Mooneys at Weber's (KLNS) Today June 20th?

[Marauder]

Alright, here I am sitting on the ramp at Lancaster Avionics minding by own business when I see a Mooney land I and decide to walk over to Weber's to see if I know them. I don't, but I got to look in Weber's hangar. My Goodness! What do you people do for a living? Because obviously I am in the wrong line of work!

My apologies for those you who have a plane there today. Because I managed to drool on most of them. I especially liked the red and white Bravo. Everyone one of these planes was in mint shape. Unbelievable...

Any of you want to adopt me? I'm potty trained...

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[Rwsavory]

I first sat in a Mooney at Weber's in the late 70's.  The 201 had just come out, and my father wanted to see what all the fuss was about.  

 

The next time I sat in a Mooney was in 2012.  This time we took it home.

[Wakeup]

I just go a good laugh Maurader... I always think the same thing...I need a different job!!! I am potty trained too. Troy

[fantom]

You guys might be potty trained, but not in a Mooney.

 

Back in the mid 90's old Henry tried to talk me into 'upgrading' from a Mooney to an Aerostar just because it was fitted with some sort of:

[John Pleisse]

Hah!!! Go in and say hi to Dorn...he's awesome!!! And quite ironically, Gary, Weber does more work on Aerostars than anyone in the region.

[Marauder]

Hah!!! Go in an say hi to Dorn...he's awesome!!! And quite ironically, Gary, Weber does more work on Aerostars than anyone in the region.

I see a couple of them here as well.

[Marauder]

[Marauder]

So much to drool over...

[Marauder]

Hah!!! Go in an say hi to Dorn...he's awesome!!! And quite ironically, Gary, Weber does more work on Aerostars than anyone in the region.

Just missed Dorn. He took off in one of the Aerostars.

[Danb]

Chris. I believe you have a pix of my Bravo N 423PS. We live a mile apart but you still found my bird. Have a great day...what u doin up there

Dan

[Marauder]

Wow Dan! That's the Mooney I have been drooling over the most. Sorry, I will go clean it up

I have been getting comments that my altitude is reporting high. Not a good thing while on an IFR flight plan. They found it was indeed reporting high.

[Seth]

I stopped by there for the first time last week.   The Aerostar is pressurized.  Makes you think . . .

 

-Seth

[Danb]

I'll just get a rag when I come back from a Windsor and get that Hockessin yuck off it..

What do u need to do your's to get the alt reporting fixed. $$$$$

[Danb]

Seth the first two pix of Aerostars Chris posted are for sale..you would look a Grand in one of those esp. The first one

[John Pleisse]

Dew-oo-ude???? Selfie?

[timpercarpio]

We just got our bird back from an annual at Weber's. Running like a charm.

[Mooney_Allegro]

Before I bought the J model, it was serviced religiously at Henry Weber's facility. They have a great reputation w/good people. The terminal restaurant use to be good too, but that was years ago when I lived in Reading, PA. I'm going to schedule a trip sometime this summer to Weber Aircraft, as I'd like to talk to them about installing a standby alternator in my J. They've already installed one in a J a few years ago, & it was featured in AOPA magazine.

[Bob_Belville]

Aerostar: Twin Engine Mooney.

[Danb]

Bob my thoughts exactly

[Marauder]

I'll just get a rag when I come back from a Windsor and get that Hockessin yuck off it.. What do u need to do your's to get the alt reporting fixed. $$$$$

I don't think too much of the drool stayed on that laminar flow wing. Just kind of slid off. As for the altitude problem. The first thing I did was leave my wallet there. Those boys are expensive... Since I have 3 altimeters and the encoder. They calibrated each of the three altimeters and the encoder. They were able to validate that I was indeed reading high. If I have all 3 altimeters up in flight, they usually agree within 40 feet of each other. The problem was they were reading low and my encoder was reporting high. Which bring me to an off topic subject -- since this is my thread, I guess I'm not breaking any forum rules. My encoder is original and is the same age as the one Moses used when he climbed up to get the tablets. It still works but the tech said there are much more reliable ones that don't require some sort of internal heating (didn't know they did that). I seem to remember reading here that most favored the ACK. He said that they weren't that great. He recommended something else. I wish I wrote it down. Something like a RCIS or something like that. Thoughts? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

[carusoam]

Both of my planes have always had the OEM installation...

I would think Republicans and Democrats would agree that newer (digital?) is probably better.

Since I don't have a digital indicator telling me what altitude is being reported, I find the ignorance is not really blissful or at all comforting.

How many of us can tell what we are broadcasting to ATC? What equipment do you use for that?

Peter's G X-ponder probably does this?

Did I go off the reservation?

-a-

[Marauder]

Both of my planes have always had the OEM installation...

I would think Republicans and Democrats would agree that newer (digital?) is probably better.

Since I don't have a digital indicator telling me what altitude is being reported, I find the ignorance is not really blissful or at all comforting.

How many of us can tell what we are broadcasting to ATC? What equipment do you use for that?

Peter's G X-ponder probably does this?

Did I go off the reservation?

-a-

I would have continued on blindly (pun intended) reporting a high altitude. All I would have needed to do was let my altitude slip a little but and I'm sure I would have popped up on the snitch. What I wasn't prepared for was having them work on 4 things related to altitude. At least I picked up a few knots on the way home since my wallet was lighter...

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[Bob_Belville]

Assuming you have and want to keep a blind encoder, Bennett offers a Trans-Cal SSD-120 for $275. They mention ACK and Ameri-King as alternatives.

 

Curious, I guess our Aspen ALT is not usable for reporting through xponder? Does the Aspen have its own pressure sensing?

[Marauder]

Maybe it was the TransCal, the SSD part sounds familiar. The Aspens are just like our altimeters, pressure sensing through the static system - but no outward reporting to the transponder. What was interesting was that he said of all three altimeters on board, the old mechanical one was the most accurate one.

Do you know what the options are? Is there a transponder that has a built in altitude encoder?

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[Bob_Belville]

Someone here will have to tell us. I know that when we redid my panel we changed xponders from a KT76a to a Garmin 327 and got rid of a blind encoder. We did not change the mechanical altimeter which I assume is not a combo encoder. I think we needed a xponder compatible with the GDL88 but which device is the pressure sensor I don't know. Edit: the 327 manual says the xponder reports p altitude from an external source. I'll have to figure out what this is. I know I sold the old blind encoder...