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Especially since they end up having to do more work in walking people through the arcane website.

Hate to see airplanes left to rot away. Local A&P just picked up an M20F that had the last annual done in 1997. Yes NINETEEN ninety seven. He got it for a few months hangar rent. It was hangared, so that is a plus. He will try to restore it to flying status and sell it, but will have to see if there is any corrosion that may turn it into a parts source.

I replaced mine due to wear and tear. I went to the site and did what it seemed to say to do, but no response. I called and left a message and after a bit, got a call back. FSDO person walked me through the process. IT IS NOT CLEAR. They even admit that. But the only way to get one now, is via the online process. If yours is missing, your aircraft is not airworthy until it is replaced. In my plane, there was a pouch on the panel at the back of the baggage compartment in the original interior for the AWC, Registration, and Radio Station License (no longer needed unless flying out of the US). AWC must be displayed in clear view of anyone boarding the aircraft (I think that is the wording). Next time you board an airliner, it will be above the FA control panel on the left of the forward boarding door.

I do the same in my M20K 252/Encore. Except max RPM is 2600 RPM. I wait to push in the prop control in the pattern until the RPM drops below my set point to avoid the noise. So if prop is set at 2300, when I see that it is less than 2300, pushing the prop control in does not change the prop pitch. Lower RPM in cruise is more fuel efficient as there is more time to extract power from ignition to exhaust valve opening.

Attend a Mooney Safety Foundation Pilot Proficiency Program. https://www.mooneysafety.com/proficiency-programs/

https://themooneyflyer.com/cfi.html Many of them will come to you for the checkout.

If there is not a setting for this, it would be a nice feature for Garmin to add at some point.

Or if they don't make them, he can look into having them made.

My JPI 830, when LOP, used 13.7 HP per GPH to give % power. ROP is a real crap shoot about how they figure that out.

If you increase the fuel flow from a given setting, you will be running less LOP or even move into ROP, so you also have to increase manifold pressure to keep the same amount of LOP. The point I was making about the BMP was that you do not spend enough time in the range of peak EGT to see the full effect, so the temps don't rise as much as if you did a slow lean to peak. How LOP you can go depends on your engine and fuel injectors and such. But once LOP, power is based on fuel flow. Nothing else. I can run 29.5 inches or 32 inches, both at 10.1 GPH and get the same speed. But the 32 inches is more LOP so low CHTs, but possibly higher EGT due to the slower burn rate.

OK, but what would stop Garmin from expanding the AML to allow it to replace a G1000 system? For many G1000 aircraft, I see that they do not want to compete with the Manufacturer, but in the case of orphan aircraft, where there is no path to upgrade, it would make sense for them to sell modern avionics for those aircraft.

If you do the Big Mixture Pull, the EGTs don't have to time to get to the same peak as if you did it slowly. When LOP started being talked about, they were advocating LOP climbs. And John Deakin was freaking people out be doing the BMP at full throttle, high RPM at about 1000 feet in the climb. And yes, if you want to make more power LOP you have to increase fuel flow. But with a turbo you can increase fuel flow and keep the same span LOP. With NA, if you are Wide Open Throttle, LOP, the only way to get more power is to get closer to peak or switch to ROP operation

But that is why the SureFly has a wire directly to the battery. I don't think it is a major issue either. I plan on having one installed next annual.

The problem is, some engines start running rough as soon as they go LOP, so you slightly richer can put them right in the red area. And your richen for taste for higher HP will surely put you in the red area. If you are below 65% power, not a big deal, but you need to be sure you are there.

Why can't you rip out the G1000 and install G3X/G5-TXi, GTNs, GTX, GFC-500, etc under THOSE STCs?