Comments - Slight delay - Zenith Aircraft Builders and Flyers2024-03-29T07:31:18Zhttps://zenith.aero/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2606393%3ABlogPost%3A59046&xn_auth=noHopefully, the ADSB will get…tag:zenith.aero,2010-06-08:2606393:Comment:593502010-06-08T02:30:55.389ZBob Pustellhttps://zenith.aero/profile/BobPustell
Hopefully, the ADSB will get developed and mature enough to have the costs drop to something resembling sane before the mandate comes. I would certainly recommend NOT being the first kid on the block to have one. The first units will be grossly expensive and most likely not turn out to be the best unit to have, once the learning curve has been climbed for a while.<br />
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The above has already started to happen with the 406 ELT's, prices are less awful than they were and the units are getting better.…
Hopefully, the ADSB will get developed and mature enough to have the costs drop to something resembling sane before the mandate comes. I would certainly recommend NOT being the first kid on the block to have one. The first units will be grossly expensive and most likely not turn out to be the best unit to have, once the learning curve has been climbed for a while.<br />
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The above has already started to happen with the 406 ELT's, prices are less awful than they were and the units are getting better. Ditto for mode S transponders, a bit, it seems. I hope.......... How about shutting off the fu…tag:zenith.aero,2010-06-07:2606393:Comment:591982010-06-07T11:48:09.428ZJonathan Porterhttps://zenith.aero/profile/ElizabethPorter
How about shutting off the fuel and waiting a few minutes?! When we do our static tests on a new engine, we only put in a couple of litres of fuel for the first start up - so that if, for whatever reasoning, the mags dont kill the engine and other things go awry we are not struggling to shut down.<br />
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It is a timely reminder that when checking the mags - make sure you get a drop - and a recovery.... we had a dodgy mag switch - and it got overlooked because on the first check the drop was not there…
How about shutting off the fuel and waiting a few minutes?! When we do our static tests on a new engine, we only put in a couple of litres of fuel for the first start up - so that if, for whatever reasoning, the mags dont kill the engine and other things go awry we are not struggling to shut down.<br />
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It is a timely reminder that when checking the mags - make sure you get a drop - and a recovery.... we had a dodgy mag switch - and it got overlooked because on the first check the drop was not there - cycling the switch several times solved that one (and then a new switch)...<br />
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