DualRatedFlyer

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/eppages/lycominggaskets_08-00307.php

Pm sent for arm rest and fuel selector.

Not true if you are instrument rated 91.157 Special VFR weather minimums. (a) Except as provided in appendix D, section 3, of this part, special VFR operations may be conducted under the weather minimums and requirements of this section, instead of those contained in §91.155, below 10,000 feet MSL within the airspace contained by the upward extension of the lateral boundaries of the controlled airspace designated to the surface for an airport. (b) Special VFR operations may only be conducted— (1) With an ATC clearance; (2) Clear of clouds; (3) Except for helicopters, when flight visibility is at least 1 statute mile; and (4) Except for helicopters, between sunrise and sunset (or in Alaska, when the sun is 6 degrees or more below the horizon) unless— (i) The person being granted the ATC clearance meets the applicable requirements for instrument flight under part 61 of this chapter; and (ii) The aircraft is equipped as required in §91.205(d).

Aside from the other valid points you brought up, there is nothing wrong with this. Vne is not based groundspeed.

Some excellent info here and quite a few things I hadnt considered. From the above I got the following Make the front of the hanger 60 wide by 50 long. The wide side with door will face the runway. Going to try to up the door size as much as physically and financially possible. No sense in having a wide hanger with a short door. Perhaps it will attract a beechtalk buyer one day with a big multi and lots of money when I decide to sell. We know those guys got cash Had not considered putting in windows instead of skylights. Really like how this would add cross ventilation as well. Not an RV guy, but like the idea of an RV or garage door on the rear to enhance the cross ventilation Had never considered having a wireless remote control door clicker to keep in the Mooney. This one is on my list now! Im not sure what I want to do about a bathroom - the garage is right next door with a bathroom in it. Is it worth extra money? Might look into putting in one of those "bigass fans" People door will go into the rear Insulation is a must. Dont think a loft is on my needs list anytime soon, always nice to have space for it in the future @Culver LFA can you comment on a price range for those LEDs? I couldnt find anything online. @M20Doc I need to see a pic of the RV on the lift! Am i missing anything?

Laying out plans to build a hanger and could use some advice/lessons learned/wisdom from those that have been down this path before as I am out of my element. I am coming up a bit short in finding current information online from others that have posed similar questions (mostly finding old forums from 2003 on random pilot boards). I moved jobs this year and am now down in Dallas TX. I have a home on an airpark, but no hangar, so I plan on building one. Biggest theme here is that I am on a budget, but I really want to get it right the first time as opposed to being unhappy and spending more money later. Here are my main questions: We are limited to 3000sqft so the dimensions will probably be 50x60. Would you recommend having the hangar 60 wide, or 60 long, and why? What type of door would you recommend? Rolling door, bifold, single piece hydraulic? How wide would you recommend the door be? What kind of cost differences should one expect between different doors? What door manufacturer would you recommend to go with --- and to sat away from? Lights - I know nothing about them. What kind if lights should I put in? Skylights - I have been told there are two types. Those that leak and those that will leak. I noticed how pitch black my neighbors hanger is with no skylights, and how bright my other neighbors is with skylights. Are they worth it? What are the other big elements that I am missing? Any questions I should be asking? Really hoping there is some collective wisdom on this forum that can help me with these. Thanks!

Pshew. Thank God breadcrumbs are free

WAT?

@Marauders time to shine

Might be able to sell some of those rebate codes. https://adsbperformance.faa.gov/paprrequest.aspx

I thought your airplane smelled funny...

Agree with this. Save your wedding, kids graduation, new puppy, essential oils, and all that other non-aviation stuff for Facebook. I dont think this is the place for it, because it has nothing to do with aviation. The location this stuff is getting posted under is titled "General Mooney Talk" with a descriptor of "This forum is just for general discussion about Mooney aircraft". Given that statement, I would think it makes sense that anything non-aviation related (weddings/puppies/etc) should be deleted. I dont want to hear about the border wall, or universal basic income -- I DO want to hear about the fees signature charged you when flying your Mooney to Key West. On the flip side, I keep hearing statements about the rules and policys of this forum. I have only been hear for a little over a year and have never been able to find these rules. Where could one look? The only posts I see stickied are those asking to donate to this site. If these rules do exist, or we take the forum header and subject descriptors seriously, then the mods should go through and clean this stuff up, regardless if they agree or disagree with the post content. Members jobs are to help make the mods life easier by reporting these rule violations to get rid of them as I am sure the mods cant watch every post. Rumor has it there is a great Mooney club on Facebook you can post that other stuff to and get tons of "likes".

Bryan -- thanks for following up on this and being a part of this forum. Understand that you guys can get beat up every now and then, but please dont let that take away from the value that you have the potential to provide this community by participating on these boards. It certainly means a lot to us as customers. Cheers!

Anyway --- update. Got an email yesterday morning from the avionics shop. They walked over to my hanger and swapped out the SD Cards and said the unit is fixed and my logbook sticker is sitting on my seat. Wont get to verify its working until this weekend or next, but very pleased with how quickly Avidyne reacted in shipping replacement hardware and coordinating with the shop to repair.

Mine is busted to heck as well, cracked at every seam. Tried to aluminum tape it as much as possible at annual. Would be interested in your fix

Same exact symptoms as mine. Here is the repair SB they deployed. 601-00182-047_SERVICE BULLETIN_IFD4XX_IFD5XX_LOSS_OF_WI-FI_BLUETOOTH_FUNCTIONALITY.pdf

Minor correction - not 8.5 non-stop. 2 hrs then break, 3.5hrs then 15 min refuel and back in the air for 3 hours. Still a 1 day butt flattener.. That intercom is on my list but really need a modern engine montior first.

Trip from Lancaster PA to Key West FL with the family. Shout out to @Marauder for letting me borrow his mobile intercom. My wife and mother in law loved having a separate channel in the back on the 8.5 hr flight. I shared their enthusiasm in the front. 8.5 was the second longest single day trip since my purchase of the aircraft. Rear end fatigue did start to set in around hour 7, but still wayyyyy better than the airlines. The Mooney is truly a traveling machine!! So thankful for the advice i received on this forum when talking about my mission during my hunt for an airplane. I love my F with the large amount of leg room in the rear and 1050 useful load Equally thankful for the confidence I gained to make such a long journey with 3 passengers over the Everglades and water because of my owner assisted annual in which an A&P/IA MS forum member allowed me to participate in his annualing of my airplane. Nothing like getting involved in the maintenance to gain confidence in flying your family around in your bird. Was a beautiful route with a fair amount of traffic following the islands at low level taking in the sights. Hoping for good wx on the way home.

Departed PA for a trip to Key West on Sunday for a short vacation with family. Noticed my iPad wasn't pairing with my IFD440 for some reason. Restarted the IFD to double check I clicked "allow" on the wifi prompt. Bluetooth and wifi symbols come up on the unit, but no networks are visible on my iPad or phone or backup iPad. Only so much troubleshooting can be completed from the air, so I did what I could and decided to give them a call after landing in Key West since I was on a tight schedule. First time calling avidyne. Tech support was extreemly repsonsive calling me back within 5 minutes. They shot me a list of data to collect from certain pages on the avidyne system pages. I went back out to the airport to grab screenshots. I have attached what I found. When I called them back with the results they said there was an issue with the unit based on the blank LIO lines that would result in an avidyne dealer having to open the box to replace microsims. I asked if this was a known failure mode to which I was given a bit of a runaround about how "we wouldn't call it a known failure mode but we have seen it happen and have a 100% fix - although in speaking with our engineers the reason this happens is something too complex that I can't adequately explain it because I'm not a software person " (or some variation of that). Three concerns I had, 1) would this be a warranty repair- to which they said even if it was outside of warranty they would fix this for free 2) would it happen again? -no we've never had a repeat failure. 3) is something I'm doing causing this? - no there is no way you could have induced this failure. Headed to the shop hopefully next week to resolve. Thought I would post this here in case any fellow MS'rs found themselves with a similar failure. If anyone has more info or has seen this in the past and knows what's going on behind the scenes I would be really interested in a more in-depth explanation other than "software". Thanks

Does that mean your ready to part with those fancy buttons you made??

Looked for some platics for my F. Found conflicting info on their website, so decided to give them a call. Was greeted by a rep who was very unenthusiastic and rather (extremely) unhelpful - contrary to what I usually hear on this forum. Wasn't able to get anywhere with them, other than - "a new website will be released in Jan/Feb that makes it much easier to locate exact parts.". Wish they participated on forums such as these.

What a great idea. I am on the lower end of the maintenance savvy folk, but I am always more than willing to provide a place to sleep and eat for those that may need an overnight at KLNS should they find themselves in a sticky situation in my neck of the woods.

I want a job like that!

Sounds like they just need to slap some ADSB on those tanks and call it a day.

going to tease us and not copy pasta the article?