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I understand the argument against resetting the airplane after landing until clear of the runway but do none of you do touch and goes? My IFR training was full of touch and goes. The only full stops I did were to use the restroom or final landing of the day. Aircraft rental is simply too high...

By the way… I had about 3000 hours when I started my instrument training.

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I made extensive use of FSX during my instrument training using a Garmin 430 add on as well as after while trying to stay current. Couldn’t log it but was great practice. I can’t speak to how it is on a game console. I only use it on a desk top or laptop computer. I have owned nearly every...

Safety wire is not a bad suggestion. I never gave it any thought before but there isn’t anything securing any stud to the case as far as I know.

There is quite a difference between right and wrong in this case. I was testing fuel flow when I noticed it.

WRONG! Extremely easy to tell because the castle nuts are only finger tight. Fingers cannot crush the rubber on the seals to eliminate the gaps. Not to mention the so called mechanic used plain hex nuts and lock washers to secure the spider.

I finally got my hands on the log books for the C150. Oil screen removed cleaned and/or inspected and reinstalled almost every annual but I can’t find any documentation for the Tempest oil filter adapter or that the filter has ever been changed. The filter is marked as having been changed in...

The Lycoming that had both was using a firewall mounted filter connected to the oil cooler. I threw the filter assembly in the trash. Not much point in waiting for the oil to warm up before running it through a filter. Naturally, the person who installed it thought he could ignore the screen...

yeah, as an aircraft mechanic of nearly 40 years, I can’t count high enough to count the number of things I have had to correct done by previous owners and mechanics. STCs only partially completed or not documented at all, no 337s for STCs and major repairs… people prefer to do what they want...

Thanks. I haven’t pulled it yet but, according to the owner, the logbook contains overlapping “inspected screen” and “replaced oil filter” entries. The owner doesn’t know anything about airplanes other than his 17 year old son wants to be an airline pilot.

I just encountered my first Tempest TAF-L. How are the screens being removed so they don’t have to be inspected and cleaned?