First real annual / inspection post acquisition

[NickG]

6 hours ago, dkkim73 said:

Wait, are we talking about Frank Setzler of Chandler Aviation? Is he still involved or not? He helped me with a few things around my purchase a couple years ago, figured he would be a good resource in the future. 

Scott bought Chandler Aviation from Frank.

[EricJ]

And GateOne bought Chandler Air.   That whole place has undergone a lot of change in the last several years.

[dkkim73]

You guys aren't making me feel any better...

[Yetti]

23 hours ago, SilentT said:

Aaaaaand I'm lost. But that's OK... More reason to research what the heck yall referring to. 

I have a S model with a really cool pristine 1990s Bendix King Avionics suite.    Complete with King 89B 8 GPS Navigator and STEC 30 Auto Pilot.   The Auto Pilot use left and right signals off the Heading bug on the DG.    The same as your KAP.   To switch out the DG, there must be a way to recreate the left and right signal.   The newer autopilots are digital Garmin 500.   They use a different control signals for heading and such.    Some of it is CAN Bus and some of it is ARINC 429.     Those are protocols.    Protocols are just computer parameters that are agreed upon for computer boxes to talk to one another. 

I started going down the Big G upgrade path, which was going to be about $75K.    So I stopped to see if there might be a better way.

In the F model, I installed the Dynon HDX system.

The big key for Mooneys  is an approved autopilot.   The Dynon A/P is approved for J and K model. 

[NickG]

On 11/11/2025 at 8:55 AM, dkkim73 said:

Wait, are we talking about Frank Setzler of Chandler Aviation? Is he still involved or not? He helped me with a few things around my purchase a couple years ago, figured he would be a good resource in the future. 

Picked up my Ovation yesterday. They did a great job. Took 11 days drop off to pickup. Communication with the office was excellent and Scott was was available anytime I wanted to discuss something with him. Bill was itemized to 15 minute increments and was reasonable. Overall a very positive experience. Price was not crazy expensive and not cheap.

[Ragsf15e]

57 minutes ago, NickG said:

Picked up my Ovation yesterday. They did a great job. Took 11 days drop off to pickup. Communication with the office was excellent and Scott was was available anytime I wanted to discuss something with him. Bill was itemized to 15 minute increments and was reasonable. Overall a very positive experience. Price was not crazy expensive and not cheap.

11 days is solid for a dropoff annual.