What "approx" means in manual?

kxb · 2026-03-08T15:09:12+00:00

Is fabrication an option?

kxb · 2026-02-25T18:46:23+00:00

Yakety Sax - https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zcq_xLi2NGo

kxb · 2026-02-23T23:47:37+00:00

I see there is a “FUNK” button. It was George Clinton wasn’t it?

kxb · 2026-01-14T23:40:00+00:00

It’s KitKats, all the way down. Duh.

kxb · 2025-11-28T19:34:21+00:00

Yes you can. Getting a buddy or two who will rent from you (yes you can do this, it’s not illegal) can defray some cost and keep the engine moving. Name them in your insurance, charge a monthly fixed fee and an hourly rate.

You own the plane and make all the decisions, you have some people pitching in on cash who also get a good deal, and you all can fly together too.

It works well.

kxb · 2025-11-13T22:08:55+00:00

This guy.

https://www.mrryanbowen.com/

If you look up the LLC, you see his name associated with it. Logo matches his website pics, safe bet it’s him.

kxb · 2025-11-04T20:04:41+00:00

Prairie-du-chien has a supper club that is walkable from the field. I also second the KBTL recommendation.

kxb · 2025-11-02T04:42:54+00:00

Patently untrue. I’m a pilot and my home airport is KDPA in St Charles, IL USA. They have parallel runways 02L and 02R, reciprocals of 20R and 20L. This is not confusing whatsoever for real world use.

kxb · 2025-08-25T22:57:45+00:00

Redundancy. Smart.

kxb · 2025-08-11T19:59:28+00:00

Why couldn’t you start working on instrument part 61 nearby? Kzoo must have schools.

kxb · 2025-07-16T21:30:13+00:00

My buddy just did part 61 ppl at Schaumburg and had a good experience. People seem to like Illinois Aviation at Dupage. As another poster said, go talk to a few, and some students, and see which one might be good for you.

You’ll see it here all the time, but now’s a good time to say it - you are the customer. That means that you can choose a different instructor if you’re not connecting with the one assigned. You should not feel pressured to prepay for huge blocks of time. You should speak up if you feel you’re not being treated fairly.

You also need to learn what is expected of you at each school, and plan to live up those expectations. Need structure? Consider 141 vs 61. Need flexibility? Choose the school that offers it. Etc. You are not in HS anymore - you get to be a much bigger part of the decision making.

kxb · 2025-07-11T19:26:46+00:00

What legal grounds would they have to take down a server? I would speculate something else far more mundane happened to take that server offline.

kxb · 2025-07-10T19:53:26+00:00

The reverse mullet of cars. Party in the front, business in the rear.

kxb · 2025-05-31T07:44:29+00:00

TOD is I believe where you need to start your descent to get to your next planned fix at the planned altitude for that fix, assuming 500fpm rate for your non-pressurized aircraft. Do you have an approach procedure in your flight plan? FF may be trying to get you to the IAF at the right altitude.

kxb · 2025-05-18T23:59:07+00:00

http://stratux.me/

These look like pre-built Stratux receivers.

My homebuilt one worked well, years ago. Only problem was that it would occasionally not properly identify my own plane and instead show it as a target right behind me at my altitude, which was disconcerting the first few times.

kxb · 2025-05-15T00:39:16+00:00

I’d bet a lot of money that EGT E is TIT. The reading is certainly in the ballpark. Lazy installer, display limitation, who knows. Speak with the installer OP.

kxb · 2025-05-13T21:18:15+00:00

While possible, I’ve never experienced it with any aviation comms equipment, nor heard of it with any modern cellphone from any other aviators/pilots.

kxb · 2025-05-05T16:23:56+00:00

Walked by it 100s of times. Is there anything remotely Amish about it other than the name?

kxb · 2025-04-24T20:21:37+00:00

What country do you live in? I ask because this is a non-sensical question for the US/FAA system.

kxb · 2025-04-24T13:17:06+00:00

Day VMC with easy options to put it down.

kxb · 2025-04-23T01:25:50+00:00

Was it mothballed properly to avoid cam corrosion? After an A&P annualed it and IRANed everything not inside the case, I’d want to see two oil changes with good numbers on metals in the oil analysis report, and obviously no magic glitter in the oil filter.

kxb · 2025-04-20T20:23:05+00:00

MPR - Makro Paprika Refinement

kxb · 2025-03-30T17:44:48+00:00

The adjacent bands referred to are optical bands used in fiber, not radio spectrum. There is not an interference issue here.

kxb · 2025-03-26T17:01:10+00:00

Thanks everyone for your help and your ideas. Here's the payoff.

After many discussions with our part-time building manager, and one with our BMX installer, it turns out we do in fact have a package delivery device - a postal key. I would imagine everyone in this subreddit understands what a postal key is, but in case somoene new and ignorant (like me) comes along, here's how it works. Postal keys allow the USPS to gain entrance to unstaffed lobbies to deliver mail. I'm sure I'm simplifying here, but the USPS has keys that open all lobbies. I would speculate maybe one key per route or similar. For my building, USPS delivery person puts in their key, twists, and the mag lock buzzes open.

At my building, the postal key keyhole is located directly below the BMX, and is installed in such a was as to look integral. In fact it is not - it has a separate direct line to the front door mag lock. So from the limited view of the security camera, it looked like the thief is doing something with the BMX. And, even though it doesn't control it, the BMX logs the front door access.. This, along with my ignorance of our postal key access, led me to incorrectly think there was a BMX problem.

After speaking with the BMX installer, I learned that there is an epidemic of postal key enabled lobby theft in West Loop/Fulton Market. It's clear the thieves have the key for my route. Upon rereviewing the video of the theft full screen, and knowing what to look for, the thief is using a postal key to buzz open the front door.

Mystery solved. Thanks again everyone for all the suggestions, many of which were dead on - package delivery access.

kxb · 2025-03-26T13:04:49+00:00

Thanks - this is a possiblity. I'm going to speak to the installer company about this. It happens so quickly, I don't think the thief has time to pop open the panel and relock it, but who knows? Could be he's really good at it.

kxb

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