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Thanks for the info. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

lol! Got this one figured out! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My bad, friend. I'm new to MS and thought I stuck my nose where I shouldn't. Don't worry...I'll learn. Btw, I read an earlier post about the skywatchTWS you installed. I hate to digress from this forum but is everything still good with that? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, I'm new. Thanks for the warm welcome and hope that's not a problem. Apparently some bad blood here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

201er made an arguably distasteful joke. We should cut him a little slack. I don't think he meant it the way a lot of us took it. Chalk it up to a bad joke. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think at this point nothing is off the table. It could be an accident, a hijacking or, I hate to say it, a crime with pilot involvement. One thing that strikes me as odd is if this was some sort of hijacking / suicide mission, it would've ended soon without shutting down com equipment. The plane flew for hours, dodging radar. I believe there was / is a bigger plan; but I'm no expert...just my take with the info available. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I blew through it a little fast because I don't have the equipment in my plane.....until now. Stratus 2 arrived yesterday but I haven't flown with it yet. I'm really considering buying skywatchTWS to get a full TIS-B picture. I'm a big supporter of ADS-B technology and believe it will bring a lot of safety to GA at a reasonable cost. I made that clear in the survey. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Took about 5 minutes. Thanks for posting.

I just get my J back from the avionics shop. The roll servo had to be sent off to Century Flight for a rebuild as it was intermittently quitting on me. I haven't received the bill yet but he told me it will be about $800. He said doing a motor exchange would run about $4K but I had the option.

To purchase the DVD just go to www.donkaye.com. There's a lot of info there and he's very good about answering questions via email. I find it helpful to periodically go back and watch the DVD. My landings are much better now.

I've had my J for almost a year now. The emergency gear latch isn't a part of my checklist but I check it every time I reach for my seatbelt. I was warned of this when I purchased the airplane. As far as the bounce...been there too. It's happened to me twice and both times I was low on fuel so the airplane was light. The first time I came in at 70 kts, main gear touched, I relaxed the elevator (big mistake) and the nose gear hit, we bounced back up and then we were flying again. We came back down, bounced again and this time even higher. Now I'm worried. I gave it some power to arrest the bounce and was able to make a normal landing. Wife was not impressed. This happened one more time under similar circumstances and I immediatly gave it power after the first bounce and again made a safe landing. I emailed Don Kaye and bought his landing DVD for $25. He explained to me the only way a Mooney will bounce is if there is too much airspeed. Mooneys are "precision" airplanes and must be flown accordingly. He told me in a Cessna or Piper a pilot can make a sloppy landing and everything usually works out. Not so in a Mooney. Along with the DVD is a landing speed chart and on there it says to subtract 5 knots when well below gross weight. Now it's 65 Kts when very light and more importantly, never let the elevator come forward on landing again. My biggest regret was not getting instruction from a Mooney specific instructor. Don Kaye told me he won't sign off on someone until a bounce is demonstrated and successfully handled. Now I know why.

I have inadvertent TKS on my J (FIKI not available). There's about a 6-7 knot sacrifice in speed. The installers will tell you 3-4 knots but 6-7 is more accurate. In any case, it's well worth it if it saves you only once. You need to run it once a month to keep the membrane inside the panels from drying out. I do it on the ground for two reasons. 1. it doesn't make a mess on the wings and windshield and 2. I want to visibly see that all the panels are working.

Bob, My J is going into the avionics shop next week with HSI issues. Been down this road before when I replaced a bad Century NSD360 with a used one he had on hand less than a year ago. He sold it to me cheap and told me I was on borrowed time. He's telling me the Aspen PFD is the way to go. Just curious how you like it and if you have any regrets.

This is excellent news. I know I'm a little biased but I would love to see the 201 back in production some day. With todays high fuel prices I think the economical 201 could be an attractive option for a lot of people.