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Does anyone know of a used 3 blade hartzell or a damaged repairable one for sale?

the only time my ac does not do well is when the plane has heat soaked in the sun all day. When started up will not cool down the hot interior on the ground. If it is hangared this is not a problem.

Those lights are adjustable my AI flew tank down to engine sputter switched tanks landed added 9 gallons and adjusted light to that amount with plane leveled as it would be in flight. they both work perfectly every time.

Try plugging off the co pilot while bleeding pilot side and then reconnect and bleed co pilot side. that worked for me.

Thanks to all of you especially lancecasper purchased the one on ebay. I will let you know how it turns out. Ricky

Does anyone have a repair station to fix Moritz gauges cluster MP,RPM,EGT,etc in 1999 and up Ovations? or a line on replacements? Thanks Ricky

I have a wing tip strobe out i replaced the bulb does anyone know where the power supply is? the service manual showes it bolted to the inspection plate just inboard from wing tip. Mine is not there on either wing. I have two ovations on the field and neither has the power supply on the inspection plate. anyone know where they mounted it? I have a 2000 Ovation 2

CHeck with Wentworth aircraft he has a couple bravo's i do not know if its the same bottle. But he should.

I am a CFII and i teach trim is used to neutralize yoke forces. not to program a landing. Put the airplane in the attitude it needs tobe for decent and trim for neutral yoke forces. Trim full up just means you are fighting the airplane during your approach and it will cause excessive yoke pressure when you do a go around. Landing is a series of corrections and each may be a little different.

on the stormscope the wx 950 will ot overlay only the wx500.

The Dash was lowered 2 inches in the 1999 model ovation 1 with the addition of the moritz gauges and that was the last year o f the 3 blade mccalley prop 2000 started the ovation 2 and the 2 blade prop. the O3 is a ovation 2 with the midwest mooney 310 hp stc added by the factory.

Thanks this is the first use that makes sence. using it to preset the FD would be useful.

But with the Garmin 530W i select the missed and let the autopilot do its thing. I just see no need for this feature. Thanks

Found the wires hooked from the garmin to the autopilot were in the wrong place. Garmin has to be programmed for the KFC 225 not just for a autopilot there is a special setting for the King KFC225. after thest two adjustments it works fine. Normal autopilot operation and garmin prompts you for autopilot output during the approach and GPSS then works. Thanks

I have over 1000 hours on a tsio360 and around 500 on a io550. no comparrison. the 550 is a new design engine and i have done the gami test to see if i could use gami injectors and they said they could not help it was as close as most using gamis. it is the smoothest engine i have ever flown. and the 360 i had was a victor major and balanced prop. but the 550 was better

Thanks , i am looking now.

I have searched the POH and the autopilot handbook. I have tried the button and cannot see anything it does.

Wentworth aircraft has a Bravo engine with a Victor Major and very low hours, he may give you a good trade depending on your engine hours. This may be the best way to get there.

I am certified in auto ac and have only worked on 2-3 airplane units. but I would suggest you get an ac Guy to conect to the test ports in the tail and run hoses into cabin so you can view them during flight and see what is changing. this will tell you if it is a freon problem or a compressor cutting off, etc.

I have a button just to the left of the throttle labeled GO AROUND. Does anyone else's Mooney have this button if so does anyone know what it does?

I have a 2000 ovation2 and it is equipped wtih a 530 WAAS and a KFC 225 autopilot. I found out with the waas upgrade that the KFC225 has GPSS in the unit but mooney did not connect a wire from the autopilot to the GPS. So i had the radio shop connect it and found this did not enable it. You must have the autopilot compter reprogrammed with a laptop to turn it on. I dod not know that there was a plud under the pannel to connect a laptop to the autopilot, but there is. Now after all this i now have a a great autopilot that just works with heading bug and alt. Does anyone know how to operate a KFC 225 after these mods?

i will have to agree with t he higher cost of a turbo but if that is not a problem they are really great. Even at lower altitudes they climb better, the engine is consistant through all altitudes and the airplane responds when you need it. Even on a 100 mile trip you will see the benefits. It will climb faster so you will go to 8-9 thousand feet when you would not even attempt to with a NA plane. Smoother air, cooler in summer, and safer. They do not fly around the field and make short 40-50 mile trips. If you live in hot parts of the country and fly cross country trips it works. But I flew a Turbo for 10+ years, I may not be a good source of info. Why do i fly a Ovation, I cannot afford an Acclaim.

noall are different. elevators have different attach points. rudder is totally different.

Thanks Crusoam my first ovation did exactly that 190 around 3000 on a 80-90 day. i have a 400 mile trip tomorrow and i willl see what i get overall. Thanks Ricky

All Companies have problems expecially when trying to cut costs. This engine gets a bad reputation and is really a good engine.