Where was the technical description on the gloves? And nothing on type of watch used. Fail.
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Random Griz Aviation Musings
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The watch was obviously a Speedmaster because it was Speedy Tuesday.
FedEx Reservist? You BetYou think AF guys can afford Speedys? LOL
I'm not sure. I'd have to ask the Speedy expert, @mad dogYou think AF guys can afford Speedys? LOL
God I hate that. The Samsung Active Tab 2s are such trash. They're okay for reading pubs but the number of times I've been trying to plot a threat in KILSWITCH or ATAK, or build an IFR route in Aero App, only for the damn thing to lock up and crash on me is infuriating.OK people, WTAF is this silliness?
Navy Turns to Off-the-Shelf Tablet for CH-53E Panel Upgrade
The U.S. Navy is upgrading display panels in CH-53 Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters with off-the-shelf tablets—a solution it says saves both time and money.www.flyingmag.com
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Nothing wrong with mounting a tablet in a semi-permanent manner for additional SA. I do it all the time with my iPad Mini flying C172s. But this is such an obvious "take the easy way out and call it a day" solution. Can that tablet talk to the aircraft's HSI/CDI at all? Is it getting Precise Positioning Service via encrypted P(Y) code, or is it just as inaccurate as my phone running Google Maps? If there's intent for RNAV, does it have RAIM?
I would like to think people much smarter than me have thought about these things, but let's just say I've been less than impressed with how the Marine Corps has tried to shove "Mom, can we have ForeFlight? No, we have ForeFlight at home," down our throats via subpar hardware.
The other day a CBP -60A came through the airport at work. I went over and peeked in it and the cockpit looked more like a Bravo or Foxtrot cockpit with the addition of the TDFMs, MTS, and what looked to be an upgraded NAV select panel. But what was interesting to see was the 530s jammed into the dash to the left and right of each AI/BDHI.
I remember back to a NARG and hearing the integration is too complex. Hard and expensive, certainly, but not impossible. See also: HF in Romeo.
And for the record, it's still weird not seeing a C-Power switch on the collective.
I remember back to a NARG and hearing the integration is too complex. Hard and expensive, certainly, but not impossible. See also: HF in Romeo.
And for the record, it's still weird not seeing a C-Power switch on the collective.
I believe 530's were retrofitted in CODs and E-2's as well! Popular "do it all" platform (VHF COMM, WAAS RNAV GPS, VOR/LOC/GS) - now with Garmin ending repair support will be a challenge. But these go forever and there is a sizable market for used 530's. I am in the process of selling my club's 530's on Trade-A-Plane, etc after we retrofitted GTN750's (which were all purchased pre-owned as well). 530 and 430 units have very high actual MTBF rates - when I was at Garmin HQ last year, the biggest repair issue on these units are broken knobs from ageing/brittle plastic.
You should've looked for the tailwheel lock switch.
Spoiler alert: it's a pushbutton.
A certain HSL bubba really gave me hell for taking 5 seconds to find it during my second flight in a 60L at TPS
I think a lot of them are being bought up by the avionics shops now for parts. In the last week or two, there was an updated projection of availability from the second-hand market and I want to say it was less than 2 years now.
The biggest issue we have with ours is the buttons corroding out from lack of use. We were down to one functioning button on our 430 because we hardly use them. I swap freqs with my cyclic, and the one functioning button was the "MSG" button, since that flashes anytime we update our generic LZ user waypoint. One of the mechanics ended up spraying some contact cleaner down in them and they all started working again, but we swapped out the unit anyway, just in case. Ironically, several days later, our 530 data card went down, so we had to fly on the 430 for several days. Thankfully we had working buttons at that point.
That's an HSL/HSM thing. HS always gave it the pedal wiggle. Can't say I remember issues with the Army/Sierra style wheel (not that it's better)