Recent content by WDD

Nice! I wonder if that is more or less than expected? That is, if 10% of the GA non commercial hours were flown by Basic Med, you’d expect that 10% of GA non commercial accidents would involve Basic Med pilots.

Well….. You can lie to an AME. I doubt if a MD is going to sign off someone who is hearing voices and speaking to people aren’t there during the exam. And we have scores of people who gave had a long time since their last 3rd class, are using Basic Med, and aren’t insane death angles. So yes...

What's downright hilarious is that imagine if Congress could do this one thing: Remove the requirement to have at least one Class 3 to be eligible for Basic Med No increase in dangerous pilots flying airplanes No need for millions to be spent on developing MOSAIC Heck, no need for LSA and...

What's in my mind is about 3 years ago flying VFR with flight following in a Tiger with a GNS 430. The screen went dark because of a malfunctioning auto display dimming piece of hardware. I could get it back for a bit by covering up the light sensor. If it was IMC and I had to fly an an...

Time to sacrifice someone?

Or me from making and using a duplicate part in my basement?

So how can the company not then sell that $1 switch to anyone except Piper?

Does that apply to using after market parts for repair? And fixing Garmin instrument?

Need “Right to Repair” for GA.

For reference, this is what I compare things to. https://www.tripltek.com/ 1300 continuous nits in summer direct sunlight, 2 hour battery life running I fly, and I can’t get it to over heat even here in Atlanta.

Note on Apple Nit claims. An Apple table now can have in some occasions a brief high Nit output. But not continuous. So read carefully what exactly they mean by the new Apple having 1000 Nits.

I did not know that.

None. And they were both touch and goes. Yeah, he’s that good.

So would a back up / independent power source be more likely to be needed vs a 2nd nav radio or 2nd gps navigator? Planned usage would be mostly flying IFR x country in a skylane.

Love the tiger. A few thoughts though. It likes long runways. Travel light and don’t go with full fuel. Would never go to a shorter runway, would never consider a grass strip. It is a ton of fun to fly. It’s a Miata to a Cardinal / Skylane “SUV”. But that also means it gets...