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  1. Posted · Edited by BeaverBill

    Who here has one of these "Spot" locators?

    I'm interested in learning more about them and what people think about them. More than what the sales pitch on the website is...

    I've had one for about 5 years now. I live in a remote area and do a lot of ski flying in the winter. SPOT not only keeps my family and friends up to date, as to my whereabouts (very accurately) but also gives me the peace of mind in knowing I can summon help if something should go wrong. There is no cell phone coverage on most of the lakes I land on. A friend used his on a trip into the Arctic and I was able to track his progress on my PC and even estimate his ground speed. I don't leave home without it.

    And btw, I don't sell them or work for the company.....

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    Got my first flight of the year in today. Unfortunately it was very short due to the strong, gusting Xwind and lots of turbulance. Wasn't a pretty landing, but not bad enough to hurt anything.

  3. Posted

    Hey Everyone,

    I finally got out to do some work on the plane and go flying today. Felt awesome to be in the air with my Avid again. The thing jumped off the ground about 1 second after full throttle and probably set a new stopping record at my airport when I landed a few feet short of the pavement. :blink:

    I'm a two stroke noob and have been trying to get my egt's to show the same on both cyclinders. At the lower temps it runs about 75-100 degrees difference and at the high end its maybe 50 or less off. The thing is that when I'm at full throttle or running anywheres above roughly 5500 rpm the one egt creeps to 1200 or slightly higher while the other one is at 1150 ish. Normally its turning 6200 rpm at full throttle on the ground and tied to my truck. I turned both mixture needles (the little ones beside the big idle screws) fully in so it should be running at full rich; right? I'm wondering if one egt probe is off or something. I've ground run it a bunch and can't seem to figure it out. Should i raise the needle clips 1 notch and see if that helps?

    Any advice would be super appreciated. I love flying this thing but don't want to cook the engine. :flame:

    Thanks,

    Darcy

    Check your spark plugs and see if there is any difference between cylinders. EGTs are not all that accurate, the only true indication of how your temps are doing is by reading the plugs. You might also check your carb synchronization.