cold start- throttle 1/2", fuel pump ON, (using the mixture since we have no 'prime'knob) prime, mixture to full lean, crank and advance after start. After fueling/hot start - throttle open...
  6. farmerbrake

    Official Airport Bum!?

    I feel like there are more Posts in this thread about not flying then there are about flying. Lol But I know that's how flying goes! Thanks for keeping us updated.
  7. farmerbrake

    Weight and balance questions

    As an update to this it worked out just fine. Had an awesome flight (even if it wasn't the one I originally planned). Thanks for all the help!
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    Weight and balance questions

    That's what I've been using lol
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