Hey Jordan, Bleed air can be turned on prior to takeoff or after takeoff. It really depends on the ambient temperature and your ITT limitations. If you advance the power too quickly when bleed air is on and the inertial separator is on, and it is hot outside, the ITT temperature can be easily exceeded. When it is cooler outside, BA is turned on after startup and left on until after landing to cool the ITT. I work as a contract instructor for a TBM Instruction company out of Georgia and we teach two things; the before-takeoff mnemonic LAFTIC and the after-takeoff mnemonic GIFY-B. LAFTIC is Lights on, Air (BA), Flaps (T/O), Trims, Ice (Pitot heat), CAS (checked). GIFY-B is after a positive rate of climb, gear up, inertial separator as desired, flaps up at 110 KTS, yaw damper on, bleed air on if not already. Unless you have newer avionics in the 700 model you are flying, yaw damper does not trim the rudder. In fact, you have to turn off the yaw damper to trim the rudder, then re-engage the yaw damper after trimming is accomplished. Any G1000, G3000, or new G600 TXi digital output with Garmin input autopilots, e.g., GFC600, GFC700, etc., the rudder is automatically trimmed to coordinated flight when the yaw damper is engaged. I hope this answered your questions. Feel free to reach out should you have more questions.

Hi @@clarkemeister, thanks for your detailed response. I'm currently looking at avionics upgrade options as part of the acquisition as it is a stock 700B model. At minimum it will include a G600txi panel, 2xGTN750xi and the GFC600 AP. Debating adding EIS, and if so a 7" dedicated EIS screen or a second g600txi (you know how it goes...). Also debating adding a retrofit AOA. Thanks again.

Love it…. That’s Staniel Cay…. My bar for a plane as well-ha!!!

Awesome, you’re welcome!

I don’t own it. I fly the owner when he needs a pilot.

This one is a 1991 model. It’s a great airplane!

Thanks, Brooks!

Thank you for the compliment!

Of course he is, He’s a customer of yours.

@@clarkemeister Oh really? I had no idea

@@Frankencooler yep, Dr. Macy Smith in Birmingham, AL. You built a custom cooler for his airplane to fit in between the rear seats. A great setup!

​@@clarkemeister I know, I was just kidding - it was a shameless attempt to curry favor for future business :) Macy is a good customer and a really nice guy.

Flying in sublime air conditioning thanks to @Frankencooler

Hole In The Clouds thanks!

Mark Brennan, that’s a really cool story. I love listening to my grandparents talk about their youth. Good times.

I’ve been told similar stories about my grandparents going there to Pontchartrain Beach

Terry Thornton lol

Close...this plane is N19775. Thanks for the compliment! I'll check your video out.

Either a troll or Lovetto. Lol

+Brandon Chavez, there is no GPS unit on the Stratux. You can add a GPS/accelerometer unit to the Stratux but that involves soldering and additional work to the unit (which is a little beyond my capabilities). That will add AHRS which I look forward to having one day. I have GPS through my iPad Mini 2.

+Jason Clarke Ok thanks!

I built one just two days ago and added the BU-353-S4 GPS "puck" attached with USB to the Pi, updated using the instructions on reddit (git pull) and it works perfectly after I enabled it in the Web GUI settings page. Give it a shot :)

+Brandon Chavez Nice! So the soldering GPS module is now old school as there is a puck you can buy? I wonder if the puck is better than the GPS chip embedded in the iPad itself?

+Jason Clarke from I hear it is much more capable and accurate than the embedded ipad gps but for guys like me who have wifi only its a necessity. The VK-172 Gmouse GPS is plug and play but the BU-353-S4 will also work with very little effort. one thing about the puck style is that guys can hide the installation of the Stratux on board their aircraft.