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FWIW Ijust got 2 for my TSIO550G from Spruce, easy, peasy. I believe Eaton just blasted out a bunch to the parts distribution channels. Maybe Lycoming clamps are different and still on special? Price was $800 ish. -dan

Nicely set up and sorted Ovation. Can you elaborate on this? ….asking for a friend :-) -dan

Considering the frequency of prop strikes by both Mooney and TBM pilots, the Ovation is probably an excellent choice to build retract time and learn to protect the nose gear on landing. -dan

I think there is a software update to fix this. Mine doesn'tdo this. -dan

the sign? nope. it's real. dan

It’s an ongoing problem at the fly-in community we live in. Worse than people walking the taxiways are kids in golf carts. Someone on the board put this sign up. Dunno if it made any difference, but it was attention-getting. -dan (again with the upside down iPad photos…..)

Especially for turbo planes that spend time in the cold teens and above, landing in a humid environment will bring about condensation all of the cold-soaked stuff in the plane. Steel, with more thermal mass than aluminum sheets, is especially prone to this. Electronics like cameras and computers stored in the baggage also can get moist on landing. I fog the plane every annual, and while it is a little “weepy” in places, the only real issue for me would be if I planned to paint the plane in the near future. -dan

Mine did the same. Microkit was very quick to respond. Mine is mounted on the fuselage, just inboard of the step. It does get LOP exhaust residue on it in that location from time to time, and when it does, the behavior is as you describe. A quick wipe, and all is good. -dan

You must have quite a battery :-) -dan

Welcome, Paul. There is a group that gets together for lunch all over florida; it would be great if you could join and meet some fellow florida mooney people.

yes. i'll post a photo once annual is done and wx cooperates. -dan

I find the Sirius XM lightning product to be superior to my old stormscope, but mine was not the latest version (had green screen with black dots). This is from the Sirius xm site: “The Lightning feature contains the latitude and longitude of both cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning strikes detected over North America, including the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. It is updated every 2.5 minutes. SiriusXM has recently upgraded its lightning provider to the most accurate and reliable large-scale lightning detection network in the world. Improvements to the lightning service include: 40% cloud-to-cloud lightning detection improvement, 20% lightning strike location accuracy improvement, 5% cloud-to-ground lightning detection improvement” while there is some latency, I’m not getting *that* close to a buildup. I believe these ground-based strike detection systems triangulate rather than estimate for location, which should be better. -dan

Publix down here in FL is well-stocked with Lemon Pledge. Problem: solved. -dan

That is not correct. The one that was all over youtube was at cruise speed and is the only one I'm aware of that departed the aircraft. Many here have reported one coming open on the t/o roll or after t/o with a normal landing to follow. From the overhead shots of this wreck, the baggage door appears to be open and attached to the plane, and the overhead shots appear to be taken before any first responders were on the scene. -dan

Add to that… they may well have had a full bag of gas, which is way cheaper at St. Augustine than at Homestead. Speaking only for myself…. I seldom land at max landing weight and NEVER at 3368 MTOW. Stall speed really goes up at heavy weight and high bank angle. 57 KIAS at a normal wings-level 3000# landing vs 72/85 @ 45/60* bank and MTOW. AOA warning, if installed, would have been screaming if this is what happened. -dan

It could also be the baggage door

It’s the actuator switch I want; I’m not a fan of the bicycle brake twisty one that was standard when mine was made. The remote, electric one seems like a better “do”. when mine broke this year, it was something crazy like 10 hours of labor to replace and lube the new one.

That is impressive, and I do have a use case for them. One of my home dromes is 2250-2500 x 30. I hesitate for fear of losing cruise speed. Did you observe any before/after difference on the Bravo? -dan

That is how I’d look at this plane vs others that are available or will be. The “A” engine works, but it runs hotter than the “B”. The panel looks like it came off a U-Boat with the bare metal and switches. VG’s are an unknown, and I’d steer clear w/o a need for them. With a $100,000 engine, $50,000 of panel, $25,000+ in paint, plus the work, time, and unknowns, and you have a new vs 700 SMOH version of this: https://www.controller.com/listing/for-sale/229261461/1989-mooney-m20m-bravo-piston-single-aircraft -dan

Wouldn’t a little J-shaped snorkel accomplish the same thing? -dan

Many things are possible with the application of a sufficient stack of AMU’s…. https://www.mhoxygen.com/product-category/built-in/ youd need some parts from Mooney, maybe. https://preciseflight.com/product/built-in-oxygen-system-for-mooney/ I would love to switch out to the precise flight control, but not for 8+ AMU’s -dan

If the advertised supply is not great, it is probably worth the money to buy a list of registered bravos, and send each owner a card or letter. If you make it clear that you’re a qualified, individual buyer and not a broker, you may unearth a good candidate or two. there used to be a company called AVPAK that sold these lists, but I can’t find a website for them. I’m sure there are others, since I get broker solicitations from time to time. -dan

But the installed cost has gotten so high that it’s way better to buy an equipped plane if you can find a suitable one. I’m curious what they quoted for each. NB: FIKI requires non-CAV equipment (2nd alternator and heated stall warning) that are spendy if not already so equipped. -dan

If you can find an Ovation DX (2004 ish), that would be a great choice, all other things being equal. The DX ovations and bravos were the side-by-side steam gauge models when G1000 was introduced, and they got the shorter panel, which is very nice. No doubt some have been glassed with stuff that is in a lot of ways better than G1000. -dan

Look more closely. Under the tks panel is a home-made placard saying “flight into known icing prohibited.” FIKI should carry a good premium to a no-hazard installation, which this appears to be. -dan