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Does cylinder 5 have a different CHT probe? Is that where the factory probe is/was? That 453* on 4 at the top is alarming. Weird that it's the even bank that's hotter. Isn't the cooler in front of the odd bank? Maybe a baffling problem? Nevermind, it's a Lycoming. Saw a big bore six and...

Yeah, this. Top speed isn't the best way to compare. Load to full gross, climb full power at Vy, see what you get on the VSI. That will make a far greater difference and an easier number to compare. The speed gain will be mostly getting to altitude faster where you can get the best TAS.

Are you talking about the GMA 345 or the GMA 350? I believe the GMA 35 is most equivalent to the GMA 350. The 345 has hard pots for volume, which look incompatible with secondary controls, but the 350 looks to only have an encoder behind the knob. I'll admit I'm still running my BK audio panel...

You don't need the remote units for that. The full panel units can also be remotely controlled by the 750. In my plane, the GTX345 is full panel, but it's completely controllable from my 750. If you've got the panel space, there's little reason to go remote.

One of the big ones: PCA.

There's been a few other quotes that are pretty accurate, but here's one from someone who built out a data center in 2014...we'd be fine. Very, very few things need truly tight timing. Instead, the clocks internal to the computer are set regularly against the GPS signal. (True for my data...

In my area, KRHV, KCCR, and KLVK use two frequencies at times. KSUU has two UHF frequencies. Basically, every Delta with parallel runways in the area. So it's not that uncommon. Generally, ATIS has instructions. One problem I have with the advice to call up the runway you intend to use: with a...

It wouldn't appreciably increase the percentage of N2. The nitrogen is leaking, too, just a touch slower...it's not like the O2 seeps out completely first. By the time the tire is worn out and the tube needs to be deflated and reinflated, there would have been very little change in composition...

Where was that chart when I got my third class six years ago? I've had one incidence of kidney stones about 15 years ago. Painful, wouldn't want to repeat it, but it passed quickly. Had a CT at the time, but it had passed by the time I got to CT. Fast forward to getting my student pilot license...

My understanding is that the cost for the insurance is negotiated based on the club's rule set. So, it's not written directly into the policy, but instead the policy references the club's rules. So, yeah, I'm to understand it's not directly in the insurance policy, but the two are joined at the...

This is commercial insurance arranged through the flying club that manages my plane. They are not an FBO, but rather a flying non-profit. (West Valley Flying Club in Palo Alto, my plane there: http://www.wvfc.org/a/wvfc.org/template-2/aircraft/n194sp ) They do have some of the most draconian...

There's definitely some of that going on. I'll ask Steve about it. I do know that the insurance rates at WVFC are the lowest commercial rates I've ever seen. I guess I put up with it a bit as it knocks about $200 off the insurance bill every month. $2400 each year pays for a cylinder. (Of...

Thanks. I own the book. Unfortunately, my hands are often tied on these issues. The insurance company won't insure the plane with the low cylinders, so if the plane is to fly, I must replace. :(

Interesting. I wonder what the process is for adding something to the AML. Either way, for now, I don't have a horse in the race. Early Cirrus are just one of many models I'm debating...and my timeline is around two years out.

This is what I figured, but the FIKI angle is also interesting. It really bites into the value of those early Cirrus. (Which, I suppose, is part of why they are so relatively cheap.) What about the other half of my question? Is there a path to getting these in when it's not on the AML? Or is...

Huh. You're right. I'm confusing it with another airport. Which airport am I thinking about around here that has an incongruous Chinese... Weird that my memory is flipping something around. Sorry about that. Not hating on Del Monte. The way they are right now, they're really quite good. It's...

Whoops, meant to put this in Avionics, not MX. Oh well. It's here.

I noticed that the Garmin G5 doesn't have any Cirrus on its current AML. Which does not appear to have been updated since 2017! I was looking wistfully into what plane to go into next as my family grows. I will need a real four seater and could probably use six. The early six-pack Cirrus are...

Not sure how much the ADS-B part was...the entire panel overhaul, with a pair of G5's, a GTN-750, a GTX-345, and a USB-6a, was $37,000. That included stripping out the vacuum system, mating everything to the KAP140 AP, and certifying everything to IFR standards. There was another $1000 spent...

Not on my plane. The left and right nav lights are the expensive half sphere, silvered on the flat side kind. This kind: https://www.skygeek.com/wamco-wa7512-24-navigation-lamp.html The white one in the tail was an ordinary round bulb shape and was less than $5 for a replacement incandescent.