PeteMc

I would take a serious look at the GI275. The display may not be as big as the G5, but it offers a whole lot more. Dual ADAHRS versions of the 275 would allow you to remove your vacuum system (confirm w/ your shop) and give you redundancy.

HA!... Not strange at all. I used to travel a fair amount and I can't tell you how many times I've been on flights full with co-workers or my clients. When going to conventions you obviously try to pick the fastest and quickest flight. But pending how big the convention is, when you get approval and if you're doing the booking or a travel department is, you can end up flying all sorts of routes. BUT, you'll often still see a lot of other people going to the same convention as your flight may still be one of the only options. Once got booked by a UN sub from Costa Rica to Zmbabwe via India. So I'd always assume no intrigue and more human intervention.

Compass??????

Okay, so the wives tale apparently is that the turbo with the fixed wastegate/bolt does slow down enough to cool down when coming into the pattern. And I *think* I was told that it was the bearings still being hot because of the turbo speed, not the temp of the exhaust gases passing through.

@gsxrpilot Interesting about the turbo cool down being a myth... That was one of the things everyone was drilling in to me as I was buying my plane with the Bolt wastegate. I put the Merlyn in within a few weeks of getting the plane, so I never looked back - but still thought it was true for those turbos that still had a bolt. ADDED: So now I'm curious... Why is it a wives tale??? I was told that with the bolt wastegate the turbo would sill be spinning at a high RPM and would maintain a high internal temp for quite a while after landing. Then with engine shutdown the oil flow would stop and the oil in the turbo would boil and leave a burt residue on the bearings. Over time, this would cause wear on the bearings. SO.... What is the true story according to George? The oil never really boils/burns? So no gunk to mess up the bearings?

Does the new plane have the Merlyn Black Magic Wastegate? If not, you might seriously consider it. Without the Merlyn the biggest difference will be to watch for turbo over-boost as you power up for take off and needing to adjusting power as you climb. Otherwise, just get comfortable with the power settings and speeds. Also be sure to let the turbo cool down after your flight. (All in the POH and the time gets greatly reduced with the Merlyn.) As for tricks, make sure the nose trim is on the nose up end of the takeoff range. The nose will be a lot heavier than you're used to so it will help get the weight off the gear on the TO roll. Actually the elevator is going to be a lot heavier too on your first couple of flights.

Ah, got it! Thought you were paying an annual fee for the ROP. (I was going to offer you a deal on some great property "near the beach" if you were paying someone $17/yr!)

What's happening around Flathead Lake this summer. I'm assuming they'll be pretty open.

$17/year ??????? Umm... Is the Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit no longer Lifetime? As in no renewal necessary. I have to admit I haven't paid attention if they changed it.

Recently learned that your servos need to be pulled and cleaned every few years... I have a K with a KFC-200 as well and the altitude is usually right on. But I had some pitch oscillation after the avionics upgrade and before tweaking the avionics the avionics guy first pulled the pitch servo, which was in bad shape. Luckily it was salvageable, but he said in some cases they just get caked with carbon dust and other contaminates and they wear themselves to pieces. So before making all sorts of tweaks to your controller or the avionics. You might check with your avionics or mechanic and see what they think about your servos. And apparently getting motors and other parts is becoming VERY tight for our KFC-200 (and similar).

I figured it out... The size of my Firefox window happened to cut off your page right under the rotating map. So I did not see any of the names below the map and thought that was the end of the page. When I then used the Search field it took me to a page that didn't really help. Even the items I found in the search that referred back to your site brought me back to the same view of your page and I had no clue all the name were just down lower on the page. Might I suggest that you change that search field to search only your page/site, not go out to do a web search. And it's a great idea. I looked at it because someone was asking about a Mooney CFI a few days before I saw your post.

I was looking at your list just out of curiosity. How is the Search supposed to work? I put in my city, where there is no actual airport, and just NY and did not get any hits. Does it only work if you happen to search the airport the CFI is actually located at? So if I put in an airport 20 miles away, I won't get a hit? Again... just curious.

Saw a very interesting map the other day on the Flu... Which obviously translates to COVID or anything else. This time last year (mask requirements just starting up, discussion of washing hands, etc., etc...) there was a map that shows states and how bad the Flu season was. LOTS of red, dark red, purple. Jump to now and the map is ALL LIGHT GREEN. So as others have said, it's not rocket science. But for those that like the pretty colored pictures, that's should be quite the eye opener.

My mechanic and I gave up on the shapeways.com vendor. Mechanic talked to him probably over a year ago, then complete silence. Don't know if he shut down due to COVID or some other reason, but just never got another reply. Here on this site @AH-1 Cobra Pilot is also 3D printing replacement covers.

Welcome Back!! (Excited for the finishing touches to my panel.)

You can always reach out to them and find out which of their instructors live near you.

Actually... There is a big difference in size in the scheme of mounts. The Air3 is 10.5" and the Air4 is 10.9" My old mount was for the Air3 and there was no way to make it work for the Air4.

Are you talking about on the Mooney site? And are you part of the Mooney website? Yes, filled in all the fields MORE THAN ONCE. And went to the Contact Us for the entire website and asked what was up a couple of times. Zero response.

I've tried going through the regular "sign up" process a couple of times and have sent a couple of separate emails. ZERO response. So much for wanting to get in good with their existing users that could have been a great marketing force...

Hmm.... Interesting concept to permanently add the ball to the center of the yoke. Still need to experiment with the various other cases. Also starting to look at if I can heat and fix the existing RAM cradle.

@bluehighwayflyer Thanks for the link, but I didn't see any yoke mounts. If they've got them, they're hidden pretty well. @RLCarter The X-Grips I saw only went up to the 10" tablets. The Air4 is 10.9"

Yes, I used my RAM mount for years with my old iPad. The one for the Air4 iPad is really poorly made/molded. Not really sure what they used to create the mold, but it wasn't an Air4 or Pro (the two are really the same size). You really have push hard... really hard to get the iPad to go into the bottom corners. And the "pen holder" on the side does not hold my Apple Pencil or any of my low tech styli.

My original RAM yoke mount worked great. But I bought a new cradle for my new Air4 and it's just not cutting it so I'm looking for an alternative yoke mount. Any recommendations? Issue with the new cradle is that you literally have FORCE the iPad into the TOO SMALL lower corners. And it just doesn't line up right with the yoke so it's just in the wrong place.

Horizon has closed. There's another thread on this. They make reference to "designated repair facility" in the manual, but I don't know of any. Maybe somebody like Mid-Continent has the bulb.

Sad sign of flying commercial too much.... It's a habit that I put my pocket knife in with my shirts when I pack.