Recent content by Z06tink72

We use Arinc 429 for talking between electronic boxes on every aircraft I've ever worked on. Thats small turboprops up to widebodies. Some examples that I've worked with: the data to draw the flight plan map on the mfd inertial data from the gyros air data from air data computers pilot...

I got my sport pilot certificate in an no-pedals Ercoupe, and am now "upgrading" to PPL. It was a big leap for me going to rudder pedals. In my opinion, if your ever going to fly anything else, start in an aircraft with pedals. The Ercoupe instills some bad habits that are hard to break when...

Hey I think that might be right. Thanks!

Its a long shot, but ... I took the test a year ago and missed three questions. PLT462 was one of them, and for the life of me I can't remember what the question was. The lookup table gives this hint: PLT462 Recall regulations - use of microphone / megaphone / interphone / public address...

I'm a -10 builder. You have to love building, otherwise you will not finish. However if you have help, it will go much more quickly! The emp kits are cheap, try it out. You'll know when your done with that if your a builder type or not. Vans has disclosed that their completion rate is close to 1/3

I have about 55 hours in an Ercoupe. Most of what's been said already about them is true. My thoughts: Crosswind landings can be tricky. You can pitch down to descent by sticking your hand up One guy here mentioned his being cold in the winter. The one I fly has a TON of heat coming thru the...

I'm confused by the accident. A very experienced CFII on board but from the pics it looks like it hit real hard. Maybe that's due to the fire though. I've spent a lot of time flying that area, lots of nice flat fields to land in an emergency. If it were engine trouble, he very likely would...

Heart. Broken. I was with him the last time I flew. Tremendous loss all around. Blue skies my friend.

Thats just all the hardware. Displays, button panels, AP servos, radio, xpnder etc. I plan on doing the wiring and panel cutting stuff myself. Hell at $30k just for the hardware I don't really have any other options.

I just got a quote for a nice rv-10 ifr panel. Twin skyview, backup mini-x, avidyne 440, very nice audio, adsb in /out, Xpndr. Right at $30k

Don't pay it. It's a civil infraction, and they have very limited or no recourse against you. They used to threaten sending it to collections, but they can't even do that anymore. The mayor was on tv last year. Reporter asks, "Why should people pay this fine?" His answer... "To have a...

I worked with Sri during his years at Rockwell Collins Fly By Wire. Closely at times. All the things people are saying in the news is true. Ultra nice guy, easy to work with as they come, and pulled more than his share. Maybe two engineer's worth. Sometimes it makes me mad when people die and...

I make a living jumping thru those hoops to certify Level-A software on the big jets. Even with all those hoops, you'd be amazed by the stuff that gets past us sometimes. I know gubmint can be overbearing, but as far as software goes you want somebody checking that you followed the process...

Probably a dumb question, I don't own a panel GPS. What's so special about these cards that you can't reproduce a backup for yourself? Did Garmin make them physically different size than the usual families of flash memory (compactFlash/memStick etc)? Whats stopping you from imaging the...

Want to take my family on flights, 2 seats isn't enough. Plus there's only 1 plane I can fly at my club.