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no, you don't recapture depreciation. usually, once a property is fully depreciated, a savvy investor would 1031 exchange for another like/kind property to start the depreciation process over and defer capital gains. Usually depreciation will write down rental income so much, that the effective tax on the rental income is minimal or even zero in some cases.

So are properties held longer than one year. Don’t get me wrong. I do play the dogs of the Dow every year, but I like cashflowing properties I can see, touch, and feel that I can write down depreciation to further lower taxable income.

I’ve got a PC system shown in the OP that the accutrak piggybacks on. But, you would need to source a BI-805 Servo control valve separately. PM me if interested in both. Thanks

But no depreciation on a K1!

Strange, I didn’t realize they intentionally removed it, as the 300A is one of the config settings in the current g5 firmware and according to a volt meter, it sends AC signals, albeit the pretty low levels. Perhaps that’s why it got removed. The g502a that the 300a uses for heading signal puts out levels much higher than what the G5/gad auto config was sending out for the 300a. Although it was removed from the list, I believe it is technically possible to achieve a working connection at least through the customized output settings, though not legal. Any avionics tech with a volt meter should be able to figure it out pretty easily by referencing the g502a.

The 300A is supported and has an automated config setting in the menu. I think the above image was an oversight because there is just a 300A (AC) and 300B (DC).

For anyone installing G5's & GAd29b to the beloved Brittain, pm me for advice. The 300A is the ACV version of the 300. The 300B is the DCV version. They are both still in the automated configuration menu of the primary G5 in the current firmware. There are some different pin assignments on the GAD though.

Similar to donkaye here... I’m 38 and sold my business last summer and semi retired now. Just putting my money into commercial realestate which returns well in excess of annual living and flying . I’m volunteering benevolence flight missions and teaching at church and eventually will fly for fun for some local charter or corporate outfit. The big key for arriving at this point is having never carried any debt and always living well within conservative means. When I could have easily had an ovation or more, I bought an F. I can’t imagine spending the rest of my life without a plane.

I'm at KTYS if you're down this way, I'll show you around.... I know there are a few mooneys at KGCY as well

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This is how I have my Aera display setup. The new firmware now shows curves at turns and holds. Previous firmware wouldn’t display a hold like above.

The sandel also has an auto slew function. The G5 does not have the large CDI vertical bar. The Vnav indicator is the small slider on the right. I prefer a wide bar and it is something I’ve asked garmin to make available.

Update, today I got my AP working with the G5. The shop missed connecting two wires, but luckily they had already run extra wires, so they just needed to be terminated. All I can say is wow. The accuflite coupled with the G5 is awesome. It is smooth, doesn’t under or overshoot and is solid. I flew north and dialed in a hold at a nearby fix and hit gpss and away I went. There is a lot of integrated data showing up on AI G5 from the HSI, like the heading bug which is nice. Then came back and shot an LPV to minimums doing nothing but adjusting power and dropping gear. There was a few knots cross wind that resulted in about a 5-7 degree crab... I’m happy!

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I never mentioned a numeric value! I only said I’d rather do this than buy a car!

I produced the interior myself. One of these days I’ll get some quality photos and post them for those interested. Yea, I got a good deal on the recent panel work. The shop quoted $9k for the GTN and $2k to install it for example. The total bill was $21k, but that includes about $1k for putting in the strikefinder (which I was going to do on my own) and adding a radio master switch, and a couple other things that were not essential to the install of the avionics. I supplied the aluminum for the panel cut.. I removed and reinstalled the interior. Things like that helped.

I agree, but that said, the smaller size doesn’t hinder its use. I’m hoping they designed it that way because they will add other features along the way planned to use that extra space. I sent them an email with some feedback and inquiry.

Yea, I had a 3308 sourced complete with flux detector and remote gyro but with the older firmware for $1000 locally, but decided on a new G5 hsi instead. Sandel will upgrade a 3308 to LED screen, but it’s not cheap.

Terry, The thing about the sandel is that it’s not a bad option if are ok using non-certified bulbs, but the same bulb with the certified stamp costs $200 vs $2. Also, if you get a sandel, you will want the later firmware version which allows vertical guidance waas GS presentation. The firmware update cost is $1700 from sandel. It’s rare to find one with the updated firmware and they usually want a pretty penny for them. Other than this, you would still be needing to put trust in a remote gyro. So, there are multiple points of failure. The thing that the G5 HSI does that the 3308 can’t is revert to backup attitude display. Hopefully garmin will continue to add more functionality as time goes by, as they have been. One thing I don’t like is the placement of the desired heading right above the knob. You can’t see it while you are turning the heading bug because your knuckles are in the way. They should move it up so it follows the actual bug around the rose. a dual G5 setup is roughly half the cost of an Aspen and it is primary replacement.

A little late to post this from last Wednesday. A friend flew me down to Georgia to pick up my plane from the avionics shop. We flew back as a flight of two. It was a lot of fun seeing his sweet beech 35 along side. Not so great photos though. Some day, we will take pax along with good cameras. We stayed low at about 148ktas.. he had his pulled back just a little bit. We could have gone faster if I had stayed in is wake the whole way. It’s amazing how much the wake improves speed for the same power setting.

If you need more fields, you can interface an aera510 and get 4 more or a 660 and get 8 more. That is what I’ve done with gtn/G5s setup, as I’m in process of replacing at 510 with a 660. Also I will leave the 660 zoomed in with compass arc or synthetic vision and the gtn zoomed out.

In my experience, you need to be running 65% or more power to generate enough heat during these cold weeks. ‘Tooling around’ sounds like low power settings to me

IMHO, the F is the best budget CC machine if you have a family of 4 and will keep the back seats full most trips. I went for the 67 model for the reliable Johnson bar manual gear. I believed there are few Fs on the market because owners keep them due to the generally better useful load and nearly as good speed as a J which may cost double an F. A typical oem J is generally 10kts faster than an oem F, but has 100lbs or more less useful load. Some F owners with cowl and windscreen mods see speeds similar to Js. If you won’t have the back seat fill with people most of the time, I’d go for an E model, which is a little faster.. For ADs, the oem prop hub requires an inspection, but if it has the B hub or top prop or other, then no issue. All the other ADs are simple check this, check that. Mainly just check everything for corrosion. You’ll want to do some of the SBs though, namely rear spar inspection and shoulder harnesses. I spent $42k and got a clean oem 67F with ~400smoh and 162snew top prop and clean, hangar kept paint. It looked like the attached. After spending some time, sweat, and about $20k, It has a brand new custom interior and nice glass panel. Still a few things to do, but very capable 144-147ktas @ gross on 8.5gph (1044.7 useful load). A J that is timed and equipped like this will probably be over $100k. Good luck! Go mooney!