Clouddog
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Location: Lebanon, TN
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 Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 8:57 am Post subject: Yak-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 02/25/22 |
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John,
First of all congrats on your purhase. You are in a great area. Besides the folks in Louisville, you have some folks in Columbus IN, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati areas. Best to go to the Redstar.org website, join if you have not already and you can look up membership in your area.
Regarding panel upgrades and my opinion only. Fly and enjoy the aircraft for a bit. Get comfortable and see what you really want to do with it. Yes, you can spend a fortune on panel upgrades only to discover hey, I don't even use half this stuff. You may discover that your airplane needs other things first.
If you have been flying glass cockpits you may think that going back to round dials is scary. Hey brother, that is half the fun with these aircraft. Regarding IFR. A standard YAK only has 2 hours of fuel. Subtract 45 minute reserve and the question is, where are you going to go in an hour and maybe 15 minutes. Need an alternate, forget it. Besides, my expierence is you will probably be going somewhere with a group (Oshkosh). Are you sticking with the flight or are you going solo? Well there goes your drinking buddies as you fly off into the murk.
Again, all my opinion only. There are nice upgrades like COM RADIOS, easy switching of frequencies with a throttle or control stick button if you are in formation. Fuel computer, ADBS in and out, smoke system if you are so inclined. In any case, take your time. What excites you now may wane as you discover your real needs as opposed to wants.
Happy and safe flying. Looking forward to you showing up at the Music City Mingle in October. There will be a host of folks to talk to and look into their magnificent cockpits. Send me you email off line and I'll add you to the distribution list for this annual event.
Greg Clouddog Wrobel
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1. 04:39 PM - Yak cockpit upgrades (MDDRVR)
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Subject: Yak cockpit upgrades
From: "MDDRVR" <jwl2002(at)live.com (jwl2002(at)live.com)>
I am going to do some upgrades/updates to my Yaks cockpits to make it more user
friendly and add the capability to go IFR if needed. Has anyone here previously
done this? What are the pros/cons of your upgrades? Would you do it again?
John
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