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That pic looks like you are enjoying a glass panel!

When I turn on my g1000 it easily takes 2-3 minutes after I turn on AP switch. Before it starts engaging. fwiw, I’m just trying to be optimistic. I would like to know what the problem is when you find out.

I did the entire engine of both of my ovations, only had to do a few pieces on the acclaims over the years.

The other geebee guy used to strenuously make a point that using too thick a material will wear a hole in your cowling. I was dubious of this, but the top section of one of my ovations did wear through the paint on the inside within 20hours of the new baffling. I had the old black rubber and I changed it for the red silicone. I changed that section out to the next thinner thickness out of precaution. I would make sure you keep an eye on those areas to see if chaffing is a problem.

You could fit every human on the planet into the state of Texas and they would each have over 1500sqft, and Texas is less then .01% of the earths surface. Human can certainly make a mess of small portions of our environment, but to suggest we could alter the fate of a planet is pure hubris and poppycock. Carbon is also the building block of life. The climate may well be changing, but man’s affect on that is not a determining factor. If you pee in the ocean you have technically raised the sea level, but is it enough to measure? Lastly since I’m throwing gas on the fire, an acre of grass absorbs more co2 than an acre of forest.

I agree with this, I’ve blocked a few, who seemed to be posting purely for the agitation effect, but even the majority of ones that may annoy me from time to time I leave visible. Mostly because I’m far from perfect either… I had lots disagree with things I say, and I’ve disagreed with more than a few as well. If something really gets under my skin I either write what I feel and delete, or I just blow it off. I try really hard not to stir the pot. As far as I can tell, nearly everyone here has good intentions, even if the “way I read what they wrote” doesn’t impact me that way in the moment. I prefer to assume they are all good guys. I have enough unsolicited friction in my daily life with people, I certainly don’t want to add to that on a forum where I come simply to learn and hopefully share what little I know with people that share my interest in mooney’s.

You can absolutely disengage the AP with the g1000 screen as well as the red disconnect button. I will tell you I have had this happen to me a few times over the years and the first time it freaked me out and I didn’t realize until I landed that I had actually flipped the AP rocker switch. I don’t know if I inadvertently hit it, or maybe a passenger, it just didn’t occur to me to check it, because I didn’t intentionally turn it off. It’s happened a few times since then, and I always check the rocker switch first and it’s been flipped every time. if everything is working as normal now and you can’t recall if you checked the rocker switch in flight, I’m betting that’s what it was.

Electric trim will not work with the autopilot off. why do you turn it off?

Drilling out the old rivets is the most tedious part of this process. Two people, one with a shop vac and one on the drill makes it much easier. Take one piece of baffling out at a time, lay the old and new on top of one another to align and punch the first hole in the new baffle, keep the old baffle on top and put an unpunched rivet in the first hole to align them. Then punch each hole and immediately put a rivet in each one, like cleco’s, working your way to the end. By the time you get to the end of the baffle this will keep the rivet pattern and when you mount the new baffle it will be perfectly aligned with all the holes in the aluminum parts of the baffles.

Uncontrolled fields really are the wild Wild West. It’s just like social media, people say things they would never say to your face. At uncontrolled fields people do things they can’t get away with where there is a tower. I know you guys say things happen at controlled fields but those are mostly mistakes, not people being jerks.

One other consideration when you are contemplating how to handle a situation like this, is the relative standards many people have. some people just don’t pay attention to things the way others do. ever try to explain to someone what your steak last night tasted like? you are in a zero leverage position. maybe assume the best, and have a candid and kind conversation about your findings and see how he reacts. One thing is for sure, how he will handle this is predetermined by who he is, your method of asking is only going to bring it about sooner or later. I do agree that in the grand scheme of things, these issues are relatively minor and will pass and any angst you feel is only affecting you, so just put it behind you and enjoy your Mooney.

I’ve never had one at a controlled field. Not even close. Every single one I’ve had had been at uncontrolled. Be it lack of awareness, stupidity, inexperience, lack of proficiency, or just being an ahole, I’ve seen them all at uncontrolled fields. My theory is that those kinds of people prefer uncontrolled fields. Not that everyone at uncontrolled dromes are like that, just the ones that are prefer them.

This is a typical occurrence at uncontrolled fields in my experience. I had a crop duster take off with a tailwind while I was less than 300’ from the threshold. I saw the guys face. If it had not been a turbine with the power to peel off we would have collided. I made all the calls, I circled the field, landed on the correct runway for the wind, and he ignored it all. I had my whole family on board. I was beyond angry and when I shut the plane down I was shaking with rage. It is a good thing he didn’t come back until after I left. I called the FAA and explained what happened to an investigator. They called the other pilot and he confirmed everything I said and apologized. The FAA then called me back and said no further action bc no one did anything wrong. I said, in much more colorful terms, that the investigator was an idiot, and if I see a plane close enough to make out his face, taking off in the opposite direction as I am landing then SOMEONE did something wrong! I really do try to avoid uncontrolled fields when I can.

You would have to intentionally do something crazy to get a long body out of cg. play with the w & b in ForeFlight. Its nearly impossible.

I don’t think comparing an adult purchasing an airplane to an adolescent buying his first car is a particularly good analogy, nor is it helpful to the OPP. Plenty of people successfully start out in their forever plane. I have a friend who bought a baron 35 years ago to get his ppl, and that is the only plane he has ever flown. It obviously isn’t the most common route, but I would submit that for the cost and age of the prospective pilot pool, this just isn’t an option for the majority of them. I don’t see how training in the platform you intend to fly from day one is a bad decision. More expensive, yep, takes longer, probably. Less safe, I can’t see how. A mooney does not have to be flown at full speed and in many ways it’s much easier to control than a trainer. You may be of the opinion that the only way is to work your way up through multiple planes, but that doesn’t make it the only correct way. You only live once and if you’re like me in their 40’s when you decide to go for it, why wait? A (wo)man has got to know their limitations. Mikes student got his ppl in an acclaim! I’m jealous! I wanted an acclaim first too but I listened to all the bs hangar talk about turbos and let myself get talked out, and got the ovation instead.

I’ve built hangars recently, and bid others. I’m not sure where you are getting your cost information but $30 sqft is just fantasy land, and $150 is extremely questionable. Architectural plans, structural/civil engineering, site work, land lease, property acquisition, metal building, electrical, hangar door, fire suppression, carry cost for the two years it takes to get approved and built, not to mention what other hoops the airport and municipality invent along the way. If it was as lucrative, easy and cheap as you suggest the developers would already be there. The FAA provides grants to airports for things like this, so it’s like free money to the airport and they don’t care about ROI. A hangar just got built at my home field, it’s a single hangar, and large enough for a G650. It was nice with an office, but still a hangar, it cost north of $7,000,000. 5 years ago our construction prices were much higher than Texas, and while they still are higher, they are closer than not now…

If you got the kool scoop you would hardly even need to open the door. Its amazing how much air that thing directs into the cabin.

Exactly, buy the best plane that you can afford. Something upgraded already and flown regularly. Spending more upfront, with a good platform, will save money in the long run. Plus this isn’t like a car or a boat, where a fixer upper is just inconvenient. The stakes are higher. I am also a proponent of get your final plane now and learn in it. It will likely take you longer, and cost more to become proficient and comfortable but the more experience you have with the platform you intend to fly, the safer you will be. I finished my ppl in an ovation 3 with a g1000 and went straight into my ifr in that plane. Took me about 5 months and I don’t regret any part of it.

What I struggle with regarding this argument is the same thing about people’s health. entirely too many permutations to conclusively say “this” is “the” reason. Here is a devils advocate question… Could it be that lycoming engines are perhaps more tolerant of mismanagement than continentals? In all honesty, I don’t expect an answer, because I am not arguing with you at all. you have forgotten more planes and hours than I will ever see. But all of my experience has been with turbo and NA 550’s and I’ve never had any cylinders or engine problems at all either. I am also good friends with several of the people who bought my old airplanes and speak regularly. My first, an ovation had 1100 hours when I got it and I put 350 hours on it, the buyer has put an additional 900 on it since buying from me and he is still on the factory cylinders and engine. They manage their engines the same way I shared I did, (Mike buschs method LOP) and none of them have had issues either. It’s a small sample for sure but… My point is that there are a lot of factors that go into this judgment that are relevant, albeit difficult to quantify.

Welcome! The experience here is deep and vast. The discourse can get cheeky from time to time, but usually it’s unintentional or just a curmudgeon. Welcome to the Mooney family.

That isn't really relevant to my comment. People that don't buy damage history airplanes, don't care about the time or the number of owners. They just move on. That being said, the value has already taken the lick so now its just down to the time it takes to move, and with less prospects willing to consider, it would stand to reason it will take longer. A friend of mine in real estate told me a clever analogy that is true for anything you are selling. You have two levers, time or money. Pulling one directly affects the other. Want it to sell faster pull the price down. Want it to take longer be prepared to wait.... I don't personally think damage history is always a huge problem on a plane, and yes the older a plane gets the more likely it will have some, but if some of the buyers out there avoid it because its a mental hurdle they refuse to accept, it is no less real.

The price ding for damage history is real, but as described, if you get the discount when you purchase, you give it when you sell it so it’s a wash. The harder to quantify challenge with damage history, is that if there are say 10 given people at any time looking for “your plane”. Half, if not more, will rule it out of potential planes to buy immediately. Which obviously severely limits your market. The psychology of the purchase discrimination Is very real, so they are harder to sell. The first guy buying the plane after the damage has the benefit of the first hand account of events. The second guy is here say, and so on… But there is always a buyer out there, so you just wait.

Absolutely noticeable difference with fine wires. easier hot starts, smoother lop, and smoother running. I have run massive on an acclaim, they work but as soon as I could replace them with FW, I did so.

I wrote this very early in in this thread but deleted it without posting because as I read it, it gave me pause… “The one thing AI lacks, and will always lack is judgement. AI will only be able to access data. Not just data, but data that a human has conveyed at some point, through their judgement, and judgement is very difficult, if not impossible to impart, because it isn’t finite. its cumulative and a function of conscious and unconscious experience, processed without awareness, manifesting in action.” I deleted it because I couldn’t, and still can’t say with certainty that absence of judgement is a good thing or a bad thing…. Because it is both. Maybe I’m an old, stubborn anachronism, maybe I am scared, I don’t want computers replacing human judgement, I prefer to take my chances. Makes me think of the Rush song “Red Barchetta”. Seems pretty prescient these days.

There are procedural things that have to happen in order for this to go smoothly. I have done it in several planes. Paul Maxwell at Maxwell’s knows how to do it for sure, the avionics guy at premier knows his stuff but is a cranky sob, and they are the most crooked and predatory shop I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with. I know if there is a 345 transponder, all updates have to be loaded to the transponder first using the usb dongle, it should not be done through the g1000. the issue of the storm scope and other feature not working is 100% just lack of attention to detail by the shop doing the install. I have learned the hard way you have to test all of those feature on the ground before leaving. the upside is most of them will not require reinstall. Garmin is probably part of the problem, but again, I lay most of this on the FAA for making innovation prohibitively expensive. good luck!