Slick Nick

Yes, the certified Garmin products do lock up, and it happens much more often than you think. Especially dangerous is when one of the “all in one” units craps out, you lose everything and the only way to recover it is a complete power down. In flight, if you’re in IMC, that’s a dangerous situation.

Until the fancy touch screen Garmin that controls absolutely everything freezes up in flight and you can't even do so much as change a radio frequency...

What is this wire even for? Some sort of radio altimeter?

Why not install it in the right wing? Much more room to work with.

When I originally saw this on Facebook the day after it happened, I replied to one of your comments there, but I’ll reiterate here: great job getting it down in one piece. I’ve spent many many hours over that neck of the woods and I know the terrain out there is less than friendly. You were fortunate to find that road where you did, not just for the hard surface to land on, but for the link to civilization. Landing safely is no good if you can’t avoid exposure. I understand the reluctance in wanting to fly it after that, I think once you have a good mechanic go over it with a fine tooth comb, it will be good to go as long as they’re sure that they’ve found the cause.

Yes. They just painted over top of the issue, albeit probably not intentionally. It was only noticeable once the paint (which had nothing to adhere to) started flaking off.

It depends what's causing the issue. If it's an air leak, what's to say it doesn't suddenly get worse on your 30 mile flight and cook the cylinder? If there's a way for you to "limp" it there at a reduced power setting that may be advantageous.

Shot you a reply @Old Chub with my contact information in it.

Why do you care so much? Just move along and read another thread.

Speak for yourself. For how badly that shop hacked up the guy’s panel, he’s earned the right to vent as much as he wants to.

The fact that they couldn’t even be bothered to pick up the phone and call you makes me wonder what else they may have taken liberties with.

Disagree with this. If the throttle was originally installed before the panel was mounted, then a new one can be installed the same way. It may cost an extra 6 hours to remove / remount the panel, but that is exactly why you call the customer and ask what they would rather do. "This doesn't fit, we can either pull the panel to install it, which will cost you 6 hours, or we can do it in 1 hour by cutting a notch in the panel. Which would you prefer?" I would be absolutely furious if I saw my panel hacked up like that, and my panel isn't anywhere near as nice I assure you. The fact that they couldn't even be bothered to pick up the phone is troublesome. I have no skin in the game, I've never used this shop nor will I, being in another country. But lots of these anecdotes read as though the shop has grown "too big for it's britches" and the quality of work seems to be suffering.

Bought this on a whim last fall from Alan Fox on eBay. Not much use to me in a Canadian aircraft, as our ADS-B requirements are different and require 1090 diversity, so I’ve decided to go in a different direction. Brand new in box, opened only to take photos. For those not familiar with the GDL-82, it allows you to add ADS-B out to any mode C transponder equipped aircraft. It installs between your transponder and existing antenna, which allows for a seamless installation. Keep your panel intact, and minimize downtime. Includes: GDL-82 Unit GA-35 WAAS antenna Wiring harness Certificate of conformance Original invoice I paid $1800 USD for this unit, my loss is your gain. Will sell to a MooneySpace member for $1600 plus shipping. UNIT SOLD

Are they an improvement over stock? What I mean to say is, are they a different material that would be more forgiving to cracking / impact? Do you ship to Canada?

Well done mate!