DonMuncy

It is helpful, but I have only taken it when I was ill, so no idea how it would work for flying.

same for me

In my opinion, it is not opening the valve too quickly, but leaving it in the "bigger opening" position too long. If the valve "rattles' when filling, shut it down to where the rattling stops. That noise is the valve bouncing on the seat, which will wear it out way too soon.

Basic Med works fine until your insurance carrier decides your age makes you a danger to everything on earth and requires you to have a 3rd class medical every year.

I wonder how many MSers are like me about fuel measuring? I like to know that my dip stick and my gauges are accurate down to the gallon. However this is an academic exercise for me. If I am flight planning and get down to anything approaching 10 or 12 gallons, I am going to plan something different. If I am flying, it is even worse. I have had my plane for 22+ years, and have seen only one low fuel light on one tank come on. That, or course, doesn't count when I ran a tank dry intentionally, to make my fuel stick. Except for my crazy desire to know it is precise, I doubt if it would ever make a difference if all my measuring devices were off 10 gallons.

A friend of mine who was at one time a Mooney owner, but is now planeless, has a few things that someone on here may have use for. If any of these are of interest to you, send me a PM and I will put you in touch. He would probably make you a good deal on them. 1. A SPOT Gen3 tracker. This continuously reports your GPS position to a satellite network. You can also send an emergency SOS signal, which is sent to the GEOS Rescue Coordination Center. It's much more accurate than most ELTs. It requires an annual subscription. 2. A Dual XGPS150A external GPS receiver. It connects by Bluetooth to an iPod, iPhone, or iPad. I found it useful in the Mooney where the cockpit sometimes blocked the built-in GPS receiver in my iPad. I just put it on the glare shield and never lost the signal. 3. A Flight Gear Quick Charge 3.0 backup battery and charger from Sporty's. You charge it up before a flight, and if the battery on any piece of portable equipment like an iPad gets low, you plug the equipment into this backup battery.

Glad they are working well. It appears you got one of the last sets I built before I started anodizing them black.

From my reading, it appears there are two lines of thinking on parachute equipped planes. Those who count every "red handle pull" as a life saved, and those who believe that a real pilot would never need or use one. I admit that I lean a little toward the latter, but recognize they have saved some lives. Wouldn't it be nice if someone could do a really comprehensive, non-biased evaluation of the incidents is which the parachutes were used. I know it would be difficult, but it seems one could separate them into "virtually certainly saved a life", "almost certainly were pulled without good reason" and "perhaps life saving". Or am I just day-dreaming?

The wire going from the inboard sensor to the outboard one is (supposed to be) insulated from the inboard sensor by an insulating washer on the inboard sensor. You might check to make sure that is the case. Better yet, use an ohmmeter from that wire to ground. If zero ohms, no insulation. If some low ohms, but not zero, it is acting right.