BradB

All great suggestions so far. Here are a few others: Lake Placid - Fly into KLKP or LSLK, stay at Lake Placid Lodge http://lakeplacidlodge.com Bradford, PA - Fly into KBFD, stay at Lodge at Glendorn http://glendorn.com Nemacolin Woodlands, PA. - Fly into PA88. Stay at Nemacolin (private runway on site). Http://nemacolin.com White Sulfer Springs, WV - Fly into KLWB. Stay at The Greenbrier http://greenbrier.com All of the above will pick you up at the airport. I know it is the wrong direction, but don’t forget about Toronto. It would be a short flight. Fly into CYTZ. Stay anywhere in the city. good luck, brad

I’d love to see what you’ve come up with. I have a flythissim unit. I had to go with a Bonanza package to get the G1000 panel and something that would be the most similar to the Mooney. They do not have a Mooney package. It does come in handy and in a pinch I realized my instrument currency was running out for lack of a hold. I had my CFI come over for a couple of hours and we knocked it out on the sim. It was actually really a good time to run through a lot of things and do it more efficiently than in the real thing. Brad

Agree! I fly in a decent amount of precip and IMC. The leading edges of the very tip of the wings in the unprotected areas has taken a beating. The panels keep everything else looking nice. No doubt that a repaint would be in order without the panels.

TKS doesn’t seem to bother mine. Wait, damn, don’t have one of those. Always thought that it would be pretty cool, though. I was interested to know if the camera would end up covered in ice or is there enough run back off of the bottom of the wing that the TKS keeps it clear? I’ve never tried to put an external camera on mine in icing to see what it would look like. Not anything that I am planning on doing either.

@bradp The cost to feed and maintain a TBM scared me away. I’d have to go pretty old on the TBM to afford to buy and have money left to maintain and fly it. My main flight is 400nm with just me or me and my 12 yo daughter. Occasionally there is one more. Rarely, me +4. None of my passengers weighs over 105 lbs. I do. The Meridian is about perfect for my needs. A TBM would be super nice, but more expensive for extra capability that I wouldn’t often use. Brad

I went back and forth. The JetProp seems to have the better engine choices. But the airframes are getting older and the prices really are not any cheaper than getting the factory version from Piper. There are a ton of little things that could make one better than the other. In the end, I looked at what was available and picked what I thought was the best value for me at the time. Had that been a JetProp, I would not have been opposed. An engine that spins and pressurization was the goal. But @Bartman it will still only have one door. Brad

Tell him to buy my Acclaim and use it or a few years or forever. ADSB done. Everything up to date. A PA46T goes into prebuy for me now . I love my Acclaim. I love flying high and fast. It is very rare to cancel a flight it can’t safely handle. Put on the O2, climb and go My my girlfriend hates ice, clouds, and wearing oxygen. My daughter tolerates all of the above. I did the math. PA46T is worth it for me. Maybe my daughter will be more interested in Aviation rather than just viewing it as another car ride. I love seeing her face she ‘flys’ the plane.

True dat.

Aerovie (iPad app) has this exact feature. I have also suggested it to FF. I am just too entrenched in FF subscriptions to change at this point. Brad

I had a similar thing happen after my upgrade, probably about a month after (30+ hours or so). It started with that same ‘traffic device has failed” message intermittently then progressed to losing the heading info. After a little trouble shooting we replaced the magnometer and the problem was solved. Check your system status screen on the auxiliary page of the MFD and see if that helps you at all. It would be really unusual if your magnometer quit right after the upgrade, too Brad

I’ve never had an issue with mine. Do you have the traffic in FF turned on? Set to hide distant? Brad

Be that guy on the phone. It is your butt that is sitting in the plane when they are done with it. I like a call, email, or text every day or two just to see what they’ve found. Silence makes me worry and come up with worst case scenerio’s in my head. Brad

Yes, certainy would not be worth it if that were the case. No weather on that trip. Only 11 knots on the nose, which is somewhat rare heading that direction around here, that’s why I took advantage up there, and actually the headwind was lower up higher that day. Most of the time that I am flying between Erie and Boston, I head East up in the FL’s and make the return trip lower. Performance based planning in Foreflight is expensive, but it makes those decisions easier. But a key thing for the OP to remember is that if you want to fly fast, you have to be willing to fly high. Otherwise you are not taking advantage of that nice thin air. But the price of admission is a turbocharger and an instrument rating. Brad

Yes, It looks like a panel picture has been substituted. The imposter does not have the TKS in the panel. It is a non-WAAS plane. I did the ADSB in and out upgrade, but where I fly, I am always using ILS for now. It is also the 280 HP version. Brad

Here is a straight and level pic. TAS well over 200. I do have TKS on my plane, so that slows me a little. BTW, my Acclaim is for sale. https://premieraircraftsales.com/index.php/mooney-aircraft-inventory/2008-mooney-acclaim-n708pj Time for a PA-46T.

I have noticed the same thing, as well. Occasionally, my flights are off by 200 ft or so on flightaware. My G1000 and back-up altimeter both agree that I am on the assigned altitude. And this only started after my ADSB upgrade. I agree that it likely has to do with lack of the correction for local altimeter settings on the data that flight aware is receiving. Brad

@exM20K The mountain high O2D2 will alarm if you stop breathing. It will also alarm if the flow of oxygen stops. But the alarm is high pitched and not all that audible with noise canceling headphones. I keep a pulse ox and check mine frequently in the FL’s. If you have one of the carbon monoxide detectors that it’s popular in another thread, the volume seems similar to that with headphones on. Brad

It was a beautiful weekend in the Great Lakes area. My daughter was visiting for the weekend. I dropped her off in Buffalo to catch a commercial flight today. We had a little time, so we took a little detour on the visual to runway 14. I appreciate Buffalo approach for making this so easy. I was IFR and just asked for a vector that would take us over the falls on the way in. It wasn’t exactly on the way coming from Erie (KERI). I was given a decent to 4000ft and once near the falls was cleared to maneuver at will and traffic was pointed out to me. There were a couple of VFR aircraft in the falls circuit at 3500ft. They said just give a call when I was direct Buffalo again. We didn’t have that much time to hang out there, but it was a great day for a few pictures. Brad

@Cooperd0g First, Thank you for your service to our county. Second, thank you for your service to Mooneyspace. I agree with an earlier post, If we every meet up, dinner is on me, Best wishes, @BradB N708PJ

I have an Acclaim. 4 works comfortably.

I am in Boston frequently at KBED. I should be there each of the next few weekends if you want to check out the size of a long body. If you can talk your friend into staying home and just take his wife with you for the weekends, the trip should be easily doable (just kidding). With 4 people you do have to start leaving fuel behind. But with 102 gallon (or more) tanks, it isn't that big of a deal. In the Boston area, FIKI will be really helpful most of the year. The O drivers will be more helpful on the weight limits for you than I can be. But the Acclaim and the Ovation are the same size inside. PM me if you want to have a look. Brad

@GaryP1007 Depends how far and how fast you want to go? What is your typical mission? Besides people, how much stuff do you need to take with you?

This weekend we made the quick flight from Erie to CTYZ (Toronto City Airport) to catch the last weekend of the Toronto Film Festival. I have a visiting medical student with me this week also, so we brought her along for the weekend. It was easy to get attention from the lineman at the airport.

The article and twitter responses made me laugh. Dave L., I hope this isn't you. Brad. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/transportation/2017/09/06/Delta-431-pilot-flies-Boeing-into-Hurricane-Irma-Twitter-freaks-out/stories/201709060140