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I just got a new G4 instant, and noticed a small but interesting change to the wall mount. There is now a tiny security screw that goes in the side. None of the G3 instants had it, and I am pretty sure the other G4 Instants I have didn’t have it either.

Is this a new thing? And if so, anyone know if it is possible to order the updated mount without needing a full camera?

I have a couple longer trips coming up in a PA32 that I am planning on flying. All of the training I did back when I got my PPL/IR focused on within a reasonable radius (my longest XC was somewhere around 100 miles straight line distance IIRC). Enough to cross one weather system, but not really multiple. And the longer training we did is far out of my memory.

The upcoming trips are going to be more on the scale of 500-1000 miles (in ~3 hour or less legs), so definitely quite a bit more than I am used to. All are east coast US focused, so no mountain flying or water crossings to worry about (tho long term may think of going west). And I am comfortable in busy airspace.

I am not planning on

I'm in the process of running an Access Point to our front yard to provide coverage to a few cameras and the benches on the front porch.

One thought hit me, if an attacker wanted to cause trouble, they could fry the main switch though the ethernet cable, sending 120v (or higher) down the line and potentially fry a lot more than just the switch. Or even a lightning strike (not direct of course, but nearby to induce enough voltage to cause issues).

Is there any benefit there to running a small length of fiber between the switch and a media converter / POE injector to run the switch? Or should I just toss a surge protector on the inside wall and be done with it?

Just noticed that the G4 Instant is no longer in the EA store (and thereby no longer in the store at all). Any thoughts on when a GA launch may be happening from here?

I have decided to get back active again after 19 years of not flying. I had about 225 hours before I stopped flying, including a PPL and an instrument rating (was working towards commercial at the time). I had to stop due to time and money constraints. But now, I'm focusing on getting current.

The VFR + systems management sides came back pretty quickly. Day 1 was a pretty heavy wind day (10 gust 25, quartering headwind) so was a good bit of practice towards fundamentals. Landings took 5 or 6 to get a handle on. By and large, after a few flights the majority of it came back well (definitely some things to work on, but .

What really has taken me by surprise is the IFR side of it (I'm working

We have wired our house with Ethernet to every room. This comes in handy for high bandwidth applications as we notice more stability when using video calls and such.

Now that the weather is getting nicer, one thing we now notice is the WiFi isn’t phenomenal on our deck. In addition to putting an access point outside, I was considering putting an Ethernet port on the deck to allow wired connections.

First doing some searching, I haven’t found this is common, and I haven’t found examples of this being done that I can replicate. I have found weathertight Ethernet pass through panel mount adapters, but nothing that really looks like it is intended to be used partial time.

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