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Hello fellow Mooney drivers! The Mooney Summit is upon us. September 12-13 in Tampa (KTPF). Registration is open: https://www.mooneysummit.com/, there's also a room block at a discounted rate, look for the link on the website. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

RG-400 is ... RG-400 honestly where you need quality is the connectors . You will likely need a 90 degrees TNC connector for the GPS Make sure you take your time and do quality crimping

We're about a month out! Get in there and register! See you in Tampa!

I plan on using eyeball vents from Spruce for consistency.

Thanks for the suggestion - I'll incorporate a more flush design and see how it fits with the headliner, I have a trip planned this week and didn't want to take apart the headliner panel just yet.

In 18 years of ownership we have repaired the field wire terminal 3 times. The vibration causes the wires to break at the crimp. In 2020 when we installed the rebuilt engine I coiled up a small loop of extra field wire at the alternator and secured it such that there was minimal movement between the wire loop and the terminal. I installed a new terminal and decided I would just install a new terminal in years divisible by 5. It looked good this year but I replaced it anyway. Good for another 5 years. I think the field wire terminal is the weakest link on the M20J

+ Agree an LED is the way to go, but what you have is not normal and should be sorted regardless. Does turning on your pitot heat do the same? It should be a comparably large electical load I think? Yes or no might help trouble shoot where the issue is. I'll leave it to the folks with more expertise on how electrons move about to figure this one out

At last annual I/we installed a new WAT Parmethus PAR 46 landing light along with LED wing tip lights and I am very happy with the result. However, I must say that in the 18 years that I have owned 1TF the GE landing light has only been replaced once, and that was about 15 years ago. That being said, the WAT was expensive, but the LED is so much brighter and I’m happy with my purchase.

I went for the AeroLites which was $145 at the time (7 years ago) and had my A&P do a 337 since they are technically not FAA/PMA approved.

For the win! Never had covers on mine when I bought; didn't even know they were a thing until MS educated me

I used to have a couple. Need to dig through my thumb drives.

Post your videos somewhere online, then paste a link into your thread here. Mooneyspace does not host videos. I'd like to see this video!!

Thank you. I have gone ahead and sent them an email.

Posted a couple of photos. I have some great videos if someone knows the best way for me to upload those. My approach to Nuuk, Greenland, will be the most memorable of my life. Flying with a high broken cloud layer, the sun shining through, flying over a low cloud layer, and a fog bank over the entire runway except for the threshold. Amazing and beautiful. I will be heading to EGPO tomorrow.

Does anyone have pdf files of the reviews of the various Mooney models that used to appear on the old MAPA website? Or maybe a link?

Too bad it is not a 40:1 gear...

You can get a much better and longer lasting LED landing light used on ebay for a hundred bucks. You will likely never need another landing light. The draw is minimal compared to old tech lights. It is a no brainer upgrade.

Or bottom out and strip the threads.

It matters where the JPI is measuring the voltage. I assume it is using its power wire. The measured voltage may be different than the alternator output depending on the voltage drop between the alternator and the JPI. The voltage drop depends on the buss resistance and the current flow through the bus between the alternator and the JPI.

Hey All, I have an exhaust leak from the circled joint. It's blowing out towards the front of the aircraft (In flight its being pushed out of the cowling at the cowl flaps joint. My A&P suggested we leave it, any suggestions here on how I can seal it up bar replacement of the full exhaust system? Engine is a TSIO360LB Thank y'all!

I have a JPI 700 for the voltage. Typical voltage is around 13.8 with the IFD440, Garmin Nav/com 2, sky track in/out nav lights and strobes were all on before I turned on the landing light.

800 for 4 seats is kinda crazy if you’re re using the hardware (which one would be) I’d probably as my local rigger what he would charge as they deal with harnesses all the time which are under much harder use conditions than a plane seatbelt

Thanks! is there a more flush version for the Cessna panels?

The PMA7000 series is slide-in compatible with the KMA24. Might be an option.

My Owners Manual says to turn on the landing light and watch the ammeter needle wiggle as part of the Post-Engine Start checklist. Proves that the meter still works. Best thing to do is test it while the prop is off. Check your field wire, too--mine just broke, thankfully in VFR conditions.