What's in the bag?
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- SavageB
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What's in the bag?
I'm new to the Diamond family. After being out of circulation for 29 years, I"m back in the cockpit and picking up N649DA in Canada next week (DA42-VI). So, my question to everyone is: What emergency gear/survival/tools do you carry in your plane?
Thanks! Brian
Thanks! Brian
- RMarkSampson
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Re: What's in the bag?
Shark repellant - but I live in Florida...
Aircraft Spruce has several kits for sale. I would start there and augment based on the weather. I'm certainly not going to tell someone who lives in Canada how to dress warmly. Don't you also need bear repellant...?
Welcome back and enjoy your DA-42.
Aircraft Spruce has several kits for sale. I would start there and augment based on the weather. I'm certainly not going to tell someone who lives in Canada how to dress warmly. Don't you also need bear repellant...?
Welcome back and enjoy your DA-42.
- SavageB
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Re: What's in the bag?
I’m in Texas but will be flying out west over mountains occasionally. I’ll be sure to get the shark repellent!
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Re: What's in the bag?
I carry a portable power pack that can be used to jump start the engine, can power a small electrical tire pump that I also carry. This way I can inflate a tire on a remote airstrip and not be stranded there. I have a spare tube for a main wheel.
The power pack also has a usb port so can be used to power my ipad and it can also serve as a powerful flash light.
I have a fuel purge with a phillips screwdriver, a fairly elaborate first aid kit, an extra pair of reading glasses.
You're in Texas so you probably would not freeze to death waiting for help should you make an off airport landing, but I always dress as if I would have to crash land somewhere and have to wait one day in the wilderness before someone would come to rescue me. So I dress super warm in the winter time.
The power pack also has a usb port so can be used to power my ipad and it can also serve as a powerful flash light.
I have a fuel purge with a phillips screwdriver, a fairly elaborate first aid kit, an extra pair of reading glasses.
You're in Texas so you probably would not freeze to death waiting for help should you make an off airport landing, but I always dress as if I would have to crash land somewhere and have to wait one day in the wilderness before someone would come to rescue me. So I dress super warm in the winter time.
- SavageB
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Re: What's in the bag?
Are you banking on that someone else has a way to jack up the airplane to insert the tube? Just wondering.
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Re: What's in the bag?
Also on the portable power, are you feeding the power back through the cockpit power port or through external plug in? What’s the cable and how big is the pack?
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Re: What's in the bag?
Hoping there is an AME on the field, there is a good probability that he would be able to jack the airplane up. However, he might not have the odd size tube in stock.SavageB wrote:Are you banking on that someone else has a way to jack up the airplane to insert the tube? Just wondering.
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Re: What's in the bag?
It's roughly the size of a brick.SavageB wrote:Also on the portable power, are you feeding the power back through the cockpit power port or through external plug in? What’s the cable and how big is the pack?
I use the following, connected to the External Power receptacle on the underside of the fuselage:
https://www.amazon.com/NOCO-GB40-UltraS ... plus&psc=1
You might want the 2000 amps version for a bigger engine.
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Re: What's in the bag?
I also carry spare tubes, nose and main. Most airfields I land at have someone with a jack. Most also will not have tubes of our exact size in stock. I would like to avoid waiting for two days to have a tube shipped to wherever I am stuck. The 3 pound weight penalty is worth it...SavageB wrote:Are you banking on that someone else has a way to jack up the airplane to insert the tube? Just wondering.
Steve