Let the Games Begin - Major Avionics and Interior Upgrade

[Terry Carraway]

I wouldn't collar any others, keep it simple.

I added Speed Brake and Gear. That is enough.

Speed brake as some people pull the breaker if any ice, as they can ice open.

Gear in case you have to do an emergency extension, you don't want to mistakenly try to put them up.

[Scott Dyer HPN/NY]

I figure that while the CBs for trim and a/p are "immediate' items, for the rest including gear motor I'll have some time to pull the breaker if I need to do that. But you're still keeping it clean and that's good. I see some client airplanes with every other breaker collared and not sure how they differential those at night?????

[Terry Carraway]

not sure how they differential those at night?????

Flashlight??

[Scott Dyer HPN/NY]

I kinda want to be able to get to the immediate essentials of the CBs while not being able to see. Too many collars and I can't tell the A/P and Trim CBs from the others.

[Terry Carraway]

True.

[Terry Carraway]

The more I fly my new panel, the more I like it.

Did 6.9 hours, 0W3 (NE Maryland) to Fort Worth} non-stop to attend a Mooney Safety Foundation Pilot Proficiency Program and 7.0 back.

Total of 17.7 hours over 4 days.

[Scott Dyer HPN/NY]

Did you see Pete there? N231QM with his new panel, interior and paint. He was in from Spokane, now at White Plains.

[Terry Carraway]

I don't recall, but it was a packed weekend.

Arrived mid-afternoon on Thursday. Eight hours class room and a 1.8 hour flight on Friday. Late morning 2.2 hour on Saturday. A nice nap , banquet, then fly home on Sunday.

Over 20 Mooneys on the ramp. 20 students, plus some instructors flew in.

[Terry Carraway]

Almost 60 hours with the new panel. LOVING it. I don't know of anything I would change from the placement and the pieces chosen.

[Gil Buettner]

Good for you, Terry.

[Ray Tackett]

Almost 60 hours with the new panel. LOVING it. I don't know of anything I would change from the placement and the pieces chosen.

The mark of a great engineering job. Congratulations.

[Terry Carraway]

Thanks. I spent enough time thinking about it and discussing it with people online and in person.