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  1. McMooney
    I'm having it done by my IA, unfortuantely ran out of aviation funds this annual so waiting towards the end of the year
  2. McMooney
    apple, get cellular, only way to get the built in gps. you don't have to enable the cell service. I tend to use my mini as the cell connection makes it ultra convenient. My Air has a gps connection but the lack of cell plan means it really just stays in the bag.
  3. McMooney
    if they offered xm with a music sub at close to the car price, i'd be in but it's too expensive for this weekend warriors plane. I tend to avoid situations where i would need either for realtime weather
  4. McMooney
    My ipads have cellular, so the combination of fis-b and cell coverage pretty much keeps me current. No need for xm.
  5. McMooney
    I have a GNS480 and md200 i'm interested in selling, haven't gotten around to ebaying it yet. think i'm looking to get about 6k for the pair, possibly throw in the gdl393d
  6. McMooney
    I use the mini, mounted to the center bar, i keep an air in my bag as backup or really long trips to watch movies
  7. McMooney
    I don't know about the continental diesel but the austro isn't overly complex. yes you have a turbo but you also have no ignition system, no plugs, wires, distributor etc... there will be tradeoffs no matter what we do but i'd accept a higher hp engine burning 75% of the fuel for a 150ish lb diff. also given more hp, thinking they could increase ul a bit to offset some.
  8. McMooney
    wow, that's a damn shame, i should've downloaded them yesterday. anyone havve the drawings
  9. McMooney
    what is PPP
  10. McMooney
    if i'm remembering correctly, it may even be simpler then that, just don't go full throttle at sea level at 110 degs and you should be ok
  11. McMooney
    I want there to be more than disorientation, these are professional pilots, this is literally the thing they get paid to do. between having a capable crew and aircraft, there has to be more to this story. the way that thing dropped i'd believe some sort of failure
  12. McMooney
    I"m a gp user with a good deal of ff time, I think they feel about the same. originally I stuck with gp due to some equip only working with it but now, it just feels right. I tend to run on a mix of android/apple so there is that plus. If you have an issue and contact support, there is a really good chance they will ping you right back, really surprised me the time or two i've reported something
  13. McMooney
    what happened with this, i could really use a few.
  14. McMooney
    need a replacement brittain servo or new boot. looking online there are a number of servo's offered but they all have different part numbers and i'm not sure which is for Birdy. anyone know the part number, have a good servo or replacment boot ?
  15. McMooney
    having 105 gallons, why not fly asia->europe->usa, no ferry tanks needed. hmm, maps, says that would probably be a few 1000 miles longer. honestly, have fun, i'd really love to do a trip like that
  16. McMooney
    all my cars manuals read something to the affect of change the oil when the light comes on, atleast once per year. camaro, jeep and jaguar, actually the jag says every 12000 miles or something like that. my experience, modern automobile engines are fine at 100k, it's everything else that's starting to wear. suspensions, brakes, etc, interior finishes. Except for oil changes and tire rotations, i haven't had to have a car serviced in the last 20 years. actually that's a lie, lost the ignition coils on an older camaro at something like 125000 miles.
  17. McMooney
    My recommendation, find someone close to you to maintain your bird. yes there are gotchas but really these old birds aren't that difficult to maintain.
  18. McMooney
    close to 2000 on birdy, might have to give her an autopilot for her birthday
  19. McMooney
    Garmin recommended the pack, it wasn't until i got in the plane that I realized safe taxi on the navigator is useless. I already have safe taxi and most everything else gps related on my tablet and phone.
  20. McMooney
    If i had the money i'd take a shot at converting one of the new turbo diesels for experimental use. chevy lz0 inline 6, bit heavy but power band is exactly at current engine / prop numbers, no psru necc. well you'd probably need some sort of unit to handle prop alignement and maybe heavy bearings to take prop loads.
  21. McMooney
    there should be a class on database subscriptions. I recently paid $$ for a sub to find out the recommended safe taxi and something else add on are completely useless on a gnc355
  22. McMooney
    nitrous injector would be nice also, little bit of help when i take my flatland plane out to mountain territory
  23. McMooney
    hmm, looking at the video think they could make it simpler, no need for a computer just calibrated temp / pressure switch should work. be nice if i could just cheap vodka for the fluid, instead of messing with methanol
  24. McMooney
    on the hottest days 110 degs my engine doesn't go above 380, so if i could limit myself to say 2700rpm 25/26 inches approx 170-180hp which is about what a m20c makes, yeah i'd be fine. i take off in 1500ft instead of 1000, i can make that trade if i don't have other options. once i get above a few thousand feet it becomes a non issue anyway. I have no problem with adi, as long as it doesn't cost me a fortune to install and i'm not using gallons of fluid every flight. If it's as miserly as the def usage in my diesel, heck yeah.
  25. McMooney
    I was sooo scared to click, but i did 8)
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