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  1. I'm very pleased to say that on October 30, I was appointed an FAASTeam rep for the Greensboro, NC FSDO district.
    7 points
  2. El Niño appears to be kicking in here in So. Cal. I did my second day of skiing yesterday day at Mammoth Mountian. This is the earliest skiing I have ever done. I departed KMYF in time to catch a beautiful sun rise. And home in time to catch my son bombing some touchdown passes! A day made possible by Mooney:)
    3 points
  3. That's why I don't let anyone fly my plane. The odds are way too high.
    3 points
  4. Last time I looked at my compass was when it leaked fluid onto my pant leg. Spruce sold me a rebuild kit, and now that it doesn't leak I again ignore it. The magnetic compass is accurate enough to tell that the sun generally sets in a Westerly direction, at least in these latitudes.
    2 points
  5. I flew with Skybum last weekend. He is a C5 USAF pilot. Doesn't it just piss you off when you let someone fly your Mooney and they fly it better than you can? I think he found his aircraft calling, hopefully he will find a Mooney to fit his budget.
    2 points
  6. Please be careful ! Under no circumstances let the degaussing coil come near the Mooney's flux capacitor , because where we are going when that happens , we don't need no stinking compass!
    2 points
  7. My dad used a phrase, it went like this: _ _ IT or get off the pot... I find it appropriate to this thread. I will wait to hear the bells ringing from the church steeples, or not.
    2 points
  8. Hey guys, and ladies. Just a quick shout out to Cherry Hill Aviation at Seymour, IN (KSER). They did a GREAT job in prepping and power coating both of my yokes on my F. They can powder coat in any color or texture you want. From high gloss, to satin, to wrinkled finish. We have the high gloss on the main yoke and wrinkled finish on the top plates where the PTT switches are to avoid any sun glare. www.cherryhillaviatoin.com Price was very reasonable (to me). Price may vary dependent on how much wiring they have to deal with for removal and reinstall. I will say..it was A FRACTION of going to leather.
    1 point
  9. Thanks for the suggestions, I ended up using a very fine sand paper on the hinges once they were removed and they came out as good as new... I like the idea of painting them, but it will have to wait, I already installed them back...
    1 point
  10. Some might not like their tail number posted on the Internet, he may have been there to see his mistress, feeling safe that he couldn't be tracked without ADSB [emoji1]
    1 point
  11. Maurauder, As boring as this thread has become - believe me - I have read War and Peace, and it was waaaay more boring.
    1 point
  12. I would do a test piece with the PR 1425 Clarence and the MM recommends. The issue is when you remove the glass and the last guy PRC'd the snot out of the window. I have used silicone for the majority of the install. However use a thin bead of PR on the exterior of the window. Looks slick. Unless your pressurized, then you get to spend 3 days removing sealant around cockpit windows on a citation. Ugh. -Matt
    1 point
  13. I'm afraid you might of missed your window to sell your plane without taking a bath on it. With 2100 hours on it you must of known you were on borrowed time. I'd personally have the engine overhauled and enjoy the plane for another 500 hours then think about selling it. Your plan us really nice so you should be able to get top dollar for it. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
    1 point
  14. Does being associated with a FSDO mean we can't talk to you anymore? [emoji12] Congrats! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
    1 point
  15. Just wanted to say hello to all my fellow mooniacs! Im new to aviation, but always wanted to be a pilot. Walked into a flight school last summer and just kept comming back everyday till i got my PPL. Learned to fly in 180 piper archer, but had my eye on Mooneys since day 1. This summer i just could not help myself, I found the plane i wanted 74F with really low time airframe (855 hrs), and motor/prop (144 hrs since 2006), so i wrote a check. Found a hangar at my home airport KBJC near Denver the owner was willing to part with so i wrote another check, (sorta jumped in head first i know). Flew out to miami commercial one way two weeks ago, met with a cfi and we flew my bird back, logged 13 hrs in one day, whew! I took the Mooney up for the first solo flight in my new plane a day later, what a rush! Now the Mooney is in for her first annual and so far things are looking pretty good. So here I am guys green as they come 90hrs TT with 14 in type and 5 takeoffs / landings in it. Noticed this site is full of really friendly people who are super knowlegable, so thought i would introduce myself and N25EJ.
    1 point
  16. I think your leatherwork looks great 47U! Sometimes less is more and I think it's perfect! I was playing with mine while watching the World Cup and came up with these. I was debating between powder coating or leather. Had some Spinneybeck leather left over from when I did the interior so decided to use it for the yokes.
    1 point
  17. it wouldn't be that hard to find someone that flys better than me!
    1 point
  18. I received an email back from Tom (the developer of Tapatalk), he said he will contact Craig and let him know how to implement a change to correct the issue.
    1 point
  19. 1/8" = 3.2 mm in round numbers. It's the size of current headphone jacks. Walkman used smaller plugs.
    1 point
  20. "Over Square" (MP > RPM) is fine. "Over speed" (too many RPMs) is bad.
    1 point
  21. This thread is beginning to read like War and Peace. Will it ever end?
    1 point
  22. I turned both on while the plane was parked in the hanger and compare all 3 readings (the 3rd being the original window mounted OAT). Either the JPI 930 or the Aspen has the capacity to enter a factor to offset the display.
    1 point
  23. Sounds great, can't wait to see it! An E would work perfectly for us and as an OU alum, wouldn't mind a trip back to Oklahoma.
    1 point
  24. I found a local vendor in Kansas City that only does powder coating. They turned out awesome! I would highly recommend them. They charged me $95 for both which I thought was reasonable.
    1 point
  25. I have to agree, when Byron started talking about painting our airplane, my first comment was "let's make it look like Don's", both in quality but also design (its beautiful!!) Byron immediately made the trip to Mena to investigate the options. We were really disappointed to find out Mena has changed their stripping methods, and were just disappointed overall. Byron is talking up Hawk but they have not actually painted our airplane yet, we will report back when we get it. Likewise we are still iterating with Scheme Designers on the scheme, but its going to look FAST, I guarantee that.
    1 point
  26. Price will vary depending on labor to remove all the wiring and how long it takes to remove old paint/prep. I dont have my bill yet (still in annual), but he quoted me $100 for both. Again...your quote may vary. Can go gloss, or satin, or wrinkle finish and many many colors to choose from.
    1 point
  27. Unscientific experiment a few days ago: 2500' MSL, lightly loaded M20C, 57°F, level flight 25", 2500 rpm = 160 mph, 12.3 gal/hr 25", 2700 rpm = 170 mph, 13.5 gal/hr 26.5", 2700 rpm = 177 mph, 14.4 gal/ hr. Yellow arc starts at 151 mph, so I didn't leave it there very long. My conclusions: #1- 200 rpm = about 6% more horsepower and 1 gal/hr #2- Holy Crap! Not bad for 180 HP!
    1 point
  28. Before I had no functioning OAT. Now I have independent JPI and Aspen probe numbers. Pretty sure the day will come when I nervously wonder which is more accurate.
    1 point
  29. I cannot remember ever seeing a requirement for it. But I completely agree it wouldn't be prudent to fly IFR without one.
    1 point
  30. Use Schrödinger's cat just to be sure!
    1 point
  31. Next day we continued north to the neighboring island of Dominica. A left turn out from the runway, we opted to overfly Martinique because the terrain was reasonably flat. Not the case with Dominica. Steep slopes and jagged mountains kept us over the water on the eastern side. Landing in Dominica was intense and one of the most challenging approaches of the entire trip. Strong winds from the ocean forced me to land downhill toward the water. This meant a left hand traffic pattern into rising terrain and a downhill final and landing! To make matters worse, major sun glare made it difficult to see the rising terrain. I gauged the terrain before beginning the pattern and stayed as high as I could. Then on final, I alternated slips to bring it down and land before overshooting into the sea. The strong headwind helped me to establish a steep descent. Dominica is home to the endangered Imperial Amazon. It is the only country to have a parrot on its flag.
    1 point
  32. It's entirely freaking possible! but how you gonna do that while swinging the dead cat?
    1 point
  33. So, you're saying I should vacuum my airplane with the shop vac in the plane, and then slowly take it out of the plane while it's running to successfully degauss my steel roll cage.
    1 point
  34. Good question! The degaussing coil which uses AC can magnetize or demagnetize . Voltage in the coil is creating field lines that reverse N/S slightly out of phase with the voltage. Current lags voltage. Current in a conductor creates a magnetic field. As long as the field is rapidly changing as it is distanced from the steel tube the steel tube it is likely to retain a small / insignificant (0) residual magnetism. If the current is stopped while the coil is close to the steel tube it can remain magnetized in the polarity of the last cycle as voltage/current decays to zero in the coil. Ideally you would want to stop the dergaussing tool when the AC voltage reaches zero, the current has stopped and the magnetic field around the coil has collapsed, hard to measure even harder to do . After the AC is turned off the collapsing field around the degaussing tool creates current in the tool and power supply wires until the field is completely collapsed. This current in the coil and conductors in close proximity to ferrous material can magnetize. The SB mentions that this can happen with the growler ( shop tool for testing motor armatures for shorts) I also forgot to mention that degaussing requires the swinging of a dead cat above your head while fervently repeating the Lord's Prayer backwards to be completely effective. I reserve the right to defend myself when the EEs weigh in.
    1 point
  35. So today we took a short hop to KVCB and the air was perfect smooth clear and temp was a nice 50 degrees thought I'd run Snoopy a little harder than usual on the flight home 2500 and was able to get 24 inches at 5500 feet. Indicated was 140 knots translates to 153TAS. Did a climb at 100 and saw just under 1000fpm but that was at sea level so should be good. CHT was just under 400. While we were there we saw this Beech that looked to have had a gear up. Hate to see that.
    1 point
  36. Need photo of new turbine! TBM? Best regards, -a-
    1 point
  37. "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less" Not sure why but that one really drives me crazy.
    1 point
  38. The Q and A on aircraft spruce says the caps are 2-3/8 inch diameter....my current caps are 2 inch diameter. Are you sure these will fit?
    1 point
  39. Same cap as the PA24-250 piper. PMA approved for the Piper at 116.50 each from Aircraft Spruce.
    1 point
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