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- Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:56 pm
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: AE300 Cost
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7401
Re: AE300 Cost
It’s much more complicated than Lycoming overhaul and requires expensive test bench. If Austro concluded that it’s cheaper to produce new engine than to overhaul the old one then the same mathematics applies to any company. I have read of tours at CMI, and the CMI throws out almost everything excep...
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:40 pm
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: AE300 Cost
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7401
Re: AE300 Cost
Owe. That is much more expensive than last I looked for Lycoming/CMI for roughly the same power level.
Tim
Tim
- Tue Jul 04, 2023 6:32 pm
- Forum: DA62 Forum
- Topic: ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3363
Re: ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot
On the flip side, I tried ForeFlight a decade ago. I found it very unintuitive and very much organized around planning the flight versus actually doing the flight. Garmin Pilot was crap on planning and great in the flight. Since then, they have largely retained how they work, as they have leap frogg...
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:00 pm
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: Maintaining Austro beyond 1800 TBR
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4153
Re: Maintaining Austro beyond 1800 TBR
Compression and borescope examinations along with many other tools, such as oil analysis, all can help determine engine health regardless of spark or compression ignition. The difference is not in the concept, but in the details of what numbers/details means. e.g. If you get AL in oil analysis for a...
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:30 pm
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: A very big deal -- FAA Approves G100UL for ALL GA piston spark-ignition aircraft
- Replies: 46
- Views: 6057
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:29 pm
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: A very big deal -- FAA Approves G100UL for ALL GA piston spark-ignition aircraft
- Replies: 46
- Views: 6057
Re: A very big deal -- FAA Approves G100UL for ALL GA piston spark-ignition aircraft
I watched a video of GAMI's presentation on this at Sun N Fun. The roll out in California seems to be on the verge of happening. The Governor wants G100UL in all airports by the end of the year. Doubt that is feasible but shows the amount of pressure to get this done. One thing I learned about the ...
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:45 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Diamond on order
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2803
Re: Diamond on order
For buyers I think the issue is both reasonable time and a predictable time. If you look at the Diamond on Order spreadsheet, the actual delivery times range from 8 to 25 months and the variance from the expected delivery when the purchase contract was signed to the actual delivery also varies wide...
- Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:01 am
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Diamond on order
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2803
Re: Diamond on order
I know of one small MPP order (three planes, I think was the number), it was for multiple aircraft. Part of the acceptance criteria was all three planes to be delivered within two weeks (I think) of the first to last. This was due to the testing requirements for the sensor platform which was to be i...
- Mon Mar 06, 2023 4:13 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Unleaded avgas
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1523
Re: Unleaded avgas
@cfidave One other fun point. Republicans in Congress actually had to pass a law to amend a law/rule highly favored by President Reagan. One of the items he pushed for was blocking the naming of any structure (even a sign) until the person being named had left office at least twenty five years previ...
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 2:01 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Unleaded avgas
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1523
Re: Unleaded avgas
Like the closure of KSMO in Santa Monica, this is all about seizing the land. It has nothing to do with race, the environment or anything else. Proof is that the moment it was proposed to keep SMO open, just ban the fuel, they said it was the noise. When they tested and found there was more noise f...