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Indeed, and in flying will pick up CO from an aircraft flying ahead of you, or landing ahead of you. I use this one.

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

A CO detector is a useful thing, but I am not sure sensing CO at 1 ppm level has any practical sense, as it’s well below the concentration of CO in big city air. I don’t think it’s worth paying $150, either – household CO detectors are also subject to stringent certification, and a digital one with ppm indication can be bought for $20 or so. In fact, several years ago I was helping my friends move and, seeing a gas heater at their new place, convinced them to buy one of these. A couple of years later, it saved two human lives and a feline one when the chimney got clogged…

Last Edited by Ultranomad at 21 May 23:12
LKBU (near Prague), Czech Republic

A proper digital CO detector sensitive down to 1ppm for about $150

Switzerland

Peter wrote:

I thought that job normally costs thousands

I’ll give you some names of guys who did my stuff. It’s really not expensive. In fact, I’ve seen one very expensive aviation specialist guy who did seats that just fell apart. Socata seats have steel frames or did in my TB10. Welding repairs are cheap and easy, even with an aviation welder. TFT Ilkley will give you a FAR burn cert for something like 50 quid if you have a sample 30cm x 30cm of the fabric.

Buying, Selling, Flying
EISG, Ireland

My favourite mod of the last few weeks is the aircraft group who decided to save money by buying tractor LED lights……….. the lights illuminate a wide area about 25 m ahead of the aircraft, no good for landing but OK for taxing……….. at tractor speeds……. what a surprise !

Surely, seats have to be stripped, and re-upholstered from scratch. I thought that job normally costs thousands, for four seats. And often the steel structure needs various repairs.

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

Can one get sheepskin seats for under 1k?

Yes, under 500$ for 2, in the US and shipped to Europe or for slightly more in Germany (easier if the cut is not as good as promised – experience…)

And on longer flights they are priceless, winter AND summer ;-)

Last Edited by ch.ess at 20 May 19:23
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EDM_, Germany

Peter wrote:

Can one get sheepskin seats for under 1k?

Yep – Sheepskin with a burn cert for 2 seats is about $150 max. Each seat could be recovered then, either the front only, or whole seat for £200-250 a seat. I might experiment with Oregon Aero foam next one I do.

Buying, Selling, Flying
EISG, Ireland

Can one get sheepskin seats for under 1k?

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

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Germany
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