Recent content by farangutan

That's a good point. I've only been burned once but that was on a motorcycle forum.

To the OP, register to all of the aviation forums you can think of and check the classifieds. Used ANR headsets pop up from time to time. I bought a used Lightspeed here a few years ago and then resold it here a while later. Make friends at the airport. I bought a used Bose A20 from a CFI buddy.

Wow, beautiful snowy mountains. I always forget that most of the country is still cold this time of year.

I recommend the in-ear headsets. With good tips you can bring the noise down to ANR levels. I use custom molded ear pieces. Some even have ANR but I've never tried those. As for bluetooth, you can buy a bluetooth module separately and make any headset bluetooth enabled. The best reason to go...

I really like flying at night and I typically fly approaches at night for currency with a safety pilot. At night, even when flying VFR I use an approach as guidance to familiar and unfamiliar airports. Especially flying in to an airport with multiple runways and/or surrounded by city lights. My...

At Sun N Fun one year, I had custom ear tips molded. Custom tips + in-ear headset. Much cheaper that a Bose or Lightspeed, more head room, and less heat and sweat in Florida summer. Caveat, I fly a traveler with the O-320 and isn't as loud as a twin (I switched back to ANR headset for multi...

AA-5. I prefer the AA5 to the C172. But I'm now biased.

Maybe don't fly a Grumman, I'm more legs than torso at 6'1" and switched to in-ear headset and remove the seat cushion and sit directly on the seat pan to get more clearance. 205 lb

Trying to make a firm conclusion on a grainy pic. I've some prop nicks like that. Some fixed by mechanic and another time we sent the prop in for an overhaul. Came back looking like a brand new prop. Very likely some gravel or rock hit the prop on your last flight. One time the FBO fuel truck...

I used an aspen that seemed to randomly respond to the inputs using the knobs. Sorry nothing to add other than it seems that is a weak point in the hardware design.

I flew in the Arrow II for my complex. Taught to set 2400/22" but I haven't flown a long cross country in it. I'm planning to rent this Arrow to an airport along the path of the solar eclipse coming up. From Tampa, so I'll follow the advice above.

It's more expensive upfront, but I installed a hybrid water heater (uses a heat pump to heat a tank of water). The electricity use dropped significantly.

This is exactly what came to mind, a couple rockets on the wings, buy yourself a couple thousand feet climb?

Have almost 300k miles on my 1st gen Tundra. But it's soon to be up for sale. I might sell one of my motorcycles instead to keep it.

No sorry, I was asking from ignorance about skiing in aspen and skiing in general. I have no idea if those places are like Disney where it seems like unlimited visitors or if the slopes are very restrictive. Flying is an adventure and many pilots fly our little barely capable planes all over the...