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That’s a real nice setup. Id either do that or have 2 nav/coms. If the primary gps (650) fails, you want either a gps or nav (ils) remaining to get you down. and either way, you want two comm radios.

They do… it’s a rebranded SF.

I thought it was electroair that got theirs approved to replace a dual mag as long as it had a backup battery or second alternator. Maybe SF was working on it and maybe they can do it for experimental but I haven’t heard of an stc for a second one.

@ilovecornfields might chime in differently, but I can see being around or just below 80 and still sort of looking ok and sort of functioning but not great.

Ahhh, that makes sense!

I remember seeing that you did that. Still not sure mine would get up there. You must have been really light.

I think @Yettishould crank up all his avionics with the old battery and see how long it lasts. When things start dropping offline, he can shutdown, pop in his new battery and be on his way. We’d all learn from it!

I’m not saying you guys need 1/1 mx/flt hours on your Bravos, but I think (I don’t have this on me) the Mooney mm for 100hr/annual INSPECTION on my F is like 35ish hours. The Bravo has to be at least that or more. Add in ANY maintenance at annual, 3 oil changes, and mx during the year, you’ll be much higher than 20 hours… unless you don’t do it all or don’t count on the time you spend yourself?

Totally agree. I grew up flying at 14k in a ragged out cessna with my dad. We lived at 7,000’ and I thought nothing of it. Now if i fly above 10k for more than an hour or so, I feel it. I have a portable D cylinder and it is a magical difference on post flight feel (and O2 in flight). I’m going to get an inogen g5 and start using it all the time. It’s lighter and smaller than the bottle and never needs refills.

Both can use ~100% of their capacity, so 30ah vs 12ah in the case of your alternator failing. The LiPo can do that without hurting the battery, whereas it’s not great for our lead batteries to fully discharge all the time. Luckily, they remain fully charged and ready most of their life.

If they were already overhauled at least once, you may want new ones (if available). Most people will consider overhauling 1st run cylinders, but those with multiple overhauls or unknown history may have many thousands more hours and could be more prone to failure. They might also be fine. It’s tough to say for certain which is why @hammdo asked. I thought when I looked at TCM cylinders, they only made angle valve cylinders for io-360, not parallel valve for the o-360 but i could be wrong.

Is it changed or always been like that? Do you know where the antenna is for that radio? Antenna Connector and grounding issues are common but I haven’t heard of anything specific to being on the ground other than the wing/fuselage shading a lower antenna.

Once you “get the kinks” worked out, it gets much better. Don is a great person and his shop is a great place to go.

How did it/you decide it was done, fail capacity check or other?

Can these get “hydro locked” when flooded and make it feel like the prop is hard to turn? Maybe it turns fine in the morning?

I have a 201 windshield with no access points to the back of instruments or hydraulics. There is a hydraulic fill line plumbed through the firewall, but access is very limited and causes problems. I’m not convinced the 201 windshield adds a lot other than looks.

My stby vac was pulling mp off one of the intakes. The intake had a hole drilled in it and a pipe welded? Coming out. It happened to be the same size as the sf mp tube. My mechanic was already sketchy on taking out the intake pipe and having it welded, so he just reused the “port”. Seems fine. The port off the cylinder is the correct method though.

Yes. Continental and lyc are the only ones that make angle valve cylinders (new) for the io-360.

Mine is sort of “non standard” so it won’t help you. We removed the standby vacuum at the same time which used mp to run, so we used that connection. The real way is pretty simple to put an elbow off one of the cylinders mp port and connect the supplied hose. I’m sorry I don’t have the part numbers, but it’s the same elbow used to feed your mp gage.

I don’t think he said he has chrome cylinders. He said chrome plated rings which is consistent with steel cylinders, no?

Probably, but unwise to assume you’re “perfect” in a new model regardless of experience. A J is a little heavier and may have a different cg causing the nose to touchdown different than his previous experience. Also a new airplane takes a while to get use to. New avionics, different sounds, feels, etc all get people out of their normal habits. I’d recommend ruling out easy things first- pilot errors. When you’re pretty sure there’s definitely something wrong, putting it on jacks and looking for play in the nose or looking at the 8” ride info is probably good too.

Other thing is if you have crosswind controls in and maintain the rudder through nosewheel touchdown, she’s gonna zip.

A lot of us start out doing the analysis you’re doing. You’ll come to find out a few things… first, you can add it all up perfect and then get hit with a prop overhaul or cam shaft corrosion and it’s a $7k speed bump. What most people do is go with a yearly average and it’s around $15-$22,000 all in. There could be huge variations, but there’s your average. Hangar costs are really based on location and circumstances, so that might have some effect. Purchase price will likely be overshadowed by operating costs after a few years of ownership and you will likely get back the purchase price but not the operating cost. You should try to buy an airplane In very good shape which will probably increase the price but keep the maintenance costs down early in ownership. First annuals have been known to cost $10k or more. Finally, finding a maintenance shop that lets you help can really keep costs down and teach you about the airplane.

Or Terry at kc headsets. He’s awesome.

Ahh, that makes sense. I didn’t see the 2600rpm. I’m usually at peak or slightly lop with 2500rpm and that’s how I had the slightly lower ff in mind. I’ll have to try 2600 sometime but my airplane is real smooth at 2500 so I usually just stick there.