Max Clark

I use 70-75 KIAS as my final approach speed - it's easy to remember and easy to track in my scan. As soon as I'm over the threshold I'm removing power to idle, couldn't tell you what my actual touchdown speed is. The POH will tell you speeds for normal operation, but in the performance section you'll find the landing distance details. Weight effects everything, including the speed you should be landing at. Personally I'm not trying to calculate my landing weight on the fly and use the 70-75 target. I don't have enough hours/training to be the authority on this, but my guess is that part of what your experiencing is this.

Congrats!

That is such an important and easily overlooked point. It's made me think about my landing technique reading it.

Good reminder for me to test this with the CB next flight.

Looking for a digital copy of the Illustrated Parts Catalog aka MAN262 for the M20R. Is this available via the Mooney website or other download by chance? Thanks!

Just went through this on my install (GTN 750xi, GNC 215, GMA 35c) The coms are wired to the GMA "backwards" (com 2 to GTN, com 1 to GNC) and then in the configuration on the GTN inverted for the display. If the GTN fails the GMA failsafe connects the pilot to com 1. This is the normal installation.

Awesome - figured as much just haven't tried it yet.

Were you able to load the approach on the G3x or did you create your flightplan using waypoints and vnav? I'm not surprised to hear this, how different is GPS between the GTN and G3x?

I had an interesting discussion about this recently. I pointed out how the POH had Vbg at different weights (80 - 91.5 KIAS), and the emergency procedures specified 85 KIAS so wouldn't that be a better number to sear in my mind. Their point was caring more about stall speed vs angle of bank and making sure I was always at an airspeed above a stall. The more I've thought about it, the more happy I am for adding an AOA to the plane.

This whole paragraph is excellent

"Demonstrated Cross Wind is 13 Knots (This is not a limitation)" 55° angle @ 16-28 kts... 15-20 kts cross crosswind component is more than I want to take on if I can avoid it.

I was looking at a flight recently and the destination weather was "okay" but not great. Something that I know I could fly into, but just had the nagging feeling that it wasn't a good plan so I scrubbed. Made me realized that I haven't ever sat down and written out my personal minimums for an easier no-go decision. If you've done this before, I'm curious what are your personal minimums? Ceilings Wind Crosswind Visibility Turbulence Etc... Have you increased or decreased your minimums over time? What prompted you to make the change (more experience and comfort, or "that was a bad idea" hindsight)? What I'm really interested in is the ADM that lead you to your choices. I think this could probably be more valuable than the actual decision (there are absolutes of course like don't flight into a thunderstorm). Thanks! I've linked a couple of resources I've found online (and uploaded the PDFs for future reference). https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2022-01/Personal-Minimums.pdf https://www.faasafety.gov/files/gslac/courses/content/28/212/Personal Minimums Checklist.pdf Personal-Minimums.pdf Personal Minimums Checklist.pdf

I just installed a G3x so the update will probably be announced at sun n fun.

that's cool

Are you using a sentry or flight stream for the iPad data feed?