Aquarius-, Gatorade- or any wideneck-bottles, btw, are better than any other fashionable pilot-p-devices. You can close them easily and throw them away in flight. Who wants to put them on the floor while flying, wash them out to reuse them after taking them out of the plane in front of the guys sta...

The autopilot has a Different static source than the pitot/static instruments. That is why the tubing is red. This was done to address the porpoising issue that some had. The autopilot controller also gets altitude data from the encoder (in steam gauge airframes) or from the G1000.

My aircraft had recurring pitch trim failures when it was about 6 - 12 months old. Eventually, they replaced the computer with a refurbished one. Same problem reappeared about 3 months later! This time they replaced it with a new computer - no problems since then, 8 years, knock on wood. Steve, whe...

My aircraft had recurring pitch trim failures when it was about 6 - 12 months old. Eventually, they replaced the computer with a refurbished one. Same problem reappeared about 3 months later! This time they replaced it with a new computer - no problems since then, 8 years, knock on wood.

Steve

Kurt:

My recollection is that it goes to the "drain manifold", that aluminum tube that extends down into the slipstream below the belly. It shares the common drain with the crankcase breather and the engine driven fuel pump drain line.

Steve

I should have been a little more mission specific with my question. Although I hesitate to call this a retirement aircraft, if you were going to buy your last, keep forever, fly all over the USA to just see what is over the horizon airplane, would it be a Cessna or Diamond? You have plenty of time ...

Hi Robin, this bracket is a weak piont. When opening the door, it should be held by hand till it is fully open. Specialy in windy conditions. After the flight, I allways open it myself and tell the Passengers in the back to wait till I open it from outside. Thomas Same here. Plus my rear hatch gets...

I have this one:

http://www.warbredstudios.com/flightsca ... scale.html

I like it. Fairly easy to program your aircraft's data, allows custom templates, and has a nice W&B envelope diagram with takeoff weight/landing weight/zero fuel weight shown on it. Pretty cheap, too...

Steve

Rick wrote:

Gary wrote:The only complaint they told me about is that they are having problems with the fuel sensors.

Wow, now that's a shocker, isn't it! I wonder how many boost pumps they've been through in 7000 hours... :-D

Based on the average lifespan, about...

...15

Steve

This is the sensor on the VM-1000 equipped airframes: 201A-6

http://www.floscan.com/html/blue/aviation.php

$201 from Aircraft Spruce:

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/i ... sensor.php

Isn't the internet great?