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What does your POH say about this maneuver?

Any recommendations for a propeller balance in the Phoenix area?

I have a good one with up to date firmware. No battery, no AHRS version. No longer need it as I now have a Gtx 345. PM me at SOLD

Yes, thats the one. All this time I was under impression it was the Bendix dual mag, the gal flying is now a captain at the airlines, cant remember which one.

Cherokee 6 accident in Alaska many yesrs ago, air tour went down in water, several killed, I know pilot who survived. Cause magneto drive broke, same mag thats on our Mooneys, its rare, but has happened

Cheapper to get duall G5’s and GFC 500 than the stec price.

Those are my sentiments exactly. I an older Century autopilot that doesnt work half the time, I have been waiting to see if Stec would compete with Garmin, they will have to if they expect to sell against the GFC 500. They should make the price adjustment sooner than later or they will lose market share.

I dont believe this autopilot supports Heading Mode. Will work OK for VFR operations, but not so well for IFR where a lot a lot of vectors are based on heading. Sure you could track the assigned heading, but in any significant wind it would give ATC fits. I had this autopilot in a VFR experimental and it worked great.

This year I'll be in the Phoenix area when the annual for my M20J falls due at the end of March. I would be interested in hearing from others in the area where a good place might be to have the annual done. I am aware of the MSC in Chandler but have no experience with them. Interested in comments on them as well as other options in the area.

What was the part yhey blamed it on?

Electroair has been working on this forever. Have you heard some recent news on this?

My Aspen STC calls for retaining the Vacuum Gyro as backup - what did you do for a backup AI? I would love to eliminate vacuum system and associated backup.

Does anyone know if rudder pedal extensions removed from an M20C model work on an M20J? Friend has some and I would like a set of 3" for my J model. He'll pretty much give them to me if they will work - he did mention that they were adjustable from 1.5 or 3.0 inches, I'm unsure if the ones used on the J were adjustable.

I have done many Angel Flights in my '83 J. Here's what I do to ensure an acceptable mission: 1) does weight and balance work for the flight. Many customers will be quite large. I tended to ignore missions that comprised 2 passengers unless they had a combined reasonable weight. 2) are they capable of getting up and into the plane, ask when you schedule with them. Most will need some help as getting up on the wing can be tough, help them and let them know not to step on the flap. 3) ask what they are bringing, dont get surprised when you pick them up and they show up with something that wont fit in the plane, ie wheel chair. 4) many have a hard time finding where to meet at airports, make sure they know where to go to get picked up. 5) only happened to me once in the 50 flights that I have done but be prepared for air sickness, I always had a couple old bath towls and a plastic show box available. 6) if you have a buddy that likes to fly with you have him or her come along as a mission assistant. I do this most of the time and it usually limits the flight a single passenger flights because of weight. 7) lastly let them know when you schedule that the flight is in a small plane and is weather dependent, dont be afraid to cancel if the weather doesnt cooperate. Angel Flights are a good way to put purpose into our flying, give it a try and see how it works. Gerry

Brown on the ground

Ran mine on the glare shield for a couple of months to see how it worked. Recently hooked unit up to an old DME antenna on the belly and mounted the 39 under the dash on the left side of the center console. Still using cig lighter plug in. Its a nice neat installation, out of the way and works great. The belly mounted DME antenna actually works better than the stock antenna on the glare shield. Gerry M20J

I had this issue once on my STEC 50 with Alt Hold. Avionics shop adjusted/tightened up something and it cured it. Go to a shop that knows, STEC - hopefully its just some alignment adjustements.