Mike Cheung flying into Edenton, NC ...

[Tootle]

Mike,

The airport is not far from General boats.  However, have you seen weather reports?  Are you and your plane instrument rated?  See picture here:  
http://www.ncdot.org/_includes/download/external.html?pdf=http://www.ncdot.org/transit/aviation/download/ncairports/NortheasternRegionalAirportEDE.pdf

Take Stan's number at the plant in case it is raining.  I volunteer him or Rose to come and get you.

Take some aerial pictures of the plant if you can...

Do you have rain gear?

Have a good time.

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA

[Mike Cheung]

Ed,

Your generous volunteering of Stan's time is overwhelming and deeply appreciated!  

Seriously though, while our Mooney 231 is instrument equipped, including both a Strikefinder (for lightning detection), NEXRAD weather radar feed via XM radio, and a brand new Garmin 530 WAAS certified GPS navigation system (if you can't find the runway with that, you better get another hobby), and while I'm also instrument equipped (well rated actually); I didn't get this old by playing tag with thunderstorms.  Not to mention that taking my Admiral out to try the Rhodes 22 on during a T storm is probably not the best tactic for getting her to think getting a Rhodes is a good idea.  

So, given the weather forecast, Stan and I agreed that another time would be better.  We've rescheduled for the end of the month.

Mike C.

Tootle wrote:

Mike,

The airport is not far from General boats.  However, have you seen weather reports?  Are you and your plane instrument rated?  See picture here:  
http://www.ncdot.org/_includes/download/external.html?pdf=http://www.ncdot.org/transit/aviation/download/ncairports/NortheasternRegionalAirportEDE.pdf

Take Stan's number at the plant in case it is raining.  I volunteer him or Rose to come and get you.

Take some aerial pictures of the plant if you can...

Do you have rain gear?

Have a good time.

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA

[Brad Haslett-2]

Mike,

Now that Garmin has introduced the 495 - same as the 496 without the XM
radio - I'm thinking about springing for it.  My Garmin 250XL already has a
moving map, the 495 would just be redundancy.  What I really want is the
terrain warnings and the partial panel function.  Do you really use the XM
weather or is it fluff.  My legs in the Bo are usually 2 hours and I can
look at a map of the convective activity just prior to departure on the
internet.  I figure if there's some doubt, I'll stay at the hangar and drink
beer, er, sweep the floor.

Brad

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Mike Cheung <mikecheung@...> wrote:

>
> Ed,
>
> Your generous volunteering of Stan's time is overwhelming and deeply
> appreciated!
>
> Seriously though, while our Mooney 231 is instrument equipped, including
> both a Strikefinder (for lightning detection), NEXRAD weather radar feed
> via
> XM radio, and a brand new Garmin 530 WAAS certified GPS navigation system
> (if you can't find the runway with that, you better get another hobby), and
> while I'm also instrument equipped (well rated actually); I didn't get this
> old by playing tag with thunderstorms.  Not to mention that taking my
> Admiral out to try the Rhodes 22 on during a T storm is probably not the
> best tactic for getting her to think getting a Rhodes is a good idea.
>
> So, given the weather forecast, Stan and I agreed that another time would
> be
> better.  We've rescheduled for the end of the month.
>
> Mike C.
>
>
>
> Tootle wrote:
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > The airport is not far from General boats.  However, have you seen
> weather
> > reports?  Are you and your plane instrument rated?  See picture here:
> >
> http://www.ncdot.org/_includes/download/external.html?pdf=http://www.ncdot.org/transit/aviation/download/ncairports/NortheasternRegionalAirportEDE.pdf
> >
> > Take Stan's number at the plant in case it is raining.  I volunteer him
> or
> > Rose to come and get you.
> >
> > Take some aerial pictures of the plant if you can...
> >
> > Do you have rain gear?
> >
> > Have a good time.
> >
> > Ed K
> > Greenville, SC, USA
> >
> >
>
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[Mike Cheung]

Brad,

Yeah, I really use the XM NEXRAD.  It's good enough to get through a not too tightly packed T storm line.  My rule is 25 nm clearance from dots on the Strikefinder (I prefer 50 nm if I can do it) and level 2 or less on the NEXRAD.  Seems to work.  I fly a fair number of 3 - 4 hour legs (and a few 6-ish hour ones) so it's nice to have the weather info.  Plus, I use the plane for some "gotta go if it's not crazy" missions (consulting business and Angel Flight).  The NEXRAD is about 6 minutes old by the time it reaches my tablet PC (which is what is hooked to the XM and to a Holux "hockey puck" GPS so I've got moving map in my lap).  The 530 has terrain on it, but so does the tablet.  Gotta admit I don't use that part often.  I prefer to be above FL 110 and so does the 231.  I can run 50 dF LOP below about FL 150 and true out at 165 - 175 kts on 10.5 gph.  Hard to beat.  That works out to 18+ statue miles per gallon; they're folks cars that don't get that.  

I've played with the partial panel feature on the tablet (would probably be the same on on the 495) and "I don't think so".  I backed up my gyro horizon with an electric some time ago.  Now it looks like you can get cool electric horizons that replace your TC and have battery backup.  How cool is that?

BTW - I run Flightprep on my tablet instead of carrying any paper charts.  You might think about a tablet PC + Flightprep + gps hockey puck instead of a 495.  Bet the cost is not that different (I ebayed my tablet for ~$1k and the gps was <$100; the Flightprep software is like $0.5k/y) and your cockpit will be a little neater w/o the charts.  That and having the moving map in the lap is kinda nice; though I have to admit it's now kind of overkill in my cockpit with the 530's moving map going also.  I figure the tablet PC + gps is my emergency nav system since it'll run for about 2.5 hours on the PC's battery if I lost power.  There are a lot of places to land, usually, within a 2.5 hour cruise in the 231.  

Mike


Mike,

Now that Garmin has introduced the 495 - same as the 496 without the XM
radio - I'm thinking about springing for it.  My Garmin 250XL already has a
moving map, the 495 would just be redundancy.  What I really want is the
terrain warnings and the partial panel function.  Do you really use the XM
weather or is it fluff.  My legs in the Bo are usually 2 hours and I can
look at a map of the convective activity just prior to departure on the
internet.  I figure if there's some doubt, I'll stay at the hangar and drink
beer, er, sweep the floor.

Brad

[Mike Cheung]

Brad,

Here's what my set up looks like (assuming I didn't bugger up uploading the jpg).  Weather avoidance in my lap and on the Strikefinder (above the throttle).  Navigation also in my lap on the 530 backed up by the KX 165 to the next nearest VOR.  Coincidentally this shot was taken by my son from the back seat on the trip home from my Admiral and I taking the ASA bareboating course in Punta Gorda, FL.  We're on leg 1 of 2 home KPGD > KCAE > KAKR.

Mike

[Brad Haslett-2]

Mike,

Nice looking panel!  I was flying GA when that KFC 200 autopilot/flight
director first came out ( or maybe I'm confused with fried chicken) and it
is good stuff.  I've got a Brittain B2 autopilot system on the shelf I
bought used off another Bo owner (one of the first A/P's ever built) that is
on the TO-DO list. Right now, it works just as well as the RayMarine
autopilot sitting on the shelf waiting for installation on the CoraShen.
I'm being dragged, kicking and screaming, into the digital age of flying.
Next stop, AirBus school.

Keep the sky blue for the next two weeks.  We're leaving for China
tomorrow.  I'll look for clear skies and the freedom when we get home.

Brad

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Mike Cheung <mikecheung@...> wrote:

>
> Brad,
>
> Here's what my set up looks like (assuming I didn't bugger up uploading the
> jpg).  Weather avoidance in my lap and on the Strikefinder (above the
> throttle).  Navigation also in my lap on the 530 backed up by the KX 165 to
> the next nearest VOR.  Coincidentally this shot was taken by my son from
> the
> back seat on the trip home from my Admiral and I taking the ASA bareboating
> course in Punta Gorda, FL.  We're on leg 1 of 2 home KPGD > KCAE > KAKR.
>
> Mike
>
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