New Aircraft Owner and New POS Member
Just purchased a PA-28-150 and looking forward to go fly! Can’t wait to learn all about the older Cherokee’s, being an aircraft owner, and getting to go to fly ins and such. Going to get a checkout in it on Tuesday and then figure out were I should fly first. Any recommendations for east Tx? Any tips and tricks for these older birds?
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Congrats on the plane. Best tip is fly it-often! The worst thing for these planes is to sit too much.
Fly it for a while before you do anything with your panel. See how you want to use it, and match to your ratings/planned ratings. Upgrades are not cheap, so really think through wants and needs before committing.
No recommendations on TX, I'm based in VA...........
Tom Jackson
PA28RT-201, N3022U
Tappahannock, VA (KXSA)
A&P/IA, Private Pilot, IR/A
Thank you! Thats the plan, hoping to fly all over. Thanks for the advice on the panel upgrade. I’ve been thinking of what I want to do to it, but definitely should get some more time in it first. Definitely was wanting to put a Garmin 430W in there since I have one handy, but then I need to figure out CDIs that work with it and the radio setup. It really starts to add up fast 😂
Yeah, I do avionics installs at work, and see how rapidly it expands. I did a full panel on my Arrow over the winter, and that got way out of my original scope. No regrets, but glad I was able to do the work myself........
A 430W as GPS is not a terrible option, as it is an easy upgrade to an IFD440 with no rework.
I'm happy to answer questions about potential upgrade options, feel free to ask.
Tom Jackson
PA28RT-201, N3022U
Tappahannock, VA (KXSA)
A&P/IA, Private Pilot, IR/A
Sounds good, thanks. Yeah I already have a 430W, just trying to figure out if I should save for G5s, AV30s, or just use an older CDI, because it is not able to work with my Terra Tri Nav CDIs.
Hunter;
Welcome to the group!
Nice plane!
Jim "Doc Griff" Griffin
PA28 - 161
Chicago area
Thank you!