Isaac, Gary has confused me with someone who really understands this stuff! :-) The downside is the hoses have a limited lifespan. At about 8-10 years I'll...
Did the fuel line bending ourselves. We have two flex lines for each wing (1 supply and 1 return) that go from the wing root to a bulkhead fitting in the side...
Isaac, The bottom line is there are plenty of ESs and IVs flying with your fuel system setup and 3/8" lines. Mike **************************************Check...
Isaac, Any pictures of your access/inspection hole and cover? Rick _____ From: Lancair_ES@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Lancair_ES@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Some of you may remember my psycho RPM readings on my JPI EDM 900. I switched out the Hall effect sensor and it seemed to be fixed, not. I had a recent ...
Take a break from the seriousness of fuel in the cockpit and consider this. A friend of mine took his thirteen year old son flying the other day. The wheels...
Neal Longwill asked me to post the following message to the ES group: "I wanted to let the Lancair ES community know that Lancair Avionics is now offering...
Kris, Why do you say to stay away from the tuned exhaust? I have a tuned exhaust on my performance aircraft built experimental IO-550 engine which has yet to...
I tried the tuned exhaust offered by Lancair and saw no improvement........only much greater cabin noise.........Maybe performance can do better. Is that...
I just found out that my good friend, Bunsun Chhan, was named *Employee of the Year* at Scaled Composites ( www.Scaled.com<http://www.scaled.com/>) Way to go...
Has anyone put a relief tube into an ES-P or an IV-P? I'm wondering how one would deal with the pressurization other than putting in a valve. Is a venturi...
Pete, I really don't think you want to consider a relief tube. First off, there could be a problem with the fact that it would freeze shut before you were...
Pardon me if this is a repeat post. I'm having continuing trouble with my 430W installation and am wondering if anyone out there has had a similar problem. I...
Rick, Sorry it took me so long to respond to this, but in any case I've added two pictures in my photo album showing an inspection cutout and the covers....
Gary, On my Cirrus, upgrading the 430s to WAAS requires moving the antennas from below the glare shield to the top of the fuselage. Cirrus didn't want to have...
Gary, I don't have a Garmin 430 so I don't know if this is applicable or not but I had a similar problem with my Garmin 496. I would show 11 satellites with...
Gary, Actually the WAAS satelites are on the horizon most of the time, and this is why you have to have the antenna high with no obstructions, and why in a...
Gary, I fly an ES and I had a similar problem with my Garmin 530. Before the WAAS upgrade it worked perfectly. After the WAAS upgrade -- the satellite...
... and was told that the upgrade cost has increased from $1500 to $3000 as of September 1. Has anyone else been told anything different? Joe D. ... trouble ...
Gary, My 480 antenna is under the glareshield and it's never cut out in level flight. Mike **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's...
Chuck, I haven't had a problem with my 496 so far in several cross country flights and many automotive uses. I'm curious about how you got the new antenna. ...
I had my 430 upgraded to WAAS recently and have experienced on occation the unit taking a while to acquire satellites upon start up, which it never did before...
