503Guy

1979 M20K 231 FS here. Located in Boise ID area. PM me for email.

mission success!

There is going to be a fly-in at Mountain Home Muni (U76) in Idaho this Saturday, 5/13, 8a-noon. First annual. If you’re in the PNW and have nothing to do Sat, come on by!! Non Mooney-specific. Sorry for the late notice! -T

@oregon87 my mistake, I did not know you were affiliated with EI. but yes, I am planning on attending the AirVenture show!! First time so I am amped.

saw that one, but I think I'll wait for the larger OSH discount!!

@Bryan G my dude! thank you for looking that up and for the pirep. i only found a 1500 rebate. 2k is definitely worth waiting.

Hey gang, Planning on getting a MVP-50P for the 231 soon. Has anyone bought avionics from Osh, and can you provide a rough % of savings? There are some rebates currently online, but I'm wondering how much bigger the OSH discounts would be... ~T

Update: bought a 231 and will forgo FIKI until I step into a multi. 231BV.

couldnt have said it better, totally concur. thanks @donkaye!!

I’d like to talk more about it. PMd.

beautiful bird.

f it. i’m getting a bravo lol.

Thanks all for your input. Jimmy has a J-MSE with the M20Turbos normalizer and TKS for 190, a 231 with intercooler/wastegate/great avionics but with 6600 total time for 150, and another 231 with 1250 SMOH with okay avionics for 130... Leaning towards the TKS, decisions decisions....

Can anyone comment on the performance of a turbonormalized M20J vs a 231? Research has lead me to a 231 with TKS, as the dream FIKI Encore is out of budget currently. Any thoughts?

Correct, can't depart into even a thin layer of icing without FIKI however.

Any idea if the 252 is FIKI? I'll reach out to Jimmy. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks all for your thoughts, and for the life lesson on what can happen when we aren't patient with our planes or the weather. In response, I do plan on a fair amount of mountain flying - cascades, cali mountains, rockies... My company HQ on the west coast is in Denver and my office is out of Portland. Understandable about getting up to 10-14K in the O, but reading thru this thread I believe Turbo+FIKI is what's going to be the ticket. With that being said, I think I need to focus on 252's or a Bravo as the Acclaim is out of my budget. Thanks again all for throwing your ideas in, now to be patient and wait for a FIKI Encore >:D

Howdy gang. Thinking of stepping out of my E and into something a little more robust that I can grow into. All my research is has landed me to 252/Bravo vs Ovation. Ovations seem to own east of The Rockies, but does anyone have experience flying J's/Ovations in the west mountains/PNW? I am worried that NA won't be able to provide a proper margin of safety over MEAs, whereas turbos can blast above weather/MEAs with ease. I feel like a FIKI Ovation still wouldn't cut it on the west due to the thick icing layers..

No longer just a poser on this forum! Couple pix from the trip attached - an old wooden hanger at Tonopah, mountains in Idaho, Tom and I on our way down in his Grumman AA5. Thanks all for your help.

no biggie man. sounds like he has a couple contracts in hand already, none of which are mine. no backdooring here bub!

@carusoam gave him a shout on FB. great looking executive! >:D

Wow, the MF site has alot of great stuff.. Feel ignorant never hearing about it. Definitely subscribing.

Lol.. Sorry guys, I was directed to FB first and that was no help at all. Thanks for the link. @ZuluZulu@carusoam

Hey gang, I am looking for some Mooney transition training/complex endorsement from someone in the PNW area. Anyone know someone who I could get in contact with? Please let me know! Thanks -t

@carusoam the Acclaim may be slightly above the budget, lol!