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Took my 1st trip of '15 Tuesday.  Flew down to the Phoenix area from 36U to deliver 62G to Master Aircraft to get a strip and paint.  Now I feel like an expectant father waiting for the big day.  This was my 1st trip using GPSS between the Aspen and Garmin.  The technology is quite amazing to say the least.  It gives new life to my 30 year old AP.  The photos include some shots of the Grand Canyon.  I was at 10,500 to they're not the best.

 

Flying 152KTS on 8.5GPH, nice.  Was getting better millage than my F-150.

 

 

Here are some shots of the terrain along the way, Cedar Breaks UT and the Grand Canyon.

 

 

Left Utah at 30 degrees and landed in the Phoenix area at 75 degrees after 3 hours in the air.

 

 

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Took my 1st trip of '15 Tuesday.  Flew down to the Phoenix area from 36U to deliver 62G to Master Aircraft to get a strip and paint.  Now I feel like an expectant father waiting for the big day.  This was my 1st trip using GPSS between the Aspen and Garmin.  The technology is quite amazing to say the least.  It gives new life to my 30 year old AP.  The photos include some shots of the Grand Canyon.  I was at 10,500 to they're not the best.

 

Flying 152KTS on 8.5GPH, nice.  Was getting better millage than my F-150.

 

 

Here are some shots of the terrain along the way, Cedar Breaks UT and the Grand Canyon.

 

 

Left Utah at 30 degrees and landed in the Phoenix area at 75 degrees after 3 hours in the air.

wow, beautifull, I'm guessing the GTN 750 directs the Aspen HSI that talks to the AutoPilot, so you get fully automated navigation based auto-pilot, right ???

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wow, beautifull, I'm guessing the GTN 750 directs the Aspen HSI that talks to the AutoPilot, so you get fully automated navigation based auto-pilot, right ???

 

although his is much newer and nicer, I flew a couple of approaches today and let the GPSS do a GPS approach most of the way to see how it would do.  It feels like cheating.

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My second trip of the year could have turned out to be my last trip. After departing Tallahassee for home, I settled in after reaching cruise altitude and moved the seat back a notch or two when all of a sudden the engine sputtered for several seconds and the airframe shook. I immediately got on the horn and turned back towards the airport while climbing in case I needed altitude to make it back, at which time the problem remedied itself.

 

After an uneventful landing I taxied to the maintenance shop. After several hours of inspection and run-ups, they couldn't find anything wrong and reported that the powerplant was in great shape. We all concluded that it was probably water in the tank. I'm going to head for the hangar tomorrow and download the data from the JPI and see what it shows. When all of this was happening I glanced at it and it was going absolutely bonkers, displaying numbers and symbols I've never seen before. The whole experience was dreadfully fighting.

 

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N1161Z/history/20150106/1730Z/KTLH/KBCT

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I absolutely will be posting the before and after photos as well as a review on Master Aircraft Services.  They are listed in Aviation Consumer as a top shop and painted one of the AOPA give aways.

 

Here is a photo of my new panel.  I added the Aspen, GTN-750, EA-100, GDL-88 and a new backup AI with battery backup.  The GTN-750, Aspen and Century 31 all work well together.  I took off from 36C (Heber City UT) after inputing my flight plan including two LAT/LNG user waypoints for crossing the grand canyon.  After flying through Provo Canyon I turned on the AP and hit the GPSS button.  Didn't touch the yoke until we neared Phoenix! 

 

 

Also, here's the base paint scheme I decided on.  I was going to just paint it white with a couple swoshes but decided I like this better.

 

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I absolutely will be posting the before and after photos as well as a review on Master Aircraft Services. They are listed in Aviation Consumer as a top shop and painted one of the AOPA give aways.

Here is a photo of my new panel. I added the Aspen, GTN-750, EA-100, GDL-88 and a new backup AI with battery backup. The GTN-750, Aspen and Century 31 all work well together. I took off from 36C (Heber City UT) after inputing my flight plan including two LAT/LNG user waypoints for crossing the grand canyon. After flying through Provo Canyon I turned on the AP and hit the GPSS button. Didn't touch the yoke until we neared Phoenix!

Also, here's the base paint scheme I decided on. I was going to just paint it white with a couple swoshes but decided I like this better.

You can't be showing these pictures online. Poor Brett can't handle it!!

Curious why you kept the VSI?

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Finally my first 2015 short trip along the Mississippi River toward Sikeston for some T/Gs. Our first real good day to fly in TN since the 1st. Not as pretty as some of you coastal guys..but for us landlocked it will do for a short trip. My Mooney sure does like cool weather..great ground speeds today :)  Now, forecasts are more rain, sleet and low ceilings for the next three days starting tonight. She is scheduled to go under the knife for a GDL-88 and cowl enclosure install the following week, probably be beautiful that week. Oh well at least I'll have the GDL to look forward to.

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I would expect a drop in EGTs across all cylinders since water doesn't burn very well, other than that not sure what you'll see, keep us posted, glad it was a non-event.

 

 

The data is in and it appears that cylinder #2 dropped for 46 seconds, so the water theory is out the window. Thinking now is a clogged fuel nozzle that cleared itself out.

 

 

The top graph is the EGT

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The data is in and it appears that cylinder #2 dropped for 46 seconds, so the water theory is out the window. Thinking now is a clogged fuel nozzle that cleared itself out.

The top graph is the EGT

One concern I would still have is you said you thought engine monitor was going bonkers? Can you explain that?
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One concern I would still have is you said you thought engine monitor was going bonkers? Can you explain that?

 

For the 40 odd seconds that this was going on, it was displaying symbols such as a plus sign (+) and numbers and was flashing. In hindsight it was probably showing a warning.

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