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So when I sold my Cherokee 235, I had my sights set on a Turbo Saratoga - the thought of luxuriating in all that space while moving along at a decent clip…. My Wife told me I’m nuts. What do you need all that space for? It’s going to be just you most of the time. You should get a Mooney, she said. She thought they were the best looking birds on the ramp! So I took her advice. I’m now about 50 hours in to my Ovation and I absolutely love it. There’s no other piston engined single I would want. Oh, and here’s my picture from today. She was right, of course. All those empty seats….

Yeah, but that's not the whole story, is it? We all pay for lots of things through our taxes that we don't use. I have no children yet pay for local schools. I pay for highways I don't drive on. But I like living amongst educated people and Amazon brings me my stuff on those roads so... GA users benefit from a system that was designed for the airlines so they pay for the majority of it. Local communities benefit from having local airports so local communities pay for them. The whole country benefits from a robust aviation industry so the Federal Government subsides it. Airline passengers benefit from GA users using the "system" because it's safer for us to be on radar talking to ATC then flying around NORDO. The OP here was really making an argument for a "free" system for GA, not against it. That other aircraft had no excuse, even VFR, to not be talking to ATC and receiving flight following. If he had to pay for that service, he would have been even LESS likely to use it (rather then just being lazy which was probably the case). Had been talking to ATC, he would have been pointed out but since he was just a target, ATC was too busy to bother. And oh yeah: What's the biggest problem facing the airline industry right now? Labor. They need pilots and mechanics. Where do these people come from? GA. Killing GA through user fees would be about the most short sighted thing they could do. Which is probably why you haven't heard too much about it from the airlines lately...

This weekend trip to UK visiting Oxford and then RIAT at RAF Fairford, interesting line up this year with visiting F16s from dozens of allies air forces, the British weather did not cooperate for “proper 3D display”, so they flew “2D figures” Not as exciting as camping between propellers in Oshkosh

I’ve seen linemen hit it with a fuel hose before. Kind of dragging the hose down the leading edge to get to the filler. It’s super annoying. They aren’t doing it on purpose, however, $20/hr lineman vs a $200-500k aircraft is a tough combination.

There were several down in the fly market or whatever it is called. I wandered there last year and just browsed like a retail store.

Those are definitely some of the better debrief vids on YT. I've found a number of them useful. No BS, little fluff, very nice.

Extremely! Keep 'em coming.

@ttflyer makes many important points. There are arguably may indirect benefits of GA and many intangibles (read: someone can't make a quick buck off of it). A pool of engineering- and flight-minded people is a non-trivial asset. I could write an essay on the value of people with tangible skills, mechanical sense, handiness, etc. People have noted that the toughness, character, and practicality of rural agrarian America feed our military readiness. I think a similar thing applies to engineering and operations. Making GA more of an elite thing than it is already become by ad-hoc fees will further stifle the community. Also, I frankly like being able to fly without worrying about landing permissions and fees at every little airport, and ATC fees I hear international folks complain about. It's kind of like being able to get in your car and drive where you want. Yes, it's subsidized in some ways (though, net of burning jet fuel on the USAF's dime, I've definitely paid a lot more tax than I've ever received back in peacetime economic services). Recall that airport subsidies are in large part to maintain infrastructure, not make a buck. But it's also one of the privileges of living in this country that a lot of people have worked for. If you want to talk about getting "freeloaders" to pay... well now that would take a bit of time now wouldn't it? There are a lot of people who want to impose mileage fees on cars, congestion fees, tax certain cars, and otherwise somehow extract every transactional dime they can for their firm/state/government entity. A lot of these people have a business to promote (eTaxation!) or a power angle. And I doubt they're going to give us a break from subsidizing other externalities in return.

Opinions based on reptile brain thinking, conformational bias, assumptions, etc. all lead to false narratives; I for one would like to see the data if it exists!!!!

We all pay for it through taxes. Even the pax on the airlines. At least that’s how I see it. Is there some special ATC fee that just airlines pay?

We had a tail strike in a 767 that surprisingly nobody in the back heard or felt, the pilots did not know nor did the tower see but we found it on post flight inspection. So yes very easily you can have a tailstrike and not know it. Also crews have had engine pod strikes that were found out only through post flight inspection or tower reporting sparks.

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That logic would make sense if the mounts weren't so sturdy. The metal in the ends of the mounts are beefy enough. they don't need the washer for strength. If it was true, the spacers should be on the back on the top and the front on the bottoms. I just put them where they fit the best and move them around to get the prop in the right place in the cowl.

That's how I would do it. One thing to be aware of, is to be sure the nut isn't bottoming out on the threads. There is a spacer inside the mount. That spacer needs to be tight to both ends before you run out of threads. With the Mooney installation, you need 7/16 of washers total to keep this from happening. The big washer is 1/8 inch thick and the little washers are 1/16 inch thick each. With two big washers, you need 3 little washers, with one big washer, you need 5 little washers somewhere. The mount in the picture doesn't look compressed enough.

@dkkim73 I use the Brightline and it is the last bag I will ever use. I've gone through several different bags over the years and once I got that, it was it. So everything in my store I personally use and believe in its value. Usually I buy the product and really use it before I seek out dealership opportunities.

Hoover is much better, more well-reasoned, rational and on-topic than many of the aviation blowhards on YouTube. Even if he is Air Force . . . . . signed, USMC Aviator brat

The speed brake switch is a separate part that goes underneath the B-K part. Mine is black anodized aluminum. It's probably a Precise Flight part.

Read through this post and there's a link to a 3-D printer file:

Yes, if you are there in-person.

Using the 10:1 Aviation-Time Ratio, that means a decade . . . lol.

Typical flight yesterday at 8500 ft - OAT 20c thats +21 ISA

This is a good reminder. I got a traffic call the other day (not a busy region) on VFR flight following, King Air passed over a few hundred feet up, 90 degrees. Took a while to see him, was grateful for the point-out and said so. I think TIS-B gives some false sense of security, as great as it is.

You've been a basic member since 2014 and just now wanting to be a supporter so you can place an ad. I think it's reasonable to think that it could take a couple days for the Administrator to change the settings since I'm sure he's not sitting around waiting for your request to come in. It might even take longer the week of Oshkosh.

The other thing is normalizing for mechanical failure. The Cessna 210 has an enormously complex system, especially the early engine driven hydraulic models and gravity is not your friend when a landing gear saddle or actuator fails.

While it is true that the air gets cooler as you climb. it also gets less dense which reduces its ability to transfer heat. My observation is if the temperature is hot on the ground, and you are running hot, it doesn't get any better at altitude. You have to look at how much you are above the ISA temperature on the ground, you will probably be close to the same differential at altitude.

Any Mooney Service Center can get them for you.

As of July 16, 2024 Textron said October 14, 2024 was the available date for the clamp. If you need one get in line and order one from them. People who ordered a few months ago are getting theirs' now. If you wait until October to order then it will be January, etc.

If your number one priority is cht temps, then leave the surefly in fixed timing and enjoy not having to overhaul it every 500 hours. The variable timing doesn’t start until a lower MP so on takeoff there should not be any difference than when you fly now. Once you get up higher in altitude at some point, (there used to be a graph that showed when the surefly started advancing the timing) there should be cooler air to help but some people don’t seem to see that. I would try it in variable timing and if you don’t like it switch the dip switch setting to fixed.

I see what you’re saying, but it’s also true that we use vastly less of the ATC services (GA). My airplane pays through using gas and I personally pay every time i buy an airline ticket. Probably your right, it doesn’t add up, but I don’t feel like we’re stealing or anything.

I didn’t specifically count, but their “mass” arrival was all of a dozen planes…maybe a few more. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Store something like this in the baggage compartment instead of the dead weight

Not sure where to put this, but I figured in my thread on my whole aviation training journey would be most appropriate. I've continued writing the blog and a year ago started putting each month's content into a monthly newsletter. I know some of you don't visit (waste time) on social media so unless there's an objection I'll post it up here each month. I also maintain a mailing list that it goes out to but do not share/sell anyone's information. Subscribing is free, and as an added bonus I'm giving away an 18 0r 26oz Yeti Into The Sky Rambler each month to a random subscriber for the rest of the year. July Newsletter Link Download PDF: 202407 - ITS Newsletter.pdf

Toga is like SUV, Mooney is like 2+2 sports car

I think you meant under 100kts. And while it may not be as effective as with a swept wing, I am not sure that “little effect” is the correct term.

Clearly there will be areas more difficult to access, but I think Id want to check power at the sonoalert just in case it’s that vs the actual stall warning switch. You can also check power at the circuit breaker for the stall warning. If all that checks good, you’re going to have to access the switch anyway, so maybe time to do the tougher job. Im guessing the maintenance folks didn’t go through all that.

You have a very smart wife!

My comment was more directed at ATC hires, where performance in school has been downgraded in preference to essays about overcoming hardship in the applicant's life. I see no correlation between the new 1500 hour requirement and pilot performance. Even this requirement would not have kept either pilot out of the Buffalo crash that the 1500 hour rule came from.

Join Civil Air Patrol and start flying. You get the Military version of Fore Flight free. It is a step up from Performance Plus.

The originals were some sort of stretchy fabric. If you can find some 1970's era plaid double knit polyester fabric it would be perfect

Mooney mass arrival in action!

I think I’d spend avlot of time with a voltage meter at both ends of the circuit checking all the connections before replacing anything… Its really easy for maintenance folks to tell you something is broken and we must replace that thing. It’s harder to actually troubleshoot what is causing the problem in the first place.

https://www.mooney.com/contact-2/ Since this is a technical support question try support@mooney.com

@Carl Everitt It's the same diagram. The horn, indicators, throttle switch, boost switch and boost light are tied to the gear warning switch.

Nope. Here's the panel on my O

“Yes, dear. The airplane is listed for sale….” -dan

Is it in Washington?

Here's my thinking on me keeping the logs: We don't have a paper title on our airplanes like you would have a title to a car. The most valuable documents related to our airplanes are complete and continuous logs. They affect the value greatly. In that comparison, the logs to an airplane are more valuable than a title to an automobile since most likely you can get a duplicate title. It is impossible to completely reconstruct the logs once they are gone if you don't have a .pdf. If an auto repair shop insisted that I leave the title with them before they work on the car, I would never take that chance. If an airplane shop can't accept .pdf copies of my logs I would feel the same way. My airplane got held hostage back in 2007 at a shop where I knew the manager well, but the IA was an Independent Contractor they had recently taken on. He personally was holding my logs as some kind of a power play in his relationship with the shop. It was a six month nightmare for me and a worse nightmare for the shop. It all worked out but that was the last time I've ever brought my logs and dropped them off with the airplane.

M20J's have had a walk-on-water reputation for over 40 years. There is a reason. They are great planes.

No post flight pictures, no fanfare, but I passed my IFR check-ride this morning.

Yes. http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/index.aspx