Last night before the group's zoom call I was working on the heater control in the hell hole. I'd pulled the ELT out and had been looking at it and an email popped up on my phone from "beacon.registration@noaa.gov". It was a reminder that the 2-year registration for the 406 Mhz ELT expires in two months. There was an embedded link to click on to renew the registration and to view or update the existing information. I need to add this item to the Dynon maintenance list.
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Update 10/15/2022
2nd to last flight on 10/13/2022 had the fuel pressure spike for a bit. I pulled the power back (regulator is modulated by manifold pressure) and it returned to normal.
Was okay on the return flight. I'd recently replaced a couple $ensors since Dynon issued a technical bulletin on them (pre 2018 Kavlico) leaking.
Having all this EFIS data is a mixed blessing. I think the fuel flow data is reading higher than it should but will need to dial that in after some longer flights.
This flight, I'd moved the CG aft 1", installed wheel pants and unexpectedly had gusting x-winds. The METAR said calm, the wind sock disagreed and on one of my touch and go-arounds, thought maybe my wheel pants were causing problems. The further aft CG had the nose quite a bit lighter and touch down handling in the x-wind got my attention. After landing, the wheel pants and tires look okay (were still there/not rubbing/smoking). I got some fuel, moved the ballast back to mid-CG and headed home. No pressure glitches on that flight. I've changed oil again and am running the XC oil now. Filter pleats look good. Also replaced one of the AN8 466 oil hoses due to tiny leaks at both ends.
Trying to get fuel data from Dynon Skyview into the Avidyne IFD540 if possible. Emailed Dynon support for help and been RTFM'ing.
Not sure why but seems like if the GoPro is recording, my landings are better. :-)
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