I’m curious, what belts it was eating? The BC is a direct drive 20a alternator that mounts to the vacuum pump drive, there is no belt.

Here is my T210L with the AoA to the left of the TXi.

Here is a T210N I installed one in, to the left of the TC (They are waiting to do a full G3X install later, so was a bit tougher to find a decent spot for it.

I think the B&C is probably the simplest solution, especially if you’ve already ditched the vacuum system, otherwise you’d need to move the vacuum pump to the left pad, so that the B&C can be on the right (has to be to clear the throttle mechanism). If you have a dual vacuum system for FIKI, you would need to go a different route like: htt…[Read more]

I have a CYA on my T210L and I installed one on a customers T210N. It’s a pretty easy install overall. Works well for me once you set the calibration. I like having the extra bit of info.

I had a 55X in my T210L, and have upgraded that to a 3100. I also regularly fly a friends T210N that I installed dual G5/GFC500 in to. They are both good autopilots, but esp if you are going to be installing a G3X or G5, the GFC500 is much more integrated. G3X/G5 + 55X there is no flight director, nor is there altitude preselect (that is,…[Read more]

Yes, this is supported on the G500.

Typically those PNs have followed the standard -XXXX specifying a length… for example the -0122 would be 12.25” my guess is the -01414 was a typo for maybe -0144 which would be 14.5” you could try calling Cessna to see if they could look it up, or just measure the hose.

Yeah, if you were going all Garmin and nothing legacy to interface with, you’d likely have a smaller install bill with the G3X than the TXi and with the GFC500 and a G5 (or GI-275 eventually when that is capable of driving the GFC), you have redundancy for the autopilot that you don’t have with the TXi (unless you were to install 2 G5’s).…[Read more]

G1000 is not a retrofit option (factory install only), the G500/600’s are the retrofit equivalent. G3X requires more vertical space than a G500 and will require cutting out more of the panel sub-structure in order to fit it above the yoke. I went with the G500 TXi in my T210 (upgraded from a regular G500 before that). G3X is certified…[Read more]

Mark has some left over I think from his job. I’d guess he might be interested in selling what’s left to offset his costs.

I went with 2 landing lights on the recommendation from AeroLEDs (vs separate taxi and landing lights), and couldn’t be happier. I’d stick with their 4000 series lights (250W incandescent equivalents), they also have variants that you can wire a second wire to to trigger them to flash as a recognition light.

I also have nothing but good things to say about AeroLEDs and their products.  I have two of their 36-4596 landing lights in my T210L and they are SIGNIFICANTLY brighter than the Whelen Parmetheus that I replaced with the AeroLEDs (which were much better than the incandescents they replaced). I’ve installed a number of AeroLEDs products in…[Read more]

This? #17 – P/N 0501030-1, superseded to 0700325-2. Textron is very proud of them, so this is a nice PMA’d option: https://www.mcfarlaneaviation.com/products/product/CW-172001/

So figure 67A #5 of the parts manual for your 210F shows an AN7-33A. Add one length per shim added.

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Beautiful. That’s some _serious_ panel surgery. Did you have to get a DER involved in removing and replacing all the substructure? Sure was worth whatever it took, though I think! Those look like Avion control wheels, how long did it take you to get those out of them?

Mark, send me a PM with shipping info and such and I’ll put in an order with Avial to ship to you (hopefully they won’t require it to go to me first) and let you know the total.

Mark, Avial has single kits available ~$257 : Henkel Bonderite® M-CR 600RTU RTU AERO Conversion Coating 2300922 Orange Quart Kit

Each kit contains:
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