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  1. Do we use them ALL the time, why should we I know my plane, really. Lesson 1- use your checklist for everything **a trip from Gulfport Ms. to Wilmington,De, a mere 905 kmiles no problem. Weather checked, plane checked, pilot well ok, let's pack and go 7:00AM local departure time. Wife a little out of sorts don't worry we'll leave a little later. Ok off to airport, went to pay for fuel oops we didn't fill you up Mr B, ok fill it up. Preflight plane packed go pay for fuel, it's a little later I wonder if those storms will stay west of our course? Ok we're going, get CRAFT from the nice tower guys, use my takeoff checklist, my wife closes the door, that's not on my list, I fumble a little, Gulfport tower 423PS ready for Runway 14, all's good ----silence, not really first time for everything--- Gulfport tower aaaah my doors open, I'd like to return, left traffic cleared to land, jeez I never landed over 3200 lbs. I'll carry more power, wow lands nice and soft heavy. Close door, pump it up following my door procedures, Fran don't touch the door I'll get it. Lesson one use your damn checklist. Lesson 2 use your checklist for everything **Ok Gulfport tower is it ok to stay here on 14 until I check my door, sure no ones coming in, get back to me when ready, boy Fran she's a nice lady. Gulfport tower 423PS ready to go 14, your still in the system cleared for takeoff. GD the stall horns blasting I'm a weak old man now, using my muscles, well what's left of them, crap I didn't trim the plane,or use my departure checklist for departure. Got it re-trimmed off we go. Did NOT use my checklist for after landing, just hurried up Only 5 hours to go, lot's of time left to ponder what went wrong, why and what could in the next 5 hours. Luckily nothing out of the norm. After 30 years of flying, we're still learning, need to adhere to all our experience, all of our training and especially those lifesaving damn Checklists. Lesson learned use your damn CHECKLIST Anything you all can provide by not useingn of those things.
    7 points
  2. Who is this Tom guy? Seems kinda cool https://blog.aopa.org/aopa/2017/05/19/sharing-ga-with-people-reminds-us-how-fortunate-we-are/
    6 points
  3. The insane part fits! Yes, we've met. Alex threatened he would was going to take the pictures he took of the HIGH RENT district on Spruce Creek during his golf cart tour and post them as being my home! (I am clearly from the low rent neighborhood). My comeback was he needed to work harder as his girlfriends eyes were lighting up looking at those homes! I've made lots of friends on this forum and this is my favorite one, hands down! If the price of involvement to this forum is Mooney ownership, I may have to keep the Rocket so you folks don't bump me off. Tom
    5 points
  4. And no turbo. True at about 145kts but fuel burn is in the 6.5 range. Only if topping weather or to get big tail winds or in this case crossing Lake Michigan in December at night when you can't go around do to weather and you don't want to go swimming in 35f water at night. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    3 points
  5. For those of you who don't follow the Bugs and Suggestions forum, I've put together a map with pins indicating the approximate location of MooneySpace members. There are currently 99 members listed on the map. Most of them are in the US of course, but there are also some in Canada, Australia, and the UK. To get access to the map, you'll need to be listed on the map. To be listed on the map you need to have either a City or Airport listed under your avatar. The map will have a pin in your town or city, not specific airport. The map only lists screen name and city. No other information, personal or otherwise is listed. The purpose of the map is simple. When traveling to an area of the country, you'll be able to see which MooneySpace members are in the area and will have a screen name you can contact via private message here on MooneySpace. The map is searchable by screen name or city. This is not an official MooneySpace feature, just a personal project of mine. It was suggested by @Roger O and I've had assistance from @RLCarter on this project. If you have the link, please do not share it to protect the privacy of the members. If you'd like to be listed on the map and have a link to the map, send me a message or respond to this thread. Enjoy...
    2 points
  6. Pending pre buy, this baby is mine! All logs are present from day 1. Paint is probably an 8. Interior 7. Wheel wells clean as a whistle. No corrosion evident anywhere I could get to without pulling all the inspection panels. Flew like it was on rails. Put it in a bank and let everything go, it just went hands off. Trimmed for cruise at 24/24 was close to 170mph indicated at 3000msl. No play in the empennage. Speed brakes worked perfect. Did a few touch and goes. Lands nice. It just looks really good. Belly was clean and dry. No oil drips anywhere. I'm excited!
    2 points
  7. I haven't turned my landing light switch off since I installed the new LED light. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    2 points
  8. Check for broken shield connection at the plug connector. When loosening the connector the lead nut should be kept from rotating to avoid breaking the shield connection. Also check that all the clamps holding the leads should have the plastic insert to keep the shield from making ground contact. Also check any leads for chafing. Confirm lead shield ground connection at the magneto case by disconnecting the lead from the plug and measuring continuity from the lead nut to the engine case. It should read 0 ohms. When doing this test verify the shield is not grounded by a clamp. Also check center conductor for infinite ohms reading. José
    2 points
  9. King looks great on resumes.
    2 points
  10. Tell that to King Louis XVI. [emoji846] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
    2 points
  11. I will have mine in Montana just as soon as I get time off for good behavior, just a little over three years left in my sentence.
    2 points
  12. Probably a good decision. It doesn't look terrible but not VFR for sure. Will likely be some convectivity in the afternoon. If meeting a bunch of crusty old Mooniacs is my only incentive I'll likely stay closer to home. I may buzz over to annoy the salesmen at the Aviation Expo (http://texasaircraftexpo.com).[emoji846] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
    2 points
  13. I fly my Executive at FL250 the J doesn't even have a cool name. 201 what is that compared to Super, Ranger, Master, or the all powerful Executive. Don't bring a knife to a gun fight!
    2 points
  14. He looks shifty to me. Better get that lancair to a good hangar, like mine.
    2 points
  15. Sorry for the delayed replies. I've been at the avionics shop all day trying to push the project along... with limited success. I think I'm all caught up and everyone who's asked, has been sent the link. Check your PM's as that's how I'm sending them out. I'm glad everyone seems to be enjoying the map, and as long as people don't start moving around too much, I can probably keep it up to date.
    2 points
  16. It was sarcasm... my note was for the people that might not know Tom... Tom has a great way of connecting people together... a note, a visit, a text, an email, a get together.... Jolie has a nice way of describing it. Best regards, -a-
    2 points
  17. Turbine Tom...? Aka Yooper Rocketman. https://mooneyspace.com/search/ He qualifies as one of the good guys. Best regards, -a-
    2 points
  18. I was missing a cowl fastener for my 89 J model. I ordered a 2700-7S CAMLOC FASTENER. (The fasteners in front and behind it both had a "7" on them so the -7S seemed like a good choice. But as you can see in the picture the fastener was way too narrow a diameter. I wanted what you see on the right, but got what's on the left. Should I have ordered the 2800 ? Or is there some extra grommet I need ? The other related question I had--some of the fasteners come out of the cowl when I unscrew them and gently pull, others won't come out. Are the ones that come out easy missing a retainer under the cowling ? Suggestions ? Thanks.
    1 point
  19. Well in fact we've made four fuel stops love the little FBO there. Next time we fly to MT will have to let you know.
    1 point
  20. King of the Netherlands could be your pilot if you fly KLM! How very cool. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4516050/Head-clouds-Dutch-king-guest-pilot-21-years.html?ito=social-facebook Unfortunately, the closest I have come to flying a Dutch airline is InselAir. --An interesting experience. Just google "InselAir problems" or "InselAir safety".
    1 point
  21. Anyone who has been in the military knows the conundrum of senior officers getting check rides. They were probably great pilots in their day, but after years of flying a desk...not so sharp anymore, but they are going to make decisions about the future career of the pilots giving them the check rides..... Can you imagine the poor instructor pilot giving a check ride the "The King"? Maybe you aren't familiar with the scenario???
    1 point
  22. It's good to be the king.
    1 point
  23. I think the big one is an old Remington Rand mainframe, and the long skinny one is an early word processor with optional manual backspace.
    1 point
  24. approximately .55 AMU, and a superior design I believe. Aside from one pretty poor weld. Here's what the retrofit kit looks like.
    1 point
  25. Funny. When I was flying for the airlines I used to pretend to be King of Denmark on my days off.
    1 point
  26. I am a VFR pilot and my co-owner is not IFR current. It just doesn't make sense for us.
    1 point
  27. I took the M20C to 14.5k' on the way back from Ohio to enjoy a good tailwind. I was flying solo on a work trip. find @cnoe's thread about the time to climb. It should be interesting. Lots of people posted their data... Best regards, -a-
    1 point
  28. If it's been flying regularly and has been annual'ed on schedule for the last 9 years, I wouldn't have a problem with it at all.
    1 point
  29. With all that's on the line with an aircraft, and for those who place their trust in us to fly with us in our pIanes, I wouldn't touch a 60s plane with no logs prior to 08 in a million years. I don't think I'd even fly in one.
    1 point
  30. I usually cruise my C between 7500 and 10,000; went to 11,000 once due to mountain wave passing AVL going home to WV from Sun n Fun. Grabbed a CFII and oxygen bottle, climbed slowly to 15,000 once just before heading to Yellowstone as a noob. It was a hot August afternoon, I later calculated DA was 18,800. Controls were pretty mushy, don't remember IAS. Decided that is outside my comfort zone; climbing to 11,000 with incentive was pretty slow.
    1 point
  31. Isn't that an allergy medicine.....
    1 point
  32. I didn't have the good fortune of being born here but I got here as fast as I could. I guess that makes me Texan by choice. They told me that a yankee was anyone north of the red river... I guess that makes you a yankee by choice!!! *** they called my wife a Yankee too- from Wyoming- wasn't a state until after the civil war. I'm pretty sure that says a lot about "their" definitions, but I'm sticking with that label for Scott
    1 point
  33. Wow it's nice to know that at least one person makes a perfect landing every time.
    1 point
  34. Cool, may look you up when I get to VA in July. What are you guys charging for simple N number changes? Got a custom number reserved, just need to get the paperwork and have it painted on. What would be the timeline on something like that? Cheers, Brian
    1 point
  35. I'm gonna tag along on this one because most of ours look like they should have collars and don't, and the ones I have ordered have all been too long so I'm super confused.
    1 point
  36. Worse mistake people do is buy a plane and plan on immediate upgrades. Then they get hit with unexpected repairs. Best to wait a couple years before dumping money. Would be too bad to have a new Garmin 750 sitting in the hanger because of a cracked cylinder. -Robert
    1 point
  37. I flew out of Juneau in a cherokee 6 for a summer while I was still young (30) and was trying to pursue a flying career. So I have been to those airports Haines and Skagway. Haines is easy, nothing to worry about there. Skagway was a little more challenging, a lot of tailwind takeoff and landings. When departing RWY 02, we called it the "Rock 1 departure" as you would takeoff and turn toward the mountain, till you started getting nervous and made the left turn out southbound. Landing RWY 2 was never an issue but you had to make sure you didn't screw up the landing as go around would require you to fly up the mountain valley to gain altitude. Landing RWY 20 was also a little trickier as you had to be closer than most of our used to flying next to mountains. Would enter in a right downwind, there was a bowl off to the left and turn into that to make the base to final a little less aggressive. It was bumpy a lot. Rumor had it that the interior guys thought us Southeast AK guys were nuts and flying in dangerous conditions and us SE guys thought the interior guys were nuts. To each is own.
    1 point
  38. I had Carbon chunks removed from the valve guides of my M20C. Carbon bits would show up on the oil screen. Air cooling of an M20C with a standard cowl, no POH, no MS, and no engine monitor is a bad idea... I only had the one valve stuck. On departure. The valve impacted the piston and bent the stem. First 10 hours of Mooney ownership... Best regards, -a-
    1 point
  39. You forgot what my day job is. I just need to make a phone call and you'll have all kinds of new friends.
    1 point
  40. Hey! Stop cutting in line! I'm after Matt! You have a cowl, I have a gaping hole! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro
    1 point
  41. Yesterday there was a post on here where a new member was asking whether $30,000 for a 900TT J model that had been out of annual since 2007 was a good deal. This airplane was not advertised and it was a deal he stumbled upon. He concealed the N-number obviously not wanting anyone else to mess up his deal. All that is fine - we all want a great deal, but then he mentioned how the owner is in the hospital in the last stages of cancer. The more I thought about this the more I thought how the person in the hospital could be one of us and it sounded like he was trying to steal it from the family at a time when properly determining the value of an airplane was the last thing on their mind. Last night I took at shot in the dark and replied with what I thought was the N-number to the airplane (N201FA). It could also be N201CA, but I think it's N201FA. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N201FA To my surprise when I looked today the post was completely removed - I must have struck a nerve. Out of the blue a few minutes later I got a PM from the one who posted: I'm not interested in this airplane. My only point to this post is that the free market should determine the value of this airplane for the family. If others here are in the market for a 201 project I would suggest checking out the registration (http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=N201FA). Then going to whitepages.com (http://www.whitepages.com/name/Richard-H-Sherman/Milford-DE/1iu4mqu) and see if you can reach the family to look at it. The more people that look at it the better the family's chances of getting a fair offer. It may only be worth $30,000 but if it was your family disposing of your airplane you'd want them to have a few offers to consider. Full disclosure: I bought the airplane I fly now from a widow. It had been advertised for months though and many people had looked at it. She was treated with the kindness and fair treatment that I would want someone to treat my family. I realize this is none of my concern but we are all watching out for each other.
    1 point
  42. Be careful comparing indicated airspeed. Accuracy falls off as air pressure decreases. A good rule of thumb is to add 2% of indicated airspeed for every 1000 feet if altitude. For instance, my C often indicates 144 mph around 9000-10,000 msl. Add 144 + 18% = 170 mph.
    1 point
  43. After a little (not much) soul searching I asked them to take a look at my plane so that I'd have full confidence in it when I do my checkride (soon). They found a bolt in one of the main gear linkages working it's way out of the joint, which could have prevented a side from locking down. They also fixed my master switch, which I had just discovered did not actually turn anything off in flight. And every time I called for an update, Robert had not just the papers but all the details of the relevant systems available to him seemingly off the top of his head! I'm in for the meet and greet.
    1 point
  44. So I've been putting a map together. I've only put members on the map who have listed either a city or an airport on their profile. I'm happy to share it with anyone who is listed on the map. If you are not listed on the map, I will not share the map with you. If all you listed in your profile is a State, @carusoam, @Marauder, @201er, for example, you're not on the map. If anyone would like to be on the map, just tell me and make sure a city or airport is listed in your profile under your avatar. Likewise if someone doesn't want to be on my map, just tell me and you'll be removed. I've assumed if you've listed a city or airport, you're fine with another member having that information. The only detail is the screen name and a pin in the location. There are no other identifying information. Here's an example. Let me know what you think...
    1 point
  45. The Garmin GFC700 is certified with the G1000 for the Mooney but not the G500. Century has some autopilots STC'd through the M20K, but I think it's only Bendix King, STEC and Garmin (on G1000 airplanes only) on anything newer. http://www.centuryflight.com/stcs/stc-list/other-aircraft/1286-mooney.html
    1 point
  46. I would still fly IFR with one VOR if you double dog dared me....
    1 point
  47. If you have 25 degrees of timing 9000 works well to if you put the prop at 2600rpm and run it peak or just a few degrees rop or lop as your high enough where you can put the mix anywhere you want it. At that power setting I think peak is at about 9.6gph and yields 155kts. If I'm in a big hurry at 9k it's 2700rpm mixture at peak and it's about 10.2 ish gph and that's 159kts. If I'm in a super big hurry ill set the mixture at 30rop which will burn 10.6gph and yield 160-162kts. Going 80rop might be worth another 1-2kts but it uses another 1.5 gallons per hour. If the OAT is moderately cool at 9k, let's say 7c or lower I can run 2700rpm 30rop all day long and not bust 365cht. If peak egt won't get me enough speed I keep increasing the prop speed until I go as fast as I want. All these numbers are just me on board with 1/2 fuel so if at gross subtract 3-5kts
    1 point
  48. That is also true. Until Vy intercepts Vx, at which point you're pretty much at the service ceiling of the aircraft. Vy decreases in speed per altitude, Vx increases in speed per altitude. Factory defined service ceiling is a function of the intercept of those two 'speeds'. Realize, though, that all the speeds in your POH assume max gross weight: weight being a factor in speed change as a function of stall speed. If you use AOA, though, it's 100% independent of weight and ultimately what your airspeed indicator reads. L/Dmax and stall speed both occur at their own respective AOA's: regardless of bank angle, weight, etc. The AOA remains the same... Just the IAS changes. Lots of speeds to remember... Lots of inaccuracies that come with those speeds and the assumptions they are built off of: aerodynamics is much simpler when you abandon speed and think in the "native language" of AOA...... Of course, we don't have AOA gauges, unless we installed them aftermarket, so we're stuck cutting butter with a chainsaw (ie using an airspeed indicator to calculate... Well.... Everything... And have a list of numbers to memorize, interpolate across and guesstimate from). Rant complete... Again...
    1 point
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