Andy95W

The greatest noise reduction I have always found comes from reducing wind noise, usually coming from the door seal. Best door seal I've ever had was a Bob Fields inflateable. In my old Aztec with the seal inflated it was the difference between the back seat passengers needing headsets or not.

Maybe it wasn't the mouse that was farting... ...maybe they just blamed it on the mouse.

Thanks, Bob. I think I'll be installing one in the next few months.

Looks great, but I think there will always be IA's who will say no. From the FAA document: "substituting standard parts would require a demonstration of acceptability in accordance with part 43." If you jump through the hoops and "show acceptability", you may as well have just PMA'ed the part. Probably better to not tell anyone, or find an IA who is either pretty casual or doesn't dig too deep.

Can't speak for the other "vintage" guys, but I was shamelessly trying to hijack the thread!

South facing hangar: +1 Never thought of that. Great idea. Where do you get them?

Any airspeed loss from having the AoA probe out there? I try not to add antennas to avoid adding drag. If the AoA is negligible for speed loss, I may be installing it at my next annual.

Carl- my '64 doesn't have G-1000 either. Must have started on the '68.

Someone needs to show this video to Little Timmy. He may decide to grow up in the 60's and learn to fly after all...

+1 Nice catch. And the pictures of the damage show why the hose is supposed to be there.

Most of this was discussed just a few weeks ago, to include ADS-B weather toward the end of the thread. http://mooneyspace.com/topic/13206-gdl-39-3d-ahrs-performance/

Sorry, looking at the wrong airport/chart. Measure twice, post once...

KAUS is noted as "Alternate N/A". Not that anyone really checks that, though.

Since you were on Foreflight, does that mean you were receiving the traffic alert on a Stratus? Or also through the GDL-88?

I went to an aviation conference recently and heard an interesting piece of information regarding Gill. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information, but it sounds about right. Gill used to make really good batteries until around 5 or so years ago. The story goes that they purchased equipment to automate their process and as a result the quality of their batteries declined. Since they have so much invested in capital "improvements", they can't go back. Concorde batteries are still largely made by hand.

Radar is a little more pixelated, but still very usable and it's free. Other weather products are very comparable to XM, such as METARs and some weather products, but they are free with ADS-B. I understand there are some weather products, like maybe winds aloft, that you get with XM but not with ADS-B/ GDL-39, but they are so obscure IMO that I never used them when I was paying big bucks for XM. Did I mention free? Hands down winner over XM. BTW, I prefer the Garmin products over Stratus, but that is largely because I get the weather on both my iPad and also hard-wired to an Aera 500, an option not available with Stratus. I also like that the Garmin Pilot app buttonology matches the Aera and other Garmin products.

I lean aggressively any time I am at low power settings, like in the descent or while taxiing. Below 60% power you won't hurt anything. There are some discussions about the "Red Box" and leaning by Mike Busch you would probably find interesting. On final, I go to full rich and carb heat off, just in case of a go-around.

But the chart still doesn't take into account the difference between our Lycoming engines (carb bolted to the hot oil sump) and the Continental (carb dangling out in the cold air). +1. Describes exactly how I fly. And I always use flaps for take-off.

Agreed. Lycomings in general tend not to pick up carburetor ice because the carburetor is bolted to the hot oil sump. The only time I definitely picked up carb ice was at 10,000 feet in and out of the tops of clouds. OAT just above freezing, so no wing ice, just carburetor.

I thought Paul Loewen, Don Maxwell, and a lot of other Mooney experts recommended regular replacement of shock discs to help protect the integrity of the Mooney's wet wing.

Boy am I glad I stopped worrying about this stuff to this level of detail.

Out of curiosity, what charging voltage does everyone see? Concorde says for my temperature I should be charging at 14.1 - 14.3, but everything seems happier at 13.8-14.0.

Jim- I have SN 2673 and I have 52 gallons. My first M20C was "modded" to remove the pull ring. Not sure if it was legal, but I left it alone. Any chance yours was changed?

Old school. Ya gotta love it. Damn punk kids these days, don't know nothin'. I may have to go get another beer.

It looks like faded/chipped black paint to me, therefore steel.