Bob_Belville

We had to make adjustments to idle settings, wound up leaning 2 full turns on the screw. Engine starts in less than 1 revolution cold or hot. I suppose I had not noticed how much the SOS had gradually weakened. Lynn @AGL Aviationdid the install and is impressed. He expects this to be a popular upgrade. Figure about 6 hours which involves running a wire from the battery so probably means R&R of the interior panels. So my total cost is under 2 AMU less what I can sell the replaced Mag for. Hope to fly tomorrow.

Kris, I have the same setup, I think, 696 feeds XM through a Garmin GMA 240 audio panel. I set XM volume at some level between 4 and 6 depending upon how busy the COM is. We have 4 DC headsets - two ANCs and 2 passive - and volume is fine. It might be that the wiring through the audio panel can be tweaked to move your volume up.

I installed a GDL 88 (and a GTN 750) DEC 18, 2012, about 10 minutes after Garmin got the 88 approved. I've been compliant and have had weather and traffic displayed on the 750 for almost 7 years. I think I made a good decision to get and enjoy the goodies early, even though there might be cheaper solutions coming at some point.

Humm, I have XM in my car, the plane, and in the hanger. It's been fine for me. Does your system distribute to all 4 headsets? Does it mute automatically?

I have XM music through a 696. Requires a XM antenna and a connection to the audio panel so that the music is muted whenever there is NAV/COM activity.

Lynn says static system might be involved and to check the two static drains as well as the alternate static air. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Creative (mis)spelling BELVILLE is becoming a national sport. SabreCowl by @Sabremech. (David has done this E, his C, Matt's F, and a G under 337s.) He is tooling to be able to offer an STC'd complete FG cowl that will look very similar to this. The price promises to be attractive. Vintage models may require new spinner and the LASAR STC'd oil cooler relocation.

I have a STEC 50 and the ALT function has always operated flawlessly. It modulates the elevator via the pitch servo to hold whatever pressure altitude is when ALT is engaged. (If BARO changes it is necessary to disengage ALT, adjust altitude to desired altitude, engage ALT.) All good. I have a Mooney friend with a long body model equipped with a STEC 30. NAV & HDG functions work fine allowing GPSS but the owner reports that the ALT HLD does not maintain a constant altitude. The plane climbs, not dramatically, but steadily. If ALT remains engaged the STEC will display the "trim down" light which should mean the pitch servo is fighting the trimmed stabilizer even though the pitch was trimmed to neutral before the ALT was engaged. Any suggestions as to where to start trouble shooting?

I'll try that. I lean aggressively on the ground already but probably not during the start/stop sequence I was playing with.

Hi Jon, the installation went very well. Lynn and I are really pleased. We had company this week end so I have not reinstalled the interior side panels or flown yet so no performance pirep but I did run it on the ramp. Starting was perfect - started in about one rev. I then got it hot and shut it down, waited about 20 minutes to simulate a fuel stop restart. Again it started immediately. I shut it down and restarted 4 or 5 times - behaved like a DMax hot start instructional video! One little oddity. Upon shut down when the engine is killed, by pulling mixture to cutoff, as the RPM drops below 300 the engine comes back to life! It eventually stops but it dies hard. I believe what''s happening it that the SEM switches back from 20 BTDC to TDC when the RMP drops which is the startup timing. So, as occurs doing a hot start, there's enough fuel vapor to "restart"! I think there are 3 steps I can take at shut down as the engine is trying to die: 1) push in the throttle to throw in enough air to ruin the fuel/air ratio, 2) turn off the switch, 3) turn off the left "mag" which is the SEM.

I have the CYA100 AoA and like it a lot. Aircraft Spruce sells it, I suppose it is the cheapest and easiest to install. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/aoacya100.php

It's been many years but I recall you can use the trim know to do something of a command turn. Try turning it full deflection and leave it there long enough to stabilize... I don't suppose it will be more than a 15 deg bank.

My first Mooney had only the PC which was really a great help, I never understand why some folks disable their or don't bother to repair if it is not working. Do you have the trim knob to fine tune the unit to hold a heading quite well?

Tom, I'm sure you know that Thomas Wolfe really said "you can't go back".

I would say that on my E the retractable step costs about 5-6 kts. (The servo failed shortly after I bought the plane.)

It does appear you'll be getting some serious salt spray out of this... you and Rob should plan on a high and dry holiday in Morganton. We'll put a kettle on. Spook's welcome if he's around these days.

Love the DC company. Their products are real world rugged and their customer service is the best I've ever encountered.

Do you have an EDM? If not that's my choice for that kind of money. For $5-10k you can get a JPI EDM 900 which is primary and allows you to get rid of several 50 year old instruments. .

John, someone will chime in with more authority but I will comment that I flew down to my avionics shop 10 days ago and had the Aspen pulled to go to the factory for MAX upgrade. I flew back VFR with the shop owners blessing. Robbie is a stickler for the rules. Without the Aspen I have no DG or VSI. I do have ASI,, Altimeter, AI, T&B. The autopilot has no NAV or HDG input so it is only able to provide Alt. Hld. and a wing leveler. I also have the GTN so I can hand fly the magenta course.

GeeBee, I am having difficulty processing your posts. Who are you? Your profile is missing any information at all. Do you own a Mooney? What model? For how long? Where are you based? What's your flying background and experience? Should we assume you're making comments about formation flying in Mooneys based upon your own experience and qualifications? Perhaps you're a low time pilot trolling? How do we know? In many contexts anonymous comments are automatically discarded. IMHO that's a best practice in most forums.

Jon, Lynn has installed several EIs (Electroair? other?) but mine will be their first Surefly. Lynn likes what he's seen and he was able to get all our questions answered by Surefly's tech support.

I built my tail weight for well under $100. I like that it supports the tail up and down. That’s more than you get by just tying down the tail or holding up the engine. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Okay sports fans, my interest in Surefly got very serious today. (I order a SIM4N this afternoon which was in stock and has already been shipped!) I was very lucky that I did not get stranded in some very inconvenient airfield during our long cross country tour... the Shower of Sparks has apparently been failing and is now dead! But it got me home before dying. (On more than one occasion in hindsight I think the engine only caught because the engine was still spinning when I release the key and both mags kicked in at 25 BTC. When starting the right mag is disabled and the retarded points in the right mag get energy from the SoS.) BTW, in trouble shooting we disabled the starter and pulled the plugs that are connected to the left mag. Even though the SoS "buzz box" could be heard with the key on the spark was nearly nonexistent. We figured out the difference between the 2 models of the Surefly. The units are the same except that the SIM4N has a shorter shaft than the SIM4P. The P shaft is longer because the Impulse Couple sets the mag further out from the drive gear. The SIM unit replaces the left mag. The timing is automatically TDC when starting (based on engine below 400 RPM) and shifts to 25 BTC (20 if that's the engine spec) once the engine RPM > 400. As I understand it, the timing remains at 25 BTC until MP is less than some value, at altitude, and can advance to about 28 BTC. The unit should arrive this week... can't wait!

I doubt that you’ll have a problem with turbulence unless the winds are pretty strong, the terrain there does not appear to be anything like flying around the 14 plusers in CO or the Sierra Nevadas. But KP and our western flyers can better advise. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I'm just catching up with several weeks of posts... thanks Mike... and I'm sitting here with tears dripping on the keyboard. I can't imagine. "Officially a miracle", I'll say. May a gracious God continue to bless and sustain this loving family!