alun

that is one sweeeeeeeeeet upgrade.

thanks guys. that's most kind! its great looking out the window at the weather we're getting at the moment and knowing that i'm still legal and good to go! definately worth doing.

Success!!!! Woo hoo..... now to find some airways...!

Allow me to clarifty.... the dogs knackers - ie. the. Dog's bollocks Meaning Excellent - the absolute apex. In other contexts the word bollocks (meaning testicles) has a negative connotation. For example: - 'that's bollocks' -> 'that's rubbish' - 'give him a bollocking' -> 'chastise him' - 'He dropped a bollock' -> 'he made a mistake' The reasons why the 'dog's bollocks' are considered to be the top of the tree aren't clear. It may be linked to an associated phrase - 'stand out like a dog's balls', i.e. 'outstanding', although I can find no evidence to indicate that phrase as being earlier than the 'dog's bollocks'. Dogs do enjoy licking their genitals of course but again, there's no evidence that links the coining of this phrase to that. It is most likely that this is just a nonsense phrase, coined because it sounds good. In that, it would join a long list of earlier nonsense phrases, e.g. 'the cat's pyjamas', 'the bee's knees' etc. Origin The word bollocks, meaning testicles has been part of the language since the 18th century, but didn't become used to mean nonsense until the early 20th century. The 'dog's bollocks' seems to have originated in Britain in the first half of the 20th century. Eric Partridge recorded it in Edition 3 of A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 1949: "Dog's ballocks, the typographical colon-dash (:-)." That printer's term, although graphic, didn't have any associations with excellence and probably isn't the source of term as we use it today. It is more likely that the origin lies in a late 20th century reviving of the post WWI period outbreak of exuberant coinages. Strangly I do also have an uncle called Bob.. and an Aunt Sarah. "Bobs your uncle" is indeed when things reach a satisfactory conclusion or as an alternative.... "Robert's your fathers brother"

Hi Alex, I saw your very nice green mooney parked next to mine yesterday. I was supposed to have been away on the 24th but fell sick (I knew I should have cancelled that Mexico trip!) and then was due to fly out yesterday but the last person to fly her left the battery master switch on...and it being a bank holiday weekend made everything much more complicated. Anyway I hope to be away later today so maybe I will bump into you then! Hope you had a great stay! Alun

Hi Axel, Its all fairly straightforward. Would have met you for a beer but i will be in Rouen from the 24th. Maybe next time!! Have a great trip - and don't forget to fill up! Alun

all sorted now thanks! put a edm930 in and all the old guages came out!

i have to agree. i have an aspen and its the dogs knackers.

i fly the 78 j and they will stick at half open no problem.

yeah its a time sapper that IR! i hope to do my flight test in about a fortnight. very very interesting and a much better flyer as a result. Good luck!!!

Hi Gilles, Do you know of a Pitts S2A for sale at your airfield? I was thinking of coming over and having a look at it. Al.

hi guys, i had an edm930 installed recently. now i have a problem with the left tank reading. it has been fine for about 2 months, now when i turn the engine on, i get a reading that is correct but it then drops away slowly over the next half an hour to zero. next time i turn i fly it starts of correctly again, then the slow fall off to empty. has anyone else ever had a guage that did this? i am wandering if it is a fault on the sender or the edm (i suspect its the edm as why would it read correctly at the beginning and then drop??). al.

i have a cover from bruce together with the wing covers. they are great and not nearly as much of a ball ache to get on and off as i was expecting!

good spot!!!

welll i spent a long time yesterday when we were orbiting and could find nothing about the gear trip switch popping if the manual leaver was not locked. will have another look today. thanks.

fire trucks, people lining the runway with craned next and videos out for the latest youtube vid. well that was my last landing, not 15 minutes ago. we took off from le touquet and at around 400ft tried to retract the gear. the circuit braker pops and we are stuck with gear down. so we fly around for an hour or so trying to get the gear up when we notice that the manual gear lock has come open. once replaced the circuit breaker stays in and it sounds like the gear is operating ok, but to try and get confirmation we do a low pass at the airfield and it looks ok. a circuit, very slow approach, gently onto one back wheel, then the other one, then holding the nose up as long as possible whilst the engine idles to a stop. nice feeling when the front stayed up and definately my nicest landing to date.... so having gone through all that my question is..... should the circuit breaker pop once the manual release is out? thanks, al.

hi craig, no the old fuel gauges are all out. it is a certified replacement for all the units on the old stack. there is a annciliary display that shows warnings and my shop inserted a strip behind the existing panel and it is in there. its quite good as the annciliary display gives a right in your view rpm and man pressure readout which is a great improvement on the old guages. i fly an n-reg aircraft so don't think it is a european thing! europe is much harded and more expensive to get anything certified so if anything would suspect it wouldn't be allowed here! al

any more reviews or experiences? i need to do mine desperately!

Just been trying to find a pic of my new panel. This is all I have at the moment.... New Aspen, 430W - Gps/nav/com, SL30 - Nav/Com, 328 - Mode S, EDM930 - engine monitor are the main additions. Al.

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i will get the rest of the plane painted blue - that way the leaks wont show!

i have some leather yoke covers and they are very nice for not much money. i will get the make when i fly tomorrow for you. probably a much cheaper option but a nice result - look and feel great. al.

i found this which seems to indicate that tie downs should be removed in flight: http://india.www.poweredbyu.com/mooney/images/pdfs/si-pdf/m20-114.pdf

ah well i have jack points!! probably just left them on....