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  1. Ragsf15e
    Just to add something to slightly simplify the good details @PT20J gave you, the amps (when wired correctly) are going to show only the amps passing to/from the battery. So if the alternator is working and the battery is charging, you should see a low number of positive amps that are charging the battery. If your alternator isn’t working (engine not running, alternator broken, etc) you will see negative amps which are coming from your battery to power your electrical system. This negative number is dependent on what you’re trying to power.
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    Could the power supply be going wonky? I might just try everything without anything in the aux port or portable powered up , including phones for good measure…
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    I thought someone else mentioned a cigarette Lighter usb power port causing interference too… are you using one of those?
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    Yeah, nice to have a patch option at all at a reputable place and I bet they have to earn it inside the tanks. Seems very fair.
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    Might want to check carefully for pee induced corrosion back there…
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    Also, if you use foreflight, you can have it display the towers around you and it gives an indication of your reception. It’s in the settings on the map page.
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    You should pull your papr report from the faa and make sure you’re adsb out is working properly as well. It’s simple and quick. https://adsbperformance.faa.gov/PAPRRequest.aspx As Art said, traffic may be coming directly from users and it could be 1090 where fisb is only 978mhz…
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    You have any hanger buddies that can fire up their avionics next to your plane and see if one works and one doesn’t?
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    It’s one of the parts that scares me about my Mooney. Even with the factory making parts, there are a few things that seem to be unobtainable… new gears for the dukes electric gear, airspeed switches, etc. I thought there was a way to take the asss apart and replace the seals though, no?
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    Personally, since terrain doesn’t change, I don’t update it once you’ve got it working… The terrain files are really big and have caused me issues in the past.
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    I don’t disagree with anyone above but I haven’t had an oil leak get the windscreen yet. I did have a prop get that fine mist on the windshield though… did the prop get “serviced” at the annual?
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    Which solenoid/relay did he tap? The master solenoid (if failed) should be pretty self explanatory when you flip the master and nothing comes on in the cockpit. The starter solenoid maybe harder to identify but a tap like that might “fix” it. The master should be right near the battery. The starter solenoid on mine is attached to the engine side of the firewall.
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    It would be awesome if you could do this experiment in the Mooney because we often have this debate about how much slower (if any) the 3 blade is.
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    Yeah, airline overhead siz (“carry on”) with wheels is just fine. You can fit several, although i think @N201MKTurbo must be a tetris master to fit 4. You can get at least 3 and a backpack or two on top just fine!
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    I see your documentation there, so I’m not (fully) doubting, but I also think it’s allowed to connect two navs if they are both “digital”, as in a gtn or gns and an sl30 nav/com or other digital nav. The installation manual is great Except it’s got so much information that it has sections for 1g5, 2g5s, gad29, no gad29, 1 g5 with ap, wo ap, w garmin ap, with non garmin ap, etc. which section is that from above?
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    Also, just be careful if this is related to your previous electrical issue you posted about. Throwing in a new alternator and vr might solve it but it’s not guaranteed without some reasonable troubleshooting. I’ve proved it (and have the new alternator and vr to show for it)!
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    Busted rings cause blowby. Or the “lined up” rings. You may still get compression checks ok because oil “seals” the bottom of the cylinder but you still get excess blowby. Good luck finding it!
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    There were times I took off with 31,000lbs of fuel (3 tanks). Landed with 3,000. After a 2.0. Now that’s just north of 4,000 gallons of jet fuel and $5/ gallon, well, you see how it adds up! The fuel is probably the cheap part too!
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    Those things were awesome! Notice he didn’t do any turning, loops, nothing. That thing was faster than a bullet in a straight line though!
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    Yeah I agree. I saw the space shuttle land at edwards when i was a kid and the double boom was loud but definitely not breaking windows. I’m guessing you need a large aircraft flying very low to really do it.
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    Bob, that’s awesome, thanks so much for sharing your expertise!
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    Better lucky than good!
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    Definitely a consideration, but I’ve got ~3.5 years and 300 hours so far. I’m sticking with just the one though…
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    Mine is not in the wing, but in the tail cone behind the battery. However, it’s on a shelf well up and pretty far behind the battery and the avionics. Seems like either the factory location (outer wing area) or tail can work if they’re careful.
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    A little frustrating, but here’s the clarification. They basically want to use a gae12 to bypass the part of their system that doesn’t always work right? Seems strange to me? Unfortunately that entails accessing the back of the transponder, new static line and static checks. “There is an issue specifically with the GAD 29 and GTX interface that can be intermittent in some installations and the installation of the GAE 12 is the corrective action for this. if you have them contact me I will send them a GAE 12 at no cost.”
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