Tomas Vykruta Data Daily

I toured an FAA approved sim in Manhattan, I think it's the only one in city. Located in shared work space at 99 Madison Ave @ East 29th.  I know the pilot who set this facility up, Jobe Taylor. Jobe did this spare time out of love for aviation. He's not doing it for profit, but hopes it can pay for itself. This is a real jewel for NYC based pilots. Jobe also run Manhattan Flying Club. The sim is super high tech, uses X-Plane with two large touch screens for avionics. He set up an G2 SR22 environment for me with full simulation of MFD, PFD, A/P, dual 430's, transponder, everything identical to actual plane! The sim is hooked up to live ATC via Pilot Edge. I flew an ILS approach from KSMO to KVNY down to minimums. The socal controller was very professional, gave me the typical departure to intercept LAX radial, fly outbound on assigned heading,. radar vectors for SMO, then vectors for the ILS. He read the initial clearance so fast I had to ask him to repeat one...

This short guide explains what to do and not to do flying a real ILS approach in an SR22. We do not cover Garmin programming here, just plane configuration. First a critical philosophy for all ILS approaches: When flying to real minimums, you're not flying the plane to land, you're flying to go missed, in your head, and in configuration. 30 seconds to before glide slope intercept: 50% flaps, 19" MP, reduce to final approach speed 105ias. At glide slope intercept reduce to 13" MP for most SR22 (105ias). No configuration changes AT ALL between GS Intercept and DH! 100' before minimums, disconnect A/P and hand-fly. At minimums: pitch up, mixture and throttle full forward, boost on, on positive climb rate flaps go up. OR, If able to land, full flaps when RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT IN SIGHT. Flaps take 3s from 50% to 100%.  Descending from 200' AGL to flare height takes at least 24 seconds, an eternity of time to SAFELY make flap configuration change. ...

written by Tomas  Today I was quoted $1486 to repair my broken Mercedes. With few adjustments I am getting it fixed for $272.66 instead. Yes, I saved $1200. I am not a car mechanic, I just own and drive the car and know how to use Google search. I did this from my office, it took 30 minutes to set everything up. My beautiful 1999 Mercedes ML320. Real classic with cracked bumpers, stolen Mercedes emblem in front (the hole provides better air flow for cooling). Bought it for just $1400. ( how to do this ). Figure out the possible causes of the problem with Google My Mercedes ML320 wouldn't start. Battery was good, it had gasoline, the starter motor turned, but engine would not go. I googled and found discussion where possible causes are explained. This took me 5 minutes on Google. Get car towed to nearest shop I had to pay $70 to get it towed, in retrospect, I could have asked for a mobile mechanic to go look at it. I will do this next time. Tell the shop exactly wh...

The SR22 does not like to normally start when the engine is hot. I use a simple procedure to hot start my SR22. My  Method 1. Prime 5 seconds 2. Throttle 1/4" open, mixture cutoff. 3. Start cranking and slowly advance mixture. 4. Once engine starts to fire, go mixture rich. Honestly I developed this through trial and error, I don't know exactly why it works but it does. I think this works because the prime step pumps cold fuel through the system to cool it down. Then cranking the engine with mixture cutoff pushes all the fuel and air bubbles out of the system, leaving room for clean fuel to be pumped in through cold fuel lies. CPPP Method At the 2015 CPPP in Williamsport we learned about another trick. Hot engine means hot fuel lines, which vaporize fuel (literally, fuel boils, air bubbles form). Engine doesn't want to start with part fuel part air being pumped in. You must cool down your fuel lines first. 1. Throttle closed, mixture cutoff. 2. Run boost pum...