Hello everyone. It's getting a little chilly around here now; I have seen the "ventubes" that are being sold for $75 apiece. Has anyone simply taped over the inlet in the wing root? I was thinking of giving this a try, seeing that there is no real need for cold air ventilation at this time...

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Unfortunately, Jay... Dave from Houston WONT be making it this year. I know I surprised you last year one evening, and I originally intended to go, alas Im back in school finishing up some higher education.. the "come hell or high water" project has a public presentation due right in the middle of...

We've got the PS Engineering CD/Intercom in our plane, and listen to CDs on long trips. I am obviously slipping into "dinosaur" status, as I have never downloaded music, for "burning" onto a blank CD. I *have* burned CDs, but I've always done it from tracks played off of another CD. Does anyone...

Hi everyone, Well, ran into another small problem that is balooning into a major outlay of cash! Somehow, the little plastic float in the right hand tank snapped in two. And no, there haven't been any crash/hard landings lately. Don't know what the cause was. Well, after digging the pieces out...

re urgent aog request need urgent pin out dia for KTR 900 a/c not transmitting on P1 P2 ok

OK, dumb question. For 100-hour inspections (or 50 hours until oil change), is this measured in Hobbs time or Tach time? -Sami N2057M, Piper Turbo Arrow III

I need a trickle of electrical power about a dozen times a year in my hangar. I need it for my 125 watt preheater if I'm taking an early-morning flight in the winter, and will use it for a .25A trickle charger if I've let the aircraft sit for more than a week or two. The problem is that my...

Has anyone ever been able to put 6 adults in a Saratoga without exceeding the aft CG? So far, every time I run the numbers with two adults in the aft two seats, I exceed the aft CG.

When I use my (cabin air) heater, it starts to smoke a bit and smell if I turn it more than half way up. I suspect that this is coming from a build up of material in the heat conduits over the years. Does anyone else experience this? Should I have my heating hoses removed and cleaned (seems...

Hello, How safe is Eclipse Aviaion's decision to expose the wheel on jet that cruises at 41,000 feet? Has this been done before? On what airplane?

My '66 Cherokee 180C currently has a T12C ADF. Even though it has analog tuning, the previous owner installed a Davitron digital frequency read out so it's not as bad to tune as you'd think. Anyway, it now longer points to the NDB (actually the needle never moves) but can successfully tune am...

I was just informed by my mechanic who is performing my annual that my ELT is fried and needs replacing. I have two choices: Replace the Artex model with the same one, or upgrade to a newer unit that transmits on the new frequency. If I go with the replacing the existing model, it transmits on a...

So, I just found out that Monarch is out of business. My Skylane has a set of their fuel caps. One needs replacing. Now what? -jav

Friends, Airplane Tinkerers, Cheapskate Builders, Impoverished Owners… My recent ebay auctions were a great success, and so I have slithered once again through my secret vaults of airplane parts for more treasures to be auctioned off. Please check my ebay auctions for one or more of the following,...

Toying with a second camera in this video to see if I can get instrument and outside views to work side by side in a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLP1e0azFTA While this video worked to a reasonable degree, I won't be doing this on instrument approaches without a passenger manning the...

I have an Apollo (now Garmin AT) GX50 GPS. The data card failed last week. It will not take a program. I use Jeppesen's skybbound service for updates. Now, the card is a Linear 4 Mb Flash Disk. Garmin wants $153 for a replacement card but these cards can be bought anywhere for $60. Does anyone...

Thought I would spruce up the old bird with a new set of rudder pedal pads. I have seen several planes where they have either tie-wrapped them on or, worse yet, SCREWED them on. Looking in the ol' Piper parts inventory I see that they are WHAT!!!!! $84.39 EACH!!! Ah, yes. The old "Aviation...

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...

A while back I asked for information about installing a landing light blinker system in an Archer. Now that the job is done I'll share my experiences with the Great Planetary Bit-Bucket. First off, I'm very pleased with the system. I want Jim Weir to know his generosity was not in vain! ...