Peter Rejto

Hello Browncbr1, Thanks so much for the information! Just to clarify, are you saying that Aviation out from the GTN will not work even if Aviation In is selected on the aera? or are you saying that if Aviation Out is set on the GTN then selecting mapMX on the aera will not work (which I have confirmed to be true). At the moment I have the wire from the GTN connected to the purple serial #2. I don't believe I am required to connect the orange TX2, correct? The aera indicates connected. I will try configuring the GTN to output mapMX. Thanks! Aera Wiring.pdf

Hi Don, Sure I can do that, but I really prefer the actual manual. The aera actually has the user manual in pdf form on the device, but navigating to a particular page seems quite difficult. Anyway... I did my best with the bare wire kit. The GDL works fine on serial port 1. I selected "aviation in" on serial port 2 and it shows connected to my GTN... However, no flight plan is displayed on the aera 760 and I get a message "Route Memory Full." I have no clue what to do about this. The unit is brand new and has no stored plans or routes. The GPS is working and shows correct position and waypoints. I tried mapMX but it will not connect to the GTN. Either a setting is wrong in the GTN for this format or the pin out is incorrect on the GTN (or both). Anyone know what I need to do? Thanks!

I have a GTN650 and GDL-39 that previously were hard wired to a GPS695. The 695 stopped showing approaches reliably so I've decided to replace it with the aera 760. The instructions for the bare wire installation are not completely clear. 1. With the GPS695 I used "Aviation In" from my GTN (and 300XL). The aera recommends mapMX. Will I be able to use the same connection from the GTN that I previously used? Do I need to reconfigure the GTN to send mapMX data? 2. The GPS695 used a pass through feature where data from the GTN first went to the GDL and then to the 695. I'm pretty sure this doesn't work on the aera. I believe I should use serial 1 for the GDL and serial 2 for the mapMX. Is that correct? Thanks in advance! By the way, while I'm here I think the documentation that comes with the aera 760 leaves a lot to be desired. There is no printed user manual, only a 200+ page pdf. How are you supposed to use that in flight? Also my GPSmap695 had a nice press on cover that was great when leaving the unit in the plane. The aera has nothing similar that I'm aware of. Peter N201CM Australia

I found a pretty nice (used) leather 3 ring (1.5") binder on ebay and had it shipped to Tucson where I will be at the end of February. Thanks all for the very helpful comments! Peter

Thank you all for your responses and ideas. I will look for something when I'm next in the USA. Getting anything to fit in Australia is quite hopeless (as are shipping rates from the USA). Peter

Is there a good way to replace the original POH Binder? My '78 J manual is in terrible shape having split front and back covers. And, the content is now larger than the original binder can hold. I probably could just buy a replacement binder at an office supply store but it won't have the look or feel of the original. I'm sure this must come up now and again. Thanks, Peter N201CM Start new topic rom

Thanks Andy and Marauder. I will fetch the GDL from the plane and report back. Peter

Yesterday I took my '78 J to an Avionics shop in Sydney, Australia with an intermittent encoder to my GTN650. On the flight to the shop my GDL-39/Garmin 695 showed traffic as it has for a few years. After 6 hours labor to replace a faulty CB and ca AU$900 poorer I flew home with the GDL not functioning at all. Not happy! The "pass through" function works as I can still display flight plans from the GTN650 on the 695. This leads me to believe that the data pin is working fine, and the 695 software indicates "connected" to the GDL-39. Traffic data is enabled on the 695. I pulled all the wiring behind the panel and all the original and formerly working connections appear intact. In a failed attempt to determine if the fault is in the GDL or the 695 I downloaded Garmin Pilot Android and even though I can connect my phone via bluetooth to the GDL-39 I cannot find a way to connect from Garmin Pilot to the GDL-39. It "sees" the GDL-39 and offers a connect option that fails after about 20 seconds with a message to 'check bluetooth settings." But, as already mentioned I am paired with the GDL-39. Very frustrating to say the least. I suppose the unit may have failed. I can think of no reason for such convergence of bad luck. Any ideas greatly appreciated! Peter N201CM EDIT: One thing I didn't try was to disconnect the wired connection to the 695 before trying to connect via bluetooth. Although the phone paired OK (with the 695 connected) would this prevent Garmin Pilot from connecting?

For the M20 J the "Magic Number" is 47. To get the number you take the RPM and drop two zeros and add the manifold pressure. Thus, 23 " MP + 24(00) rpm = 47 which is approx. 65% power. So is 24" MP + 23(00) rpm, etc, etc. Peter

Hi Mike, Thanks for the kind introduction! Just one not so minor correction to keep me out of trouble! My telescope equipment is not at the Sydney Observatory.....nothing wrong with Sydney except for horrible light pollution! I'm located at a very dark site just outside of Canberra in Yass. When I first moved to Australia I was really overwhelmed by the hospitality of the great Mooney organization here, AMPA which is full of remarkable people from all walks of life. They are dedicated and serious flyers who take their aircraft into remote strips the likes of which I believe most aviators wouldn't consider...just common practice over here and routine. Peter

Hello All, I'm new to the forum which is kind of silly since I've owned my J since 1987 and brought it to Australia in 2005 where I now live in Sydney. I had the great pleasure to meet and host Mike and Alice for part of their visit down under. It was terrific to have Mike at our Mooney safety program in Bathurst, NSW! I know many of us hope he will return soon. I'd like to make a sort of reverse offer to any experienced Mooney pilots that might want to come over to Australia and fly a nice J still on the N registry. It's fully ADS-B compliant with a low time Firewall Forward engine. The nice thing about having it N registered is that anyone with FAA ticket can fly here without any license conversion. My insurance is OK with an arrangement as long as certain min flight experience is met. Anyway, just thought I'd throw this out to keep in mind if you make the long trip over. Peter PS Photo from trip last Sunday to Mitta Mitta (near the Snowy Hydro project in the "Australian" Alps.