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What’s Your Comfort Zone in Regards to Insurance Coverage?
toto replied to V1VRV2's topic in General Mooney Talk
The scary threshold for insurance seems to be 80. At least where high performance or complex aircraft are concerned. The UFOs have nice things to say about Avemco in this regard. https://www.ufopilots.org/post/aircraft-insurance-issues Basic advice from Parker and everyone else seems to be: don't change underwriters after 80. Stick with the same company, and keep continuous coverage. -
Smart glide is offered as part of the GTN Xi software. As long as you have the latest software revision, you’ve got smart glide. (There is a standalone button you can buy for $130 plus installation, but that’s not needed for the smart glide feature.)
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I know I’m being pedantic, but a new Acclaim Ultra can be bought for under 800k (I think they were listed at 769 from Mooney). I don’t know how much less a J model would cost, but the NA four cylinder engine alone would be significantly less expensive for the J.
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Pattern work when field is IMC
toto replied to ilovecornfields's topic in Miscellaneous Aviation Talk
The big thing with SVFR is that the tower cannot and will not suggest it. They’ll give you a “field is IFR, say intentions,” but they won’t offer SVFR unless you explicitly request it. -
I don’t think that I would own a J model if the average annual was $7k. Part of the reason I love Mooneys is that they are well-designed and well-engineered, and that translates into simple, maintainable and efficient systems. If I didn't care about the “simple” or “maintainable,” I’d buy a PA46 and just throw money at it.
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I don't really know all that much about XM, but I did subscribe to the Aviator product for a decade or so.... They only periodically send out configuration data, so it can take a long time for new provisioning to reach your radio. I suspect that it's possible to skate by for a while with service that's technically disconnected if you just never have it turned on during their config bursts.
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To echo what PT said above, I think it's good to schedule maintenance as necessary during the year, and avoid lumping maintenance into the inspection interval. If the inspection really is an inspection, and you're on top of regular maintenance, the number of "gotchas" at annual time should be minimal, and limited to things that would be really hard to identify in a preflight. If an annual inspection is also a "do all of the maintenance for the year," then it's going to seem high - but should be compared against annual maintenance costs, and not just against annual inspection costs. The $3500 base annual seems insanely high to me. Here in the midwest, a $1750-1800 base inspection is pretty standard for a J model, and if you have no repairs, you can get away with a total around $2000 to $2500 including consumables. All of that being said, a new-to-you airplane always has some surprises. Every mechanic focuses on different things, and even if the plane passed its previous annual with flying colors, your new mechanic will find things wrong with it. A 10% annual the first time around seems high but not impossibly high. It's the second 10% annual that would have me looking elsewhere. My advice would be to try a different shop for #3.
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Nice! Congrats
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What’s Your Comfort Zone in Regards to Insurance Coverage?
toto replied to V1VRV2's topic in General Mooney Talk
In the current insurance environment, are underwriters less likely to offer smooth policies? (Asking because I have no idea.) -
Garmin EIS can display on the G3X Touch.
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Indeed. I mentioned that only because it sounded like Avemco had told you that they would refuse coverage at age 80 -
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Just got a quote from Avemco with an 81yo named insured. No problem at all. No restrictions, and a pretty reasonable price (higher than others, but still in the ballpark). This was for a fixed-gear single.
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Sheesh. What's your secret? Feels like it's up up up for most of us (ETA: I'm also with Parker.)
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I thought Garmin offered a rather expensive upgrade path, or was that only a one time offer when the Xi was released? I’m not aware that they ever offered a GTN upgrade option. As far as I know, the only way to upgrade is to buy an Xi and sell a GTN - which some avionics shops will do for a fixed price (I’ve heard 5k USD quoted for the 750).
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https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/140494
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I kind of assumed he had a remote #2 comm controlled by the GTN?
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Nice
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This is a great idea. +1
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This is a very good point, and really underappreciated. Not to mention how many years we would add to our collective flying careers if we'd all lose an average of 30 pounds.
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Support is ending for the original GNS navigators, but the WAAS units still have some life left. I'm starting to worry a bit about the original GTN series, since they're now ten years old and there's no upgrade path to the Xi. But I suspect that there's another decade of factory support (especially since these were being sold new a year ago).
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Yep, for your IFR data bundle, they give you the VFR copy of GP
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Yeah, ForeFlight can do flight plans via Connext, but the Garmin proprietary stuff (EIS, db concierge) needs GP.
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To my knowledge, there is no free version of Garmin Pilot. You’ll have to pay. This is an ongoing pain point for me, since you don’t even get the full IFR version of GP with a database bundle - you still have to pay $75 on top of your many many AMUs and a $700 annual subscription.
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Also, you can do dual PFD displays with the G3X (or even up to three 10.6”). I’m wondering if the list above is old? https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/682215
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Also, remote audio support is available with the G3X Touch “GMA 245R adds a remote audio panel option that is controlled from a G3X Touch display.” (ref same article above)
