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Ok, it's a sickness. I think in 20 some years there was a also 231 in there to begin with. Then it progressed from there. Thankfully I've never caught the Acclaim flu.

Glad I searched for and read this post - perfect procedure for seat removal.

That would have been my first choice but they aren't making them anymore. http://mooneyspace.com/topic/15696-replacement-cowl-flap-and-rudderelevator-trim-indicators-not-available/#comment-217635

My trim indicator does not work. Anyone know of a source for these indicators?

I used to live in Minnesota and North Dakota before moving to Texas. Pre-heating the engine makes the start a lot easier and is a lot better on the engine since the oil flows right away. Many airplanes up North have Tanis or Reiff engine heaters on them plugged into a thermostatically controlled power outlet. When it gets below a certain temp the pre-heater comes on. http://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/thermo-cube-for-heater-35-degree-f-set.html Or they have a device called a Switchbox which has a sim card and you call the number a couple hours before you go to the airport and it switches on the heater and makes life easier. http://switchboxcontrol.com/the-switch-box/ Keeping a Battery Minder trickle charging the batteries helps too. For Gill: http://www.batteryminders.com/24-volt-aircraft-battery-charger-24041-AA-S2 For Concorde: http://www.batteryminders.com/24-volt-aircraft-battery-charger-24041-AA-S5 Charge both batteries at the same time: http://www.batteryminders.com/batteryminder-accessory-model-210-rt-smartechnology-2-multiple-battery-connector-w-ring-terminal-connector/

It's me that gets confused. I used to laugh when people would be off by a decade - now I'm doing it. It's a 1993 with an '89 Paint scheme. Serial #0150. I owned #0007 and #0209 now I'm in between with #0150.

Ok, it was me : ) The more I kept thinking about it I realized that this might be a good plane for me. I am saving up for a hangar/home and will be selling my 2000 Ovation (glass panel, air conditioning) to help fund it. This will still give me a great airplane which I can gradually turn into the airplane I want it to be. I had a pre-buy done and went and looked at it myself. It was a one owner with all the records, hangared since day one, 574 TT, etc. Everyone I talked to at the 3 shops that had worked on the airplane said what a great guy that the owner Jaime Fontane was and that N134JF was his baby and he took good care of it. (One example: the logs showed that he had never gone over 25 hours for an oil change, usually about 15 hours.) I got a chance to get to know his widow Lynda and she really wanted it to go to someone who would appreciate it. They had many good trips together in the airplane and it was definitely part of the family. I wish I had known Dr. Fontane. From what I hear he was an incredible guy. (Picture of him below.) This was his third Mooney. His second one, a 252, was lost in hurricane Andrew. So he ordered this one the way he wanted from Mooney and took delivery in January 1993, with the same paint scheme as his 252. The compressions were great, all in the 70's, even though it hasn't had the Bravo conversion. I ferried it home non-stop yesterday, and the temperatures were all good. The only way I made it non-stop is because it has the Monroy Long Range tanks, which is an option I had on the other Bravos I owned. They help make the airplane a true cross country machine. Even with 25 kt. headwinds I had plenty of reserve.

That beats double the price from Mooney - good info. http://www.peerlesselectronics.com/store/products/26.57.01.html

Make sure if you go with Whelen that you get the Parmetheus PLUS (http://www.aircraftspruce.com/pages/el/landinglights_whelen/whelenplus461l.php), not just just Parmetheus. The Plus is 40% brighter and well worth the difference.

PM sent

24,000 & 25000 many times in a 231 and a TLS Bravo with on Board Oxygen, back up oxygen and a pulse oximeter. Climb rates were still 400-500 fpm.

Wow that looks great!

Or you can order it yourself and install it. 6/10/2017 EDIT: These cords aren't available anymore.

Not sure if it's approved to replace a turn coordinator, but the Sandia Quattro fits in a standard instrument hole and has a battery backup for $2995. It backs up your attitude, altimeter, airspeed and VSI. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/sai340-11-12817.php?clickkey=1466805

Only three advantages I see is that (1) the Aspen would be flush mounted, which would look great and (2) a lighter colored panel which would make it look more modern, in line with the rest of the upgrades being done and (3) for one time you could put everything exactly where you want it (maybe replace the ship's instruments and the JPI with an EDM930 or an MVP50). It's fun to spend other people's money.

Wow gift wrapping is available

I've never used this shop but heard good things about them. http://www.jbaircraftengines.com/

It works on Chrome, Firefox and Safari - maybe try a different internet browser. Make sure you click on the "+" next to the model.

Go down further on the Support page and select your model and download it.

Because you plastered it all over Mooneyspace . . lol : )

Keeping the value up on Mooneys is a good thing. It makes the new ones seem not as expensive. There's no single thing they could do that would add more to the value of recent Mooneys than to get the WAAS thing figured out for early G1000 Mooneys (2005-2007).

Has anyone tried these? http://www.rayallencompany.com/products/indsens.html

I was planning on seeing if I could free up some panel space and fit in a 2nd IFD540 instead of the IFD440. Turns out it would have been a major surgery on the panel so I went ahead and kept the IFD440 and replaced my GNS430W with it. (The GNS430W is sold.) By the way I could have re-sold that IFD440 at least 10 times with all of the PM's here and on Beechtalk. It makes sense there are a ton of Garmin 430's out there.

Power Toe

I think you got lucky, I signed up for a year on the 9.99 plan but Nexrad absolutely doesn't show up on my 796, even though there's a Nexrad page - it continuously says "Loading", but never loads. Metars and wind direction show up though.