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When you get it up on jacks, try to move the nose gear up and down vertically and see if there is a lot of play. Mine was going up and down at least an inch. Totally wore out. I sent mine into LASAR also and had it rebuilt. Just like new again.

Check the prices, and join the Signature group for fuel discount. I just stayed at Signature in NC--overnight was $50 last December, now it's $100/night "due to the size of your airplane." Since when is an M20-C big?????

A titty twister

We used KCFO last month. It was quite satisfactory. Easy in and easy out, but be prepared for a long taxi. I flew in five or six years ago for an event at the Gaylord, back when the airport was called front range, and if that is the area to which you are headed, it is probably the best choice. The FBO handles enterprise rental cars without any stress, and the self service fuel is cheap relative to Jeffco and Centennial. -dan

Last time we were in the DEN area we went into Rocky Mountain Metro (BJC). Don't remember the fuel prices, but the people were friendly and helpful.

Damn, that thing looks like a fighter. Really well done!

Have you gotten over your Mooney Night Sweats yet? Try to sleep but as soon as your eyelids close they snap back open as your brain exclaims "Mooney!"

Here is some serious thread creep. I landed at Boulder once and there were low clouds when I wanted to leave. They wouldn’t give me a clearance because they said they had to have VFR conditions at Metro before they could give me a clearance. Anyway, I did a scud run to the south and the sky’s opened up about 20 miles south like I expected. So It got me wondering if class D or E airspace goes down to the surface of the airport, or to the surface of the terrain around the airport. Metro is on a hill. If you fly below the elevation of the airport, are you in the airspace?

I flew into APA a month ago. Didn't use any services, as I was just handing off a passenger for the next leg of an AngelFlight, so I can't provide any feedback on FBOs. I can say it was busy, which meant a wait for takeoff. OTOH, landing was straight-in without a delay. Controllers were good.

We wanted to go to Centennial. It's a bigger airport, and yes, it's more expensive and stressful, but I enjoy the experience. Reminded me of flying into Midway. Making memories.

I didn't have the 8-second ride, but it was more like the nose gear was wobbling like a bad shopping cart wheel. About 10 years ago, we sent my nose gear to LASAR for rebuilding and the installation of new shock discs. We also installed the new steering horn, and basically everything is like new.

Why didn’t you go to metro or Boulder?

I'm doing the electroaire switch at annual. As for space, i seem to remembwer someone on MS removing the switches from the electroaire assemblyl and installing them directly into the planes panel. honestly my guess, you might be able to just have your IA source and install standard switches

I know I am. I'm so excited to get out of a trainer and into my "forever" plane.

We flew into Centennial in June and I think we used Signature. Believe it or not, they had the cheapest fuel on the field, but honestly I've never wasted my time fretting about fuel prices at a destination airport. We saw a concert at the Red Rocks and it exceeded my expectation, and had a great experience in Golden, Morrison, Colorodo Springs, and Pikes Peak. I would use APA and Signature again.

Got a picture of the sheet. Well I can say without a doubt it’s wrong because if I add useful load to empty it doesn’t get near 3200 (like ~165 pounds off?). There is no way with just one person (!90 pounds) and full fuel the plane is completely out of CG? Huh? I would have to drop down to under 50 gallons. WHAT!? Are most Rocket drivers simply flying it out of CG? I find that also hard to believe.

That is where the Bravo shines. We usually cruise 15k and above and it is not uncommon to turn the heater on even in the summer.

Yes, and I very much thank MikeOh for the article. I have already ordered the shim from lasar. This is my 3ard Mooney, had an F and an E, never experienced anything like this on either previous airplanes. I am going to have the shop check the entire nosewheel when it goes in.

I have to agree, I live in south Florida and have had several mooney’s with ac, and the kool scoop makes ground ops totally tolerable and once you’re over 8k all is well. I have an endless battle with the ac in my A and if I could use something like the scoop in that plane I would in a heartbeat. unfortunately a pressurized plane has bleed air and you just get cooked without ac and it sucks!

And if you’re doing push button, are you also doing mag switches? They seem nice but possibly easier to leave on (hot prop!)

That is possible but today the wind was dead calm, no crosswind. I think Don Maxwells article is exactly what I am experiencing.

While my plane gets pretty hot in the summer, lugging large amounts of ice to the plane does not really seem a good solution to me. Bringing in substance that releases large quantity of suffocating gas even less so. I settled on the KoolScoop that I modified so it is removable and does not stay attached to the window and it seems to provide some relief on the hot days, albeit not as good as A/C. Total investment $50 plus some time to modify the scoop. Stays in the side pocket all year round and deployed when needed. Negligible effect on useful load and my back. Reasonably satisfactory result.

The issue with a push to start, is that you won't hear the SOS before starter engagement.

Our club will be sending our plane in for some avionics upgrades and one of our annoyances is that the key is so close to the side wall, that it is very difficult to turn to start the engine. One of our instructors suggested adding a push button ignition instead. Has anyone done this? We don't have room for the ElectroAir model on Aircraft spruce, so it would need to be a round 3/4" button.

You are correct, 1.55 gm/cc