McMooney

This thing is red-iculous, so bright and absolutely tiny, bet i gained a knot or two 20240413_144613.mp4

I am planning to upgrade my secondary radio, a KX170B, this year, but I’m having difficulty deciding on its replacement Garmin 215 -- second nav/com, 8.33 channels, cheaper install or Garmin 355, -- second gps, 8.33 channels, but expensive install wondering why my avionics upgrades are never align with new tech, watch e-loran come out next year

so actually held the thing today, it was way smaller than the pictures led me to believe, it's like half the size of a coffee mug. tiny. and talk about bright, my eyes still hurt

Unfortunately, it only took smashing the old one

i read someone here, removed the frame and installed just the switches and button

They did not, mine was done soon after SF first released, maybe not in the instructions at the time

fellow M20E owner here, My plan is to just put in the ElectroAire switch : Electroair EA-15000 Ignition Switch Panels - STC | Aircraft Spruce Installed the Surefly Electronic with variable timing ignition years ago, absolutely one of my best plane purchases. Only problems i've ever heard of was something about 28v systems and an out of range voltage drop on start;, not applicable to us M20E guys. yes it works with shower of sparks, heck, it'll start the plane without the shower of sparks.

I have one in each of the inlet ducts, they seem to be pretty accurate., match the thermometer in the windshield

on a normal runway just hold her off, patience is key, she'll land perfectly fine, the problem happens when we get anxious and start trying to force the issue. so using this technique, my girl normally lands and is off the runway without using brakes in like 1500ish. treat her like it's a Diamond da40 and Not a Cessna 172 and you'll be fine

really does sound like you guys make this more complicated than it needs to be, 70/80 ish until runway is made then just hold it off, landing will be short and sweet. higher than about 80ish you're gonna eat a lot of runway but still just hold it off. note if the plane really doesn't want to land, CHECK YOUR GEAR

Just my luck, while flying IFR from memphis to houston, the main selection knob/button in my GNS disassembled itself and fell out of the radio while in a solid cloud layer. it also seems to have caused the radio to reset as the comm was on a incorrect channel any way, at some point the comm channel changed, i couldn't hear atc. pink line kept working after 20 mins of silence i finally try to call atc, nothing, look down wrong frequency and no knob to change it back. no response on second radio. finally looked up center frequency for some airport i was flying over, get atc and IMMEDIATELY get a "call this number" sigh, cry, cry, cry. ended up landing in shreveport to wait for vfr weather

find a good cfi to do your transition training, you'll get the 10 hours. complex endorsement is like 1 flight, no biggie

I'd just have the paint shop annual the plane, if qualified, it's going to be down weeks for paint might as well kill 2 birds 1 stone.

Wow, just looked on controller, there are a LOT of mooneys for sale