Recent content by Spacedoc

C’mon people, give the guy a break. It’s not like he taped an envelope to a prop!

Any experience with getting E/ABs painted in Mexico?

An alternator mount bolt which causes the alternator to not function correctly while slipping the belt to the point where the pilot can smell burning rubber is “incidental to operations?” When I read the section you quoted I think of things like screws that hold light covers or interior panels...

According to ForeFlight, the cheapest self serve 100LL at HHR is $5.59 right now. So about a dollar higher than the average of the gasbuddy prices you mentioned. So about the same as nearly everywhere else in the country. Apparently, according to the rest of this thread, things being normal is...

Also, the legend is the strip at the very bottom of your screenshot.

That's because there isn't a landing fee.

Good for Airnav. I don't use Airnav, along with thousands of other people. FWIW if you google "HII airport", the "Website" link on the top result takes you to the city website, where the $11 overnight parking fee is listed on the main page.

Yes, while the volume of commercial air traffic was 10% of normal.

Valid point!

Actually, Boeing and Saab applied agile as part of a broader digital engineering process for the T-7. Not just to software but to the whole design process- modeling and simulation let's them iterate designs quickly at the system level.

I think a transfer pump to equalize the fluid levels in the cups on each side makes a lot more sense.

Ah ok... previous posts talked about it windmilling. Thanks.

Everyone's talking about whether or not the engine "shut itself down". I'm not familiar with the redrive... can it backdrive the engine when the propeller windmills or is there a freewheel mechanism? If the former, whether or not the engine stopped providing fuel is moot- unless the prop fully...

Thanks for the clarification!

Bell, this is how my amateur brain understands the process you're describing above- please correct me if I'm wrong. If you have a certificated aircraft, and it is one of the models on the Garmin G3X Touch Certified STC, your A&P can install the certified hardware per that STC, reference the...