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Yeah the real infestation happened over a few days in early August - then it was hundreds of topics being posted in just a few hours. Prior to that we had them here and there but nothing like that. Crazy thing is today I had a spammer register, pay the $2 fee for instant validation and then immediately make a bunch of spam posts. I'm expecting them to file for some kind of refund/chargeback through PayPal now. Hopefully that will not become the new problem...

Price?

As I understand it, ceramic waxes use silica (SiO2) in place of carnauba. SiO2 is a component of ceramics and hence the marketing term "ceramic" for these waxes. There are probably varying qualities of this stuff and it will be difficult to tell the difference from the marketing hype.

I can’t exactly remember where I got my mechanical fuel pump, but it was overhauled/exchanged. Maybe through Spruce or Aircraft Accessories? It was probably 2020, and it was always ~30-31psi on the ground - measured by an edm-930.

Al Jesmer at Precision Airmotive has stated that the RSA fuel injection servo works fine with input fuel pressures in the range of 20-35 psi. I have heard that at one point Lycoming was shipping fuel pumps that exceeded the 30 psi limit that Mooney put in the airframe limitations. However, the rebuilt IO-360-A3B6 that I got from Lycoming in late 2018 does not have this issue, so if it was a problem, Lycoming seems to have corrected it.

Form, fit, function...been around a while, especially with older aircraft....haven't heard on one instance where it's been an issue and neither has Cygnet with all the ones they have sold to Mooney drivers

Whatever these various coatings are, I am doubt that they are "ceramic" as the term is genrally understood in material sciences. If I recall corectly, ceramics are generally mixtures of various inorganic minerals and water that are formed to desired shape and subsequently hardened by exposure to high temperatures. Most of the "ceramic coating" products that i looked state that they are polymers which would indicate presene of organic compoounds, hence not ceramics. Marketing hype at its best . Notwithstaning the hype, some of the products do seem to provide good protection to aotomobiles and aircraft. I might try one of these to see.

As Scott mentioned above you may need to change the actual yoke (behind the panel). You will have to change the part that connects the forward portion of the two yoke shafts. The newer style (and I am referencing the Ovation parts which I used) have bronze bearings and are different from what is in the E. John Breda

Wow! That thing is thirsty! But I bet it screams!

YUP!

Interesting because I never saw them but if they were only for a couple of weeks - a couple of weeks ago -I may have been out of the country when it happened

No, 39”/2600rpm is max. Id guess the cruise settings are slightly higher hp to be 65% of 220hp rather than 210hp, but I doubt it’s much different.

I’m surprised nobody has pointed this out, so maybe there’s something I’m missing, but this has been happening on a lot of Mooneys. I thought we traced it down to a newer style/brand fuel pump that has a tendency to hit right at the max of 30 or just above it, especially on the ground. I know my F was doing that after we replaced the fuel pump. I guess what I’m saying is it’s probably correct, and it is not a problem. The fuel servo can take something like 40 to 60 psi. I think @PT20J has the specs that the engine can actually tolerate.

Engine: TSIO520NB (Rocket STC) ROP only so far, it tends to miss once every 10 to 30 seconds if I run LOP. Just need to spend some time investigating which cylinder is overly lean and adjusting it. I run at one of the following: 31" MP, 2,300 RPM @ 18.5 GPH (72%) 32" MP, 2,400 RPM @ 19.8 GPH. (76%) 33" MP, 2,400 RPM @ 21 GPH (78%) (Very rare) If I'm in a hurry or there are headwinds, I use the higher power settings. Otherwise the lower ones.

I knew your airplane was modified. I was curious to know if the added 10 HP changed the settings much compared to a stock 252. Is 36" your max MP to achieve the 220 hp?

They were in just about everything British: Morris, BSA, Norton, Triumph, MG, Jaguar, Rover, Mini, Austin, and probably a bunch of others.

To be clear, the problem recently solved by Craig was spam topics -- not spam adverts. Everybody got them whether they had paid their $10/year or not.

Ovations have split left/right switches for the taxi lights, and a split switch for the landing lights. So you can control each bulb in each wing separately. Is that what you want? If you ignore the labeling you could wire the split switch to be taxi and landing on one side. Schematic with p/n's below, plus pic of similar switch from interweb search

Don’t forget that most autopilots have a limitation on the maximum fuel imbalance. It’s 15 gal. for my GFC 500.

I have a prop on my 231 that I might be willing to part with depending on value - @231MJ any idea what a serviceable, 500hr SPOH prop would be worth to you?

Can someone point me to a model that has a two-sided combo switch for separate landing and taxi lights? Or even better, a part number? There are so many permutations in the IPC, I can’t sort it out with any certainty. Thanks!

@jlunsethThanks for the detailed explanation and for sharing your experience. That’s very helpful information, I'm going to try and find a combination that makes my engine happy. I really appreciate you breaking down the reasoning behind your settings and the methodology you use—it gives me a much clearer picture of how to approach this myself. I'm sure I'll have more questions at some point but this really points me in the right direction and I can probably figure a lot out from here. Thanks again!

The part number is printed on the side of the switch.

There are lots of ways to accomplish beamforming, but in general I agree with you. A "phased array" is a subset of beamforming antenna types, but I think starlink does more than that since phased arrays are kind of old-school these days. FWIW, even WiFi has been doing electronic beamforming (usually 2-D) for more than a decade.

Yes, I did more searches and found the truth and deleted my post. Quite an accomplishment on their part. Especially for the price. The military antennas I used to work on cost many orders of magnitude more.