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So I had an oil leak in the 182RG prop, so we sent it in to get checked out. So in addition to resealing the assembly they found that the piston had worn past spec. Turns out the hole in the center of the piston had worn out and was letting poil pass through. It appears from the wear marks that...

Hi all. Our glorious pilots seem to not be able to keep their greasy fingers off the G1000 screens, so now the Garmin anti glare coating is looking like crap. Now I have a few questions. Is there a way short of replacing the GDU104x to fix the coating? If so what have you actually done...

So I am trying to chase down some engine issues on our O-540-J3C5D in the 182RG. The complaint I got was from another pilot that the engine ran rough during the landing at low power settings. High power settings seemed fine. So I test flew it and indeed at full rich and at 12-13"MP it was...

Hi, I now have what appear to be two corrupted WAAS data cards. I've tried loading the current nav data to the card, and when it goes into the 430W it appears to load OK, but there is no aviation nav data available. Is there some some of diagnostic/reformatting process that can be done on the...

Well might as well start the tank you and made it home thread. Thanks to Diz, Brad, and Ed for hosting us for yet another fantastic Sidnaw Fly-In. You guys put in a ton of hard work and it shows every year.

So our 430 has developed an interesting failure. The CDI works in self test, GPS, and Localizer mode just fine. When I dial in a VOR frequency though it does not indicate any info on the CDI. The VOR/LOC audio is received fine when I listen to the NAV portion of the 430. LOC Reception VOR...

So our Aspen has been acting up lately. I've had multiple reports by club members that it randomly reboots in flight. It will just go blank, and then go through the boot up routine. In one case it was reported to have done this three times in a row. We did have the internal battery replaced at...

OK does the FAA maintain a list of compass roses? I looked in the chart supplement, checked the FAA website, and even looked at the 99s website. No one lists any locations for compass roses. I know that there is one locally at Hartford (KHXF), but I was wondering if there were any other ones...

@AdamZ @SCCutler So both of you have Bonanzas, how is it that neither of you have ever flown into 6Y9? :D

My club is in the process of looking for a new to us Archer, and we've been using the "free" AOPA Vref calcs to get a basic idea of aircraft values. Is there any other option out there short of paying for a full Vref or blue book subscription? The free AOPA calculator is pretty terrible. It...

So we've switched to retreads for our flying club, and have been pretty happy so far. Now we do have a stack of worn tires, and I was wondering what the core value on a tire is? Trying to see if it is cost effective to send them back to Desser.

I tolerate the app because it makes reading forums easier, but in this latest update I got opten in on ALL email notifications. It sends me a frucking email every time someone likes my post. Jeez I may be insecure and looking for validation on these forums, but who would EVER want that. Just...

Figured we could use some flying pr0n here... Went to pick up the Diamond from the shop in OSH after the annual.

For Sac...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/uw-madison-top-party-school_us_57c09881e4b04193420f1b9c UW Madison is again the #1 party school in the nation. I can see that, but when did the Princeton Review become the arbiter of that honor??? Playboy I can see giving an accurate ranking, but the...

Anyone have a ballpark estimate for the salvage value on a '78 archer with 9000 hours, ugly interior, bad paint, crap panel, and a 2800 hour engine? Vref claims 24k retail 16k wholesale.

This material sounds ideal for a possible AMOC for fixing the ECi cylinders...

Ok so we get this out of the way first, I am ok but got two staples and a tetanus shot as a result off getting clocked in the head by a 5 gal beer keg. Was helping to unload for the local beer fest, and was cutting shrink wrap on the bottom layer when a keg on the layer above tipped over. No...

Took a bit of video on my Soaring trip out west. Here are a couple of choice clips. Some formation flying with my buddy Steve in his Pik-20 Jet HP-18 "Runway Inspection" pass

Gotta love the phone company. Just got this lovely text from them. "Track your data usage. You'll still receive alerts at 90% and 100% of your allowance. To re-add an alert at 75%, visit vzw.com/usagealerts" So basically you removed the alert that gave me fair warning I used too much data, but...