MooneyBob

Today's trip to Nantucket provided very good visibility. Rare for this part of NE. Busy NYC class B offers to fly with the big boys in your sight. You can also read the tail numbers of the aircraft. Pics are NYC and JFK.

I am pretty fresh IR pilot with very few IMC approaches. Today I kind of needed to get back to KBLM,NJ after week of work at OBX. As we know the weather was really crazy last few days. Specially today with 25 knots winds at MQI and low 600' ceiling and LLWS at my destination, Belmar NJ. The ceiling was way under my personal minimums. But after few hours flying with the new GTN750 and many hours with Garmin Pilot App I felt pretty confident I can make it. I still had a good plan B and good alternative. I did hand fly the whole time just to get into the groove in the IMC. Upon arrival I got vectored to the IF ( still waited patiently not to activate the approach ) put on hold to let another aircraft to make his approach and got cleared for the GPS32 approach. Hit " Activate approach " button and hand fly following the magenta line. Set up MP and RPM, loose some altitude, GUMPS check at the FAF and get the needle back to the center. Double check everything on my Garmin Pilot with the GDL39 which is great backup. And wow, broke out at 700' with the runway right in front of me. Nice landing in 90degrees 15 knots gust. Pretty happy about that.

I hope it is not too bad news. I like it so don't ruin it for me.

This is very fresh and interior not finished. More pics come soon.

You are disqualified. Only panels with a lot of owner's sweat count. Also people with more than $10mil income should be out. :-)

Will do. So far I did only one short 2.5 hours flight to MQI. I really like it. It replaced bunch of old gauges, it is primary instrument, price is right, easy to set up and operate. It doesn't take a lot of space of the panel and it has very crispy display easy to read.

Hi I know it was discussed many times and sometimes it got out of control. We don't want that. I just need short procedure confirmation if possible. I have new CGR30P installed. It the manual for the LOP leaning (see below) it says to put it in the LOP mode. Pretty clear. Pull the mixture and the monitor will find EGT peak of first cylinder and mark it. Pull the mixture more and it will put another markers on the cylinder as the EGT raises on them. Still pretty clear. So I can see which cylinder is richest ( last to reach the peak). But the numeric data provided is for first cylinder to reach the peak. Shouldn't I go by last ( richest) cylinder and then lean desired amount of degrees from this point? How do you lean LOP? Please see copy of the manual article below. Thanks. CGR30P Manual for LOP Important Notice: The engine must be leaned and operated in accordance with the POH and engine manufactures recommendations. Information in this manual is for reference only and does not make any recommendations. This operating mode was designed to assist the pilot in leaning the engine Lean-of-Peak EGT. As you lean, the EGT bars for all cylinders will rise. When the first cylinder reaches peak EGT a tattletale marker will appear at the top of that cylinder’s bar. As you continue to lean, additional tattletale markers will be placed at the top of the appropriate bar as each cylinder reaches peak EGT. This gives a quick visual reference as to which cylinders have reached peak EGT and at what temperature each cylinder peaked. If a false peak is detected (an EGT dips and then starts increasing again), the CGR will reset the tattletale marker for that cylinder and once again look for the true peak. The data provided in the top portion of the display will show the first cylinder to reach peak EGT and the current temperature below peak for that cylinder.

With the new CGR30 now I can read the temperature differences among the cylinders. What is the normal EGT and CHT spread? What would be the point I have to take closer look at the engine performance, valves, cylinders, spark plugs, injectors or magneto issues? Thanks

Excellent. Thanks. And you are right about too much and too precise information. Nice wide green field on the gauge gives you peace of mind. Digital numbers freaks you out.

I just got new CGR30P engine monitor installed ( together with other gadgets in the panel ) and I will have some questions. Here is the first one: With the old oil pressure gauge I would say the oil pressure was always in the green in the upper half of the green range. Even when idle. I think it was the case. Not 100% sure. I have IO360 A3B6 engine. Now with the CGR my oil pressure indication is in yellow ( together with the yellow warning light) up to around 1200 RPM. I don't believe my oil pressure changed. I am just curious what it the normal number value of the oil pressure in range of 900-1200 RPM and then 2500 RPM for example. Now the digital RPM display reads 2670 RMP full power on take off. Should it be 2700 even ? Should I check the RPM with the " RPM meter" or whatever you call it if it matches to the display? What is good CHT value / range in cruise? Thanks.

As I am getting ready to pick my J with brand new GTN750 and other gadgets I am studing and learning more about the GPS flying. It looks like that if there is a ILS approach there is also LPV approach. Also many other airports have non precision VLOC and GPS approaches for same runways. Q: What situation you would prefer one before the other? I mean, would you fly ILS for some reason if there is LPV, etc. Thanks.

Hey, It's one beautiful plane. Happy for you.

I am picking my plane with new GTN750, GDL88 and FlightStream210 in few days and I can't wait to see it in action. Thanks for the report.

What's EDI, ECI, NDT? Please fill me in. How many hours is control and gear lube interval? Thansk

What's Insta... what?

Am I crazy or what? It looks very dark brown on the SEM web site color chart. Is your interior painted with the White Sailcloth in your gallery pictures? Thanks.

That's what I thought. Those pieces of metal are ridiculously expensive.

That's what I am looking at. What finish and color did u use? Thanks.

That's what I did with the seats. But the carpet and inserts weren't that expensive so I thought it will be ok. Too early to jump in to the conclusion. I will report back.

I hope to get it done soon as I really need the plane. And I definitely will fly to meet you guys somewhere. For some reason last year I always missed it.

I am trying to find out what is the best way to spray paint the plastic panels of my 1977 M20J. I found multiple references to the SEM paint but with no specifics. What type ? Color used? Anybody has any experiences with different brand and good results? Could it be regular paint for plastic from Home Depot? Thanks

Now I remember that I called them about the inserts and sidepan eels as I have received the carpet long time ago and I order everything at the same time. They promised 3-4 weeks but it was more like 5. Lady sounded surprised as if she realized they forgot something and then the package showed up three days later. I am wondering if they messed something up in the hurry to expedite the order.

The irony is that I sent the pics to them. I also received carpets and sidepanels from them. I didn't check them out as I found the inserts problem just today and my plane is still in the avionics shop. Fingers crossed.

Thanks. Do you know where can it be repaired by any chance? Or do I have to get new ones? Thanks again.

That's right. That short flight over the river saves me few thousand.