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Nice flying. Really like your videos. What AP do you have? Couldn’t see a label but it looks like it may be an stec

Thanks for another good video Chris. I like your mentioning of the MALSR and minimums for review. I fly a Bravo and have a K model with speed brakes, Can you tell me why you flew with the speed brakes out for the first approach? Thanks

I’ve never seen more fiddling and fidgeting in the cockpit during takeoff in my life, it’s dizzying. And the iPad seemed to be primary nav, over the installed equipment. If that thing broke, it would probably be a different experience. One guy couldn’t land and needed vectors all the way to final in IFR because his iPad wasn’t working. Do you ever practice these approaches without it? Probably a good practice. And why even fly in such crappy weather that would require a 4 KN tailwind in LIFR? ADM begins in the ground. If 4 was closed, I’d wait for better weather.

Great video I have a 1990 TLS can you explain again how to safely do a touch and go?

It might be the camera but your approaches are very shallow. There is no way you are at 3 degrees or on a VASI.

Good video. One point….the controller cleared you to cross JOBUK at 3000, cleared for approach. You read back to cross JOBUK at or above 3000. The controller did not catch your error which makes him at fault. However, the one who could be put into danger is you not the controller. Be careful.

if you ever want to stop at KBQK and get a cup of coffee or a cold bottle of water let me know. Great video and thanks for sharing.

Love you videos. How long have you been IFR rated?

How did you get the GI275 to communicate with the KFC150? I have been told by several avionics shops that it can't be done. Obviously, it can!

Awesome flight Chris, I know you had fun with this.

Thanks for sharing. I found it instructive. I am planning IFR currency work tomorrow evening. I was a steam gauge guy for so many years, but I am finding the digital cockpit much easier once I got used to the button pushes and programming ahead on so many aspects of the flight. Hard to beat Garmin and an iPad.

Excellent. I’ve wanted to do this …very interesting. Some of my Mooney friends leave the spoilers out for every landing….not smart. The Mooney engineers told me they are spoilers not speed breaks. Potato/Pototo? You should call Mooney, they are very helpful and the engineers are awesome.

Thanks very much for posting this video. I have the 275's in my 172 with SVT, just finished my PPL and looking forward to getting my instrument rating next. I really enjoyed watching your video and will likely watch it a number of times more.

I think the only real problem she had was clearing you for an approach into KLCQ when your flight plan was filed to 15FL. Had you simply changed you destination to Lake City she could’ve cleared you for the approach. In addition,I don’t think they can clear you for a special VFR when you are still on an instrument flight plan. Could you ask for an approach into KJAX if your flight plan was to Saint Augustine or another airport? Probably not.

The first thing I thought was icing without turning the pitot heat on. Something I have done. Then I remembered that you live in Florida. I would say that your "learn" was wrong. It's not leaving the cover on It's what caused the problem and that is the distraction. This could have been leaving a tie down on which could have ripped out and caused real damage. I have seen it done when a guy who was distracted with his family. In my opinion the "learn" should be what happened, what caused it, and what procedure would have stopped it from happening. When I do a preflight there are two things I ALWAYS do. #1- all passengers must be in one area away from the plane and they have to stay there until the preflight is complete. This actually has a bonus because the passengers see just how serious you take being pilot in command is. If I can I try to keep them in the FBO lobby until the preflight is done. #2- If for any reason I am distracted I restart the preflight from the beginning after stopping the preflight for any reason. No matter how many times it happens. I go at the same pace every time and have full attention on the preflight.

Hi Chris, thanks for those fantastic videos. I am thinking of getting rid of the vacuum system in my MSE and replacing the AI with the GI275. As a nav source I have already installed the GTN750xi. I am wondering if I also need to replace the HSI to get GPSS on my KFC-150? Also I am wondering how you get to steering in nav mode as I have nav info from the GTN750xi but I have to manually adjust the HSI to follow the correct power by the GTN. User error?

Thanks for doing this! To a newbie looking at a 530 Archer & considering a 275 this was extremely helpful 👍

Great video!

Chris, That was intense! Thanks for sharing and I really like your instrument panel; very clean/efficient.

Nice vid Chris. That was busy and I’m sure it was a bit warm. Good work 👍🏻

Nice flight Chris, we also left on Thursday, and it was SUPER busy for us too. I was in right seat taking a video and there were 5 planes in front of us when we rotated. We flew nonstop back to FFC and then I came home to TX in my Mooney from there. Hope the annual is/was uneventful with no expensive surprises. I got mine back from annual just a few days before I left for the OSH trip.

Where were you getting your annual in Minnesota?

Very helpful, thanks. I was flying a new GTN 650 / GI 275 installation today and was not able to activate GPSS. Now I realize why - I wasn’t aware of the need to select it in the ADI!

I’m trying to decide on between installing the 275’s or the g3x and you have good in flight videos. Thanks for sharing!

Nice job. That poor vis arrival would have been frustrating and you handled it perfectly. Nice editing as well.👍🏻

Awesome video of your flight Chris . Thanks for sharing!

Outstanding flight. We flew in from DBQ on Monday and the visibility was terrible. We came up at 5500 and it was hard to see the ground at that altitude. Very nice job with the landing, we got RY36 and it was uneventful. I plan on going back next year. I flew in with a buddy of mine in his RV10 and I was wondering how the taxy in the grass would be with an Ovation. Looks like you had no problems with the grass, also pretty sweet you got to park on concrete.

The speed brakes are behind the point on the wing where the airflow is laminar at high angles of attack…..in the already turbulent air separated from the wing. During certification, Mooney anticipated pilots forgetting to stow the speed brakes for landing and also provided for the case where the speed brakes malfunctioned while extended. As you saw, very little effect at high angles of attack……of which landing is an example.

Nice approach and landing! Thanks for sharing….

Looking forward to flying a Mooney Ovation for the first time

Chris, your videos are always informative and well analyzed. I believe this event and the way in which you handled it provides one of the most important lessons to all of us in this day and age of highly advanced avionics. That is, that pilots must recognize quickly the importance of sometimes moving DOWN an automation level in order to maintain positive aircraft control. Upon recognizing an unanticipated behavior of the A/P, you had the situational awareness to immediately disengage it and the proficiency to revert to hand flying while you diagnosed the issue. One of the first things I teach my students making the transition to a glass cockpit is exactly what you demonstrated here. While automation has the POTENTIAL to reduce workload, especially operating single-pilot IFR, its use requires careful pilot monitoring, anticipation and proficiency. Well done!

What a superb video - thank you so much

Muy cool el video

Very cool, thanks for sharing

Good video. Chris, are you still pleased with the 275 set up. I have been going back and forth on this potential decision. Do you know if it drives a G3X autopilot? Have you been satisfied with the fuel and engine monitoring? Thanks.

I also live in an airpark without an instrument approach. I don’t file to my airport. I file to a nearby uncontrolled field, cancel when I break out, then vfr to my field.

The way you are filling based on using multiple tanks one at a time is called a bottle cascade. It really helps to ensure that you get to use as much oxygen as possible. If you and your buddies are using this thing a lot, you may want to consider a booster pump. They allow you to basically drain the o2 tank all the way down without wasting any before you return it, and you don't have to worry about the whole cascade system. The most popular one for people filling their own tech rigs in SCUBA for closed circuit rebreathers is the Haskel Mini Booster Pump. You'll probably never break even on the oxygen cost vs the pump, but you'll be able to fill a lot more tanks without having to return the bottles, or having to lug around 3 of them to cascade them down.

That was fun to watch, busy and I had never seen the mini glass. Training my eyes for your panel kept me in front of the PC until the end. I never saw the minimum on the display. Thanks.

Hey Chris, great content. Could you share the Mooney connection fitting type? We haven't been able to find it anywhere.

looks like a mooney panel..

Chris, consider moving either the GFC500 or the TOGA button. What happenned once is likely to happen again. Ideally, I like the AP controls up high and right but that space is occupied by the Gear knob. But, you can remove the old navcom and move the radios lower and insert the AP above the GTN navigator.

This is why I do the "dummy check" before I get in my plane to start. Its my last chance to see if I left anything obvious (chocks, pitot cover, or heater plugged in). Glad it was something simple yet frustrating.

19:34 wouldn’t it have been better to arm NAV mode instead of APR due to the fact that atc did not clear you for the approach, but just told you to intercept final? It worked out this time but sometimes atc keeps you high for traffic and it could create conflict

Chris is this a Mooney M20R that you are flying?

Notice how complicated it is to enter approach minimums on the ADI (09:15 in the video). Chris does it very nicely, but the UI is not good. If under stress (not unusual during approach) it is very easy to get it wrong. Also, once set, there is no quick way to check whether you have set the minimum altitude correctly. Compare with how easy it is to set the altitude bug. This need to be improved on the otherwise very well thought out GI275 system.

Great Video... In SRQ with a Mooney and GFC500 and 3 - 275 set up... would love to go flying! Always learning :)

Great Video... In SRQ with a Mooney and GFC500 and 3 - 275 set up... would love to go flying! Always learning :)

You handled it better than that Amazon Giant Air pilot did in Texas. RIP to him.

Great video Chris and also figuring out what happened. I am getting the GFC500 installed in my Mooney in November. I will definitely keep this video in mind when we are discussing locations for the TOGA button.

Thanks for sharing.