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Switches are still available on eBay, e.g., from Aviation parts USA. https://www.ebay.com/usr/aviationpartsusa If you don't find the one with the label you want, the plastic cap with the inscription is easily replaceable so you can mix and match.

This is an old thread but I hope my contribution could still be useful. I just bought a PA-32-260 and the W&B information, including the CG Ranges are in the AFM, not in the POH. The AFM, for the avoidance of doubt, is not specific to type, but to tail number/serial number. You should have an...

Good point. Great to hear. What concerns me about the ACS is that, if I understand correctly, the candidate is supposed to explain and defend his/her maneuvers while performing them. And that's not what I trained for. I didn't practice doing ground reference maneuvers within +/-100 ft while...

Cool, I'll go google the Hartzell paper immediately! Incidentally, my instructor asked me once the difference between primary and secondary radar. I stopped talking after 5 minutes because I got him bored. He never asked me anything related to radars anymore.

Ha! You spoke my mind. I suspect I and you have a lot in common in the way we think about problems. My background is in EE, and I wouldn't tell the DPE that it's unlikely he can explain to me how ignition works to me without me having to stop him and correct him, because I don't want to...

Thanks, Ed. I concur with you on all your points, with an emphasis on: (1) it's harder to ace the test by mere memorization than in the past, and (2) if you just memorized the answers you'll have a hard time at the oral no matter what was your score at the written. If you scored 70, 80 or 90...

This is a very interesting question, especially to somebody like me who was preparing for the knowledge test till last Sunday, and is now preparing the oral exam and the checkride. I heard the same rumors from a couple of pilots, and always had the feeling that it's a lot more ego and psychology...