Tag: flight training

It never fails to amaze me, this choice in powerplants for our Experimental aircraft....

Have you checked your fuel system for leaks lately? Turns out there's a good reason to periodically conduct a thorough investigation. Incipient leaks may go undetected. Worse, when the O-ring on the fuel-selector valve goes bad, it could allow air into the system, which means your engine could misbehave at a most inconvenient time. Often, this malady is difficult to diagnose and the assumption is that the fuel selector is OK when it is not.

PS Engineering and Garmin have good replacement options for the obsolete GMA 340.

Instrument holes-they're easy and fun with the right tools.