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    Cherokee 180 G3X Touch Installation - Has anyone done it?

    Appreciate that! I certainly considered Dynon as it looks like awesome hardware at a good price, but I fly with Garmin Pilot and there's a lot of engine and flight data auto-logging that can be done with a connected iPad. As I'll likely have a full Garmin nav/radio stack, it seems like there's...
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    Cherokee 180 G3X Touch Installation - Has anyone done it?

    Hi everyone, I searched the forum and didn't see anything pertinent, so I thought I would ask directly. I have a 1966 Piper Cherokee 180C on which I am about to do an avionics upgrade. Has anyone installed a G3X Touch into a 180C or other Cherokee 180? I'm asking because it looks like there's a...
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    Thinking of buying a C150 for time building

    Are you me? Eerily familiar story. Got into aviation in the late Nineties, got a PPL and instrument rating. High performance, complex, tail-wheel, and then switched courses (after 9-11 decimated the industry) into Medicine. Weirdly, ended up becoming a Naval Flight Surgeon, so my switch out of...
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    Longest after TBo

    Just be alert for sudden changes. It doesn't take long to figure out where an engine is happiest in terms of oil. My O-360-A4A has a max of 8 quarts (and a minimum of 2 quarts, which blew my mind when I first read it). She's happiest at about 6.5 quarts and will happily blow anything over 7...
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    O-200 Spin-On Oil Filter Adapter - Airframe Question

    Hi all, I recently purchased a 1965 Champion Citabria. Great little airplane with a Continental O-200 up front. Right now it has the standard oil screen on it and I'd like to install an adapter so that I can use a spin-on filter. The Tempest adapter (TAF-L) is STC'd for the engine but...
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