Recent content by jssmith.lh

I second going the experimental route (see pic :-) Cheaper to buy and operate. Spend $25k on the airplane to build the hours and rent what you need for IFR/multi. With Foreflight EFB and ADS-b in/AHRS (Sentry, Stratux, etc) you have a quasi-glass cockpit. Go 120 MPH on 4 GPH or throttle back and...

During my IPC today the topic of ceilings and visibility at alternate came up. Precision approach at alternate ceilings must be 600. Non-precision ceilings must be 800. Given that for a checkride an LPV is counted as a precision approach, how is it counted when selecting an alternate?

That’s running 3000 RPM. I believe max is 3400. So yeah, I could throttle back but I’m not building hours Go to sonexbuilders.net forum to get a better feel.

It’s a blast to fly. If I were picking an engine I’d do the turbo Aerovee, but not because of issues with the Jabiru. Just to have a better understanding of the internals.

I purchased a nose dragging Sonex a year ago and it's a great short trip ride. 16 gallons and 4 gph/110knots with a 2200 Jab. 500 useful load so can do a couple of hours with another 'chunky monkey' :-) The guy I purchased from (original builder) was 6'4"/240, but definitely find one to sit in...

Sounds like we're twins ;) I purchased a Sonex a year ago and really enjoy it. It's a low wing two place experimental LSA. Mine has a center stick. I typically fly solo with the stick between my legs. I've taken adults for short hops but limited to 500 useful. If I had a skinny family/friend I...

Looking for a pirep for the EchoUAT with Skyfyx. Looks like a relatively inexpensive solution for experimentals. Sorry certified folks :->

I added one N number of each aircraft type and put the totals for that type against that N number. If anyone wanted to see something specific like a long cross county I'd have to go to the paper logs, but that doesn't happen very often.

I had something similar on my check ride. It was a non-controlled airport. I basically did the green line. The DPE said the red line was the better choice since I had room. Nothing wrong with the green line but the red line is better.

Never! I put chili on my Fritos :)BTW, central Texas.

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I'm looking at an airplane with a GPS 150XL installed. I'd be very interested if I could swap the 150XL for a 155XL. Does anyone know if the two use the same tray? I can't think of a reason why they shouldn't be able to, but it is Garmin....

I currently have an iPad mini with cellular/gps and FF. WIth my eyesight getting worse I'm thinking about going with a Pro 10.5. All of the planes I fly have some type of external GPS device I attach to. Maybe someone mentioned it earlier and I missed it. Do you get georeferencing on FF with an...

I'd also pick an uncontrolled field. Because, you know, bases are always higher at an uncontrolled field ;)

I was thinking AOPA had something earlier this year. Came across this. https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2020/march/pilot/destination-costa-rica