Oh man, did the lawn look THAT bad? I did mow it later that morning, but needed the early morning sunlight to make the shot work. (Excuses, yes, I know...) Sorry to hear you had to stop your flying activities due to the injury. No video can completely replace the experience of actually flying, but I'm glad to hear it brings back those nice memories. All the best to you.

Thanks, Vic. I try to share things I've learned in my videos - always happy to hear when it's working. - Martin

Thank you, JD.

Thanks, Robert. And next time I'll mow the grass, I promise. :-)

Glad you found it useful, Steve. Regards, Martin

Thank you, Sir!

Oh no, we thank you Sir, for your time and efforts. Always nice to watch your videos. :)

Yes, the Aspen will be a nice addition to the NGT-9000. It should show weather on the EHSI / moving map, too.

Thanks for the feedback, Randall.

καλή μέρα, ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ ΒΕΤΤΑΣ. Thank you for the kind words. I'll be making more videos this year; glad to hear you like the ones you've already seen. - Martin

Hi Joe. I am still very happy with the NGT-9000. I would pick it again if I had to start over. The additional display for traffic is invaluable, even though I have a nice map display on the Avidyne IFD and also the iPad, but those usually are set to farther ranges than what is useful for traffic avoidance. I have the 9000+ model with active traffic which I like very much; if you go for the base model (9000), I strongly recommend adding the ATAS option to get the audio alerts for nearby traffic. Let me know if you have any other questions - happy to help if I can. Best regards, Martin

@@martinpauly Thank You for responding Martin. The 9000+ with atas is the way to go. As you said “it’s not cheap” but neither are our lives. Safe skies!

Sicher bekomme ich einen Oscar dafür! :-)

Yes, but only AFTER my pilot duties are over. :) - Martin

You are welcome, CAVOK. Is there any talk in Canada about a mandate for ADS-B, other than some of the high-altitude airspace? Every now and then I hear a rumor, but nothing confirmed...

It is funny you ask Martin because I work for Transport Canada but in a Financial role (even though my passion is aviation. The quick and simple answer is that any airspace that currently requires you to have a Mode-C transponder will require you to have ADS-B as of 2023. Also by 2023 without ADS-B you are restricted to operating below 10,000 MSL. In order to allow for flight in mountainous regions there is an exemption zone 2500AGL above 10,000 MSL to allow you to clear the mountains. It is in every Owner/Operator to be ADS-B compliant to fly in the states :) initially the deadline was 2020 but it was pushed back. The current document (see image 1.6.3) includes the current coverage. We have a long way to go! www.navcanada.ca/EN/products-and-services/Documents/AIP/Current/part_2_enr/2enr_eng_1.pdf My dream is also to own my own single piston IFR capable aircraft.

Thanks for sharing that - it sounds very similar to the mandate in the US, except (1) the deadline is different and (2) you Canadians did not copy the UAT mess we have here in the US with two largely incompatible flavors of ADS-B. Transport Canada - small world! In my day job, I work for Rockwell Collins, and Bombardier is my current customer. I work on the CSeries avionics program, so there's a fair amount of involvement with TCCA (indirectly for me, but I hear a lot about it).

Martin Pauly Cool I am happy Bombardier won the ruling from the US international trade commission. I visited the St-Laurent factory numerous times and my x brother-in-law works as an inspector there. Glad to here you are part of the C-Seies. Pat

Yes, C-Series is a great airplane. I haven't been to St-Laurent yet, but to Mirabel many times (I'll be back there later this week). And I'm looking forward to Delta getting their deliveries, so that we'll see that beautiful airplane (and cockpit) here in the US, too.

That's almost a religious question. In general, two-blade props are faster, while three-blade props are quieter. With an IO-550, you don't get a choice in the Bonanza - it HAS to be a three-blade prop. I do not know if the IO-550 can be installed in all models of Bonanza, but I've seen V-tails, 33s and 36s with the IO-550, so at least it's pretty common. - Martin

Thanks - that's a good thought. Either those, or an Aspen which costs a bit more but shows even more information. Regards, Martin

Martin Pauly Take a look at the reported loss of attitude indication when the Aspen loses GPS input. Also, if the G5 AI were to fail the EHSI can be switched to an AI. Great backup option. You will also have vertical guidance on the AI and the HSI. Not sure if the Aspen will indicate two. The is a single point of failure with the Aspen, also. Lose one instrument and lose everything. A lot of redundancy with the G5 combo and they interface well with the GNS530. I also did a Flight Stream 210 that loads the 530 from ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot (no more 530 twisty/pushy). Not sure if WingX allows that option. Garmin!👍🏻

Yes, that was me. Coming back from Chicago with the family. It was a beautiful night to fly; we watched the sun set on a perfectly clear sky before landing in Cedar Rapids.

Ha - like any of them would even TOUCH the lawn mower! :-)

You are right about how ADS-B is an eye opener in terms of how well (or poorly) "see and avoid" really works. The sky is still a big place, so the risk of a midair is very low, as shown in the accident numbers. But we don't see every nearby airplane, no matter how hard we look - that's where ADS-B or other traffic systems are a tremendous help. Best regards, Martin

Just an after note, that wingtip strobe solution is $1800. Its similar to low end units, but I think it gets made up on install costs.

@@scottfranco1962 That Wingtip ADS-B out solution is a wonderful idea! - Martin

If memory serves, two of those five weeks were waiting for a customized cable for the TCAS (active traffic) antenna. Installations without active traffic should be quite a bit easier and faster. But yes, these projects take time - more time than we'd like. - Martin

Completely agree!

Thanks, Flight of Passage, and good question on what happens "after 2020". While active traffic will be less important as people install ADS-B "out", not everyone in the US will install ADS-B "out". Quite a few airplane owners will not, and accept the limited access to airspace (e.g. less than 10,000ft, no Class C/B). So especially the scenario I highlighted in the video - traffic pattern of a remote field, away from radar services - will still make sense after 2020. And if you fly abroad, to a country where ADS-B is not required, certainly ADS-B will help there.

Hi Curtis, I did not select the diversity option - I got the NGT-9000+. Diversity is not required for my airplane; I figured should I find after some time with the unit that the "D+" with diversity would have been good, I can add that simply by purchasing an activation key from L-3. After all, the extra antenna needed for diversity is already there, it's the directional antenna on top which is then used for the additional purpose of diversity. Having said that, so far after a bit over a year of flying with my 9000+, I have not found myself in a situation where I missed anything from the traffic picture that diversity would have added. Diversity or not, I'm sure you'll be very happy with the Lynx in your Comanche. Best regards, Martin

Hi Martin Thank You for the reply I look forward to getting one installed in my Comanche I think I will do the same as you with the option to upgrade with just the unlock code. Keep up the Great videos Thanks again Curtis

Hi Gary. Yes, I flew into Meigs many times in the late 90s and early 2000s. I miss that airport a lot!

Bud, I am using straight-weight oil from Aeroshell, W100 in the summer and W80 in the winter.

Martin Pauly thanks. I've talked to engine shops and a lot of different people and they say the same thing as you. I went to Oshkosh and went to a Aeroshell work shop, the Aeroshell rep was pushing Aeroshell 15W50, I'm staying with the straight oil myself.

Nothing wrong with the 15W50 from what I can tell. However, the engine was mid-time when I bought the plane, and my mechanic advised going from one kind of oil to another. Whether that's good advice or not, my engine has been performing very well without any hiccups.

Brian, that may be something interesting in the future, but it's really on the back burner for me. I figure I'd still have to chip in somewhere around $10k for this kind of swap, which is a lot of money given that I can't fly anywhere with the Avidyne units where I can't fly today.

Hi Anthony, my Bonanza has three gear indicator lights close to the gear handle, i.e. lower center part of the panel. Those are still there. The ones that were removed during the ADS-B installation had been added at some point by a previous owner of the airplane, in addition to the standard gear indicator lights.

Ohh ok, thank you for getting back to me

Hi Bernard. Are you referring to United States airspace? The ADS-B "out" mandate in the US becomes effective January 1, 2020: www.faa.gov/nextgen/programs/adsb/faq/#g9 There is no requirement to have it in 2019, though of course one can already use the benefits (traffic and weather information) today with the right equipment. Regards, Martin

Good questions, Dmitri. I had and still have an iPad with a EFB app in the cockpit (WingX in my case, but ForeFlight/Garmin Pilot etc. would be similar). I used to feed ADS-B "in" from a portable receiver (SkyRadar) into it. And it was great, most of the time. In terms of "best bang for the buck", I think this was the sweet spot. But I wanted more, knowing full well it would cost me. Three things in particular: First, I have witnessed cases a few times over the years where the iPad was showing wrong information - weather that was stale (as in an hour old) or not shown at all, things like that. A certified product goes through a lot more care and testing in development, is modified/updated much less often, and reduces the number of those kinds of "surprise moments". Second, for traffic I absolutely wanted to have aural callouts, and reliable ones. I know some of the EFB apps try and you can hook them up to the audio panel, but again, this is something that works great 90% of the time and I wanted something close to 100%. Third, as I explained in the video, I wanted active traffic in addition to ADS-B "in" - and there is no iPad or other portable solution for that. It took a lot more money to get all that, and I'm not saying everyone needs it or should aim for it, but that was my approach. Regarding the touch screen and turbulence, I've been wondering about it, but it's not been an issue. In turbulence, it helps to rest some fingers on the bezel or somewhere else around the touch screen to get firm control over your touch finger. And unlike the iPad, the Lynx has a resistive touch screen which requires a little bit of push (beyond just barely touching) before anything is activated, which helps a lot in turbulence. Happy flying!

thanks, Martin. Nice wright up. I suppose you started with more than one device candidate and you chose Lynx, who was your runner up?

My second choice would have been the Garmin GTX 345. Good transponder with better integration with my GNS530/GNS430 units than the Lynx. The downsides are it doesn't support WingX (my EFB app), no display on the transponder itself, and it doesn't have active traffic built in. Active traffic can be added through another Garmin product, but that total solution would have been more expensive than the Lynx.

Would you care to elaborate, Lester? I shopped around before selecting the shop fort his installation, and through my job I'm fairly familiar with avionics work and pricing. I think what I got wasn't cheap but priced fairly. Regards, Martin