I now own a PA28R201T, Piper Turbo Arrow III. It is a great plane (although, as some of you know, I have had more than my share of "challenges"). At altitude it cruises at 170 knots. Cost to operate is around $90/hour (figuring maintenance and such). My range requirement is 660nm with 45...

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x-posted to rah,rao,rap Here's a news scoop for you all... Express Aircraft Company, formerly Wheeler Express, has gone out of business. Apparently TCM (Teledyne Continental Motors) was unable to honor shipment of their "Full Authority Digital Engine Control" (FADEC) IOF-550 engines which...

What is the minimum legal distance (altitude) to fly VFR under a Class B "wedding cake"? CLE has a 1900 ft floor at the north side by Lake Erie and I have flown at 1800 to go around CLE. I was not talking to CLE so I don't know if they objected. Today I was coming around CLE decending IFR. When...

So a few weeks back I posted here about large mag drops and electrical noise on the radio. Many posters prognosticated that an ignition lead was to blame, and when the mechanic opened the cowling, this was confirmed- one lead gone beyond repair. He put all leads on a tester, and said the other 7...

In rec.aviation.owning R. David Steele /omega wrote: What has happened to the development of the diesel aircraft engines? As far as I have seen, only Diamond has a production aircraft with diesel engines (they flew one across the Atlantic, with 5.76 gph). See...

What about high oil pressure. My factory zero time O-235C1 is running at around 90 psi in cruise. This is at the very top of the allowed range. Oil Pressure Limits - (Normal operations) Minimum 60 p.s.i. Maximum 90 p.s.i. (Idling 25 p.s.i.) (Starting & Warm-up) Maximum 100 p.s.i. Is this a...

If customs is listed as Monday to Friday (i.e. part-time) in Cancun, is it possible to arrive/depart on a Sunday? Also, anyone have any recent Cancun experience (flight to/from)? -- TIA, {|;-) Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.

So last night (our "Friday" night) Mary and I spent four hours at the hangar, remounting our "new" wheel pants. At the same time we decided to change the oil and filter, which had around 35 hours on them. Knowing that we would be doing this, yesterday I had attached the hose to the quick-drain on...

Anyone have any recommendations for aviation software for the Palm PDA. I'm thinking of AirCalc Pro through AvShop but there's a bunch of stuff available from Palm Gear that's also shareware.

Does your fuel-pressure gauge fluctuate noticibly ? Mine vibrates at about a 3Hz rate between the middle and bottom of the green-band. Engine runs fine... Turning-on the electic pump reduces the amplitude of the swing and stablizes it at around mid gauge. Is this 'normal' ??

I don't see the fuel burn on the small turbines competing with the diesels, but there are some attempts at getting close to the Lycosaur level. Here is one - http://www.innodyn.com/ Don't know anything about them though. As for light jets pushing down demand for twin piston and turbo props,...

Not the plane brokers, the stock brokers. Their recent strategy, show up to airplane shows and get their hands on all the cards they can. I don't know how they got mine, but they left a message saying they had the research I asked for(?), and that I should call right back. Now that its happened...

It seems a majority of us use AeroShell 15W-50. Has anyone found a really cheap place to get it. There is a Shell distributor near my home that I was going to call on Monday. Any other ideas? Adam

Hello, Has anyone ever purchased or use this tow from www.dragger.com? Spruce sells it as well. I need to push an aircraft up a small slope. I'm concerned that this product would try a pull/push UNDER the nose wheel if too much resistance is against the plane. It doesn't take too much to lift...

What would be the most likely reason a cylinder in a high-time engine would crack, old-age or poor temperature management on a descent? -- Peter

1. Has anyone had difficulty getting a VA loan because the house is on an airpark or because it has a hangar associated with it? 2. How hard is it to get homeowners insurance and how much extra cost? Thanks, - Brett

I have a PA28-180 with a fixed 60inch pitch prop. I have always wondered how much faster it would be if it had a constant speed prop. I'm hoping someone with a PA28-235 (which has a constant speed prop) could look up their speed for a reduced power setting, for example 57% which would correspond...

I've come across a marvelously cheap vibration sensor that I want to convert into an engine vibration instrument for a Kitplanes article. The electronics for me is relatively trivial...the mechanics of vibration are a little harder to fathom. From a mechanical engineering point of view on a...

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