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  1. From the album: N252TC Makeover

    Well, here it is!!! Complete
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  2. Byron, Come on man, I'm trying to explain the basics to guys trying not to stall their M20C on approach. You have the knowledge and ability to significantly add to this discussion. Help me out. jgreen
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  3. NOPE! Get your facts straight. Or don't misquote history my man... Erich Hartmann was NOT A MEMBER OF THE NAZI PARTY. Nor we're the majority of soldat, kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe members. They served their country just like my dad did in the marines and I did as a light infantry officer. Hate the leaders and politics, but to hate a soldier for serving and to slam all that served as nazi's is just wrong... I suppose every soldier that fought for the south was a racist pre-klanner too?
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  4. Back when the discussion of this thread was about stalling Mooneys, I said that I would address "deep stalls". For those of you still interested in the subject, here it is. Airplane wings stall when the angle of attack approaches 17 degrees. Interestingly, that applies, for the most part, to all wings. Some perhaps begin their stall at 16 degrees, perhaps some at 18, but it varies little in anything that I have ever read. It is at this point that the airflow is disrupted to the point that it begins to degrade lift. When you first feel the buffet of a stall, you are simply feeling the turbulence created from the airflow breaking up. Instead of flowing over the wing, the airflow is striking the top of it. As you enter a stall, i.e. 17 degrees of attack the wing begins to lose lift and if you don't decrease that AOA, the wing will finally "break". The abruptness/severity of that break is determined by how far past 17 degrees your AOA has progressed. If 18 or 19 degrees, the break will be fairly slow, smooth and easily controlled, at least on most GA airplanes. If you have for any reason and by any means, pulled the wing far past 17 degrees before the break, you are in a deep stall and the break will be much more abrupt. A snap roll in an aerobatic airplane is done by abruptly pulling (or pushing) on the stick to "jerk" the wing into a deep stall. At the same time, you push full rudder in the desired direction of the spin, and the airplane stalls and spins in that direction. It can be done from level flight, inverted flight, going straight up or going straight down. Another concept not usually understood about stalls it that speed is not a direct component or cause. Don't believe that? Then, consider this. You are sitting on the runway ready to begin your takeoff roll. Your wing is producing no lift. Are you stalled? No. You being the takeoff roll in your M20C and at 30 knots the wing is definitely producing some life, not enough for flight but some lift. Are you stalled? No. At 70 you rotate and begin your climb. Obviously the wing is not stalled, you have simply gotten enough speed and created enough angle of attack (of less than 17 degrees) to create more lift than the weight of your airplane. OK, you are at cruise, indicating 140 mph. You abruptly pull the airplane into an angle of attack of 20 degrees. Will you keep flying? No. But you have 140 mph of speed! Yes, but you have exceeded the AOA at which the wing stalls. Any maneuver in which you pull the wing far beyond 17 degrees will result in a deep stall from which the aircraft will easily enter into a spin. Two scenarios where you can do this in your normal flight: Pulling hard into a turn on final from a deep bank and with opposite rudder and when recovering from a stall too early, i.e. the secondary stall. Third scenario, turbulence which is why you have a Va, maneuvering speed. Jgreen A concept not fully understood by some pilots is that AOA has nothing to do with your airplane's relative angle to mother earth. An airplane will stall going straight up or straight down.
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  5. Now Hank... Everyone knows that "real" BBQ is a smoked Brisket! Hell, the only pigs allowed in Texas smoke houses walk through the door!
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  6. Don't bother me! I'm counting. Where did I leave off? Oh, 4, 5, 6 -- What am I counting you ask? No, not approaches. I'm counting the number of polls 201er has started in the last week -- I'm current!
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  7. Forewarning to the uninitiated: in the South where I was raised, "barbecue" is slow-cooked, smoked pork with sauce [vinegar-, mustard- or tomato-based depending on which state you're in]; barbecue chicken and barbecue beef are available, but 'barbecue' is pork. Barbecue is often chopped, but may be picked [hand-picked off the bone in small pieces], then simmered in sauce. Sometimes available sliced, but like with chicken and beef, it is identified ["sliced barbecue"]; barbecue by itself is little bits of smoked pork cooked in sauce. in parts of the North, "barbecue" is a verb meaning "to cook [whatever kind of] food on a grill." This includes hamburgers, bratwurst, chicken, vegetables and sometimes fruit; in Tejas, "barbecue" is slow-cooked, smoked until it's dry beef brisket, usually sliced, with spicy sauce poured over it. I like hot [spicy] food, and the hottest I've ever been served has been down in that desert--Arizona is proud of theirs, but New Mexico has a Hot Pepper Institute at NMU. You've been warned . . . . Enjoy your trip, have lots of fun, and fly carefully!
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  8. These kinds of issues are why I don't trust Garmin. Planned obsolescence. Expensive "upgrades". I think they pattern the business model after Apple. If you want the "Latest greatest" you must continue to buy the Kool-Aid. Predatory business practices IE Apollo/UPS. Their plan seems to be how can I extract as much money out of my customer base as possible. They are like the guy in my business that puts in a rear main seal but ignores the almost worn out clutch. Planning to double the labor later by not combining it now.
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  9. The new turbo diesel 182 is the same 15 GPH fuel burn as the gasoline airplane. On top of that, a maximum altitude, and several times more complex with turbos, interoolers, electronic fuel injection, pumps, etc. Plus its heavier. Henry Ford said in the 1920s that soon we will have a lightweight dependable diesel engine.
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  10. Why not pick up the phone, give them a call and try to set up an interview. Here you go: Headquarters Mooney Aviation Company 165 Al Mooney Road North Kerrville, TX 78028 Contact by Telephone Main: 830.896.6000
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  11. Erich Hartmann. JG52. 352 aerial victories. 10 years in Russian prison. Flew F-104's and F-86's in West German Air Force. Flew for his country with distinction. Only order he ever disregarded was to leave his unit behind and not to surrender where he would be turned over to Russians. Surrendered to US forces who turned him over to Russians. Never broken in captivity. Faced hunger strikes to improve camp conditions. Wife Ursula waited for him. Lost only son while in captivity. At end of biography said he was most proud of having never lost a wingman... The ace of aces, the blonde knight, Bubi Hartmann
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  12. I hope you realize as a graduate student that rumors shared on a pilot forum should not be used as a primary source for a research project (unless the project is something on consumer perception of the brand), or even a really valid secondary source (consider something with more editorial control and authority, such as a trade publication or something). You should probably look for more official sources of this information to reference to get a good grade, but we are happy to point you in the right direction.
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  13. If you test it with a resistor, it may or may not show the problem you have. Most of these things become intermittent because of vibration. After you put the test resistor in place of the sender, tap on the metal box that holds the gauges to see if the reading stays steady. If it does then you need a new sender, if it doesn't then you need to fix the gauge. If it is intermittent, first re-seat it a bunch of times to clean the connections. If that doesn't fix it then remove the metal can from the gauge. There are two sliders on a wire-wound resistor (Wheatstone bridge), being careful not to move them lift them up and work a dollar bill between the slider and the wires and carefully work it back and forth. This will clean the connection. Put it back together and try it again. If it is still intermittent you will have to send it out for repair. I met a man at last years FAA maintenance symposium who fixes them. If you cannot find a shop to do it let me know and I will look up his name.
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  14. Fabian, Mooney did not stop business. They stopped production of new airplanes. They still manufacture parts and provide customer support, and could start aircraft production again if they deemed it economically prudent. To my knowledge, it is a privately owned business. As to why they stopped production of new planes; this is a very complex question. Mooneys are essentially a hand-built airplane, and thus more expensive to produce than mass produced articles. The higher price makes the planes desireable to a niche market, which is probably more sensitive to economic ups and downs than ordinary. There have been suggestions that the management of the company was too heavily tilted toward upper management than it should have been. There have been suggestions that the corporate debt was excessive or mismanaged. Since the company is private, these suggestions are not susceptable to outside verification. Because of the high degree of governmental regulation on aircraft production, costs are quite high. Because of the relatively high liability in the event of an airplane crash, insurance costs are high. All of this is my opinion only and I claim no inside knowledge or expertise.
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  15. It's not the length of time for all the trip TFR's, rather it's their cost and justification in the first place, especially when it's for fundraisers, campaigning, posturing, and other partisan endeavors. I hope the NSA isn't monitoring MooneySpace, or the IRS gets wind of my post, or the Justice Department has me in their cross hairs, or the ATF confiscates my legal firearms, or the State Department hangs me out and then covers it up. Not to worry, when our dollar/monetary system collapses, none of this will matter anyway. We are doomed.
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  16. Longer than the bathroom thread?
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  17. Yikes! Look out below? I sure see the benefit of this idea it's just I'm having a hard time imagining the act and the aftermath. WTH, could be a great tool for us corp guys that fly the Lears occasionally. Can show up the young co pilots with healthy bladders that the old timers can still hang! "What the hell are you squirming around about boy........sit still and control yourself we only have another hour to go!" Meanwhile as I take a leak in my depends, I can pour a glass of water from the bottle into a cup just to torture them.
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  18. If the airport's standard can only be met by one shop, it is de facto an exclusive arrangement. If they require a certain minimum size shop, and there's only one facility on the field of that size, that's an exclusive arrangement. Insurance? What business is it of the airport's whether a mechanic carries liability insurance? That's properly a matter between the mechanic and the aircraft owner. I, as an owner, do not owe it to A&Ps, as a group, to ensure that they are paid what they think they're worth. Nor do I have an obligation to ensure than an on-field shop stays in business. It may be in my own interest to pursue these goals, but that does not translate to a moral imperative. All of that said, I do use the shop on my home field most of the time, I make a point of paying his bills quickly and without arguing, and if anything I think the labor rate he charges is too low. Your use of the term "short-changing" bothers me, though--it suggests that the on-field shop is rightly entitled to my business, and by taking my business elsewhere I'm depriving them of their just due. I could not more strongly disagree with this position--no business concern has a right or entitlement to a customer base.
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  19. Welcome to Apple Land! Drink the Kool Aid. Your device will operate only as Apple wants it to operate; should you wish to perform something else, be advised that Apple does not approve it and it will not be permitted. In the midst of intense stall & spin discussions, my airport had a Community Plane Ride Day. Five Skyhawks, a Cherokee and myself. I don't have a final count of people, but I made ten (10) flights on Saturday with 2-3 passengers each time, including several children. We made the front page of the local paper and were on the TV News in Huntington [across the river from the Village of Chesapeake, OH, where the airport is located]. I missed the evening news on WSAZ with an interview of my wife among others. Flying is fun. Flying is good for the community. Flying can be good for business. An active airport is a good thing for the local area--fuel & maintenance sales; flight instruction; itinerant pilots, overnight fuel stops, hotels, restaurants; improved access to area businesses; increased opportunities for area businesses to create additional sales presentations and capture more business; etc., etc. To remain viable and active requires community support. I was shocked by how many people told me that until they saw our little signs beside the road that they did not know there was an airport here . . . . .
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  20. It's like keeping a horse at stable. The ugly one eats just as much as the pretty one, so you might just as well keep a pretty one...
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