KLudwick

Congrats! I'm also an Aerostar owner! Enjoy.

Hey guys, sorry for the delay. Just logged on for the first time in a bit. I unfortunately do not give dual in my own airplane and have recently moved away from the KC area. Need to update all of the Mooney instructor sites to reflect that. Thanks, @toto, for the tag. There's an E-model owner downtown that may be able to help, and I'm happy to connect you both if you DM me.

Indeed to all!

I have an STEC 60-2 that I am looking to sell. Servos, control head, AP computer, etc - all included. Feel free to send me an email at ludwickk1@gmail.com if you're interested!

I am 'seconding' the vote to reweigh the airplane! My E model has most 201 mods, and I see a useful load of 1,050. After reweighing the airplane before/after avionics in 2021, we gained a good bit of useful load but also rectified a couple prior issues with the empty weight of the airplane. I suspect you'll gain some weight back after you reweigh it, and I certainly don't see the useful load going down!

It's published in the newest Flying Magazine, which have started to hit mailboxes just this week.

Thank you! We've sure enjoyed it over the past six years!

Happy you enjoyed the article, and welcome to Mooneyspace! I own N6816V and had a blast doing the air-to-air and helping Jason with the article for Flying.

Hi Goalstop - my name is Kyle, a fellow M20E owner and Garmin employee. Can you possibly pass along the details directly to me please? Kyle.Ludwick@Garmin.com. We would like to help with this issue! Apologies in advance for the trouble you've gone through. Kyle

It is - it's since been fixed, as it was an electrical issue and not a gear issue.

I realize I'm a little late to this thread, but just recently upgraded my airplane. We waited four years to upgrade our panel and wish we would have done it sooner. Previously, I would shy away from IFR due to a lack of trust in my old vacuum pump and gyro instruments. Now, my wife and I fly more hours and more direct routes (due to us having confidence in going through weather we wouldn't have previously) and just simply get more use out of the airplane. You made a great point about lead times and install times, too - I'd personally try to secure a slot at an avionics shop in the distant future, and research what you really want to install during the earlier period of that wait time. At the end of the day, I think planning on making upgrades to the airplane earlier will get you more use out of it in the long run. We went dual GI 275, GTN 750Xi, GTX345, and GFC 500 (three servo) and couldn't be happier with our selection.

Unfortunately this is the only Mooney-specific forum Garmin is hosting, but there's a Bonanza-specific Garmin forum on Tuesday at 10am and the content is much the same. That'd be a good alternative, all things considered! Garmin.com/Oshkosh has the full schedule broken down by day.

Loved flying your airplane with you! Wouldn't forget it, or the non-WAAS guys.

Hi all! Garmin is hosting a Mooney-specific upgrade forum during Oshkosh on Saturday, July 30th at 10am in Garmin Seminar Tent 1. Learn more here: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/airventure2022/schedule/saturday/