RocketAviator

The three buttons on my Rocket top left side of right yoke..wow what a mouth full. Push to talk on front of said side / local. Ident, Swap comm, audio replay for the PS8000

Not tonight though .. it's Sunday night & I need my beauty sleep!

Let me see what I can put together for you from my documentation

Rocket Engineering holds the STC for the Rocket http://www.rocketengineering.com/content/mooney-305-rocket They do or at least my experience has been good support from them.

Looking good!

Thanks be to God for your recovery.

Great service for me. I now use the Halo and they too have been great. The owner is also a Mooniac!

Spot on Element landing this year at Oshkosh with the Mooney Caravan! The whole adventure had been a favorite for me!

larryb, you are right they all can and do have problems. This is not what I find to be the primary fault. what I have an issue with is not acknowledging there is a problem and not taking ownership of it. I have had the installer install new factory new units under warranty, supposedly all transmissions were checked for power output (I saw at least one of these tests in person) and lastly not following through with promises to call you back! I spent over 67k on this panel and most of that went to Garmin. What I also don't understand is the first 4 months I had no issues, then a firmware update which was to correct a fuel flow display issue. I am still waiting on the weather to be displayed on the G500 as Garmin sold me the system with that option! Bottom line very disappointing customer service.

I met with my Garmin rep who knew of my issues and said he would get with my installer that day and call me back. He did not. He also introduced me to what he described as the lead or at least a lead technical support for the Garmin. I don't recall his name. The first Garmin person I talked to said Garmin had not heard of these problems prior... I said bull S.... and promptly showed him multiple sites including the mooneyspace where a number of reported issues are listed. Also told him I knew of from first hand from my Garmin Rep who said Garmin did know of the problem and quit talking to that Garmin person. Bottom line I just got home Oshkosh and have no had any time to work on this but very disappointing with Garmin and beyond all I HATE having my chain pulled! The Garmin Tech Specialist suggested I have the coax as only one coax is approved and the antenna bonding and integrity of the antenna! All of which makes sense and I only assume the proper coax was used for the installation by one of Garmin's leading installers! I will have it checked but it is 500nm to my installer! Please let me know if any of you get results. I plan to work on this in the next 6 weeks as my schedule is packed full until then!

All of YOU Come join us next year! It is great time with great people!

Thanks again Moodychief, the shots of our element arrival were fantastic. If anyone else has any I know the pilots of the Mooney Caravan would appreciate them. Thanks again, greatly appreciated your sharing the shots with us all!

N1016U I was wing on Gulf element. Red White Rocket Thanks

Note Rocket requires a specific rated tire according to Rocket POH supplement.

Great job Ned. See u next year.

Mike it was good to finally meet you & your bird in person, sorry we did not have any time to sit & visit. Ever get to Dallas or El Paso look me up. Come join us next year for the Mooney Caravan, now that would be a hoot for you & the parrot! Lacee

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Do we or should we compile a comprehensive list of the all our squawks so we can be relatively concise when we meet with them!

Count me in for any opportunity to meet with Garmin to see if we could encourage their support in resolving these issues. (many of which appear to be very similar). I have owned and repurchased Garmin based on their reputation and personal history with their products giving in to their higher price with the expectation for good products. If the issue on my units are not corrected fairly soon I won't ever purchase another Garmin and will diligently work to let all know of the issues I have had and steer them away from Garmin if possible. I have had good support from my avionics shop even replacing the 750 with new one a few mints ago.

Prayers for Gods comfort and strength for Bills family and Mikes speedy recovery.

Congrats I go my rounds with the FAA every year myself.... no fun but the alternative is not flying and that is absolutely not acceptable. .. Be well fly safe

Cleatus99 Welcome if u r reference the AOPA at red bird we may have met. Bucko & I were on display for Mooney Ambassadors. .. Watch out Jolie will snag you too....lol it is a great GA service.

I'm in Lord Willing. Will be great to see you in person again Yves

OK don't keep the secret to yourselves. .. share what is the fantastic cleaner