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The GTX 345 provides traffic on the ARINC 429 interface and weather on the RS-232. On the GNS 530 check that the traffic data is received on the Arinc 429 port. José

I have the Garmin Pilot on my Samsung S7 for weather and navigation. Weather updates are via the Internet.

I personally have not seen the corrosion issues on the Baron, Navajo and Mooney. And I don't flush with water after use. The stream coming out of the venturi is narrow and does not spray over the skin. Unlike chlorine urine is not that corrosive.

I would rather have a pilot relief tube than a parachute. You get to use it more often and makes your long trips more comfortable. I have one on my Mooney and love it.

I have one on my Mooney and it works really well. It was wrong to include COM on the labeling since these are strictly for receiving only. José

I have the Monroy ATD-300 which works very well in the Bahamas and the Caribbean where there is no ADS-B.

I got similar problem. On the Garmins ARINC 429 heading and altitude inputs have higher priority over analog inputs. If you are feeding the G600 or G620 with analog heading they will think that the TAS is the heading source and ignore the analog heading input. So now the TAS gets a static...

What is the differential temperature: OAT temp - cabin temp. Differential temperature is the typical way of measuring cooling/heating systems and insulation combined performance. On cars they also measure time to cool down to an specific differential temp. I would think all the vents in the...

The sensation depends on how close you are seated to the tail. The closer you are to the tail the more you will feel it. All medium to large aircraft are equipped with yaw damper to reduce the tail oscillations José

Yeah!! but Columbus didn't take a picture and the Wright brothers did. BTW Columbus died thinking he arrived at India. To him the natives looked very much like the natives from India thus they called them indians. The actual finding that the discovered world was not India came after Juan...

Actually what is now the US was first discovered by Juan Ponce de Leon in 1513 Juan Ponce de León[1] (/ˈpɒns də ˈliən/[2] Spanish pronunciation: [ˈponθe ðe leˈon]; 1474 – July 1521)[3] was a Spanish explorer and conquistador. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the...

Most avionics on airliners run on 400Hz/115V AC power. VHF COMs however run on 28VDC. If the cabin lights were on they would have to be running on the APU. It is unlikely that both engine generators would fail at the same time. This looks more like a failure on power distribution like a bus...

ACARS is the plane's link to the company and is essential to coordinate operations (arrivals departures, routing and others). It is not required by ATC. Oceanic ATC position reports are mostly done verbally through HF. When ACARS is inop the pilot has the option of contacting the company via an...

What Simplex1 claims has some truth to it. Simple physics math indicates that 1HP can only levitate 33 pounds on planet Earth. The Wright brothers Flyer weight was 745lb and 12HP engine. With 12HP the most it could be lifted is 400lb out of ground effect. With 30Kts winds in 1903 the Flyer...

Most of these airports have only one runway so the geo centroid is at the center of the runway. But even on airports with muliple runways using the GPS OBS function is better than a VOR or ADF approach. I zoom in into the destination airport and line up the OBS course to the desired runway. I...