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Lycoming built lots of GO engines in that power range, all of which used CS props. How adaptable those gearboxes might be?? Who knows? MTV

Good luck finding Baumanns. Aquas are available. It’s February.....buy a set of Aquas and you might be splashing around this summer. ...

Yeah, Mike Busch, the self proclaimed "expert on aircraft maintenance" who has very little actual maintenance experience.....? He reads a lot,...

I'd vote for Aqua 1500s. EDO 1400s are on the TC, but a bit small on an 18, and probably hard to find these days. The Aquas work fine. Stay...

Gordon, My first unit passed its first few flights, including the one required for the FAA rebate. After a couple months, the errors started. ...

Fish spotting or wildlife surveys are a big red flag for insurance companies. Ouch! MTV

Thats what I figured. Minor detail, though: on late model planes the RSTOL doesn’t droop the leading edge. And in fact, the system does nothing to...

Yeah, we’ll....prepare to stay on the line forever. And maybe they’ll call back if you leave a message. Didn’t call me back. And, yes, they gave...

Yes, that first SkyBeacon installed a swishing noise into my radios, at least intermittently. I called uAvionix and asked about that, and they said...

I'd ask the same thing. Must be for roll control, the RSTOL pulleys, etc create a slightly different install, and they've never gone through the...

I'd be leery of any aircraft engine using an untested gear box. Lots of examples of gear boxes causing problems in aircraft. Belts in...

Alex, I was told by a broker once that with floats, recovery is typically more expensive after an oops, and the plane has often been submerged,...

See what you have first. As noted above, they may not have been changed. The cords these days don’t last as long as they used to, and they aren’t...

Web, Actually, having a GPS input to an ELT does a lot more than that. First, yes, it gives RCC an immediate, very precise, location. That...

My bad, it was a SkyBeacon, not a tail beacon. But, yes, Cam, I assume it was an internal ground fault. uAvionix techs said an intermittent ground...

Well, I have to at least partially disagree. Frankly, like Skywagon, I hear pilots all the time using radios to give the rest of us...

Don’t underestimate how critical a gps connection to your ELT might be. MTV

My first SkyBeacon was an early production unit, and it consistently transmitted NIC errors after the first few flights. uAvionix finally replaced...

Folks, just because you’ve never had an engine failure doesn’t mean it can’t/won’t happen. Engine failures are rare, but they happen. Same for...

Yes, and she'll also be speaking at the Montana Aviation Conference in Great Falls, on the 27, 28, and 29th of February. Lots of other good topics...

Above 10,000 and not within 2500 feet of the surface. MTV

There have been “replica” Cessna pods out there for decades. Original Cessna pods can be (are) impossible to identify from these. So, why not...

There is no such thing as an “ADS-B satellite”. ADS-B is purely a ground based system, other than the fact that your unit must be connected to a GPS...

If you pull the unit out of the tray, the unit has to be “disabled” and a logbook entry made to reflect that. Which brings up about a dozen...

Same logic, Adam. A fuel bag or plastic can may hold a static charge over it's surface, so how do you bond it to the airplane, since the material is...

Dave, ADS-B was initially thought of as providing "Radar-like" coverage in areas with no FAA radar. In fact, it's being used like that right now...

Sorry, Dave, ASRS only gets you off the hook if the violation is “inadvertent”. So stop asking questions on a public forum. :-P MTV

Neil Salmi in Townsend, MT just said they're putting their hangar/home up for sale. It's a really nice place, right on the Townsend airport. I...