McMooney Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 ARGGHHHH, figured I would go out today get some touch and goes in, maybe do some night landings but it seems the airplane gods are out to get me. The shiny new stratus appareo transponder up and died, I suspected that thing was junk. what to do now? 9th day of ownership and already needs repairs sigh
Guitarmaster Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 Should be under warranty. Mine has preformed flawlessly for none months now.Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
Sean S Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 Had mine for 9 months as well, works great! Hopefully warranty will cover it.
Yetti Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 Circuit breaker/fuse then reseat the unit in the tray
steingar Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 The day I scrub a VFR flight for a balky transponder...
Brandontwalker Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 Mine has been great. Don't give up on it yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
N201MKTurbo Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 1 hour ago, steingar said: The day I scrub a VFR flight for a balky transponder... You obviously don't live under a mode C vail...
steingar Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 Just now, N201MKTurbo said: You obviously don't live under a mode C vail... Adjacent, but not underneath. A good point. The OP didn't give a location, so I couldn't tell.
N201MKTurbo Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 39 minutes ago, steingar said: Adjacent, but not underneath. A good point. The OP didn't give a location, so I couldn't tell. You can still get a no transponder waver if you talk to them real nice.
rbridges Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 1 hour ago, N201MKTurbo said: You obviously don't live under a mode C vail... one of the advantages of living in the boonies. 1
rbridges Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 12 hours ago, McMooney said: ARGGHHHH, figured I would go out today get some touch and goes in, maybe do some night landings but it seems the airplane gods are out to get me. The shiny new stratus appareo transponder up and died, I suspected that thing was junk. what to do now? 9th day of ownership and already needs repairs sigh if the airplane gods hated you, it would have gone out the day after the warranty expired, not 9 days into it. But yeah, it's aggravating.
steingar Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 2 hours ago, N201MKTurbo said: You can still get a no transponder waver if you talk to them real nice. Been there done that, in Philadelphia even. I did talk to them nicely, though. 1
Jim Peace Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 15 hours ago, McMooney said: go out today get some touch and goes in the transponder failing may have saved your life........... 2
N201MKTurbo Posted July 13, 2017 Report Posted July 13, 2017 4 minutes ago, Jim Peace said: the transponder failing may have saved your life........... What is that, one fatality for every 10 touch and gos? 2
KLRDMD Posted July 14, 2017 Report Posted July 14, 2017 20 hours ago, McMooney said: ARGGHHHH, figured I would go out today get some touch and goes in, maybe do some night landings. Both the Mooney Pilot Proficiency Program and Beech Pilot Proficiency Program disallow touch and goes. When I do Mooney transition training I do not allow touch and goes.
TheTurtle Posted July 14, 2017 Report Posted July 14, 2017 my tponder once went out in flight. worked fine when i took off.
Hank Posted July 14, 2017 Report Posted July 14, 2017 I'm with you, Mc! Been down a while chasing demons out of my left magneto, will be doing some touch and goes to make sure I still know how to land. Will probably do one or two to a full stop first, it's been way too long . . . .
McMooney Posted July 14, 2017 Author Report Posted July 14, 2017 woot it's fixed, Ray from Texas Flight came over and after giving me the stupid owner/pilot look proceeded to screw the transponder into its tray. I'm based in Houston KDWH. Got in 5 trips around the pattern, 3 squeakers, 1 good and 1 teeth rattler 3
steingar Posted July 14, 2017 Report Posted July 14, 2017 9 hours ago, McMooney said: woot it's fixed, Ray from Texas Flight came over and after giving me the stupid owner/pilot look proceeded to screw the transponder into its tray. Doncha hate it when that happens?
Cooperd0g Posted July 16, 2017 Report Posted July 16, 2017 On 7/13/2017 at 8:30 PM, KLRDMD said: Both the Mooney Pilot Proficiency Program and Beech Pilot Proficiency Program disallow touch and goes. When I do Mooney transition training I do not allow touch and goes. Why are they disallowed?
Yetti Posted July 16, 2017 Report Posted July 16, 2017 3 hours ago, Cooperd0g said: Why are they disallowed? Some believe that they will lead to a gear up or worse. Some believe they are good practice. It's a Ford Chevy Pickup discussion.
Hank Posted July 16, 2017 Report Posted July 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Yetti said: Some believe that they will lead to a gear up or worse. Some believe they are good practice. It's a Ford Chevy Pickup discussion. Booo Ford! Yaay, touch n go! 1
Urs_Wildermuth Posted July 16, 2017 Report Posted July 16, 2017 On 14.07.2017 at 3:09 PM, steingar said: Doncha hate it when that happens? No, I am bloody glad it's not something expensive which is broken! Being a stupid owner comes cheap in this instance.
Cooperd0g Posted July 16, 2017 Report Posted July 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Yetti said: Some believe that they will lead to a gear up or worse. Some believe they are good practice. It's a Ford Chevy Pickup discussion. Interesting. I have probably done thousands of touch and go's in retractable gear planes. But I would never argue with those groups as a student , that's for sure.
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