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Hangar Flying / Re: Working at Edwards AFB
« on: February 16, 2014, 10:02:16 AM »
I'm up in Tehachapi and would be happy to get together, but I'll be out of town from Monday through Thursday. If you're still around next Friday through the weekend, hit me up. Got a couple of COZY's and a couple of Long-EZ's in the hangar (and a Pitts).
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I'll get in touch later next week if we can make it up to Tehachapi.  Our testing is constantly in flux.

Rodney

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Hangar Flying / Re: Working at Edwards AFB
« on: February 16, 2014, 09:57:13 AM »
Quote from: flyingwaldo on February 15, 2014, 06:10:53 PM
Did you guys miss this?

ARRRRGGGGGG! 


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Hangar Flying / Working at Edwards AFB
« on: February 15, 2014, 04:42:56 PM »
Would any Canardians want to hook up after work next week somewhere in the Mojave?  2 Seattle type Canardians are down here testing and would like to get away from EDW and see some real experimental planes.

Rodney N122KC and Migel N329W

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Hangar Flying / Re: Looking to connect with Long or Vari owner for chat and a ride in Seattle area
« on: February 19, 2013, 01:48:08 PM »
I'm in the middle of a conditional inspection but will offer you up a seat once completed.  You are also welcome to take a look at the plane while it's opened up.

Long Ez @ KPAE
rjtong@yahoo.com
Rodney Tong

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Hangar Flying / Re: Fuel vent
« on: September 09, 2010, 04:16:32 PM »
Mine does the same thing.  I got a nice blue streak in my paint job when it happened over a long hot weekend.  I try not to park with more than 10 on a side. 20 total.  Going to Oshkosh this year was challenging because fueling full for some of the longer legs the last thing I would do is put the caps.  Make sure you don't forget because it could ruin your day.  If you're clever you can add another vent to port the tank when your plane is parked nose down. 

Rodney

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Hangar Flying / Re: Winglet and aileron vibrations
« on: August 22, 2010, 08:51:22 AM »
Make sure there is no contact between the engine and the cowling.

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Hangar Flying / Re: New alternator needed.
« on: December 10, 2009, 03:56:12 PM »
I recently traded up to a plane power alternator.  I have the previous car alternator (toyota?) with bolt and bracket for a o320 lycoming.  It was working fine up to when I switched.  It is internally regulated and I got a little concerned about the over voltage situation.  Anyways it's yours for shipping costs.  I'm in the Seattle area.

Rodney

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Hangar Flying / Looking for a good GPS. On a budget so 396 is out.
« on: May 19, 2006, 04:31:29 PM »
I own a Lowrance 1000 and I have owned a Garmin 196 which I sold with my share of a partnership.  I haven't the opportunity to fly with it yet(Long Ez is down for some work).  I have driven around with it in my car and played with most of the functions while driving.  I haven't gotten used them side by side so my comparison to the Garmin are based on my memory of the Garmin.

There are positives and negatives to both the 1000 and 196.  The price on the 1000 was my main reason for giving it a try.  The larger screen is a big plus but is kind of negated by it's larger pixels then the 196.  The smaller screen of the 196 seems clearer and maybe has more shades of gray.  I like the way Lowrance did their keys and menus picks better than the Garmin.  The picks seem a little more intuitive then the Garmin.  

There are a couple of things the Lowrance doesn't have that I miss from the Garmin.  When you put your destination into the Garmin it offers you the option to choose the approach proceedures offered at that airport.  That's really nice if your using it as an IFR back up.  The Lowrance will only offer you a choice of runways and then overlays a graphic icon of an approach arrow to help you line up with the runway centerline.  Garmin had a feature that put a vector or line of a certain length from extending out from your position.  I thought it was really useful.  If you wanted to fly direct to a point on the map it made it easy to place the point you want to fly over under that line.  The Lowrance comes with a lot of extras.  You get several mounting systems.  RAM's mount etc.  USB card reader for the memory chip.  I believe it is a over the counter type smart chip so that should make it easy to upgrade.

One big negative is I did have my Lowrance fail on me in the short time that I've owned it.  They were good about replacing it but still makes me wonder about the quality.

The bottom line is you get what you pay for.  If you have the money I would buy the Garmin, but for the price you get quite a lot with the Lowrance.

Hope this helps.

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