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by TimS
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...
by TimS
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
by TimS
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...
by TimS
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...
by TimS
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

Re: A very big deal -- FAA Approves G100UL for ALL GA piston spark-ignition aircraft

Rich wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:13 pm I'm all for the GAMI formulation. I'll stir up the codgers in my area about this and watch the "whatever it is, I'm against it" crowd.
lol.
by TimS
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 ...
by TimS
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...
by TimS
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...
by TimS
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...
by TimS
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...