Scenarios: #1. Most planes have an over-voltage protection that opens the circuit to the alternator field windings. Let's say that while the alternator is delivering about 30amps (lights, avionics, pitot heat, etc) - the OVR gets tripped, causing the alternator field to be dropped immediately to...

Our Aztec's door seal needs replacing. I'm wondering how many people go the inflatable route and what their experience has been. Would you do it again? Does it block noise and air better than the standard seal? Does it push the door away from the frame or cause too much pressure against the...

For Sale AvMap EKP-IV GPS. Only used a few times. Works great. I bought it for $1399, will sell for $1300, plus UPS ground shipping/insurance. I'll include the 6 rechargable AA batteries that I bought for it (which are not included with the GPS from the factory). Payment can be made by...

Help! I tried recording the Nav/Com audio to my Sony camcorder in a c172. The gain is so high it just sounds like saturated noise. I basically wired from the co-pilot's headset jack a cable to the sony 'mic in' jack. Has anyone here successfully recorded a flight with clean audio, and if so, how...

Gang, I am planning to buy into an existing partnership. Should I be less vigilant during prebuy than when buing a plane by myself? - maybe no, but I would like to listen to some arguments. Thanks Chris

My boss, who I fly for and am office manager for, personally ownes a Seneca II. He had someone come up to him and asked him if he could use the plane to get his commercial multi since there was no other multi in the immediate area to do this in. I am also an MEI so my boss told him that he would...

Greetings everyone, Our club is looking into expanding its fleet. Most of the fixed costs associated with an airplane can be obtained from the insurance company and your favorite A&P. I seem to remember a website that published the operating costs associated with a great number of GA airplanes. ...

I just changed the mineral oil after 25 hours with new Superior Millenium cylinders (standard cast). The rings are broken in and consumption has stabilized. My analysis came back with high Lead, Chrome, and Nickel levels which Superior says it normal with these cylinders. However, the analysis...

We have a Controlvision AnyWhereMap system in our Saratoga and are upgrading it to include the WxWorks XM Weather (noncertified version). The PDA will be replaced, necessitating replacement of the cabling from the PDA holder to the cigar-lighter plug which also serves the GPS that is velcroed onto...

We just purchased a'79 M20J 4443H. I am in the middle of getting my 10 hours with a CFI for Insurance purposes and I have to tell you that this thing is a lot different to land than a Skyhawk. So far I am glad that my CFI has been with me because 75 percent of the landings have not been pretty....

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Can anyone suggest a cause for a slight roughness in a well maintained O-470 (1958 C-182). The mechanic has checked both mags and harness wires and plugs, installed a rebuild carb and balanced the prop (which required very little correction). In flight checks of carb heat, mags and unlocking...

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I fly into Meacham field at Fort Worth about once every 6 months. My only experiences have been with Trajen on the field. I don't have any complaints against them, but I don't know how their fuel and tie down/hangaring prices compare with others in the vicinity. Meacham itself is convenient...

I'm wondering if there are any Cardinal drivers that frequent this newsgroup. I'm in the early phase of considering potential airplanes for a 2-way partnership and, at this point, a Cardinal is looking like a very adequate platform for the price and performance I'm looking at. So, any words of...

I'm looking for a copy of Lycoming's SI 1278, Starter Driver Lubrication publication. I can't seem to find it on their website or goggling for it. If any body would be able to post it, link it, email, or fax it to me, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks, Jim

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:43:58 -0600, "Jim Burns" wrote: I'm looking for a place to get a CD with all the AD's and SB's for our Aztec. Several people have mentioned Advantext but I can't find them online and the one Advantext company that does show up in a google...

Hey America-hating Moron, how ya feelin' since the election, eh? Have you flown your piece of **** trainer into a building yet? You can always have some 5-hour student fly it for you since that's all it takes to master that thing. FOUR MORE YEARS for Bush, and your hero Saddam rots in prison....

I have a 1977 Archer II with factory-installed electric pitch trim. The trim servo motor works in both directions, but it doesn't work well for moving the cables. When the ambient temperature is warm, the electric trim works acceptably but occasionally seems to "slip," and when it's cold, I can...

As some of you know, I'm in the market for an airplane. To this endeavor, I find myself reading through a lot of maintenance log books. I've noticed that some people log oil changes but some do not. I'm a little worried about the owners who don't because I don't know if the oil is ever changes...