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Like most businesses I'm struggling to find new hires. A buddy sums it up well. The guys you want are already working. The guys not working? You...

How much does a main rotor strike inspection cost? It's gotta hurt.

There's a busy helicopter charter operator up a handful of hangars from me. They fly R-44s. They have two concrete pads in the asphalt ramp in front...

#5 cylinder baffle is part #1250134-1 or -2 for serial numbers 18502311 thru 18502392 and 18502825 and up respectively. I don't see such a part for...

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Yes. I believe it's a 185 part. I never had it with 470s. Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org mobile app

I'm playing with Caltopo but it isn't intuitive on a smart phone. I'll try later from a desktop. I agree that in a scale less than 2 miles GP topos...

Good info! Topo maps were one of my biggest disappointments in Foreflight and one of the reasons I kept GP. For comparison, screen shots from my...

Don't care about warranty so not a problem. I'd rather have a GDL-82 than a Tail Beacon so finding a way around the Garmin install requirement is...

Thread drift. Whew knew, right? If I buy a GDL-82 outright it's sold for experimental use but the box is TSO'd. Garmin certified boxes MUST be...

The GDL-82 uses the existing transponder antenna for out and a WAAS GPS antenna for position. You shouldn't need a big ground plane to receive GPS....

What about strip caulk? 732 on the windshield strips but what about the windscreen itself?

Insurance protects assets you don't want to lose. Insurance fraud is false economy.

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Spruce ran out of the larger size years ago. I tried to buy some from the European branch when they still had them in their catalog but they were...

Plot where you'd like the pawl to stop, remove the arch, cut a ramp using a fine wheel (square shoulder) on a bench grinder, reinstall. That's how...

My Alaska-based 180 liability is over double that. Total premium is $3900.00. My policy went down $1000.00 this year and the only difference I can...

Wanna see an entitled group get riled up? Walk into a pilot hangout and bring up user fees. ;)

Experimenting with an experimental. Sent from my iPhone using SuperCub.Org mobile app

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Had a quick chat with Avemco this morning about my old float rates. They told me both hull and liability go up on floats. I don't know which goes up...

Some oils leak more than others.

I'm no insurance expert. Maybe you should ask one?

My experimental has 4 notches. If I could manage another I'd add a 5th.

Preset to 10 or something close and the pull to launch is easier to reach.

Avemco doesn't offer commercial insurance up here, right? They've insured my planes on wheels and floats.

I doubt repair costs make much difference. Loss of life is the big deal. Many of those are during landing or takeoff while in flight the risk is the...