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Thanks for the replies, everyone, as well as the off-the-beaten track ideas. The hangar setup I have also needed to be compatible with my spouse, who also flies, so it couldn’t be a Rube Goldberg workaround...though some of the suggestions were pretty interesting. JAWS posted the video about...

So I own a hanger that is "off-grid" and uses a gas generator to power the hangar door for opening/closing functions. It's an old generator and it's crazy loud. The hangar also doesn't have any lights or other electrical equipment due to not having power. Power from the utility is "possible,"...

Do you have aluminum cables to your starter, or are they copper? A common issue is that the aluminum cables, as they age, increase in resistance and are unable to deliver the power to the starter that's needed, even with a brand-new, fully charged battery.

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Nicely done, and a fine display of camaraderie by PBristolJr. Now we can go back to blaming the economy for the lack of new pilots in our ranks, and not the rank stench of our attitude. At my home drone, the local Pilot's Association sets only one bar for membership: You must have a genuine...

Disregard everything else you've heard on this thread, except this. Ghery seems to be in the know as well.

Hmm...not sure if that addressed my question...but currently I have about 1400 hours on my dry vac pump and its still working well. Can't imaging replacing it "just in case," especially after my previous failures in IMC. FWIW, I was hoping some people here have actually looked at the expected...

I've heard a few people here say they replace their vac pumps at around 500 hours. What's the basis for this?

That's my point- it's not any different. The difference is the pilot flying.

Well, if wheel chocking would help the OP in landing an Arrow, perhaps you'd be the guy to go to. And am I suggesting that the OP land at a high speed? Nope. I agree that energy management is KEY to landing- as I have said in previous posts. It's about managing the energy transitions that...

Vacuum pump- run to failure. I will fly hard IMC and see these go away from time to time. I have no backup electric AI, though I do have a Preciseflight Standby vacuum system. Now I'm curious- how many IFR pilots/students here use the AI in their normal instrument scan? It's not in my...

I hope you've read my posts on this thread. This has been my point all along. And yes, I fly taildraggers, too. A troll? No, I'm not trolling. Just trying to dispel persistent misconceptions.

That's another issue with aviation discussions- too many "it depends on _____." All things being equal, an IFR pilot shouldn't be taught to use the AI very much in normal IFR flying. No matter how infrequent an IFR pilot flies, if they remain IFR current, they should retain the basic skills-...

AIRSPEED DOES NOT MATTER: Airspeed does not affect the nosewheel thunk because the aircraft is designed to have stabilator authority well below the stall speed of the wing. This means that no matter what airspeed you touch down at, you will have enough stabilator authority to control the...

Ron has an interesting point here, that holds especially true for those that go out and spend a wad of cash on electric backups. Do those electric backups come at the cost of solid partial-panel skills? In my experience, I see more pilots spend money on fancy cockpit toys rather than...

Well, not much useful advice here on landing an Arrow III here so far; just generic landing advice. I've got over a thousand hours in an Arrow III, and banging the nose down is common for most transitioning to Arrows in general. The reason the nose tends to slam down onto the runway is a...

Is this because cows follow ATC "hold short" instructions?