Recent content by Matt C

Thank you for the input. Unfortunately, a timely sale would be helpful for me right now. I tried to price it very reasonably for a "no haggle" deal. As I indicated in the original post, this was a "POA special" to hopefully save me some effort. It will go on Barnstormers soon and the price will...

Thanks. The pictures were taken the day of the posting. For the sake of not misleading anyone, the paint is quite good from the cowl to the back but the cowl has some blemishes that I was hoping to have fixed by now. The gear legs are also chipped and painted over. Logs are complete and...

Sorry - I should have mentioned. SW Michigan @ 35D

I haven't been flying due to health issues and it hurts to do this but.... The annual is due at the end of September - I'm offering a pre-annual and pre-listing price of $29,000. There are no known deficiencies other than the usual O-300 drips. After annual I'll put it on the sales sites for...

I build/remodel kitchens and bathrooms every day. A self-leveling laser can be your best friend. You can check the level of an entire room in moments and get a very accurate picture of what the house is doing. In a new home all 4 corners of the room should be very close to the same height as the...

Thanks for the heads-up on this. I did another oil change on mine today and looked at the filter adapter. Mine is one of the SB-001 units. I don't however find any kind of hole or lug that a safety wire can be attached to. Yes, I did look at the pictures in the SB. I will contact my A/P about...

Hi Kath. I haven't been moved to post in a long time but I want you to know that I'll be thinking of you often and sending well wishes. My beloved mother survived decades longer than was expected and her mother before her. My mom was first diagnosed with breast cancer in the early 80's and...

No real bragging rights in a fast solo time. In my experience, nearly nobody will ask you about that in the future. My solo day was probably rushed a bit - not by me. Looking back, I wish I had time to develop a bit more judgement before getting turned loose. Keep enjoying the journey!

Hey Jay. I don't log in much but I wanted to pop in and say how much I've enjoyed your thread. Keep up the great work - it looks like you are having a great time with all of this. Fair skies friend.

It looks like the original fixture is a "cut-in" or "remodel" style fixture and has a metal junction box attached to the top of it. Likely legal most places as the junction box will protect the connections. The path to using the new fixture would be to install a remodel style "can" appropriately...

Hi Bob. I just had a flight with a friend who's PTT was stuck the entire time we were out but we could hear other traffic and so didn't realize anything was wrong. He teases me about why my wife never joins us. On the way back, the entire listening area (including the jump school) got to hear...

I posted a while asking for oil analysis lab suggestions. I sent samples from my first oil change on this plane to AvLab and Blackstone. I also sent the oil filter to AvLab. There was approximately 25 hours on the oil and filter. They sent results that were dramatically different. The samples...

Thanks for all of the replies - very informative. Opinion - regarding PIC time, it seems like it would more likely be tied to "Hobbs" time as one is technically in charge of the airplane as soon as the master goes on (perhaps even before)....

I did my first oil change on my plane (172G) Saturday. I went over my logs and total times from the tach and hobbs since last oil change. The tach indicates 24 hours and the hobbs indicates 33 hours. I'm sure that I didn't spend 9 hours sitting still with the master on and the engine not...

I hear ya. I guess looking back I don't like the way it reads either. PAX=PAX. My sentiment, I suppose, was that young people don't have the same life experience as us older folks and are possibly making less informed decisions about risk taking - they inherently trust the adult in charge to...