Recent content by bkspero

When I drove away at 3PM EDT Sunday there were 3 planes tied up near the FBO. All 4 seat single engine piston. When I returned Tuesday, they told me that they had 50 planes there for the eclipse. That's a fair amount, but no way near filling up the ramp. Even just the ramp near the FBO. See...

We flew into Plattsburgh NY(near center of totality) on Sunday in good VFR conditions and drove to Montreal on the edge of totality :). Weather was good at both spots. Plattsburgh, an ex Air Force base, has a massive ramp and a 11700+ ft long runway. When we arrived Sunday we were the 3rd...

No Foreflight, but thanks. I can work out another way to input that route.

In the words of Homer Simpson...."Doh!" I see what you mean. There are fields interspersed with the woodlands along the west side of the Lake. The east side is just about all fields in a swath 6-8 miles wide. Either would work, but I'll probably take the eastern route out of an abundance...

I am starting at 39N. The problem isn't the height of the hills, it's more that the options for a forced landing in the higher elevations along that route are primarily either dense woods or granite. Flying in the lowlands east of the hills south of Albany means lots of open fields (farms...

When possible I'd prefer to fly routes over flatlands where there are more favorable conditions in the event that a forced landing is needed. In a few weeks I have a flight planned from central New Jersey to Plattsburgh NY (KPBG). The southern half is easy as I can stay east of the Adirondack...

I apologize if this other issue has already been raised. I wasn't ready to go back and reread the whole thread. So here goes. One caution here. The FAA computer can mistake the 3 letter domestic VOR code for an overseas airport. I had an experience about 5 years ago when filing from a nearby...

Another data point. My Tiger's carbureted O-360-A4K will run smoothly until the leanest cylinder is about 5-15 degrees F lean of peak (based on the display after leaning using the Lean Assist function of an EI-CGR30P engine analyzer). At lower power it seems to be able to remain smooth to a...

I wonder about this chart. My battery is in the engine compartment ahead of the firewall and behind the rear baffle. Anyone know what the temperature in the area usually is when the battery is charging? I don't. Charging voltage when the engine is on is about 13.9-14.0 volts (corresponding...

My prior RG-25 lasted only 2 years. It had been installed by the local shop and they charged it before installation. A while later I spoke with an accommodating engineer at Concorde and he speculated that the battery had been discharging in inventory somewhere for a long time prior to going...

I did the oscilloscope test today and it worked to identify the antennas. My plane has an antenna switchbox in the coax from Com2. It switches out the Com2 radio and connects a handheld to the Com2 antenna when a coax from the handheld's antenna connection is plugged into the switchbox jack...

My only carb ice experience was in a C-150 during 6+solo practice maneuvers prior to my private pilot checkride. Doing power off stalls at about 3000 ft AGL under early spring overcast and the plane just didn't want to stall. I spent much more time than I should have with the throttle closed...

Thank-you. And my apologies to the others for taking the thread on a tangent.

Could you provide more details on the oscilloscope method? Eg., should both ends of the loop go to the + probe end, or one end to the + probe and the other to the ground clip. How many loops in the coil? Coil diameter? Other? Thanks

I thought your question was fair and reasonable enough that it merited an explanation why I didn't ask the others for regulatory justification. That's why I added on to my initial "No.." I did not intend the explanation to suggest any criticism of the question. I apologize if my writing was...