Recent content by bradp

Hi Flying Nun - love these hard cases. Sent you a PM. Thanks.

Just know how to manage the distraction. Some of my favorite flights have been with my oldest daughter. Trip to TN for the eclipse when she was 4, two trips to Oshkosh. She started at 3 months and started flying solo with me at 2 years. She’s flown IFR/IMC and knows to be quiet. Dynamic with...

Did you clearly state in writing the scope of the work to be done prior to releasing the aircraft?

CEFJ mooney depending on your useful load. Jump right in. You’ll be able to be insured. Go far / fast on little gas. Enough useful load for a three or four depending on how much gas you put in. If you want to put more in it and go slower, skip the 15x/172 and find a 182. They all fly the same.

Sounds like you need both a pilot and a plane -you’ll need a 135 outfit for that job.

I put a used 2600 in as a backup to a pair of G5’s so I could get rid of the vacuum. The older unit is no longer supported, but I sent it in for a bench check to the extremely helpful RC Allen folks. So far so good. Simple and works.

Note: the GDL-69 is compatible with the old XMWX system. As I understand, Sirius XM recently updated radar refresh rates to 2.5 min for the old XMWX systems. It's also compatible with marine packages. I used a marine XMWX Skywatch subscription which is $15/mo compared to $30/mo for the...

All prices are price plus actual shipping. Units removed working unless noted (e.g. as-is, parts). I know my post count is low here over on PoA. I'm bradp over at Mooneyspace and Brad Podd on beechtalk, where I am a frequent contributor. I'm a known entity real life person with decent...

For touch and goes - I believe I was riding in the back of a 172 years back and controller didn’t want to do it at SAN. Said she’d consider it a practice approach (it was the approach controller) and said land or go elsewhere. I’ve done full stop taxi backs at PIT a few times. No big deal...

Do you by any chance have an SD card in the slot of the affected G5? I experienced the same blank screen. Here's what I found; I had the same SD card with the software update as the unit was trying to use to do data logging. The blank screen was actually booting into the firmware update...

Use standard nyloseal fittings. Tuna straight length of tube straight back to the firewall for maybe 6 or 8 inches for S and another couple for S. This takes care of clearance issues between P and S at the unit and at the T connector. Use a standard T connector. One T will go to the other G5...

There’s an instruction somewhere on the davtron site about constructing a keep alive battery pack. Supposed to be good for two odd years. There are also davtron battery packs available on spruce - at least for the 811 model. Might see if you can interchange

I did the 430W last year with a used 330ES and a used flightstrean 210. I love my panel. I dont miss the fancy GTN visual capabilities with aera 660 and the ease of using FlightAware/FS-210. Everything is modular and easily upgrade/replaceable. Transponder was $1500 Did an aera 660 tied to...

The only thing you could do is move the CIII AI to the turn coordinator position and keep it in the panel as long as it doesn’t have a flight director.

Pm sent about the halos. Thanks