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The standard unit will show heading from a GPS source. The optional magnetometer gives you an independent magnetic heading that is not dependent on your GPS. I opted for this option with the rationale that if I had a complete electric loss, with the magnetometer I would still have airspeed, attitude, altitude, and heading all in one place. I'm planning on putting in a battery backup that will feed my NAV/COMM so I would still have radios and VOR/ILS Navigation as well in an emergency.

@Marauder have you considered any other backups since the G5 isn't approved? L-3 ESI-500?

When I bought my J, I used a lot of the info in this article: http://www.mooneypilots.com/mapalog/M20J_Inspection.htm some of which will not apply to an ovation. The attached file is a lot of the detail from that article in a checklist format. After the checklist I continued it to complete an annual. EDIT: here is the article for the Ovation: http://www.mooneypilots.com/mapalog/M20SR_prepurchase_inspection.html Pre-Buy Checklist.pdf

I have a 28V system and I have this adapter: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017SARA9I/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Specification - Input: DC 12-24V; - Output: 2*DC 5V, 2.4A; With the two 2.4 A USB ports it can charge two iPads.

Logical chronology, of course the paint part may not be last if the paint is wearing off your plane and you have exposed sheet metal. Especially if you live in a corision prone environment, I would argue paint should be considered part of the corrosion preventive maintenance. It's not just for looks...

@Little Dipper 36 nm south west of you at KMQS is SureFlight. Chris Vinciguerro is our Avionics Manager. He has multiple decdes of experience. Agape Avionics and Penn Avionics before that. Attached is a photo of my Mooney M20J panel we just did. We would be happy to work with you. • Garmin G500 flight deck with Synthetic Vision • Garmin GAD 43e autopilot interface for G500 • Garmin GTN 750 GPS/Nav/Comm Navigator • Garmin GMA 35c bluetooth enabled remote audio panel • Garmin GTX 345R ADS-B In/Out remote transponder • Garmin GNC 255 Nav/Comm • King KFC-150 autopilot • L3 Avionics ESI-500 Standby Instrument with: Altitude, Attitude, Slip/skid, Vertical speed, Aircraft track, Synthetic Vision option, Navigation option. Magnetic heading option. • JP Instruments EDM 930 Primary computer for RPM, Manifold Pressure, Oil, Fuel, Battery, Engine data. • AirGizmos iPad Mini 4 panel dock • Nimbus Aviation Electroluminescent Circuit Breaker overlay. • ACK E-04 GPS Emergency Locator Transmitter

I sent my Dad the December 2016 Aviation Consumer article on the Mooney 201 M20J. I bought a M20J last year and it reminds my Dad of his first airplane. He wrote me this email today: GREAT ARTICLE ABOUT A GREAT AIRPLANE - NOTHING SO FAST ON SO LITTLE FUEL ON 200HP! N5785Q was owned privately and billed 15 cents per mile when on business. (It was his personal plane but he used it for business and billed the business 15 cents per mile.) Answering your question: - It was a 1965 M20E bought for $10,205.70 on January 31st 1969, with 600 hours, Electric gear, 200HP, power boost, 52 gallons, Gross WT. 2575lbs, FLOWN LONG RANGE MOSTLY AT 10,000ft., 2,300RPM, 21"MP, 10.3GPH, 63%PWR, RANGE: 5.00 hours over 766nm no reserve, at 152kts airspeed. HIGH SPEED CRUISE – Gross WT. 2575lbs 5,000ft, 2,400RPM, 25"MP, 12.2GPH, 77%PWR, RANGE: 4.27 hours over 676nm no reserve, at 158kts airspeed. _______________ He eventually sold it and moved onto a Cessna 310 twin in the early to mid 70's which is the first airplane I can remember as a child. I can't remember the Mooney. When I got this email I looked it up and I see that greg51 is the current owner of my Dad's first plane. Cool to see that the plane is still around and being flown to this day. My Dad is 73 and still flying. Here is a photo of N5785Q when he owned it:

I just played around with my W&B with the Garmin Pilot App. It shows zero fuel weight. The zero fuel weight was the weight of the aircraft plus anything other than fuel. Example: 2000 lbs empty aircraft, zero fuel weight = 2000 lbs 200 lb pilot loads 40 lbs of bags in the plane and he gets in. Zero fuel weight is now 2240. 110 lb passenger climbs in, Zero fuel weight is 2350. Maybe that's why it's not in a POH as it is variable depending on what you load in the aircraft at any given moment?

My Grandfather and Grandmother were both pilots and flew a Skymaster for years. Interesting design.

Of course if you were "Sitting behind two fans" in a P337, you would be doing something wrong...

You do it right before jacking it up for the gear swing test.

Sonoma is not owned by Signature, they are a Signature Select FBO. So they are an independent FBO that sets their own prices and rules, but they can take part in some of Signature's network programs. https://www.signatureflight.com/programs/signature-select

How many pulls does it take?

We have a full glass cockpit, we made the avi master a rocker switch.

PM sent. We do tend to do more corporate/mid size jet/turbo props. Avionics however is mostly GA.

We would be more $ than Jim's, but we can turn it in 2-2.5 weeks due to manpower levels. That includes chemical strip, R&R of control surfaces which are painted separate and balanced, 2 accent colors, placards, and N number. We have guys dedicated solely to prep, guys dedicated solely to paint, guys dedicated solely to layout, etc. So they are efficient.

@gitmo234. We have manpower and infrastructure for painting bigger OEM aircraft on a time schedule. So we are high quality & fast, but may be a little more expensive than a smaller shop. We also have capacity to insert most jobs of this size pretty quick in our schedule. That being said, for a single engine piston, there is a box you have to be in, so we price accordinly. I'll shoot youna PM. We do paint, interiors, and avionics, so we could do your ADS-B as well. Another nice thing where you are based, Weber aircraft is also a close flight if you need a MSE. They did a bunch of work on my J including my PPI. Great shop.

Too many aircraft with the same color scheme, 24 nm due north to KMQS we can rectify your situation Congrats on your acquisition.

In six months I have already exceeded his price in the cost of what we are doing to a J.

Duh, I wasn't thinking there. I was looking at the the Stec-30, and GPSS is an option.

I can see where he gets it though with the newer paint and interior and the three Aspens, and the engine computer, etc. Not sure if the STEC 30 has the GPSS though. He does have the 430 WAAS version. He has some coin in that ship.

Ben, See this post: It doesn't have everything on your list like the age, 2900 lb gross, but it certainly looks to hit a lot of your bullet points.

Here are some photos taken today: You can see the pearlescent paint in the "NO STEP" pic. It is actually a Matterhorn white base; it does not look that silver in real life.

What we did on mine is apply the vinyl which are individual letters and than clearcoat over it. The entire aircraft is clearcoated. So on mine, the clearcoat over the vinyl is invisible. If we did it on a non-clearcoated aircraft, we would have to mask around it and you would see the clearcoat if you looked close. Or we make a vinyl reverse mask and spray on the placards. It just depends... I looked through my photos but I couldn't find anything except this pic. The "205 SE" silver is actually a silver vinyl that was clearcoated. Everything else is paint. I can shoot a pic tomorrow of the no step or the fuel placard, etc.

Placarding has to be done with any paint job. We make most of our N numbers, spray masks, and placards in house for all our paint jobs on a vinyl graphic cutting machine. Check with your shop to see what they do. Your POH has all the required placards listed.