JPI 830 M20J

[bnicolette]

Hello all,

 

I am the proud new owner of a 1982 Mooney M20J!  I have been on the hunt for almost 6 months and finally made a decision.  It has been a long road with many ups and downs along the way.  I almost bought a 1979 model but when I was about to make a move, things with work changed and I thought it was just never going to happen.  While that was going on, I came across a 1982 model and just knew I had to have it no matter what was going on with work.  So here it is a month later and it is finally in my hangar.  When it was going through the pre buy/annual the only thing I really wanted was an engine monitor and the more I looked at prices and installation costs the more just thought it would be better to do everything at once, so I had the JPI 830 installed.  I don't have much time behind it, but it is just phenomenal.  It is so nice to have a secondary indication of all those parameters for that extra warm and fuzzy feeling that everything is running as advertised.  It has the following hooked up to it:

• 
  
• EGT
  
• CHT
  
• %HP
  
• Fuel Flow information (FF, Required fuel to destination, fuel remaining, alarms, etc.)
  
• OAT
  
• RPM
  
• Manifold Pressure
  
• Oil Temperature
  
• Oil Pressure
  
• Voltage
  
• Information on cooling for descent
  

Just a whole lot of information displayed in a format that is readily available and easy to read.  I love it!!

The only glitch I had with the airplane was when it was being ferried up from Daytona, during the fuel stop the flaps would not retract after being selected full down for landing.  Apparently it was a problem with the limiting switch being out of adjustment.  The local mechanic charged the ferry pilot $10 to fix it and he was on his way again!!  Phew!!  I was hoping it wasn't some expensive fix like a flap motor or anything.

This board has been such a wealth of information from looking for an airplane to troubleshooting the flap problem when the ferry pilot called and told me what was going on.  I was able to quickly look up flap problems on the board and give them some direction to go and what to look for when I came across the posts on the limiting switch!!

What a great community and am so happy to be able to post now with my own airplane.

Cheers to everybody and looking forward to communicating with all of you.

 

Brett

[LFOD]

Looks great; quick question:  Is it covering up those spaces for the rocker switches below it, or is that just the angle of the picture?

[bnicolette]

Thank you.  Yes it does come down over the blanks for the rocker switches.  My other option was to put the monitor at the top row of instruments and it would have sat just below the six pack gauges.  I decided to get rid of a strikefinder that used to be located where the monitor is now.  I wanted an empty space where I could eventually put an electric attitude indicator that I have.

[acronut]

Congrats on your new airplane!  I second the vote for the 830.  I have the 9cylinder version in my Pitts Model 12 and couldn't live without it.  I never thought I'd use the download feature but it just proved invaluable when I had an engine problem and could download all the info and send it to the engine builder.  Just plug in the USB and push one button and I had over 60hours of flying in seconds.  Great product easy to read and use!

Kendal

www.acronut.com