Well, not too many surprises this year, other than the ELT. (Which I suspected would not pass again, and it didn't.) 1. The Ameri-King ELT installation went smoothly. Running the wiring up to the stupid annunciator panel in the dash (now required for all ELTs) was a pain, but Ameri-King uses a...

In the Cessna 172's nosewheel strut are several O-rings, but the one that seals against the chrome piston sometimes twists in its groove and a spiral failure (tear) occurs. All the outer-cavity oil escapes, then the nitrogen leaves and the strut goes flat. The failure appears to happen rather...

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. ...

After sending my Lycoming AEIO-540 to the factory for a mandatory repair it has finally returned. At Oshkosh this year the people at the Lycoming booth swore it would take only two weeks, but when the actual paperwork arrived everything said one month in the shop. It ended up taking a little over...

I have the Horton kit on my 182L. I like it Mike M e-mail at m l a d e j o v @ c e d . u t a h . e d u Richard Jimenez wrote: I am designing a modification kit that further enhances both the stall speed and the high speed, of the type of STOL kits that add a cuff to the leading edge of...

Just purchased an aircraft with a SKYNAV 5000 installed. The datacard in the unit is from Feb 2000. I believe the final update was from 2003. Anyone know where I can get the datacard updated or buy a datacard with last update? Magellan and Jeppesen no longer support this product. Any help is...

We had 5-6 inches of snow last Thursday followed with a mix of rain/freezing rain on Saturday. We went to the airport on Sunday arming with shovels, snow brushes, isopropyl alcohol sprayer etc. Right after entering the gate, we glanced at the ramp and was alarmed to see the other Cardinal on the...

Hi, I have lit my entire panel, via a combination of "nu-lites" and instrument replacements of instruments that were internally lit. I am quite happy with the result, but I still have dark fuel, oil pressure and temp gages, and the ammeter on my Cessna 172N. I have searched the web quite a bit, I...

It's that time of year again. It's time for our club to renew it's insurance. We're currently with AVEMCO but want to try to find something less expensive. They also impose a limit on the # of members we can have per airplane and would like to get out from under that restriction. Any...

We're looking for sources to buy a set of retread 700 x 6 8 ply tires from. The guy we bought our Aztec from only had 6 ply tires on the main gear. 6 plys aren't rated high enough for our gross weight and the POH clearly calls for 8 plys. There seems to be a shortage of 8 ply cases in this...

My son Austin soloed last Monday 7/7/03. On his own; His money, his idea; Finish up stuff. A single 172 missed the microburst onslaught at San Marcos. His first ride was at 5 in a J3 with his uncle who still has that bird. He flew my 172, N739CD, Lawton OK to Austin TX at 14 years old. All bets...

The club to which I belong is upgrading the instrument lighting in one of our 182s. I've been doing the research side of this. All was going well. We ultimately decided upon the panel overlay product from Aero Enhancement, and started looking at shops to do the installation. And here's where I...

Most interested at this time in learning about all the Small Aircraft and Large Air Shows scheduled for this summer....can you help me as to where they can be found, etc etc .....thank you in advance and, Best regards, Dick Enna *** Sent via http://www.automationtools.com *** Add a newsgroup...

Where within the FAA is the place to get the records showing STCs associated with a specific plane?

We seem to be going thru landing lights more frequently than we should in our 172's. Are there any STCd alternatives to the standard Cessna part? Maybe a LED lamp or at least something more durable? I realize it's only a $40 part, but we're a new club and every little bit helps... Thanks

We need to replace the quick drain on the bottom of our Lyc O-360-A1A. The valve for the application is the CCB-37000. Does anyone know the correct torque and any recommended thread sealant? -- Best Regards, Mike. http://flickr.com/photos/mikenoel/

Many ASOS frequencies in the Ohio area are being changed to the same frequency(121.425). I find this bad since I usually tune in my local ASOS from 50 to 100 miles out (depending on altitude). This was fine when the frequencies were different, but now I get info from a nearer one. I want to know...

My #3 EGT usually works just fine but every once in a while it will jump up to an unreasonable number or even just report "OPEN PROBE" on the screen. It may do this for several minutes and then just come back and work just fine. JPI says to first swap it with another (#1 EGT) and see if its the...

Well, it's a mystery to me anyway. Does anyone know what brand and model, the nav/com, loran, adf, and dme are in the following photo? I'm sure the top nav/com is Collins vhf-251 and 351, but the nav/com below that one? And the others? Also, can anyone identify the transponder in the second...

Hi All, Is there some software that will record your piolts log elcetronically, Free or shareware. Ideally it will compute leg lenghts (as crow flies from ICAO airport codes) If anyone can tell me it would be a great help. Yours hopefully,