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[quote="Leland Collins"]I've had the same problem with my 4-year old Garmin 296 being unable to lock onto satellites after loosing its internal date. I think its a dead battery problem becau ...

I've had the same problem with my 4-year old Garmin 296 being unable to lock onto satellites after loosing its internal date. I think its a dead battery problem because the battery looses about 20% of ...

David, St Johns (SJN) in eastern Arizona has the cheapest fuel ($3.67), a friendly staff and free courtesy cars, with a dashboard sticker reading "Use overdrive in high-speed pursuit". The t ...

Don's RV-8 has been sold. There was lots of interest. Leland

The years are finally catching up on my good friend Don Farand, who is now offering his VFR/Night RV8 for $60k. This is the third RV that Don built. It is in good shape, always hangared and is a solid ...

Basically, I had the same experience as Bob. Days to remove the tanks and to the fix the problem on an RV9. My fuel tank access covers were gasketted and Prosealed on. I carefully dried the tanks and ...

Mark, did you brush-on or spray the Gatorhide? I see they've now changed the name to Seal Krete? I like your idea of making the wing walk smaller so that it can be covered by Van's rubber walks if ne ...

A California painter sprays on non-slip wing-walks. The neat part of
these is that they can be the same color as the aircraft, as opposed to
the black rubber stick-ons that Van's sells. Does anybo ...

I like Kitplanes better than SportAviation because they have more nut-and-bolt articles and are more technical in general. Keep in mind that Kitplanes supports the CAFE foundation by printing their re ...

Kaluza, my monitor shows an increased flow rate when the electric fuel pump is rattling away, and it shows fluctuations in reading of a gallon/hour. As you suggest, he fluctuations are likely due to v ...

The pulses from Van's Facet pump cause my EIS 4000 to read 2-3
gallons/hour high, when on. This is so even though the pump is in the
cockpit with about two feet of aluminum tubing and a gascolator ...

I am posting this for Ken Coe who is a friend and an RV3 owner. Ken is
selling his twin-engined 1967 Wing Derringer for $125K. This plane is
gorgeous and of museum quality. Ken is the second owner ...

The Close Tolerance bolts AN175-20A is about four mils larger than the original AN5-20A. Spruce list a drilled version but they were on backorder a week ago. I found some at the Ted Shulgin Co., 925-2 ...

Carlos, the main valve and the flow-regulator valve on my Aerox system
are on top of the bottle and that is why mine is so hard to adjust in
flight. I have to twist and reach and try not to dump t ...

Carlos, the mounting of my 13 cubic foot Aerox O2 system is pretty
simple. The bottle sits on the floor of the baggage compartment and is
attached to the back of the flap motor housing with two cl ...

Today we had some clear weather over central California so I decided to
try my new oxygen system and see how high I could fly. The climb rate at
a density altitude of 16,300 ' was 500 feet/minute. ...

Great input. I just called Garmin and they are sending me a warranty replacement Cigarette Lighter Adapter. They even offered to send it 2-day air. Garmin is working on the problem and I may possibly ...

Albert, it sounds like our numbers are consistent. My 1/4" gap was for
full fuel, pilot only and 60% power at 5000' on a stock O320. The gap
should be greater at higher power. It sounds like ...

The cigarette lighter adapter plug for my Garmin 296 pulled apart. This
is the connector that plugs into the Garmin. Has anyone else had this
problem and solved it shy of buying a new $30 adapter ...

The aft-end of my elevator trim tab is up by 1/4" when set for cruise.
This would tend to force the elevator down and thereby cause the
aircraft to descend. It would be more aerodynamically e ...