Re: Important Items for a Long Cross Country
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I made some wheel chocks out of the spare foam. Real light and comes in handy because standard chocks don't work with the low wheel pants. The plane sat chocked and tied down in Key West once with 55 mph winds and had no issues. Not a bad idea to put a bungee cord to hold the control stick in place or maybe a control lock of some sort. On Cross county's I carry a survival pack with a minimum of some space blankets, bug repellent, flash light, lighter or fire starter, compass... I also carry a couple of quarts of oil because the FBO's want a crazy amount of $$$ for oil. I also have a handheld EPIRB in leu of the standard 406 aircraft device. See ResQLink. The cool thing about this device is the batteries are replaceable by someone who can solder. Makes it much cheaper to maintain than many other types... I also look for the Airport Facility Directory - good runways. Poor runways are hazardous to Q200's. Mike N3QP Q200 On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Matthew Curcio mlcurcio89@... [Q-LIST] <Q-LIST@...> wrote:
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