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I just tried Avare again on my Android tablet, after a few years, due to comments here. It does not allow charts & other data to be stored on any external SD. This is a non-starter for me. The app says that Android makes this impossible since version 5, but that is totally false. Many other apps...

I love the idea, learning to fly TW improves skills and makes better pilots. But most student pilots may not want to do this, if they think it makes the training "harder" and they may not ever fly a TW aircraft again. The higher insurance rates reflect the risk of damage, whether veering...

I tried Avare years ago. If you want free, it does work. I just didn't like the interface, would rather pay for an interface that I like more. But it's good to know it's there, in case I need to fall back to it. As an Android developer myself, I can say that over the past year Google has been...

Yep, for Android it's one of the best, if not THE best. I've been a subscriber since it first came out called "Avilution". It also syncs all your routes and waypoints across all your devices automatically. For me, the #2 next best app on Android is Naviator. Cleaner graphics than Droid EFB, but...

FltPlan Go is the worst aviation app I have used. It's a steaming pile of bloat-ware with super slow response, drains the battery quickly, and crashes often. This is on several different Android devices. There are much better choices, including Droid EFB, Naviator, Avare, and others. Now I see...

Indeed. On my Alaska trip in 2018 we did exactly that in Northway, met with "Trek" who gave us an in-person briefing for our continuing flight to Talkeetna, and also happened to be the fellow answering our radio calls as we approached Northway. PS: I'll add that a pilot about an hour ahead of...

Ah, yes. A domestic VFR flight plan serves only to active SAR if you don't arrive at your destination on time. An international VFR flight plan actually goes into the ATC system.

What does that mean? I've flown VFR internationally and after takeoff when I call Flight Service to active the VFR flight plan, it is in the system, I get a squawk code, and the Canadians know I'm coming. Maybe that is just for international flight plans?

If a VFR pilot is tempted to do this, why not instead simply file and activate a VFR flight plan?

Idle (600-800 RPM) when full rich promotes plug fouling, and hold short would be a bad time for that, since you've already done your run-up and you're about to take off. If you lean aggressively after the runup, then the plugs won't foul at idle and if you forget to enrich before takeoff (you do...

That's true. However, "not lean enough" is a common problem. Many engines can't get lean enough to reduce temperatures. The engine gets rough before it gets that lean. So the pilot leans as much as he can, just rich of rough, which puts the engine in the red box. He gets good fuel economy and...

I keep it as terse as possible. For example when flying from Seattle to the San Juans: "Whidbey Approach, Skyhawk XXXXX, Bush Point, VFR to Orcas". This follows the overall communications format from the AIM 4-2-3.a.1: WHO you are talking to WHO you are WHERE you are WHAT you want The fact...

Yes, excessive fuel does cool the engine. And it's better for power because the mixture vs power curve is asymmetric: being X% lean loses more power than being X% rich. Yet it is also less efficient (obviously) and over time it gunks up the valves. At the risk of stating the obvious, for the...

Running in the "red box" kills valves. If you lean it enough, you're out of the box. If you enrich enough, you're out of the box. The worst case is to lean it, but not enough to get out of the red box.

Yep, with the magnetometer the DG becomes an electronic compass instead of an acceleration & integration instrument.

The AI calibrates itself when you first turn it on. If the airplane is parked on a non-level surface, the AI will get a false horizon. It will adapt to that and shift back to normal, but it will take several minutes. Parking on a non-level surface is more of a problem for the DG. It will drift...

It's not about "away" or "toward". It's not about "left" or "right". It's about fly a heading on the side the needle swings toward. Think of it as, the needle is pointing toward a heading you need to fly to intercept whatever is at the top of the dial.

It is correct. It doesn't matter which radial you put on top. For example, 45 or 225. One way, the needle swings left, the other way, it swings right, but in both cases, the headings you need to turn to are on the same side the needle swings. This method eliminates the bugaboo of "reverse...

I get the same symptom during ultra endurance sports events as I approach my limits. First, I start to lose peripheral vision. If I don't slow down or stop, it gradually tunnels in and then colors fade to grey. When pushing the limits I keep aware of this so I can avoid pushing too hard, passing...

Regarding reverse sensing, here's a way to think about it differently. If the needle is not centered, then it's swinging left or right. If you look at the radial numbers around the dial, following any of them on the same side as the needle, will take you to radial that is dialed in at the top...