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This my process which feels Ok too me...Gear Down first to get my speed down let's say 110Kts, throw in some flaps then and go full flaps abeam the numbers. I try to stay in the green until short final 2000 Rpm and > 15". This doesn not give me a steep approach but good enough I think. During base I X-check again that prop,mixture are full forward and gear down + mechanical indicator down) the last part I am on idle when fully commited.......I'am having autistic behaviour with regard to the gear down X-checks....I land with my two hands on the control wheel, bleeding residual airspeed this method assures me to pull full aft when the stall is impending..it works for me.. You feel that the engine/prop is not too happy in the yellow part... The most difficult part for me is to anticipate how much time/distance and altitude I need to slow down (I have no speedbrakes). Belgium has a very tight airspace you can easely bust a busy airspace going to to some airfields....TMA, CTR or even worse a Military CTR. If space is not available I tend to goo below the pattern altitude (outside the pattern of course) by 200 Ft pulling up gently often get's me faster to the right gear down speed. the prop is used as additional speedbrake during that process. Though my serial allows to select gear down below 130Kts I avoid doing that (stress on gear mechanism).........110Kts seems more reasonable..my 0.5 eurocent input on this thread......is it boiling again flyboy0681...!!! Luc

21 PPL glider (1986) 28 PPL SEP 41 First Ownership of a (TMG) Taifun 17E hi-performance motorglider 44 Mooney M20J...and loving it

Looking for feedback, anybody tried it out? thanks Luc

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This is on my list also, I found a service company using a ACES Pro balancer...

Quote: jetdriven Thats great news. I bought two FM01 fuses from Mouser and it was about 60$ shipped. for two fuses.

Thanks Jim, Farnell is the European counterpart of Newark they have a lot of stuff, however some stuff (mainly Mil spec etc... ) come from the US they add about 30$ (25 euro) for every delivery not stocked in Europe.... Thanks for the effort at least I know my options now...;-) rgds Luc

Ok, thanks for the input it looks Bussman is the only manufacturer of this type of fuse? I am looking for a European OEM supplier but I guess I will have to order from the US rgds Luc

Jim, are you sure about the PN can't seem to find anything on Mouser with BK/GWM-5 thought the Mil spec BK/FM01 of course exists..?

Quote: jlunseth I have two thoughts. One, I don't like the separate database issue. It doesn't matter how often Victor airways are changed, what matters is that updates have to be installed every 28 days because they might have changed. So this is another subscription to buy. Two, I do like the voice recognition quality that is apparent in the demo's. I, also, have tried voice recognition systems for document creation and they are worse than worthless. This one actually seems to work, probably because it has a limited universe of commands to recognize.

Even with a touchscreen you may hit the wrong waypoint ...;-)

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Quote: thinwing luc..I think it bypasses even the 650/750 touch screen...my installer is saying Garmin is rather mum about this...kinda sour grapes why didnt we invent this...the box communicates with the 530w or 430 w using an rs232 com port on the Garmins ,normally used for crosstalk between units.My installer says Garmin doesnt guareente it will still work after a system software update...I said fine when was last 530w software update..he said a long time ..we wontbdo another...kpc

They probably don't realise yet (I assume it's US victor airways only..) this but for the European airways structure this box could make life a lot easier. It Fills the route segments in between.....A lot of potential here to make the 4 and 530 go a long way further.... Looking forward to have some real life feedback rgds Luc

WOW...... http://www.aopa.org/aopalive/?watch=I0MzlmMzoiQ8ijCZ54QCyjxhWEQxsbuA

Quote: jetdriven Ok se we know the red-white-black on the connecotor goes to the strobe tube. What do the red-black-yellow wires go to ?

Quote: jetdriven The strobe has 3 wires. i didnt look too good at it, but it looks like Hoskins is red-yellow-black (sometimes?) while Whelen is red-white-black. Red=Anode, White=trigger, Black=ground (cathode) on both units. My A&P said you had to swap two wires in the connector, i think. Anyways, looking for info.

Quote: jwilkins I just ordered over $130 worth of sample fuses from different suppliers and manufacturers to determine a good substitution for these Mil Std grade fuses. There are several possibiities, all of which are under $10 and some much less. Yes, I know I could have just ordered the fuses I need for much less (Even at $20 each which is the current price) but $20 for a fuse seems silly. I'll post an answer in a couple weeks when I've gone through the samples. Meanwhile, if you were going to buy spares you might hold off. Jim

Mine are hoskins also still working fine (holding wood)..but can't they be supplied through aircraft spruce..? http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/replaceflashtubes.php rgds Luc

Nope, disabled and covered on my J last one should be My mooney doesn't have it anymore...

Quote: OR75 Luc I am not sure what you are trying to do. Replace the current shock mounts with stronger ones ? change to metrics ?? Ue a different mechanism ??? If you are looking for a direct replacement: the part number is J-6984-64. The 2 threads are not of equal length. In the parts catalog, it is item 10 on figure 7 of section 53-10-06 http://www.skygeek.com/j6984-64.html

I use an external PSU (small electronic version of 180$) over the fuselage connector. I tuned up the 12 V PSU 12V/20 Amps to 13,2V(these things have a regulation between 11 and 14 most of the time) thus emulating a voltage regulator..voltage Works fine battery stays on top and the battery is charged with a constant voltage and no overcurrent as the unit is power limited to 20 A.... rgds Luc

Thank you all, now it starts to get interesting ... basically the thicker ones are... J6984-1 length 1 1/4 1/2 diameter studs are AN340-8 meaning its a 8-32 thread the thinner ones J6984-8 3/8 diameter 1/2 lenght studs are AN340-10 meaning its 10-24 thread...They indeed seems to look flimsy for the weight of the panel I have a gut feeling that the thicker diameter and thread size is the correct ones for the M20J..Looking at the acorn nuts my metric mind thinks M4 so almost 8-32..? Having to order this stuff in the US of A I wan to get it right...specially when having the rivnuts already in place as squirel mentions In Europe you can find it in metric but this doesn't bring much in UNC threaded aircraft.. Thanks all for the valuable input so far An now which one we use in our mooneys....? http://www.sacskyranch.com/acatalog/Sacramento_Sky_Ranch_Instrument_panel_mounts_242.html rgds Luc

OK Squirel thanks for the info, so the aircraft spruce ones (skinny) are no good then? I think on the M20B it's a bit different..no..? On the J model the instrument panel frame (with a threaded female bushing) are holding the shock mount (male thread) and the front thread sticks out and goes throught the instrument panel.... I would assume that you just have to screw in the mount and adjust the panel over it by lifting it.. and screw on the acorn nut...? Is it correct that the instrument panel tube has a threaded bushing in metal which can hold only the 8-32 threads? Allsmiles interesting approach I'll sent a PM thanks