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Exaclty... A G1000 with WAAS is still the top of the line. Nxi is just a faster chip. I added ADSB out that's all. I don't need anything else.

I use FlyQ since I find it easier to use. I also got a lifetime subscription and the deal was too hard to pass. It does have all the core feature of FF and Garmin Pilot at least the ones that I would use the most. Seattle Avionics | FlyQ EFB

Really? I own one and I find it both modern and serviceable.

Auch... Sorry to hear. It may be a faulty switch then.

Yes simply remove and reinstall the bulb. Took care of this issue for me. Timer worked like a charm after that.

One other Mooneyspace tradition seems to be forgetting who asked the question and what question was asked. In this case the question was asked by a fairly new pilot and it was: "... I would like to fly around Europe, all year round once my certification and experience permits it." The answer to a student pilot transitioning from a Cherokee is yes you may be able to fly all around Europe with O2 and with no TKS and with no turbo for most of the year. No fairly new pilot should fly voluntarily or find himself involuntarily in icing conditions. Period. FIKI or no FIKI. Again here in Seattle and personally I wouldn't fly a TKS equipped light aircraft in our thick, persistent, serious and broad icing conditions. I am not talking summer flying or thunderstorms. I am talking the kind of icing we get here this time of the year and for at least 3 to 5 months per year. Just go check icing in November in PNW and you will get why "TKS is close to irrelevant" here in these conditions. Regardless. His question was about purchasing his aircraft and transitioning from a PA 28. I am sure TKS Mooney are close to magic in heavy icing encounters but for a new pilot in the UK paying well over $75k STC install to get some marginal additional value (maybe - since for a couple of years there is no way for him to truly use TKS to increase number of real flyable missions) combined with the certainty of the additional cost, maintenance, and a 100lb loss of weight doesn't make sense IMHO. Similar trade off's for the turbo. My 2c.

I would think that you could fly an Ovation 3 pretty much to and from anywhere in Europe actually. I have no prob with climbing performance (310HP STC) to well over 14,000 in the Ovation. Beyond that level of course climb performance suffers a bit. It really depends if from UK you want to fly to Italy a lot you don't have to necessarily fly over Mont Blanc so not a real problem. I used to live in Italy and fly gliders over the Alps btw. But that's another story for another day

No AC in Seattle is an easy decision... And read my comment again... I am not saying that TKS is useless. But rather that it can give people a false sense of safety. I actually come from a Cirrus SR22 G3 Turbo and TKS equipped (not FIKI) and in the PNW I saw what it can and cannot do. Go read how these systems (even FIKI) are tested and certified. People here tend to over-rely on them in my opinion. And even a FIKI system cannot allow you to fly through a SERIOUS SLD ICING encounter on large frontal areas like we get here for a few months per year. So in that case having or not having TKS becomes close to irrelevant. You should have diverted or you still need to fly around weather or you should have stayed on the ground regardless. On top of that no TKS means that I can load more fuel to fly around weather so not sure it is worth the cost and the weight here.

Ovation 3 - G1000 and GFC700 with built in O2 and no TKS no AC to max payload. I do not fly when there is a risk of icing here in the PNW. Even FIKI airplanes have a hard time with icing here and SLD's. make icing technology close to irrelevant. Amazing travel machine for the price. Nothing compares in the used aircraft market in terms of value in in my opinion.

CONGRATS beautiful paint job indeed. I have seen people able to remove those tabs with proper rigging.

Here is what a Mooney J model vent looks like btw. I couldn't find a picture of an M20R vent.

I am considering installing these on my Ovation 3 any additional test/feedback? @ilovecornfields what model Mooney have you installed the VG's on? If you decide to remove them will they damage the paint?

Thanks Carusoam I will email Bob... Wow his post is from 2013 interesting that there is no easier way to do this yet! I assume that people don't use G1000 for checklists that often then.

Ovation 3 owners: Does anyone have a checklist M20R .ace file that I can edit using the Garmin app? Or do you know how to convert mine? I built my own PDF checklist (based on POH and others here) but I would love to convert to .ace and also upload to G1000. Checklist attached. Your feedback appreciated of course. Thanks! DV Mooney OVATION 3 Checklist 2021_V3.pdf

Here is a good one that I converted to PDF format. Mooney_Logo.pdf