Monthly Archives: April 2012

Fine wire versus massive electrode spark plugs: life cycle costs

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Glenn Juber

Which spark plug is better, fine wire or massive electrode? Let’s examine the facts. We’ll use a normally aspirated Cirrus SR22 as an example. The Continental IO-550 engine has twelve spark plugs. 12 new massive electrode Champion spark plugs would … Continue reading →

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Spark plugs, part two

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Glenn Juber

We’ve been analyzing spark plugs for a few months now. From this analysis, we’ve found a continuing problem with Champion brand spark plugs. Fine wire plugs seem prone to insulator cracking after a few hundred hours in service. At first, … Continue reading →

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Great New Product! VoiceFlight … Talk to Your 430′s

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Kerry Hackney

An amazing new product is available, the VoiceFlight VFS101 will allow pilots to enter flight plan way points and victor airways directly into their Garmin 430′s with voice commands. Currently this product only works with the WAAS enabled product, but … Continue reading →

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See and Avoid!

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Andy Martens

As airplanes become more technologically advanced, the amount of “gee-whiz” stuff in front of the pilot is often times more than can be taken in. The concept of TAA is to provide the maximum level of information that can be … Continue reading →

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