RescueMunchkin

I use skyvector which isn't always accurate for prices, but is a decent gauge for relative prices among airports in an area. It does show KSQL and KPAO with 100LL, with KPAO being a lot cheaper right now.

The medical cert that @1980Mooney posted a screen shot of shows it was a special issuance from what I googled about the limitation. I had never seen one like that before.

This is very sad given the pilot performed a lot of charity work using his plane. I just looked at his FB posts in the Mooney Pilots group. He posted on Oct 10 this year a set of pictures showing his new plane. On October 11, he posted asking for recommendations for a CFI for Mooney transition training. He never followed up in that post about whether he found anyone or did any transition training. Looks like at least a recent plane of his was a Grumman AA-5

My last flight at 12k MSL, -8C, my F did 115 KIAS (135 KTAS) at my cruise setting of 2400 rpm and WOT, leaned to 9 gph. I don't have the J windshield but almost all other speed mods.

Again this comes back to my original question about variations in the alarm sound level. My alarm is so loud that I can not imagine anyone being able to gear up the plane. I guess next time I fly I can try to make a recording while at low prop rpm.

Those are pretty sad. But I find my gear warning to be much more obnoxious than both of those. The cessna's warning seems like it's too pleasant. That's why my initial question was whether different model mooneys had different alarms. I don't remember the G I trained in being as awful as the alarm in my plane.

I think my point is that I don't understand how gear ups can happen with the alarm blaring that loudly. I have to pull my power much lower than 16" MP to get my plane slowed down enough for the 94mph gear extension speed and stay at TPA - I don't have a switch adjustment issue.

Is there a significant difference in the volume of the gear up alarm between planes and model years? I find it so annoying that I sometimes put the gear down early coming into the pattern just to stop the noise.

Thanks for this! Im going to change mine soon and correct my post.

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I believe it can be shut off when connected to power, but if it's powered off then power applied, it will turn on. I see nothing wrong with that behavior as mine is connected to my audio panel's usb port. I don't ever calibrate mine, but I also don't rely on its pitch marking indications.

I have mine mounted in a similar spot off the windshield center pillar and happen to have a USB out from my PS PMA audio panel that powers it. That said, the battery on it lasts a VERY long time when fully charaged - I haven't tested its endurance, but I would assume it's longer than 4 hours.

It's the fact that you stated the dynon displays airspeed....which it does not.

I was like you, looking for a J bar F with good upgrades. Ended up getting an F with electric gear. Still wish I had the J Bar but the electric gear works nicely, extending and retracting in about 1 second. My concern is the gears wearing out, and I don't know if the emergency gear extension mechanism will still function if that's the issue preventing extension.

The D3 displays gps ground speed, not airspeed, so please do not rely on it to calibrate your airspeed indicator.