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Excellent! I’ve searched this forum and found a ton of info. Still haven’t gotten it figured out but a huge step forward:)

Here’s a follow up. It looks like I’ve solved half my problems. In talking with a lady at the cpap site we figured out that the machine was sent to me with an improper setting in the clinical section. The setting has to do with EPR being on during “ramp up” or “continuous”. This alone solved the...

Not bad at all. Once I completed the sleep study and diagnosed with OSA my medical privileges were lost for about a week. The doc gave a cpap prescription. I was back in the cockpit once it was properly in use. That was a few years ago. Definitely one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Sleep...

Didn’t know there was such a thing. Thank you!

Good point and well taken. My prebuy disclaimer is extremely detailed. It clearly states the evaluation should in no way be confused with an annual inspection, or any other inspection that attests to the airworthiness of the aircraft. Hopefully it’ll at least help deter any misunderstandings in...

Sure but with nothing illegal and no assets it’s not much to look into or come after. Nothing illegal about paying taxes and then spending all profits. All his hard assets are funded with max borrowed money that never achieves equity. Again, it’s nothing I’m promoting. Certainly not my idea of...

Precisely. I wouldn’t want that life either! Works for him and when he retires he has a plan to retrieve assets. I call him Pablo Escobar:) By blanket I mean broad such as an annual. I understand there’s a guide and a reference but it’s still a much larger maintenance task. With a prebuy eval...

You probably have a quick drain. It’d be uncommon to not have one installed already. You will need a crush gasket for the oil screen. Lycoming parts manual is free online and easy to use. Consider purchasing a tool to cut open the old oil filter so that you can check for contamination. There’s a...

I’ve gotten to where I actually enjoy prebuys and believe that I’ve become pretty good at the job. I like them for a number of reasons. First of all I really like helping new owners into the airplane they want while offering general education along the way. Also it commonly turns into delivery...

I’ve actually become the opposite. Find myself more concerned with maintenance on my own airplanes than others. A simple A&P sign off doesn't bother me but the blanket airworthiness statements are concerning. With partners involved it’s beginning to feel more and more risky.

Completely agree and precisely the reason I haven’t bothered starting an LLC. The IA fellow I’m referring to has a much more complex system in place than just an LLC. It’s quite a circle of legal money movement to prevent anyone from having an understanding or ability to attack. Again, it’s...

No I haven’t. Not a bad idea though. Certainly worth a try. I do know a rather sharp IA who formed a LLC and has structured his finances to where it'd be extremely difficult and costly to reach him financially. I’d say it’s almost impossible to reach him actually. The amount of effort he puts...

Yessir indeed. I don’t even want to use my IA because of the liability risks. Certainly not worth getting the insurance for a side job guy like myself.

Questions for those using a ResMed mini please... -First of all, why is this thing so freaking loud??? The machine itself is whisper quiet but the airflow noise at the mask is off the chart! I’m using a P10 mask. I’ve tried the special air mini P10 mask with and without a HumidX cartridge. I’ve...

Great point. I find it almost impossible to talk with a CPAP mask on!

I’m placing an order tomorrow for the mini hopefully. Just found out that insurance won’t cover a travel size for some reason! My HRA/flexible card should cover it as an out of pocket expense. I understand they’re supposed to be kept clean. Yours cause you a problem? I try to do a full up...

Good to know. I appreciate it. I’m on a SI also. Have a AirSense 10 for the home. Do you have a separate unit for the house or is the mini your primary? My situation is complicated. I have the home unit at my house, my wife also has a house, and I’m flying full time starting next month. So I’m...

I was worried about that myself initially. A couple guys on here have given insight to this concern which makes me feel better about the mini choice. Check the other post I created about travel cpap data collection.

Thanks for the great info. My current insurance runs out at the end of the month. It’d be nice to have a new travel cpap machine on there before switching jobs 1st of next month.

Very interesting. I might have to try this with my Bonanza! There’re a few of the travel types that claim to compensate for altitude. 12K might be a bit excessive to compensate though. There’s one called the Z2 that seems to promote camping and altitude compensation. Now I have another reason...