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That looks like a great solution. The early M20M's had a nice built-in spot for the POH with a hinge at the bottom. The POH fit in perfectly along with a small flashlight and I keep a couple pens and a pulse o2 meter in there as well.

I'd be tempted to try a "new" capacitor in place of the 2007.

Sure, your front two cylinders are usually the coolest, but I would still do what it takes to keep all CHT's under 400. Until you check and possibly replace the baffling material I would keep the cowl flaps open a couple bars on your indicator at cruise. (Of course, full open position on climb)

I would definitely do what it takes to keep your CHT's below 400 - whether that means partially opening the cowl flaps or adding fuel. If not you'll be buying cylinders prematurely. Most likely if you look at your baffle material it is probably blowing back and letting air escape at the top of the cowling rather than forcing it over the cylinders for cooling. If that's the case, the Gee Bee Baffle kit for the M20M will do a great job.

Could we please spell Avidyne correctly so later on when someone does a search of "Avidyne" all the content in this thread comes up?

This stuff actually works really well:

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Living_With_a_Narcissist#Criticizing

Goof Off, a Heat Gun and a plastic scraper will get the glue off easier than anything else I've found.

On page four of this thread I found my flap problem and fixed it inexpensively.

It is but the shops are super busy so you better get it scheduled if you want the rebate.

How would one get a 3D printed keyboard holder?

After shutdown I noticed the right side speed brake was still making noise. I banged on the top of the speed brake and it stopped. I pulled out the right speed brake and cleaned the microswitches and re-installed and it seems to have stopped. I might just be buying time but we'll see. No strange noises at least.

Since the extra weight in the back is going to lessen the tendency to float I'd probably carry an extra 5 knots over the fence. I've seen a few long bodies with tail strikes. As long as you have plenty of runway in this case hold off til it lands. Letting it land always works better than making it land.

Just replace it with the exact AN3 bolt. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/stpages/anbolts.php

That continuous spar probably saved their lives.

I think it would be great to have separate Vintage, J, K, M, R/S, Acclaim forums.

This was the e-mail that went out to a lot of people from Michael.Kussatz@garmin.com: Thank you for all the questions and I will address the whole group on a few things: 1. When will the G5 work with autopilots? The G5 providing attitude information to the autopilot might never happen. The G5 HSI driving the heading bug? That might happen, but it’s still a fight. Here’s the FAA logic. Autopilots systems are SUPER hard to certify and tying anything into an autopilot system gets pulled into that certification mess. The G5 is STC’d, but it doesn’t have a TSO so, basically, it didn’t go through as much testing as autopilot systems go through. The FAA doesn’t like that so they’re cautious on what they’ll allow. Long story long, we’re trying. No promises yet. 2. G5 as a standby to G500, G1000, Aspen. This is a weird one. Currently, the certification for a stand-alone attitude, like the G5 is lower than the certification needed to produce a standby instrument. The FAA’s goal was to address LOC by making it easier to install more reliable attitude indicators. From the FAA’s eyes, changing the certification standard on standby’s takes work and that work won’t lower the LOC accidents so they’re not going to address it. Doesn’t make a huge amount of sense, but I see their point. Followup information.pdf

That would be nice and they would sell a ton of them this year if that happens. But I think the odds are much greater that you'll see a little Richard Simmons Jr. running around than for the G5 to be A/P certified by Oshkosh 2017. Ain't gonna happen. I hope I'm wrong.

On some things the FAA goes way overboard, but I agree with them on this. If there is one point of failure and it takes out your primary and your backup, that's not good. A glass upgrade is a great thing but figure into the budget a proper certified back-up. You're looking for redundancy. Don't look for a shop that slides on this issue and puts in the G5 when Garmin says it is not certified as a backup and tells you the reasons why. Things are changing so fast that even a local FSDO may let you slide, not completely understanding the implications of what they are signing off on. They won't be trying to keep the airplane straight and level in case of a single point failure. I see the G5 as a great turn coordinator replacement, giving you a lot more for a relatively small amount, or even an attitude replacement for a vacuum attitude indicator that's not interfaced with an autopilot. But since Garmin doesn't see it as a backup, and they basically do the FAA certification, I don't either. Pony up for the L-3 ESI-500 or a Mid-Continent Lifesaver Gyro. Use the AHRS on your portable to break the tie in case one fails.

It's good to hear you're that over it and you've let it go . . lol

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These are two nearly new 28 Volt Whelen LED Position lights - they also have a conventional strobe light as part of the assembly which works with your existing Whelen Power Supply and wiring. One Red and One Green. New they are $335 each from Aircraft Spruce. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/whelenlightheads4.php?clickkey=43439&PANEL=292Click%2BHere%2Bfor%2BSlick%2BStyle%2FabrA%2BHREF%3D# First $80 each shipping included. They will work on all 28V M20J and M20K, all M20M and all M20R and M20S.

Some Hangar Fairies have been known to be good with JB Weld.

What was the name of the blue gas leak check stuff? Thanks