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I'll hand deliver unmarked, untraceable US dollars. -David

One of those killed a friend of mines dad a few years ago in his twin Comanche. Always go up!

I’d be inline too.

Additional: I painted her this spring. When my panel upgrade (GFC 500, second GTN650xi etc.) will be finished, I will be close to or maybe even north of $ 170.000,--. But then it will be a bird you won´t be able to buy easily - either here or in the U.S. ...

Yep, waiting with my checkbook!

Saw a duck hit the windshield on a Lockheed 1011 on downwind (10K) at KATL one night at around 9PM. I killed 20+ seagulls landing at night at Torrance CA Didn't hurt the airplane-just the birds Also killed a bunch of small birds just prior to touch down at SFO one afternoon Smelled yummy in the 737 air conditioning.

I´m wondering that you all are only talking about money. My ´64 M20E with a lot of mod´s is a speedy bird. I see 150 KTAS in any circumstance in FL120. Cruising WOT in the 8.000 to 10.000 ft range, I am somewhere between 157 and 160 KTAS. I am quite sure, that in daily flying there´s no difference that you can feel, compared to a J´s performance. But now to where a M20E shines: I really like the J-bar gear, as it is very simple (and cheap!) to maintain, and operating it is a piece of cake. But what I consider as best improvement compared to a J: a M20E is way less heavy: I have much shorter T/O distances than a J, and also an improved climb performance. You in the U.S. seldom have runways below 3.000 ft. But, for exampe, I frequently fly into Zell am See (LOWZ) with my M20E - elevation is 2.470 ft., LDA 660 m, TODA is about 100 m longer. I see it as an absolute safety advantage, that a M20E climbs at 1.000 ft./min. at gross weight on a standard day. Here in the mountains things can go different on a hot and humid day... Even a M20K only does about 850 ft./min. real world climb performance due to it´s higher weight... The only reason/advantage for a J would be, if I frequently would need more leg room for my rear passengers. But as Mooneys are fast, the passengers don´t stay there a long time anyway ;-))) ! The bigger thing is, that here in Europe there are not a lot of well equipped M20E´s around. I bought mine 2 years ago well IFR equipped (GTN650, ASPEN, etc.) at about $ 95.000,--. Disadvantage: I have an antique Century II, 1-axis autopilot only. But it flies GPSS-tracks and LOC-approaches perfectly, and trimming my bird for a steady attitude is easy. Now I´m grading her up to my personal plane. At the end, it does not matter if you spent 10.000,-- more or less - the plane has to match your requirements - and this also includes yearly maintenance costs etc. ... Just my 2c ...

Hi @Sabremech - I just wanted to let you know that folks cravng your cowling mod skills for the C are still around!

Ten or fifteen years ago, someone posted here that they hit a goose flying a night approach in IMC. When they landed, the goose was embedded in the vertical stabilizer . . .

If I understand correctly, StarLink is just an Internet connection. Anything available on your home Internet will be available on your airplane Internet.

I think that’s the Standard. You want the Mini. I paid $500 direct from Starlink.

West Marine has the antennas for 175 right now. Is that a good deal?

Midwest Panel Builders put this video up about 8/10/25 and provides a good overview of. Flying with Starlink - Midwest Panel Builders

Ok, I’m here everyday, but I must have blinked. What’s the “upgrade membership” banner about. Has my supporter status lapsed? What’s the complete profile info? I’m afraid to click on anything these days.

Having fun here… Can I watch funny cat videos? Starlink - YES XM - NO. Can I FaceTime with my granddaughter at 10,000’? Starlink - YES XM - NO. Can I scroll Tik Tok videos? Starlink - YES XM - NO. Seriously, I think you’re asking about radar latency and it would come down to finding a low-latency website. According to what I have been able to find, radar.weather.com is touted as having real time radar data. However, funny cat videos are enough to seal the deal for me.

Youtuber Matt Guthmiller was an XM shill for years until he used a starlink and now says XM is crap (I'm paraphrasing). So there's a comparison.

Turkey vultures, raptors, geese, etc., etc...I don't want to hit any of them but they go up way higher than one might expect. Freaking geese fly at night. And around here the hang gliders fly cross-country up to 14k feet. I don't want to hit one of them, either. Or the halo guys that jump here day or night, or the gliders that occassionally fly up into the flight levels. Or balloons, or drones, or... There's a lot of crap in the air as it turns out.

Is there anybody who can compare it to XM weather?

The crankshafts in the J models have dynamic counterweights, and the RPM restriction is actually deleted with the two-blade Scimitar. I suspect that's because it has more mass, so moves the torsional resonance to a different frequency that's no longer an issue. The C and E model engines have solid cranks, so the bad frequencies apparently are still within operating RPM range.

The tricky part is getting the cowl off when the pin keeps it from disconnecting. Once the cowl is off it's still pretty easy to get the camloc out of the cowl with the plier tool.

I have a C with Hartzell 3-blade and below ~4000 I generally cruise at 23"/2300. Mid-levels are 22"/2400; above ~7500 I use WOT-/2500. So I'm not affected by the RPM limitation (which is slightly different for my engine).

I wonder how old the windshield is. They get old and brittle after 40 years or so.

I know I'm hijacking the thread a bit, but how is everyone running their engines with this prop. I traded the old prop with the "Avoid cont. ops. between 2100 and 2350 rpm" which was no big deal because I only ever had it in this range during approach and landing . But with the Top Prop I have a "Continuous operation is prohibited above 24" MP between 2350-2550 RPM" restriction. This feels harder to stay out of. In general, I just pull the power below 24" and set the RPM wherever makes sense for my pitch/power combo needed, and above around 5k, it seems the restriction doesn't matter either since the power is below 24". Is this generally how the community views this restriction?

Yep no red head…

Yep, it's a black vulture. Still not a fun experience! Glad no people were injured.