Recent content by Marc_J._Zeitlin

The data is very thin, but we actually have data showing the opposite: https://generalaviationnews.com/2025/02/07/taildraggers-and-turmoil/#:~:text=General%20aviation%20has%20long%20faced,down%20accidents%20involved%20tailwheel%20airplanes. not surprisingly, aircraft that are harder to control...

Do you have an data to back that up? The 2022 McSpadden (nee, Nall) report here (last year for which non-preliminary data is available)...

And yet, accident rates, both fatal and non-fatal, have been trending down for many years and continue to do so, even in the face of these claims that "the old days were better". GA accident statistics/facts do not support this claim. I agree with you 100% that all the things you mention are...

Those would probably be the right ones to use, then.

Which pins does the installation manual say to use for tach input?

All of your suggestions are good ones, but no can do. I've had to do simple contact level combining (AND/OR gates) prior to the input line to the EMS. There also aren't NEAR enough inputs for modern aircraft - I've long since run out, but I'm too cheap to buy a 2nd EMS just for the inputs...

Alright - I know this is MY problem, but the continual referral to "PDF" files is driving me nuts:). The EFIS is a PFD (Primary Flight Display), NOT a PDF (Portable Document Format).

Hmmm. Sorry about that - it's very strange that they don't use minima. But in any case, even so - with the CG limits set to 84.7" and 85.7", any weight in the front or back seat will put him aft of the aft limit. So it's still a CG range setting. His plane cannot have limits of 84.7" and 85.7"...

Your empty moment and CG match the W&B you posted. The front seat arm and rear seat arm look to be the intermediate position of the seats - a reasonable assumption, if not perfectly accurate. Baggage is aft of the rear seat, which makes sense. A couple of comments: You've provided six images...

Those symptoms certainly sounds like a broken shear screw - what makes you think that it's NOT sheared? And except for a broken shear screw, there are no user serviceable parts in the servo.

Yes. Expert Mode only. If you're trying to use if for IFR, you pretty much have to be in EM.

Yes. Obviously, I need to manage the throttle so as to maintain appropriate IAS, but the AP will follow the RNAV glideslope.

Yes. This is my setup as well, and it works perfectly. You need to set up both systems correctly (and it was 5 years ago, so I don't recall what the set ups were), but as long as they are set up right, it works.

An ATP I know who flies a Varieze and a Defiant just indicated to me that this is common in the big iron - here's what he said: "Didn't think this needed to clutter up the general forum, but one of the biggest uses of the offset function these days is for 'SLOP' - no joke. SLOP = Strategic...

Yeah, and Garmin navigators (and assumedly, others as well) can do this with an offset track of multiple distances (I think 1, 2 and 4 NM). But the Skyview does NOT seem to have this functionality. I can't say I've ever used it with my Garmin GPS 175, but I can see how it might be useful in some...