RoundTwo

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Don’t do it because it can’t be justified and will be just another piece of discarded kit in the hangar. It can’t be rationally justified to be an absolute necessity. On the other hand, anyone that ever flys with you will think it’s cool AF that they can take pictures and share them instantly and even make phone calls to rub it in to all of their FB friends that they’re flying in a Mooney.

Forget about embracing technology, first we need to get @cliffy to embrace electric gear and flaps.

If you had Starlink, you could have re-read the whole thread.

We’ve logged over 30 hours this month, thanks to our trip out to Washington, and right now I’m sitting at 30 GB used. Only one more trip planned for this billing cycle, so I’ll be abandoning some GB once again.

I think it would take someone watching movies to burn up 50GB. With our set up of BT audio muted when radios are receiving, no way you could watch a follow a movie with those interruptions, so 50GB goes a long way looking at internet pages and page scrolling.

It’s a rapidly evolving market of different plans as the GA use case catches on. It does appear to be settling out. However, the price point hasn’t changed much as it’s always been in the $50 to $65 range. Now, as soon as you cross over the beach, it does get pretty spendy. I’ll be taking mine to the islands in November and that will require the Global ($$) Priority plan at $265 for the remainder of that particular billing cycle.

Can someone point me to a model that has a two-sided combo switch for separate landing and taxi lights? Or even better, a part number? There are so many permutations in the IPC, I can’t sort it out with any certainty. Thanks!

Digging further into this, I found the following through my app. The Global Roam, I couldn’t find Local Roam as an option, states data is deprioritized behind Residential and Priority plans. I’m not sure what this would mean in the real world, but for $15, I’ll stick with my priority plans for now.

Thanks. Keeping up with their constant changes is a full time job.

RadarScope looks like a great app, and for $10/year, cheap too.

I think that’s the Standard. You want the Mini. I paid $500 direct from Starlink.

Midwest Panel Builders put this video up about 8/10/25 and provides a good overview of. Flying with Starlink - Midwest Panel Builders

Having fun here… Can I watch funny cat videos? Starlink - YES XM - NO. Can I FaceTime with my granddaughter at 10,000’? Starlink - YES XM - NO. Can I scroll Tik Tok videos? Starlink - YES XM - NO. Seriously, I think you’re asking about radar latency and it would come down to finding a low-latency website. According to what I have been able to find, radar.weather.com is touted as having real time radar data. However, funny cat videos are enough to seal the deal for me.

I didn’t have any plug in power available at first and used a Jackery 300 from Walmart and it was good for two 3 hr trips. I’ve since gotten a cigarette lighter socket installed and now use one of these. Starlink Mini Power Cable