FlyWalt

Is this promotion still going on?

Soooooo as I am looking at your photos I am assuming that your current panel is the bottom one with the analog King attitude and HSI. If it were me, I wouldn't touch anything and fly with it, exactly as it is. For one, I LOVE Avidyne and see it as far superior to the competing Garmin products. Secondly, I used to fly 4 to 9 legs a day at a commuter with those King analog instruments. Mostly crap Northeast weather. I am so comfortable with your current panel. And you do not spend a dime more on anything.

In addition, we need to remember my core motivation for starting this thread: This didn't happen to me. It happened to a good friend of mine who is Pilot64. And I had a direct conversation with the DOM of that shop after an American Bonanza Society event about it. He took ZERO responsibility for it and carried a very cavalier attitude. He even bashed the victim during this conversation. I was shocked and appalled. Be careful about who you trust with your airplane.

I would too. We love it at the airline level. Plus, those pesky voice communications would not be interrupting my XM radio as much anymore.

So this kind of information is why I love MooneySpace and the people here. You guys teach me something every time I come back. I have never shopped the fractional operators nor the jet card sellers. Is 125K a real number for 25 hours of jet time? That is doable for me and I typically fly my Mooney about 50 hours a year. But that does not account for all of the time spent on owner maintenance that I do. My hangar expenses are also not accounted for. It also would eliminate the mental stress and time spent vetting maintenance shops and managing the "Jake and Kurt Pony Shows" out there that exist to steal our maintenance money and squander our trust.

He was referring to “Trustworthy Shops”.

If you do not care about a shop taking responsibility when they screw something up then by all means, go to a certain MSC at Daytona Beach. However, after watching a friend's aircraft get totally screwed on major work, I would not let these people work on my kids bicycle, much less an aircraft.

Good afternoon Mooniacs, I have an AOG situation and am in search of a mag. We need a: Bendix Model S6LN-25P Part # 10-79020-118 I will take anything that is serviceable and ready for install. All of the parts shops are showing a two week wait time. That is giving up too much of my spring time flying. Thank you in advance, Walt

Good Morning Mooniacs, I find myself needing to replace our Concorde RG35. I am curious as to if any of you have tried any of the newer battery brands with better technology. I have always bought Concorde over the years and love their reliability but I am wondering about advancements in battery technology. Thanks, Walt

Good afternoon Fellow Mooniacs, Iam on a parts search. Continential pn 646243 is a fuel line for the no 3 cylinder on the TSIO-360-LB. I am going through annual and our IA says he can not find a replacement. Apparently, ours is cracked. If you have a used or new one on your shelf, please PM me. Thank you in advance, Walt

Awesome turn out of some awesome people. Joey Cole is "The Mooney Master" for organizing such a cool event. Thank you, Joey.

Good morning. Redline on this engine is 40 inches. I usually set it at 38 to 39 for take off and she seems to hold just fine. Neither intercooler nor an automatic wastegate installed. And, as per my engine builder's recommendation, I run ROP all the time. I enrichen it back about 100 degrees south of peak TIT.

Main Turbo in Visalia, Ca. They could not be more helpful and knowledgeable.

Well after talking to the shop that overhauled my turbo last year, they feel like it is a failing pressure relief valve. And have offered to take care of it.

When returning home yesterday, I was cruising at 11,500 feet and had a setting of 31.5 and 2400 rpm. The MP was cycling between 31.7 and 30.5. It seemed to be every 3 to 4 minutes.

Good afternoon, Our engine was overhauled about 9 months ago. In that time I have put about 40 hours on her. I have noticed that once cruise power is set, Usually 75% AT 12,500 feet, I am getting MP variances by as much as .8 inches. And it will cycle back and forth. Does anyone have any thoughts on where to look here?

I have the 830. So it is showing all the time. I didn't notice the voltage in flight but there were no red alarms showing.

Update: Old / Current 3 year old battery shows 12.3 volts on external volt meter. Whereas the JPI voltage indicator was low at 11.7. New Battery on the shelf shows 12.85 Proceeding with solenoid troubleshoot. Also calling JPI regarding the voltage misreading.

Thank you for all of the insights. I need to mention that the low voltage lights were extinguished after start up. The Am meter was in the positive at all times during the flight. There was never a point, at which, either indicator showed a lack of charging. One electrician friend has suggested to check all of the grounds associated with the system. I am also going to have the shop check the alternator and alternator clutch to eliminate those.

I forgot to mention that this is an Energizer Starter, Part No. 646238.

So the same results on a brand new battery do not negate that diagnosis? What about the fact that they could then turn the prop on the old battery when it was reinstalled?

Good Morning All, I have a bit of a brain teaser here. I'd like to see what you think. Subject aircraft was flown on Saturday for a total of 5.5 hours on two flights with no issues. And this starting system has NEVER given me an issue till yesterday. Yesterday she started fine and flew for 2.5 hours. We stopped for rest break and refuel. About 30 minutes later we boarded and tried to start. The blade made one rotation and then stopped. I tried again, this time the blade would not move. Upon pushing the start button you could tell there was plenty of juice in the battery. Yet when the button was pushed you could see a power drain going on yet no prop movement. A check of the volt meter shows 11.7 volts on the battery. Interesting as she was charging for the past 2.5 hours. The Concorde battery had been installed on 01-01-2020, according to the markings on it. So it is only 3.5 years old. We changed it out with a new one right there on the ramp. Same exact result. So the shop I left it with reinstalled my old battery. They now can get the prop to turn. Any thoughts? I'd hate to take it with an iffy starter or solenoid. Or could something else be happening? Thank you in advance, Walt

Does anyone know of the specs or part number for the light bulbs that provide panel lighting from the dash pad? Thank you in advance, Walt

"Real Turbocharger Pilots" do not need a wastegate and intercooler. :-)

I will never forget when I was booed out of a thread here, several years ago, when I suggested that type specific recurrent trained followed by a check ride would be a tremendous help to the accident rate and our insurance rates. I was right then and today. Bring on the flames.