Occasionally older airplanes get new panels. Has anyone tried to build a "glass cockpit" in an older GA airplane? How successful were you, and what was the biggest stumbling block (paperwork, money, etc?) In real life I fly a Cessna 150, so it will be a while before I get the whole Garmin...

The avionics on a Piper Turbo Arrow (PA28RT201T) are approaching retirement age. Does anybody know if there's a glass panel upgrade (a la G1000) for the Turbo Arrow? Any STC's needed? -- Tauno Voipio tauno voipio (at) iki fi

SAILPLANE RIDE GIFT CERTIFICATES - great for pilots, friends and prospective pilots. Over 500 given each year from Jean, NV and Cle Elum, WA airports. Silently ride the air currents over the airport for a one hour scenic ride into the desert or mountainscape ($175). (Price same for one person or...

SAILPLANE RIDE GIFT CERTIFICATES - great for pilots, friends and prospective pilots. Over 500 given each year from Jean, NV and Cle Elum, WA airports. Silently ride the air currents over the airport for a one hour scenic ride into the desert or mountainscape ($175). (Price same for one person or...

SAILPLANE RIDE GIFT CERTIFICATES - great for pilots, friends and prospective pilots. Over 500 given each year from Jean, NV and Cle Elum, WA airports. Silently ride the air currents over the airport for a one hour scenic ride into the desert or mountainscape ($175). (Price same for one person or...

Does anyone on this wonderful forum have the pinouts for a GLS-350(Collins Glideslope). Just bought it and need to hook it to my KX175 on the bench and check it out........Thanks!! John Prince N3DR

I'm in the process of rebuilding a wooden aileron spar. The process involves gluing and nailing 2"x3"x1/16" reinforcing patches to the spar. I plan on applied glue and clamped the patches in place; when dry, putting in the nails. What are the nails doing for me and is hammering in nails after the...

A corner of the wing step "tread" is peeling up on my Cherokee 180. Is there a particular glue or epoxy to use/stay away from? I can just see a big chemical hole being eaten right through my wing... ;-) Thanks! --

Hello, I've to replace the rubber seal between the wing and the fuselage. The problem is that I do not know what glue to use. My mechanic told me to use Bison Tix, this made me to rise an eyebrow because I was once being told not to use that stuff because of corrosion problems.(This was when I was...

Anyone have any comments advice on the Garmin GNC 300 XL? I'm considering a purchase. Tom C

Anyone have any experience with the GNC-300XL IFR GPS/COM? Does it work well? Do you like the user interface? How is the screen? I want to have GPS IFR capability in my 172. What else will I have to install to get IFR cert for this unit? Thanks,

Hi folks, As a followup msg, I wrote awhile ago about the poor reception performance we were getting after out GNS 430 was installed. As a reminder, TX for COM was fine, GPS was fine and NAV was fine. It was just the RX of the COM. The RX was working about 25% as well as the KX-155 as measured...

Hi, I'm looking for folks that might have a similar experience. Recently upgraded the panel to include a GNS 430 and replace one of those old NARCO all in one VOR instruments plus an old NARCO radio. Anyway great upgrade. The GPS function works wonderfully. Filing /g is the best. The NAV...

I'm looking at an airplane, Beech M35, that has a 480 already installed. I downloaded the manual and the simulator. The simulator crashes. I also noticed that it pushes my CPU up to 100% usage. My computer is a newer 1.8GHz with more than 2G of ram. I can't find any instructions on the...

I just saw this link on eBay... http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-14-28V-GARMIN-GNS530-GNS-530-NAV-GPS_W0QQitemZ7745050682QQcategoryZ63850QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I'm not trying to assist in advertising, but I am wondering what the catch is here. How can a new GNS530 be going for...

Your thoughts please on the relative value of the 430/480/530 units. Is the 530 worth the extra $5000 Is the larger screen more legible Does the different (different technology & more pixels)screen in the 530 really make a difference? Is there real functionalitydifference between 430 and 530? And...

Someone on the GNS480 yahoo group posted some text this morning from Garmin Service Bulletin #621, to the effect that the GNS480 does not comply with the TSO, and that it reverts to TSO C129 type operations, for example requiring alternate airports to have ground-based approaches, having...

Recently out of the blue we got the following set of malfunctions in our GNS530 VOR does not receive but a separate DME unit which is coupled on the GNS530 does indicate correct DME. During testing we crosschecked the same VOR with the NAV2 box and it did function properly. VLOC mode does not...

Go no-go decision went bad. Oops. http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S15095.html?cat=1 click Video for the FULL explanation. 'Engine was running rough on taxi, so he thought he'd take it UP and check it out in the air.' Oops. '...Engine had just come back from overhaul/rebuild.' Oops.

There is a lack of Continental GO-300 gearbox bearings. I have heard of an outfit in California that can refurbish these bearings. Provided the bearings are not in too terrible of condition. Someone told me something about an International Harvester bearing which may work. The problem is it is not...