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Flew down to Fort Lauderdale to pick up my girl from Edison at Wet Wingologists East after getting her tanks resealsed. Before I left, she got parked in front of the FBO buildings and trees and I thought she was looking particularly good and had a nice background. So I just wanted to share.

Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Peeps, and MSers.... I was up late catching up with all the reading.... I realized how late it was when a few of you got into work.... From my screen... MS looks like a giant community with lots of M20 pilots.... From your screens at 6am... it looks like I am hogging up all of MS! You know I had a hard time sending Craig a message... he probably got a cellphone buzz at 3am when it came in...on the west coast! Just a small detail that needed a fix... Sorry it took so long to check in... i’ve Been wiping the tears of joy and laughter off the touch screen, but it’s still not dry enough to use... MS is a 24hour, 7day, world wide, hot spot, for a global community of awesome Mooney pilots and maintenance people... At MS, your plane may be AOG... but you are never alone.... Thank you everybody, your sense of humor and camaraderie are greatly appreciated... PP thoughts only, not a sleep expert... let’s start this again, soon... Best regards, -a-

I've met Anthony. He is VERY interesting. He gave his father “the talk” His passport requires no photograph When he drives a car off the lot, its price increases in value Once a rattlesnake bit him, after 5 days of excruciating pain, the snake finally died His 5 de Mayo party starts on the 8th of March His feet don’t get blisters, but his shoes do He once went to the psychic, to warn her If he were to punch you in the face you would have to fight off a strong urge to thank him Whatever side of the tracks he’s currently on is the right side, even if he crosses the tracks he’ll still be on the right side He can speak Russian… in French

Mike and I just had BBQ with our wives who got to sit quietly and listen to us yak about Mooneys and related topics.

‘Tis true that this is a horse that gets bludgeoned every year or so. I still think the discussion is useful. Not because I think we all need to adhere to some collective climb procedure, but because it’s a good idea to understand why you’re doing what you’re doing. Doesn’t matter how many years we do this, there will always be folks who don’t know why they’re doing what they’re doing. I’ve certainly fallen into that category before and it’s these kinds of discussions that were enlightening.

I have found very little metal in a regular Constant Speed Prop. There is just so little oil movement with 0(Zero) circulation. You see some metal in Feathering props, an reversible props cause there is much more oil Movement. I would probably want to atleast have the cylinder flushed just to get the ol sludge out. That’s a $400 of piece of mind in my shop. Certaily wouldn’t O/H it. Its only going to O/H so many times, but you can flush the Hydraulic unit anytime you want. My 2 Pennies

And there are those of us who missed the prior year's discussion and still have a lot to learn. Maybe not every rehashed thread has golden nuggets in it, but for those of us who are noobs (and everyone is at some point) when it comes up, it certainly helps.

This is not necessarily a bad thing for those of us that are fans of ForeFlight. In fact, we can all hope that the ForeFlight team takes over the Jep website, store front, electronic updates, etc. I'll certainly stay with ForeFlight as long the product stays as good as it is and the price doesn't go up.

I get a discount at Aircraft Spruce which brings it down to $110.58 each, which I'm happy to pass on to anyone on Mooneyspace.

If he doesn't know that on a King Autopilot that you need to keep the King Attitude indicator, I wouldn't let him near your instrument panel. This subject has been discussed at great length on this and other forums. Take it to a shop that does this every day.

Thank you for being so honest Cody. The willingness of people to throw money at things for which they have no understanding means that you could make a fortune acting in a less virtuous manner. You’re a credit to your profession and a great asset to this community.

He’s like Chuck Norris. They dont vector him onto the localizer, they vector the localizer onto him

It was great meeting you both and Marianna enjoyed it even if it was just Mooney talk. There’s just something sexy about those correct facing tail airplanes.

Jeppesen Foreflight. I just hope they don't make us pay $499 a year to buy the Jeppesen Nav database... If so, I'll be moving to a different EFB.

If you notice, he responds in spurts. This is due to recharge cycles and periodic firmware updates. He will start his rounds between midnight and 6 am eastern. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

Not a Mooney but thought y’all might like to see this photo. While doing my first Annual on my ‘95 Citabria I found this little problem. The safety wire holding the baffling together was sawing into the #4 oil return line. Surprisingly there was very little evidence of oil leaking in the area. I found something similar on my previous Mooney years ago so I’m always careful to look for this problem and to cover the safety wire with hose for protection. Since this was my first Annual on this airplane I expected to find a lot of issues. Other than the oil line it only had a few nits as well as needing new brakes, tires, and plugs. Y’all be careful out there. Lee

The "down and dirty" way to check is to put the plane on jacks, wait 4 hours for the rubber to expand as far as they are going to, then try to rotate the discs by hand, It they turn easily or are loose, change them now. If they are a little tight, but you can move them, change them next annual. If you can't move them, don't worry about them. No true CB would change them on a "years in service" schedule.

http://www.foreflightaboeingcompany.com/ Boeing [NYSE: BA] completed the acquisition of ForeFlight, a leading provider of innovative mobile and web-based aviation applications... Congrats to FF for developing a great product and getting paid!!

Not a Mooney but thought some people might enjoy seeing my new project. I flew commercial up to Boise Idaho, rented a box van, loaded the Kitfox and made the 14 hour drive home this past weekend. This is what the bones of a Kitfox STi looks like. I was looking at the Cub variants but decided I really wanted side by side seating. This plane also attracted me because it has retracting wings and can be easily trailered. It will have 29” tires, Garmin G3X panel and a turbo charged Rotax engine. I’m sure many have seen the Trent Palmer YouTube videos which has exponentially increased the demand for these. I was lucky to have ordered before the waiting list got long. It takes well over a year to get a kit now. So far I’m really impressed with the quality and thoroughness of the kit. After finishing my inventory of the thousands of parts not one missing item. Very well labeled and organized. The components are incredibly light. I’m hoping to document the build and will keep those interested posted on the progress.

OK here are my interesting / crappy landings. Have to give credit to the airports on the Bahamas - they deserve respect. Took on some extra energy for gusty conditions. Stall horn chirping at over 100 mph is always sporting. The winds in the second landing were fun. From the air there's an indication of a west to east prevailing wind pushing smoke from a farm. However, once you got low, the wind was east to west with little rotor pockets all the way down. Also lesson learned: I got distracted as I changed runway configs and turned my boost pump off an didn't turn in back on... not that it matters a whole bunch but my error and learning about distractions. Distraction or change -> back to do the checklist again. Here's landing in MYAM: Here's the flight from MYAM (Marsh Harbour) to MYAT (Treasure Cay): Here's my second, third and maybe fourth landing of the day. And tossing some fish bits to sharks and rays is always fun...

Hank and I have a C, the GAMI spread is a little larger

Probably not correct.

From the description, I'm guessing you have a KCS 55A compass system with KI 525A HSI and KG 102A remote gyro driving a KFC 150 or KFC 200 or KAP 150 autopilot. It sounds like either a broken wire or other issue with the HDG output from the KI 525A to the autopilot. I had a similar problem with an Aspen EFD 1000 ACU driving a KAP 150 and it turned out to be a broken wire at the connector to the KC 191 computer. Steve Chapman at Autopilots Central told me that heading problems are almost never a computer issue.

Thanks guys, your inputs have convinced me to target this panel, with only an increase of about $25,000. Yeah, thanks a LOT... I knew I could count on you guys. Cheers, Rick

I started the annual on my E today. removed cowls, access panels, spinner, spark plugs, PFS exhaust. Tomorrow I'll jack plane and remove wheels, seats, battery and start lubing. I don't put in 8 hour days, I also started 3 batches of muscadine wine, but I should be ready for Lynn to check compressions, boroscope inspect, check gear loads, inspect all the controls and systems I've exposed and we'll go over the check list. It will take me a couple of days to put things back together. Unless we find something amiss I will owe AGL for 6-8 hours and will have probably put in close to 40 hours myself.

I appreciate that your rajay requires climbing at 26”. For the purposes of this discussion, parasitic drag is ralated to speed not power. Furthermore, for a given velocity, drag is less in climb then in it is in level flight at the same velocity. Climb performance is a function of reserve power. A 10% reduction in rated power is a far greater percentage of reserve power. Using my airplane’s SL 1055fpm book ROC at MGTOW 2740lbs, a 10% power reduction would result in a calculated 22% loss in ROC. A 20% reduction results in a calculated ROC loss of 45%. This stuff is not my opinion, it’s physics. It’s well understood by every columnist from Deakin to Busch to Hirschman.

When referring to our Mooneys, I think some guys here who fly the big jets prefer the acronym GYFLOTG (Get Your Flying Lawnmower On The Ground)

First thing is to verify. The phone apps are pretty good at verifying.

Rather than continue to conjecture, E-mailed the company to get a real answer to the question above. Here is the immediate response and the exchange that followed: Rep: "The AV-30 will last around 2 hours at normal ambient temperatures, but that goes down to 30 minutes at -20C. It will not transition onto internal battery until the bus voltage gets into the 7V range." Me: "Thanks Jeff! Any info on required battery replacement interval and cost?" Rep:"Nothing formal yet, but I would expect once every 5 years or so. It will be less than $100." WOW, a truly modern, reasonably priced product that I would not be afraid to use or have as my backup in IMC, and definitely a heavyweight competitor to Garmin given its ability to drive an autopilot. This is really what avionics should look like in 2019! Me: " Thanks very much again! One last question (sorry) – any chance it can be used as a legal backup AI for an Aspen pfd, or only as primary AI?" Rep: "Primary AI for now. We think additional testing would be required for the backup, as odd as that sounds" DAMMIT!!! Back to the bleak reality of GA. Gotta hand it to Aerovonics though - I hope they keep going and eventually drink Garmin's milkshake .

@carusoam isn't one person, there are 12 working 3 shifts of 4....

Amazing how people freak out over things they don't know about. The propane bottles would present a big problem, but the ammo popping off wouldn't endanger anyone. Unless the round is chambered in a firearm the bullet won't be propelled when it goes off. The case will actually go further than the bullet and if you're more than 3 feet away, you won't even get a scratch from a direct hit. Similarly, there is pretty much zero chance of the jet fuel igniting. Jet fuel is NOT flammable, it is combustible. Unless the fuel is heated or atomized it will not ignite. The flammability of jet fuel is so often misunderstood that even my son's science teacher thought it would explode anytime there was a spark nearby. My son insisted on proving his teacher wrong, so we "borrowed" some jet fuel from the nozzle at the airport and proceeded to make a video putting matches out in the jet fuel. No explosion, no flame, no excitement.

Anthony, EI’s fuel senders are similar to the Ceis senders. I put them in my MOONEY and will never go back to the resistive senders. They are accurate through all ranges and very steady. I went from never trusting my fuel gauges to feeling confident of their accuracy Brian

So, looking at this diagram: The oil in the governor is returned to the sump. The governor boost the oil pressure 3-6 times engine pressure. When you shut down the engine, the oil in the prop (under high pressure) will return to the governor (not all of it, but certainly some of it), which returns to the engine sump. Tom

Having looked at the Avare code... No, I'll stick with Garmin Pilot, at least there I don't know if it's bad or not since I can't see it.

Ross, You quoted me in your response so I can't help but assume the insult that I'm following some sort of OWT was directed at me! I stated what I understand of the system and what I don't understand of the system, nothing more. I understand that very little oil resides in the entire prop pitch control system, I don't understand how that small amount of oil puts out a generous quantity of residue from centrifugal filtering. I expressed my only logical explanation for how more oil may pass through this centrifugal filtering to contribute to the deposits. I am not questioning Cody ( @Cody Stallings) or anyone else, as stated, I'm learning and am simply looking for the answer to a question that was asked previously to when I regurgitated it. I'll let it go for now, books don't fight back...often! I'll go read up learn what I can. Please keep the information coming as I learn from and can count on it for the most part. Ron

Yeah, but ForeFlight subscriptions just went up.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How ironic! Boeing (Jeppesen) probably laughed when they saw the first edition of Foreflight. But Foreflight and other apps like it effectively put Jeppesen out of the major paper charts business. Now they spent, I hope, a huge sum to buy them.

3 pages? Nah, it's way more than that. We go round and round about this subject every year or two.

Chief must have read your comment....

@FastTex HERE ya go

According to the National Electrical Code, everything in an aircraft hangar within 5 feet of a fuel tank or power plant or within 18 inches of the ground must be Class 1 Div. 2 this includes portable lights. Just having an extension cord on the floor violates the regs.

A fellow Mooneyspacer, Stinkbug is friends with him. We flew up to the high Sierra flyin about 4 years ago in our Mooney’s and we got to chat. Very nice guy!

You catch him, hang him by his thumbs.

Max RPM and WOT. EGT 100+ish ROP. I've done lots of climbs to 12.5. Use your ram air in dry VMC.

Meet Anthony.

It only flies CAT 1 approaches PS: Sorry for the hijack and the bad joke !

You will still see ads when using the Tapatalk app. The ads come from the app - not Mooneyspace and we don't have control over that. If you browse the site using a standard web browser you will not see ads. Hope that helps!

Anthony, that has been my experience with about 400 Mooney pilots, excepting just one who was an 0 hr Mooney pilot insured with Avemco. They took the opportunity to hose him for another 200 to add me on an E model. Since then, when asked of who to get insurance from, the word "avemco" is not given. I recognize I dont have a lot of weight in this area, but I am asked often about who I have found to be a good carrier and I happily tell of the agencies and carriers I like.

I'm surprised that nonsense is still being spread. Cirrus got the FAA to allow them to skip the spin recovery due to the chute. The Europeans didn't allow that and the Cirrus passed the spin test there for certification. Nope. In fact they have a lower fatality rate than most of the piston GA fleet. Cirrus like Mooneys and Bonanzas are traveling planes and fly in more challenging weather than planes more commonly used for training. When the weather is 10G20 nearing a direct crosswind the training slows or stops in many locations, but the traveling planes keep on going. Eventually somebody flies in something they are not ready for; it's rarely the plane as the limitation.

All good points. My Sensorcon unit does need calibration, but I still feel it may be a sign of a small leak since if I take the unit and hold it up to the heating duct after pulling full heat, I'll get a small readout. I don't think I had that before--I'll take a look during the next oil change with an A&P and inspect for trouble.