Mooney65E

It's great having onboard weather. I still think its a good deal...when it works. Trouble is, between Garmin and XM, one of them is always letting us down. Hopefully someone else can give us an alternative technology in the future.

Just a reminder to all who may still hold a paper pilot certificate. They will expire and become useless after March 31st 2010.

My wife and I plan on flying our 65E to Oskosh for the tenth year in a row. We usually try to land at new (to us) airports and are always looking forward to seeing new sights and meeting new people along the way. I have family in Green Bay and always park at Austin Straubel (GRB) and have a vehicle to use and a place to stay there. We'd love to meet up with other Mooney pilots along the way and possibly get some exciting inflight photos to share with the group. Not sure if we'll make it to Sun N Fun this year.

Back in November I promised competion photos of a panel I machined for a fellow Mooney owner in Iowa under a thread titled "'66 Panel overlay???" I've posted the before , during and after photos to my gallery. After parting with his partner in the aircraft due to medical reasons, he has gone ahead with the panel upgrade. He's decided to leave a few instruments in the "holding pattern " until he's able to afford the package he and his former financial backer had initially planned. I'm not sure who his mechanic was, but he did tell me he was quoted about $1K to do the entire job. That sounds pretty inexpensive for the amount of work he did. I did notice one item in the photo he overlooked which I'm sure he's already corrected. The ignition switch was rotated 180 degrees.

Quote: eaglebkh Skytec here, too. My mechanic claims that he has never seen a fuel injected engine hot-start so easily as mine.

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George, So sorry the gps mount didn't work out for you. I could have refunded your money if you called prior to placing it on Ebay . We value customer satisfaction and always welcome constructive critisism.

I guess the cut and paste really does work.

For Sale - $67,500, N201SL; 3954 TT; 540 SMOH; IFR; 4 Seats; Great fuel efficient aircraft, No damage history, hangared. Ronald Burt Phone: (509)586-6737 or (509)430-1362 For Sale - $67,500, N201SL; 3954 TT; 540 SMOH; IFR; 4 Seats; Great fuel efficient aircraft, No damage history, hangared. Ronald Burt Phone: (509)586-6737 or (509)430-1362 For Sale - $67,500, N201SL; 3954 TT; 540 SMOH; IFR; 4 Seats; Great fuel efficient aircraft, No damage history, hangared. Ronald Burt Phone: (509)586-6737 or (509)430-1362 Call Ron @ 509-586-6737 He had a 78 M20 J in Kennewick WA for sale around Thanksgiving time. The plane was listed on Ebay for a week but the reserve $70K ????) wasn't met. Just under 4K TT and about 500 SMOH. If you're flexible I'll sell my 65E (2700TT 300SMOH) Garmin 340, IFR Garmin GNC300XL w/KI-206, KX 155 w/KI-209, Garmin 327, EDM 800, standby vac, stormscope, beautiful modern panel, 201 windshield, speed mods, and electric gear for 60K.

Buster, I've visited that Corvette site. It's very nicely done. I'm with you on this. The Mooney site is a very valuable asset to all Mooney owners as well as those who are shopping to become Mooney owners. Many thanks to those who make it happen! I belong to other sites which hold a fundraiser once a year to pay for the expenses of maintaining the site. In my opinion, it's money well spent!

Quote: piperpainter So those that have the 201 window modification how do you like it? Really, how is the access?

Sounds like you may need to have the gear door linkage adjusted. I'm sure it's creating some drag if your doors aren't seating properly. Find a MSC and have them fine tune it.

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Quote: flyby201 I like the idea of the member map. I was thinking that a separate map could also be established where members could make pireps on unique places they've visited, with a description of why it was unique in the comments section. I know I'm always looking for someplace and some excuse to fly for a weekend trip.

Quote: HRM Can I get a Mooney toggle (like the others) and replace the strobes toggle?

Jim, I've got room for my GPS, compass and visors all mounted to the same frame tube. I've tried several different arrangements and found my preference to be with the GPS directly above the panel and the compass just below the visors. The GPS gets a little more sun glare down low, but it's a shorter scan configuration. I like your idea for the fire extinguisher mount. Ours is sitting loose between the front seats usually banging and clanging around with the oxygen bottle. Not a good situation in turbulence.

Thanks for the endorsement Mitch. I wish we could have got that new panel in your F model before you parted with it. Might have increased the sale price a little bit. Looks like you've moved into the ultimate magic carpet ride! I'm envious! Are you still living in San Luis Obispo? We left the rat race of So Cal and bought a small ranch in Northern Idaho. Looking forward to a West coast Mooney gathering.

Parker, The 201 in the picture is a 78 model. He was very pleased with his new panel (dual 430s and an EDM 930). I'll try to dig up a picture of the panel before so you can see the transformation.

That 201 owner had me machine a new panel for him . He also liked the GPS mounts. Here's a picture of the GPS bracket in my 65E. (Looks better in his 201)

Quote: LFOD Looks like the PAC NW needs to hold a Mooney Fly in...

The last post re: the GPS bracket was posted by Mooney65E. Not sure how I could have accidently been logged in as Immelman???