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pirate

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  1. My IfD540, 2G5’s and GFC500 work excellent together.
  2. A vibrating saw works really good too, pretty fool proof and if you ever have to cut / trim I highly recommend that one does NOT cut / trim in a cold environment. I heated my shop up to 72 for good part of the day. The picture below is after I cut (using a vibrating tool) the bubble for my RV separating the sliding canopy and windscreen portion, after trimming I highly recommend sanding and polishing edge's.
  3. I used MEK and scrapers, worked the best for me.
  4. Side windows are not difficult to replace. Remove screws, mark / number retaining clips if you have them, break old sealant and remove windows. Clean up old sealant, pre fit new windows, match drill holes with a high quality drill bit for plastics / acrylic's, cleco in place after each holes is match drilled, mask off exterior very close to window skin edge, apply sealant ( I used fuel tank sealant ) to surrounding interior frame, set windows in place, install clips if you have them and screws. lightly snug screws then final torque. Labor times will vary depending on skill level, my side windows took about 20 hours with clean up. I would buy the best bits since there are many holes to match drill, don’t want to crack one.
  5. Another option that works really good. Schauer JAC25
  6. Thanks, I still feel like a kid at Christmas time.
  7. Great! Looking forward to it.
  8. Thank you! Over the years my wife and I have really enjoyed watching your amazing videos too.
  9. It’s nice watching your Mooney transformation. Wishing you and your wife the best with many more great years to come, modern medicine is a miraculous thing…….
  10. A long long time ago i got my pilot cert and I said some day I’ll get a hanger home, well it took over 30 years but better late than never. I’m posting this to anyone who has the dream of living with their plane.
  11. I added my Hartzell 3 blade a while back during overhaul and also added the flap gap seals. I like you wanted better takeoff / climb performance. For me it was worth it performance wise. It did make me me a bit nose heavy but I installed a light weight starter to off set.
  12. I added everything right away with no regrets but my advice to anyone is before you decide wether or not to add or delete durning the GFC500 do your self a HUGE favor and try to fly something with everything included. During the flight you can turn off the items you want for the demonstration and compare, do this on a smoother day and a very bumpy day then decide what works for you.
  13. Amazing transformation, love the layout, yoke mode and color combo.
  14. Over the past 25 years working on large biz jet interiors, all use velcro sparingly as do I with my Mooney. I would never glue a carpet down.
  15. I’ve flown both short and long bodies, to me short is a bit more sporty / fun.
  16. The box should be located is on the outside, co-pilot side.
  17. My heater / vent should be the same as yours. For the pedestal, floor and defrost vent you should have one push pull for fresh air and one for heat, if the fresh air does not shut off then it’s either the cable or the fresh air / heater blend door. I’ve seen some not operate because the blend door was never lubricated in decades causing it to freeze. This is located on the co pilot side firewall and can easily be taken apart to check.
  18. I removed my S-Tec 30 and had the GFC500 installed on my 70C for 3 weeks now. I had the four servos installed and I so far I have not experienced any problems during climbs, descents, ILS or GPS approaches. The only problem I had after install was the well known shop screwing up my tail trim position. I questioned them about this prior to my test flight and they said it was just fine, well I found out it was severely out of trim during rotation. I’ve heard this has happened a few times now from different shops. On my model I’m surely impressed with its performance especially while encountering turbulence. Im sure it’s frustrating to some of the long body Mooneys with the problems listed on this thread but I think Garmin is a stand up company, I believe they will get this ironed out for them hopefully sooner than later.
  19. I purchased my 70 C back in 1995. When I started the first refurbishing I replaced the ELT mounted in my tail, it had no accommodations for a remote switch. Not sure about your year but my alternate static source is mounted under the pilot side panel near my left knee. During warm months I use to climb 25/25 but stopped that back in the early 2000’s. Only when it’s really cold outside I’ll reduce power as needed.
  20. Stratus 3 for sale, will also include suction mount. $475.00 plus shipping. Don’t need it anymore since my IFD install. SOLD Ed
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