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Bob bramble is excellent. Another source - if he is still around - is Tim Brouwer at mayday avionics. tbrouwer@maydayavionics.com. He repaired a similar unit for me on my previous Mooney. Lee

Me too. And keep it lubed.lee

^This^. I scanned my wiring diagram and I am slowly updating the electrical diagrams and leaving the avionics to another schematic. Things like, instrument cluster, fuel flow, clock, standby vacuum, strobe power supplies, etc are being erased. Only Power and ground for avionics are shown on this diagram. Lee

I live under the ATL class B airspace. I rarely get cleared thru IFR. Sometimes when I cancel IFR, they clear me thru. My house/runway is 25 miles due west of ATL. Lee

Attached is a simplified diagram I drew several years ago when troubleshooting my gauges. Lee

Yeah, I found flytheweather.com and is okay. Not as easy to use as noaa though. shutting down a valuable service so as to not offend anyone is stupid. lee

I was looking for a skew t diagram for a flight yesterday and couldn’t reach http://rucsoundings.noaa.gov/. Is NOAA no longer publishing these charts? lee

I’m contemplating removing my annunciator panel and replacing the needed indicators with MS25041 lights. Any recommendations or ‘gotacha’s’ are appreciated. Lee

Should this be in the vendor forum? The OP started with an ad. Lee

In my Citabria, I just mounted it directly to a wing rib. It is on the next to last outer most rib on the left wing. Works great. Lee

I have a similar situation, I live in NW Georgia and have place in Atlantic Beach Fl, which is about a 6.5 hour drive. We make the 260nm trip in the Mooney (m20J) in about 1:45. We fly this trip about every 6 weeks. When the Mooney is home, my son uses it for business trips. It’s a great two person airplane. In my opinion, it’s not comfortable with all seats occupied. However, my son routinely takes his family of four (2 teenagers) in the Mooney. lee

Actually the magnetometer is certified. I have one for my AV30C’s in the citabria. It still has to be reset occasionally, but it’s not unusual for the DG to go several days without needing to reset to the compass. The Av30 is a great device, and can be a good transitional unit. If you are not comfortable with it as your primary DG, you can always repurpose it as a backup AI. Lee

Yes, I believe he said it’s in the experimental category. Lee

I’ve always thought that a type rating was only required for airplanes over 12,500 lbs and jets. I hadn’t thought of 61.31(3) until my son said he had to get a type rating to fly a Pilatus PC-9, which has a 950 hp turbine engine. I asked several neighbors (airline pilots) and they all said a type rating is only required as per 61.31(1) and (2). They had never paid attention to (3) either. I learn something new everyday - and forget most of it! lee

When is a type rating required? Think carefully before you answer. lee