Recent content by Nick P

I have a useful load of 508. Most 150's tend to be right around 500 lbs useful load. My plane can handle full fuel and two passengers weighing 186.5lbs. I think thats fine for 80% of the possible students.

Most of the schools around me own their planes outright. I suppose I could call around and see

Engineer as well. I figured I could either fly the plane 50/hrs a month, get a safetly pilot and fly 100/hrs a month, or a mix of both with a few students to instruct. I think I can come out ahead financially (and keep my benefits) while still getting 50-70 hours a month flying on the weekends...

Not really interested in renting the plane out to students. I just want to instruct, solo students, and safety pilot with people to get my hours efficiently.

Have the safety pilot give the person under the hood headings to fly. There are people that have hundreds of hours of safety time. Just make sure you know how to log it properly and you will be fine.

"on the side" meaning evenings and weekends outside of my full time non-flying job. I was planning on testing this over a few months to see how many hours I am getting before deciding if selling the plane and working for a flight school is a better move. It all depends on if I can get enough...

That's how I understand it as well. I could see the benefit of an LLC where there are several members instructing in the plane, but not for a single member.

I currently own a Cessna 150. I'm about to have my CFI cert and looking to instruct in my plane on the side. Debating Single member llcs (SMLLC) vs sole proprietorship. I have a good paying job, but most of my money as gone to flight training. I have next to no assets to my name (Recently...

@unsafervguy I usually agree and try to upgrade stuff when it breaks. However, I got a quote for $2500 to put a used Garmin GTX 327 in the panel (incld. labor). I'll spend $200 to get this old transponder fixed before I drop that kind of money

I bought the plane and it came with an overhauled transponder. I didn’t deal with the shop and the seller said the transponder had a 90 day warranty. I found a shop that will overhaul it between $135-289 depending on parts. If it doesn’t make sense to overhaul due to cost they will charge a 75...

I found a shop https://www.transponderrepair.com/ seems like it may be worth a shot to send my transponder to them before spending a lot more on a replacement

Its a KT76 not 76A. I saw the 78 and 76 are direct swaps?

Ill remove it and hit the contacts with some contact cleaner and re seat it. Hopefully that solves the issue.

Hey guys I had an overhauled KT76 installed last February. Today, the transponder wasn’t lighting up and would only squawk 0400. I would rotate the dials to show my squawk code, but ATC would only get 0400. Any ideas? The light would work if I switched it to test mode.

I have a TKM MX-11 in my cessna 150. About every four weeks I start to get a straight static noise until I jiggle the radio around and it stops. Eventually, I pull the radio and spray the pins on the back of the radio with QD contact cleaner. This solves the issue for another few weeks until the...