CFIDave wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:27 pm I'm surprised that insurance for a new TBM pilot without much turbine experience was only $70K -- it was much more for us in the first year of Epic ownership.

And previous ME/IR didn't help in lowering insurance? What if you had previous turbine/jet experience?

nworthin wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 12:18 am Amazingly, insurance is only requiring 70 hours (!) with the mentor aboard, though they are charging $70k for the insurance (also exclamation point!).

IIRC legal requirement for TBM is 24 flight hours with mentor on board.

This translates to 2-3 persons working one whole day per engine.

As being raised on Air Force Flightline Maint....SPR caps tab, any style cap for that matter, have always faced into the slipstream (tab aft). Teaching my instructors and student pilots to practice the same. I think that for the cap style at picture you posted, the cap should be put oppositely. :sc...

YokotaFTC wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:17 am As being raised on Air Force Flightline Maint....SPR caps tab, any style cap for that matter, have always faced into the slipstream (tab aft). Teaching my instructors and student pilots to practice the same.

I think that for the cap style at picture you posted, the cap should be put oppositely.

I’m puzzled with this low pressure warning. Is it normal/expected behavior or it happens just occasionally on some aircrafts?

DA62 has longer wings, so obviously more work to be done. I don’t know if the pumps are the same as in DA42.

I can give you data for DA42 only. If turned to MAX, both wings are completely wet all the way to the winglet until the end of MAX session (2 min). If turned to NORM, it takes few on/off periods to get the same result. HIGH takes some more time than MAX to get the same result - approximately 5 min.

... Could any of us seriously recommend an Austro engine to a first-time aircraft owner at the moment? ... Unfortunately for Diamond, they are making Cirrus's decision to remain with avgas on single pistons look better everyday. I love my XLS and while it certainly runs me a lot more per hour than ...

Avgas future In Europe is quite blurry these days, besides being much more expensive than Jet A1.