I need a new encoder. I currently have a Trans-Cal D120-P2-T. I can get an overhauled exchange for $230. Should I do that or just replace it with a new ACK A-30 or Ameri-King AK-350? The Ameri-King is the cheapest at $150. I believe both the ACK and Ameri-King use an oven to compensate...

I have a 70amp alternator in my Mooney. I find that when I turn on the landing light, the voltage drops down to around 13.0 volts or less. During off the landing light brings it back to 14.5 volts. The Mooney Factory Service Center is telling me this is normal. They said Mooney didn't design the...

Hello, Can someone please direct me to some companies that make the aluminum (i think its aluminum) panels? Do you call these companies and tell them what type of plane you have and there is a standard panel size... then let them know what size holes you want? Or is this something that you take...

A very interesting article. http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6485769.html?industryid=43657 How could this error be trapped? All you "owner produced parts" guys take note. I wonder if this instance is what shut down the carb guys.

I'm thinking of purchasing a share in the AMD Alarus IFR trainer. I'm just 7 hours in a 172. Anyone have any recent experience or info? A Google search indicated that the last discussion on this was in 2003 on r.a.s

We hope.... :-) Six months in the making, our new Amelia Earhart Suite is finally done! See it at: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/the_amelia_earhart_suite.htm --

Has anyone done much business with Ameri-King? I purchased a brand new ELT from them (via Aircraft Spruce) last week and it came in with a defective ARM/OFF/ON switch. It would not stay in the ARM position. I overnighted it to Ameri-King for repair/replacement. I just got off the phone and they...

Lead story on the local Twin Cities 6 pm news: (AHH) Amery Municipal Airport, Wisconsin http://www.airnav.com/airport/KAHH ....obliterated last night by possible tornado, probable straight line winds. Direct hit! (AHH) is about 15 nm in from the Minnesota border, 36 nautical miles east of my...

I was having a long standing problem on my 172N with the ammeter "woggling", that is, rapidly wiggling back and forth in level flight, through about 1/2 of the total scale. This was going on for a year or more. On the last annual, the AP had me disassemble the solenoids and brush the leads. There...

Our politicians lead the league in all talk, no action. Is blowing us some sunshine good enough? Read what The Expert thinks: http://www.ExpertHumor.com/

I'm looking for Amphibec amphibiam AULA (Advanced Ultralight in Canada) aircraft. I cannot find any link to the builder , Amphibec MFG but their name is in Transport Canada Web site ? Anyone has any information ? Thanks. Alain

Howdy, Curious as to what people are paying to insure waterbirds- I'm a low-time PPL-ASEL/S-IR and would like to someday get to use that "Sea" rating a little more often. As it is now I do have the opportunity to build some solo time in a 172 floatplane up in Maine but that's a 4-hour drive from...

Who determines where you can or cannot land one?

One one of my mandatory days off. I did what else.... fly. Not purely for pleasure but I had some personal business to attend to in the next state. No Problem, Spend 8.5 hours in the car driving each way. There is just no easy way to get from Boise, ID to Missoula, MT on the ground. It is a...

In my experience, when the wx is really crappy and most light a/c are on the ground, the singles you will often find flying are bonanzas and mooneys. The bonanzas are often flown by very affluent people that think that because they can pour enormous amounts of money into flight directors and...

Hello, all. Since there always seem to be questions on the group, both mechanical and philosophical, about purchasing an aircraft, I thought you might be interested in one pilot's odyssey from renter to owner. During that trip, I have lurked here, read volumes about purchasing and owning, and...

Ah, gentle readers, when last we left the hangar while regaling you with this tale, I had had my heart broken by a Tiger in Arizona and was back on the prowl. Animals prowl because their patience with being hungry is wearing thin, and that well might be an apt description of my mindset at this...

I have suspected for a while that my old analog tach was lying to me. My Archer's static RPM at take-off was measuring about 22k and the minimum spec was 2325, but the plane seemed to have good cruise speed. When I pointed an optical tach through the windshield I read a static RPM of 23.4K. ...

new proposed rule in today's federal register (watch the linewrap) http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008 /E8-3822.htm It would appear that the FAA wants to make the aircraft registration certificate invalid if the registration hasn't been properly...

What a shame...pretty amazing set of pictures... http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=e0b8b45d-175d-47fe-a063-7ad4367b4d28& http://tinyurl.com/ypxybw (I know many folks thoughts about this web site, so please, no flames)