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--> Avionics-List message posted by: <bakerocb@cox.net>
Responding to an AeroElectric-List message previously posted by: "Hinde,
Frank George (Corvallis)" <frank.hinde@hp.com>
<<.........skip.........Note the EFIS provides the altitude encoder
function......skip....>>
12/15/2005
Hello Frank, Here is a bit of a gotcha to consider. Every two years one must
get the FAR 91.411 and 91.413 inspections, commonly called "VFR certs" and
"IFR certs".
These checks can be made in the airplane, but many shops much prefer to have
the altimeter and encoder brought into the shop for checking out in the test
chamber. Then all that has to be done at the airplane is the static system
and transponder check after the altimeter and encoder are reinstalled.
Removing and reinstalling the altimeter and encoder can be a real nuisance
and costly if you have the shop do it. How easy is it going to be to remove
and reinstall the EFIS yourself?
OC
PS: The last time I insisted that the shop technician do the job in the
airplane (in very cold weather, but inside the hangar) he "couldn't get the
encoder to calibrate at the low end". He then proceeded to remove both the
altimeter and the encoder and took them into the nice warm toasty shop where
the encoder checked out perfectly in the chamber with no adjustment what
ever. I had to pay significant bucks because he did the extra work of
removing and reinstalling the encoder and the altimeter. Next time I'll go
back to removing and reinstalling those two items myself as I have done
previously and save that extra cost.
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