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  2. In my experience #10 and smaller helicoils are hit or miss. Maybe others have better luck with them, but I don't.
  3. Flyler

    Flew over Denali

    An Arrow would be nice. I'm between a Warrior (160hp) and an Archer (180hp). As much as I like to complain about how beat up and smelly they are, I'm still flying, and it is marvelous!
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  5. When my tanks were stripped and resealed (52 gal), I was billed for 52.4 gallons. Both were up to the caps when I checked. Some variation is to be expected, especially if the tabs are welded in during tank neck construction. (My C has no tabs.)
  6. N228RM, Gunter and Tina Haug also landed in Reykjavik today. Mooney 252
  7. Good news! We are all vicariously enjoying your trip.
  8. Why wouldn’t a Helicoil work?
  9. So a 6 hour flight from Canada (CYFB) to E Cost of Greenland (KUS), quick fuel stop then a 3 hour flight to Iceland Reykjavik (BIRK). Not bad for a days flying. Don
  10. When calibrated after the JPI EDM900 install the reading on the right tank wasn't right in the mid-range, causing repeated "Fuel Qty. Mismatch" warnings. Yesterday we ran the right tank dry in flight and re-calibrated. To my surprise, starting from 0.0 usable when filled it to 32 gal. it wasn't up to the tabs! Full to the tabs was 33.1 gallons.
  11. Well loved 1968 Mooney M20G. Dependable 136TAS on a 180hp engine sipping 9-10GPH. Have flown this bird all over the US with multiple CA>NY>CA crossings. She's dependable, clean, and will serve you well. - Engine overhauled in 2018 by Jewell Aviation (1022 hours on engine in 7 years, averaging 146hrs/yr of flying). - Shock discs recently replaced by Don Maxwell (2024) - No AD on prop - Whelen Strobes - PlanePower Alternator Conversion - Skytec Starter (2023 replaced) - 430W, ADS-B 330 transponder - Pathfinder P2A Autopilot with nav mode/heading mode (works), no altitude - Paint is in decent shape and gets lot of compliments on the ramp - Interior is OK, some rips/tears. Feel free to message on MooneySpace with any questions.
  12. I had to turn around and come back in had an avionics issue. I quickly resolved it and am now in Iceland.
  13. One of the wheel cover holes on the nose gear of my J is stripped. Since I've owned the plane it's always been a bit "squishy" when I tried to snug it up. After this year's annual it gave way and won't stay in. I gather it is: 040-08700 CLEVELAND NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY. Anyone have experience? Does anyone have a cross-sectional drawing of this wheel showing the maximum depth of those holes? I'd want to know that before trying to rethread, helicoil (unlikely to work) or install a thread-locking insert. Thx.
  14. By aviation standards, not all that expensive.
  15. So sorry to hear what your going through! Hope you’ll get back into your J real soon so you can start enjoying it for real. Sounds like you’re renting an arrow - essentially the same engine as your J but absolutely no comparison in performance! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  16. Flyler

    Flew over Denali

    Yeah... It's a long story but I currently own my second Mooney. I think I've owned a Mooney for about 1.5 years and only flew twice, total of 3.1 hours. Renting the Piper while I wait for my m20j to get out of the shop so I can fly it back home with an instructor. I am a long winded person who can be hard to shut up at times. When I flew the Mooney for the first time, I was speechless. I did not think it would be *that* much nicer to fly than the Piper!
  17. RG400 is the best cable. $$$
  18. Excellent idea. Take several data points over the next several takeoffs and average them for even better data. I do, of course, hear frequent peals that "the book is written by the marketing team", and claims that you can't meet book numbers in a real airplane. But when I ask for details, I essentially always find that the person making the claim has either never actually measured performance, or that they've made critical errors interpreting charts. On the latter note, there are plenty of gotchas. Of course you have to use the current weather report to estimate wind, but where I live it's virtually guaranteed that the wind sock will show something different on the takeoff roll (including a tailwind, since we have the "calm wind runway" thing going on here). If you're serious about it, calculate expected performance for several scenarios, then you can compare against the one that best matched actual takeoff conditions. On a more disturbing note, there are a disconcerting number of pilots out there who can tell you in general terms that density altitude is a thing, but who then pick the row/column/line from the performance chart that is based on standard conditions, and subsequently see much worse performance than they calculated. Most of this crowd also assumes that any runway without an absurd gradient must be level. Finally, when I say a lot of pilots don't lift off at the prescribed Vlof speed, I don't mean a minor error of 1-2 knots; but often 5-10 knots faster, "for the wife and kids" or whatever. Again, you don't have to be Yeager to get this right, but you do have to apply the techniques and conditions specified in the chart.
  19. Their out is “verify with chart’… but agree still some work to do… -Don
  20. For ground roll, I just count runway stripes. Standard runway striping is 120' stripes with 80' spaces, i.e. a periodicity of 200'. Roll to the beginning of the first runway stripe, hold the brakes, launch, and count each stripe as it rolls underneath the airplane. A little estimation is involved in noting exact liftoff point, but you'll get it within 50' or so, which is good enough. Things get more challenging once airborne. But if you've got two in the airplane, one can look toward the ground on climbout while the other flies the airplane and calls out 50' or 100' or whatever. The guy looking toward the ground can try to estimate how many more runway stripes pass below. It is if you're trying to make an observation accurate to within 1 knot, but I don't think that's necessary. Look at the windsock when you roll onto the runway. Each segment of it extends fully for each additional 3 knots of wind, see https://www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/how-to-read-a-windsock. A direct headwind is, well, direct; 30 degrees off is 50% headwind component, 45 degrees is 30%, and anything more is essentially zero. Using these techniques on an actually level, dry runway (most runways are not quite level) I essentially always match takeoff performance numbers in the POH within 10% or so, for any common production GA airplane. I did see significant variation recently in a flight school 172, which I chalked up to mis-reading the wind at the time. But that airplane turned up with a bunch of metal in the filter at the next oil change!
  21. I have an E model and my number 2 radio 430w) has had poor reception from the time I got it. Going into annual in a month I want to just swap the cable and antenna while we are there. Probably a Comant 196 antenna? My number 1 GPS gets a Loss of Integrity pretty easily so I bought a new GA 35 antenna and was wondering about the cable for that as well. Looking for what types of cable/s I would need and what what to get and if the 196 new or used is the standard? Is there a difference in in the new vs used old ones ?
  22. Runway lights are usually spaced at 200' intervals. Centerline stripes are 120' long with 80' gaps so they are also 200' from the beginning of each stripe to the beginning of the next stripe.
  23. My lights seem to be very accurate. I don't rely on them obviously. Per the manual they come on around 7-8 gallons, which seems about right to what the fuel gauges say. My stock gauges also seem very accurate as well. I have run down to 2 gallons on the digital readout and then got nervous and switched tanks.
  24. Next time I will try to do a "by the book" take off and see what numbers do I get. My last take off was 2500ft the takeoff roll for what I can see in FF. I was a bit over max gross I think and the DA was 2600ft. I never stop when I roll into the runway. Next time I will align, get to a stop, brakes, full throttle, break release, and see how fast I get airbone. I always have the feeling that my engine is not producing full rated power, but everything is fine with the engine (borescope, oil analysis, compression, Savvy's inflight mag check)
  25. Very helpful. No real reason to charge the battery because it's only a backup and then i have my built-in tank as another backup. Wondering if I just remove the battery altogether if it will work ok? ChatGPT says yes and that it will run cooler too. I will try that next.
  26. With all the pain and suffering and great joy along the 50 year adventure of airplane flying and maintenance....................my most cherished accomplishment was my Ovation engine RR [with certified FAA supervision of course] .
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