McMooney

I'm planning on installing the garmin gi275 based eis, one primary instrument instead of 2 for the EI

GRRRRR, wish they just get on with it. Phase out the lead and just move the heck on

always keep birdy topped off, like worrying about gas when i get back rather than prior to flight

I get 256Gb apple and android, primarily due to my being lazy and not wanting to monitor what's downloaded. I just set the apps to download EVERYTHING, weather, maps, terrain, helicopter maps etc.... also, while flying is the primary usage, i now tend to keep a few games/movies just to pass time. If you can, get one with cell service, never know when you'll drop your phone off a plane at an airport and end up stuck. I've done this hehe

Try Garmin Pilot, for the approx same level Gp if i remember correctly is like 50$ cheaper. both will have everything you need for ifr flight. geo referenced plates and taxi are worth it

Welcome, JM. I'm envious, those new owner days were amazing 8). I'm up @KDWH, KLBX and KCLL are my favorite spots.

bit of backstory, the plane came with a stratus installed but as I didn't own any apple products I couldn't use foreflight; purchased a gdl393d and happily used gp on android for years. 2 years ago the accountant got me an IPAD mini for christmas. So as my GP sub is coming to it's end i decided to try foreflight. Side by side, Garmin Pilot seems a bit cleaner, i prefer it's maps. foreflight does have slightly better weather layers but GP is def not a slouch. also for me, GP displays all data from 1800wxbrief including your weather briefing. foreflights weather briefing is a bit more integrated. I say for me as that may be dependent on the provider you select in the setup. To be honest, I was actually disappointed in foreflight, mainly due to it not being head and shoulders better than GP. Now this may be a recent thing as Garmin seems to be updating Pilot at a furious pace. Mostly due to the cost, i'll be staying with GP. can't handle anymore boeing fees, they charged me 617$ this year for maps for my GNS480.

HMM, maybe co2 blasting ?

smh, what would u expect? an expensive piece of property serving the Rich few??????? there's money behind it, while they get you to blame "Liberals"

HEY HEY now, i wouldn't NEVER exaggerate my airspeed 8)

Trutrak has a finite window for me, once my hsi or ai breaks i'm going gfc500.

My 1974 E is the same way, fold down rear seats, 6pack, Electric Gear (gasp) and flaps. Now has gns480, pma8000g, surefly, stratus adsb-in/out. pretty nice. also with the seats in flying position there is def good room for backseaters, more room than my camaro by far. I may be mistaken but I think my seats travel further than earlier models, in my plane being 6ft ish, its impossible to even stretch and touch the rudders with the seats all the way back.

talk to yash@Lasar. planning on having him work on my plane once i can distract my CFO.

Unfortunately, found out my CFI friend @kdwh has left us for the airlines. 8)

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, only 24hrs AFTER i purchased my new zulus 8)

you're in luck, there is a mooney CFI actually on field, msg me your info i'll pass it along.

I feel, a properly working PC system is kinda like a cheat code, it just makes flying soooo easy. makes trivial approaches and ifr flying. once i upgrade to the trutrak( yeah i know ) or GFC 500, i feel i'm gonna miss it's firm handling. I'd just fly the plane at some point you'll almost forget the system is working in the background.

you can pop the button up a bit to disable the pc. I've just gotten used to flying with it on, it's become muscle memory to push/release the pc button at this point

just remembered. it comes with a rechargeable battery, a standard battery holder, a cigarette lighter adapter, a home charger, headset adapter and a few other doohickies. pretty much everything you could possibly need is in the box. Might want to buy a backup antennae, i seem to break them once a year or so.

seems to work as well as the nav radios for the localizer at KDWH but have to admit i haven't really played with it much. I'd rather have it than not in a pinch but honestly, things have gotten really bad if i'm at that point.

I believe it's a b5 or b6, so just have to find a dg coupler and i'm golden

already have accutrack, i want to switch from the magnetic deal to follow a dg

Hey Kevin, what need i do to get my system to follow heading instead of the magnetic doohicky

hmm, my camaro will get 30MPG , actually true, 36MPG when i'm really being miserly. love it to death, but would def trade it in for a 300 mile per charge version. haven't kept a car for 7 years yet, let alone the 10 years it'll take to kill the battery. Just the idea of only stopping at gas stations when i do road trips just gives me the warm and fuzzy. seriously, i bet i've been in a gas station atleast once for almost every week of my life, even before getting my license.