Thanks, Jamie. Like all things, I wish I could have done it a little better. We kind of did it "impromptu", but I didn't remember seeing a good demonstration of the gear on the Arrow before so I thought I'd give it a shot! Two of my best friends have Arrows. Great way to go pretty fast without breaking the bank. The turbo must be amazing up at altitude.

Also a Turbo Arrow III owner :-)

You got it!

Thanks very much!

He was going to buy a Conquest, but he'd never build any time since he would get everywhere so FAST! :)

Stay safe, Gary. I hope we get past this lockdown stuff soon.

The turbo is a nice machine. Much faster up high.

I'm a big fan. That guy is crazy talented. I stumbled on his VetRanch channel a few years ago. I thought "that looks like the crazy guy who blows things up!" Pretty surprised to find out that it was him.

He blows things up, builds things , fixes animals, runs a successful business and still has time to be a family man. I consider both of you to be roll models and refer to both of you in my classroom instruction of teenagers. Your kids are great roll models as well. My dad taught me to fly when I was very young and piloting provided many great bonding moments. He passed a few years ago but every time I’m in the cockpit, he’s with me.

@@winzie5764 What a kind comment. Thank you so much for contributing in such a nice way.

The gear system started out as a good idea. Who wouldn't want a little help putting the gear down if you forgot it?? It did actually cause a few crashes, so I think most Arrow owners have had it disabled. It's kind of like the MCAS system on the 737 MAX. The engineers thought that they would help the pilots get the nose down if they pitched up too steeply. They never thought about the angle of attack indicator malfunctioning and pushing the nose down when it wasn't needed. For some reason, they didn't put any redundancy into that system either. They have it fixed now, but the damage has been done.

@@quinnjim - Yeah, definitely alot of similarities there. Sounds great on paper, but there's always unintended consequences. Hindsight is always 20/20 unfortunately. That whole thing was a mess. I couldn't believe they didn't even mention that system at all during type training as I've heard. Big mistake there, plus they gave it far too much authority. Good thing we've got the best trained pilots in the world here, or we'd probably have a few smoking holes ourselves. I've been tracking the MAX on FlightAware. They've been doing test flights - tail # N7201S. Lately there's been quite a few. I figure it won't be long before they're back flying again. Will be the safest aircraft built today, no doubt!

Thanks very much! I've seen how people like going along for a trip (on some other channels). It's kind of fun to check out new airplanes and see how it all works. I wasn't even thinking about my "demolitia" shirt, it just kind of happened. That guy is my favorite KZfaqr (and the only KZfaq merch I own). Thanks for the support!

Thanks Mike! I try to make my videos different. There's only so many times people want to see me land the 150! :)

@@quinnjim yah true 150 is nice but you must have another you can fly or something look forward to your vids anyway brings back good memories when I used to fly with Family long ago :)

Yeah, we missed an important step! Stick to the checklist. Each time I released pressure on the emergency "down" lever, I'm sure the gear started coming up again. I kind of did this "off the cuff" and could have done a much better job if I had planned for it. I knew I'd make some Arrow guys cringe! I think people get a basic understanding of how it works, but I want to redo that part for sure.

@@quinnjim I enjoyed the video. Thank you for sharing it. And I look at it as us all being students of aviation. My instructor would sometimes reach down and pull the breaker when I wasn’t looking and when it was time to put the gear down, nothing happened. He also dimmed the green lights to make sure I was checking for “3 green”. Clever! And by the way, I absolutely love the part that you shared about learning the garmin and app. Well done! Keep them coming!

Good luck! Sounds like a cool job.

Water in the gas is pretty rare. Usually you get it when the airplane sits outside during heavy rain. The gas caps are sealed, but the seals go bad after a few decades and they let some water in. You can also get some condensation in the tanks that will produce water in the fuel sample. I think Dan appreciated the check out, but it's a lot less stressful flying without somebody judging your every move. He'll get REALLY comfortable after 20 hours in the airplane solo.

This particular one is pretty loose (even on the ground). I landed my 1973 Cherokee a few years ago and the oil door was GONE! I had to call Wentworth Aviation in Minnesota to get a new one.

watched the whole thing that's how We learn by watching fun and educational videos about avation

Seiko Flightmaster. It's got a cool aviation vibe and it's not too expensive.

quinnjim thanks! I appreciate that, I’ll check it out!

I'm trying to film something today. I like to try and have the video be something more that just flying around. Today I'm doing something SPECIAL! Hopefully it works out.

@@quinnjim Cool Cool no pressure lol maybe a short VFR flight from planning to flying and We You Tubers ( is that a word ?? ) always look forward to Your Videos very down to Earth :)

@@mikecoffee100 Thanks, Mike! I had planned on soloing my buddy in his Cirrus today, but it went down for maintenance. Hopefully I'll get that video in the next week!

Water in the fuel is pretty uncommon. It's easy to find, some guys just get lazy and don't check. You simply sump the tanks before each flight. If there is any water in the tank, it will come out. If you find some contaminated fuel, you just keep taking samples until they come out clean. I've been flying for over 20,000 hours and I've never had an issue. I've found water a few times, but I just clear it all out before I go fly. You should definitely go take some lessons. Don't enter retirement with any regrets!!

@@quinnjim Thanks for your time. Please keep the videos coming. I will go for the chicken at wedding! Lol

Absolutely right!

I knew that too.

He wore his seatbelt. He forgot his shoulder strap. That's the difference between an open casket and a closed casket service.

The media needs to keep us scared or we'll stop tuning it! :)

@@quinnjim ...so 190k dead is a chicken little moment?...I agree we'll get back to normal but this stuff is nasty..my sister in law is a MD..and my brother passed from it 3 months ago

Should have kept watching...68 model I flew didn't have the pin lock.

@@jspalla I do the same thing all the time. I comment while watching! 😄

The whole time...

Good eye.

You got it! Great channel. Awesome plane. I should have been an air traffic controller to afford the REALLY cool toys! :)

Exactly right.

Try flying a Pitts. You don't get to see much of anything. I think it would give you a heart attack. We always do our preflight run-up. I cut it out at 5:54.. Pretty boring, so we don't always show it.