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No Idea if it will transfer to GA side but airlines (At least mine) has gotten approval for 60 or 90 day extensions on required training and medicals (including special issuance). Doesn't reset the dates it just gives a longer grace period. Brian

I did not run the heat for the whole flight. I was distracted dealing with a gear issue and finally realized/became aware of it as I entered the pattern. It could have been going off for a couple minutes before I realized it. Pretty sure it was not before then as I was looking down at the gear indicator window where the detector was located. I did notice that the heat wasn't that hot and figured that the hose might have slipped off. Brian

Another good ending because of a CO detector. Recently I was doing a return-to-service flight after an extensive annual with exhaust work. I have had this Forensics CO detector since 2018. Always is between 0 and 7 ppm while flying. While descending to land I look down and see it in alarm with 247 ppm. Landing and taxi went fine. Turns out the shroud for the cabin heat had slipped down the exhaust and was ingesting raw air in cowling. Some new hardware to secure and now back to 0 ppm. Brian

As the past couple of people have said, start by pulling a few circuit breakers. One at a time. Or conversely pull the Radio Blower, Defrost Blower, Turn Coord, and Auto Pilot C/Bs and then add each one back in individually to see what is making the extra noise. Those C/Bs are the common ones that start with power on. Brian

I had a similar problem with my trim and KAP 150 autopilot. It ended up being the trim switch itself. I consulted with Bob at http://www.webairconsulting.com over the phone and walked through the troubleshooting to confirm it before I started replacing parts. Well worth the small fee I paid. Brian Slight fib on my part. It was the red DISC switch (button) that failed. Not the trim switch.

I just called and they answered the phone. I renewed with them and it only took about 5 minutes. They informed me (I didn’t know this) the new website address is www.mooneypilots.org. It’s up but not complete yet. Brian

CDW, MMU (Morristown), HPN (white plains), are the most common airports on the West side of NYC to go to for GA. The Long Island airports FRG and ISP are similar but slightly more inconvenient unless coming from the northeast of NYC. (Most likely have to go around the class B). No one airport is significantly better than the others when you factor in cost, time to city, and ease of getting in or out..so pick one ( which you already have) and enjoy. Happy New Year. Brian

Had a similar issue with a KAP 150. For a small fee and less than an hour on the phone was able to diagnose exactly what was wrong. Well worth it to me. Brian

Concur. I did the same thing in my J with the overhead light by the cabin door. Hit it with my head reaching for something in the back. Came back to a dead battery. Light is so anemic you can't see it in the daytime. Brian

It is just technique, but the angle is very slight. Just don't shoot the fuel directly onto the sight gauge float. Or any float for that matter. It will be self-correcting when the fuel starts splashing back out of the fill. You can see into the fill quite a bit so it is easy to find a point where the fuel stream is not hitting anything sensitive. Brian

I concur. I don't remember if it was here or during my checkout, it was suggested to me to angle the nozzle towards the outboard portion of the wing. Mainly to protect the sight gauge float from damage. Brian

Correct. If it is a rate-based autopilot then the Turn Coordinator needs to stay. Brian

I had a similar problem with my JPI 700 on Not being able to download data. Get the serial number of it and give JPI tech support a call. One they can tell if it has ever been in for service or what the latest update was done to it. Second, they can walk you through a menu process to turn on the data monitoring, which might work. If not they can give you a RMA and price to send in and upgrade. Mine was around $350 which gave the latest software and a USB cable installed. Well worth it. I did have to send it in since it was an older unit and had never been upgraded. Brian

I agree. I have TKS on my J and I am 5-7 knots less at lower altitudes than what other non-TKS Js are stating they get. I might have other drag inducing items but the TKS is a big one. Brian

Which autopilot do you have and what is it driven by? If it is King then you will need the AI to drive it. That might limit your ability to remove the system. Brian

Good luck. Flying twins are a blast. I think you hit the biggest negatives of the change which is a huge increase in cost. Also the much smaller increase in speed versus the larger increase in cost is something to consider. If that doesn't bother you then have at it. I reference sentence two in this post. "Flying a twin is a blast." Brian

In the POH there is a warning about pulling too many times on the Emer Gear handle as it will bind up the actuator and cause it to remain engaged. I don't believe there is any electrical component or physical lock involved with the system. I'd start there. Just be sure it's safely jacked up and attempt to manually move the arm into the actuator to see if it is bound up. Brian

I am in a similar situation. I am reading the FAA website and it says this about eligible equipment: "Eligible equipment: ADS-B Out avionics that have received an ADS-B Technical Standard Order authorization and meet ADS-B Out rule requirements (software upgrades of existing equipment are not eligible). Rebates are not available for aircraft already equipped or for which the FAA has paid or committed to upgrade." So we might be out of luck on this. I would be happy to have someone prove me wrong. Editing this as someone nicely proved me wrong. So disregard above statement. Brian

Sorry. I edited it above too. Crystal Avionics - New Braunfels, TX

In Feb 2018 I had installed (2) G5 units, GAD 29B, and GMU 11. Around $9K. All four boxes, Basic installation, no flush mount is in that price. It is fully coupled to the Garmin 530W and KAP 150 Autopilot. I kept the KI 256 attitude indicator as a backup (actually its primary). Crystal Avionics - New Braunfels, TX. Brian

I believe on one of the performance pages there is a line where it says "verify TIT accuracy each flight" That may be what is being alluded to. Brian

Thank you for this topic. I also have been looking into this for temp issues during the climb. So 16.9 FF at sea level and 2700 RPM. M20J. Brian

I have a McMurdo FastFind 210. (220 is latest version) I'm pleased with it for the size and ease of use. Owned it since 2011 and have replaced the battery one time for $120. Today I would get the ACR ResQ Link (suggested above, multiple models) because I like the antenna style better. But any of the units will be okay especially if you have it with you in time of need. Again as suggested above, I would keep it towards the simple side. Just GPS activation/location and maybe a strobe light with it. Brian

https://www.aopa.org/advocacy/advocacy-briefs/air-traffic-services-brief-use-of-gps-in-lieu-of-dme-adf For me, in the area I fly (New England and East Coast of USA) it really isn't a concern. Here is the first article I pulled up on using GPS to replace DME. In most cases the GPS can be used in lieu of it. I'd have it out mainly for aesthetic reasons. (I wish I pulled mine already.) I know that for my operations I can use the GPS in lieu of the DME for the approaches I fly. If there were a situation where I could not, then on that day that XXX/DME approach just wouldn't be flown. I never HAVE to get anywhere while flying GA. I had a alternator fail in flight last year and I shut off the DME to shed the load on the battery. I haven't turned it on since. (25+ hours since that event). Sounds like you have the right idea about it. Good luck.

This is not too important but if that is a DME unit on the lower right I'd find out the cost to remove that also. With the Avidyne unit and the way GA is going you will probably never use that unit again. Unless you have an XXX/DME approach that will be routinely flown. It may not be valuable space but it looks better without all those extra unused pieces in the airplane. I wish I had taken mine out when I upgraded my panel last year. Brian