Recent content by Kevin Holbrook

Absolutely! I have done overhauls on 4 of my Lycomings, and assisted with several others. Pretty simple, but there ‘gotchas’ that your auto engine experience won’t help with. Need at a minimum Lycoming service manuals and parts manuals. There are companies in Kansas that refurbish steel...

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This. A friend went down this route…. Purchases all of the hardware, but it had to go back to STEC to be checked / programmed. The fee for this and the STC at the time was 50% of the new cost. By the time you pay to buy the stuff and STECs fees plus installation it is a losing proposition.

FuelStik for Cessna Big fan of these. They come with instructions to make your own insert if necessary.

I am personally a big fan of the in-ear headsets (I use the CQ1 from Card Machine Works Headsets from Card Machine Works). I was an old-school David Clark kind of guy, but purchased a CQ1 for my wife so her hair didn't get messed up. I now have one for myself. They offer different tip sizes so...

OP here to close the loop… Ended up in town two nights so ate at the Drover one night and Blue and Fly the second night. Both were excellent! Thanks for all of the suggestions. And I bought the Comanche—what a fantastic airplane! Still transitioning to the complexity and how fast everything...

100% this! I pity his students.

DIY from Kitplanes Magazine: Homemade compression tester Or convert a Harbor Freight one (article title says leak-down but it is differential tester): Build your own leak-down tester

Probably looking for something like this... Cloner Alliance Box Pro There are others, look for "HDMI DVR"

Comanche 250…. I loved the 180hp 172 I’ve owned for the last 5 years but my wife and I are traveling more and our main destination requires a fuel stop in the 172. And thanks for the restaurant suggestions!

I will be in Omaha NE one day next week to look at and hopefully purchase an airplane. Looking for something for dinner in the evening. Not 100% sure what I will be in the mood for, but here are the likely candidates: -Steak. Would want a really good steak in a somewhat casual setting. Cost...

I use my favorite sunglasses with the little stick on readers that hold to the lens with static cling

I am stunned that there is a Viking engine that lasted to 1150 hours

My Stratux AHRS has been rock solid for 4+ years, as have the other half dozen I assembled. Check the module.

Barbed is fine. The fitting on the SureFly end is a barbed fitting, and the STC installation instructions reference a barbed fitting on the engine side.