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Yep but since it was a comanche there was not shortage of other fuel tanks to use [emoji16] Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk

CFI-S? Sport Pilot?

The $400 (as I recall) to get the gear motor assembly serviced is a good deal, you'd be hard pressed to find a NOS part and then attach it to the gear mechanism

Twinkies have a fully mechanical landing gear system like the PA-24 singles. They use an automotive seat motor to drive the gear up/down

I would also suspect the switch, or possibly something interacting with the squat switch being engaged when the gear is retracted. When you swing the gear at annual is there a buzzer when you try to pull the gear up with weight on the wheels?

Take care of your health first then flying will follow. I don't see anything that would suggest you've ever been formally diagnosed as dependent, or had a run-in with the law over this, that makes a "No" answer to 18o plausible. You recognize the need to manage this, and likely the...

I can see the number of active pilots continuing to dwindle because: 1) A perceived lack of need to physically go somewhere to experience it, there are a lot more virtual experiences substituting for real world experiences because it's "good enough" reducing the motivation to take this on 2)...

I learned that hard way that the fuel filler flow rate on takeoff in the PA-24-250 is 10gpm

Your math alone shows that it'll take you 6 months because that's how long it'll take you to save up the extra 5k. Look back at last year's weather and see how realistic flying twice a week is during each season. Michigan is a lot like NH [emoji16]. You seem to have a good mind for data and...

That might be a reason to wait a few more months, have more of a reserve. Pilot training in New England during winter sucks, lots of cancellations due to weather, there's a lot more low level turbulence which makes practice a lot more inconsistent. Starting in April might put you in a better...

I think you're at a good point and you're better prepared than a lot of people who start and quit. What's come up here is that you have ~ 1/2 of what you would need to finish if everything goes right. If you look at how long it took you to save the initial $5k will you be able to save another...

I think that's the beauty of it, being able to get up through to areas of clear air that would have been much more problematic

Its actually vaguer than that the POH from '78 says "Ice protection equipment which may be installed on this airplane has not been demonstrated to meet requirements for flight into known icing conditions" I get that if you have to argue it you're going to lose with the FAA.

I'm looking at a '63 (CAR-3) B-55 Baron with boots and alcohol props/winshield because I live in New England and it would be nice to be able to at least pop through the clouds in winter and go places or have an extra margin of protection to get higher and colder in the clouds if ice started to...

I think there's a disconnect with either what the CFII said or how it was received and presented here the communication problem is real. If you're chasing your altitude with trim I can see the CFII trying to get the student to lay off of it but there are some good demos to reinforce this. To...