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  1. I have been a "lurker" here for about the last 6 months as I considered a Mooney purchase. I want to thank Mooneyspace.com for their generous and open door policy of allowing people to look in on subjects posted. It has been of great benefit in my airplane search. I am proud to say I am the new owner of N192JK, a 2005 Ovation as of 2023 UTC yesterday. She is currently located at Don Maxwell's shop undergoing a pre-sale, now an annual and a WAAS upgrade. Thanks to this forum I was able to select Don Maxwell as my preferred place to perform the pre-buy and I have had the honor to meet both Don and Paul who are real gentlemen and have been most helpful. I will be basing out of KGVL as I live on Lake Lanier My previous airplane was a PA18-160 Super Cub rebuilt by Cub Crafters. It was probably one of the few IFR certified Cubs around and had an Aspen 1000, Garmin 420W and a Lynx ADS-B unit. I loved the airplane but my mission has changed to a need for reliable and fast transport up and down the Eastern seaboard. In my search I needed good avionics and TKS. I wanted to avoid turbo charging, preferring horsepower and displacement. I don't really want to be sucking on a tube all that much in search of performance. It came down to an early to mid 90's Bonanza or a 2000 something Mooney. Since my wife and I are not tall people and it is usually just the two of us I concluded the Mooney was the best airplane for the buck and (shhhh), it will blow the doors off a Bonanza. I have flown a lot of Beech products, even worked for a Beech dealer and I love their airplanes but if you have to write the checks........ A little about my aviation self. I am coming up on my 50th year since solo at KRHV. I have about 29,000 hours. About 8000 in GA aircraft of all kinds from C-150's too biz jets. I have been a CFI-I, a Chief Instructor with examining authority, a Line Check Airman and a Part 135 Chief Pilot. I recently retired off the Airbus A330 after a near 40 year career. Aviation has been my life and passion all my life and being a pilot is the only thing I have ever wanted to be since early childhood. This Mooney will most likely be my last airplane and I hope it will be the best! I look forward to learning from you fine folks here. You all have been very helpful in getting me to this point in my "Mooney experience"!
    12 points
  2. Thank you all for the warm welcome. Since you asked for pictures, here you go
    8 points
  3. Here is a picture of the fuel selector I have come up with with DER approval to install. Makes changing tanks easier and reliably reachable. Also holds the carpet in place. John Breda
    6 points
  4. N954N were at Oshkosh 2019. N954N was awarded a Lindy Award - Best Class II Single Engine (161 - 230 HP). Trying to hold up the Vintage Mooney tradition. John Breda
    5 points
  5. I ALSO strongly agree with @carusoam and @kortopates. If not having been a Rocket question (for which I might be the highest time Rocket pilot “active” on this forum), I’ve passed over prior posts by you because I find the font difficult to read. I no longer fly it as I have moved up. But I’ve stuck around this forum because I felt, at least occasionally, I can contribute something useful from my 23 years of Mooney ownership (and 25 years working on them). I won’t go where some on Beach Talk went with me ( and a few just recently with a new member here) indicating “senior members “ should be off limits for newer posters to “question” or “ disagree with”. All members should have that option without getting their hands slapped. I no longer participate on Beach Talk for that very reason (and I have considerable Bonanza time as well). I WILL say though, Anthony ( @carusoam ) and Paul ( @kortopates ) are contributors that are both knowledgeable and respectful, and I DON’T skip past any of THEIR posts. Lastly, I hope you enjoy your ownership experience with your Rocket half as much as I did. It took an amazingly more capable and faster plane to move me off my Rocket. It’s an tremendously capable airplane. So impressive my expectations of a 3-5 year build on its replacement took 17 years because of how well it performed for me. Tom
    4 points
  6. 3 points
  7. Yea, that works so well for Facebook...
    3 points
  8. Ms Jenny is a strong loyal partner just what we in vision when we say I do. Mark will need her love and strength, I’m praying and pulling for you Jenny and Mark, god bless
    3 points
  9. mike elliott, Jenny Brandemuehl has posted a new announcement for Family & Friends of Mark Brandemuehl. Hi All, Thankfully, Mark continues to be stable. Dr. Matthews dropped by a couple days ago and told Susan and I that the real work for the family begins when Mark wakes up. We still have quite a long road in ICU yet but it was good to start thinking about post ICU. He mentioned that Mark Haley, another burn patient visited the burn center this week. Mark was a former patient from Utah who suffered burns from a freak accident in a drag race in Tucson. Dr. Matthews shared that Mark H is doing well and thriving after being in the hospital sedated for 6 months. He had 3 limbs amputated and severe burns to 45% of his body. Like our Mark, this Mark is a positive person. If you search, you can also find a radio interview he did describing his life post-ICU and rehab.. https://www.ksl.com/article/46498019/utah-man-back-from-brink-after-freak-drag-racing-accident It's definitely an encouraging story. In his radio interview, Mark H said he didn't remember anything from ICU - he literally remembered the race, not the accident because he was unconscious trapped in his car when it was on fire. The accident was in Jan 2018 and he woke up in ICU in July. I'm so glad Mark won't remember any of the pain he's been through with all the procedures he's had. I think he's had at least 17 surgeries. The nurses told Susan and I that it can take up to 3 weeks to wean patients off their medications after they finish skin grafts. That's why when they can, they try to ease up on the sedation dosage. I spend a lot of hours in Mark's hospital room every day. I know some of you have expressed concern for my well-being (thank you!). Ever since Mark became stable, I'm sleeping well. I work out every morning and during his daily 2-3 hour dressing change, I have time to run errands or do something enjoyable. I've been to the Phoenix Museum of Art with Adrian and Susan. When my friend Christina visited, we went to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. It's too hot this time of year in Phoenix to go for a hike. It ranges from 103 to 118 F degrees everyday. Good way to get heatstroke! The restaurant scene in Phoenix is very good - lots of great places to eat. Adrian's been enjoying the break from Zurich to get ethnic and American food. The day and night nurses stay with Mark continuously for 3 days in a row and then change out. I know the majority of nurses now after 8 1/2 weeks. Some of the newer nurses look at the many photos of Mark in his room - with friends and family, of him skiing, hiking, and driving his AC Cobra (the beast) and they say, oh it looks like he's a fun person. I thought of a story from when Mark and I were first dating. As some of you may know, we met in our first job out of college at a tech company in New York. He used to pick flowers for me from the landscaping at our company office! I remember him giving me a bunch of daffodils once. So sweet! I didn't know where they came from. The director of facilities was really mad because he'd recognize the flowers on my desk. He knew it was Mark but he could never catch him actually doing the deed! I'm really not sure why Mark didn't buy flowers as he certainly could afford them. One of the questions I want to ask him when he wakes up!
    3 points
  10. And that is exactly why BeechTalk is much more civil than MooneySpace. Each registrant is required to use their real name there.
    3 points
  11. They all look good, so screw the resale value and get what you want. None of them will help/hurt significantly on resale.
    2 points
  12. Sorry, I have to strongly disagree. The only text above that stands out as being readable is perhaps what you bolded or changed fonts for. (e.g., Arial and "Merriam-Webster...") I have no clue why this isn't obvious to you unless you're mistaken about "it doesn't display differently on different computers" since the difference are night and day between your post and mine - and everyone else's for that matter. Half of us also use a software app called Tapatalk - that also can introduce differences in display quality of text. But looking at your posts in Tapatalk they are considerably more readable than here on my Windows 10 PC. I certainly agree with you that "meaning, diction, and grammar" are important, but only if we can see it to read it! I highly suggest just sticking to the default font - its works and enables your "meaning, diction, and grammar" to come through clearly. Certainly not trying to be critical, but its obvious from your comments you apparently may not be seeing how difficult it is to read your postings. So offering a second opinion in the spirit of trying to be helpful. BTW, the good news is that you do have the FAA approved AFMS for your Rocket. Its only unapproved supplemental info your missing, standby and somebody is likely to have a digital copy that they can share with you. But beware, leaning recommendations on the power schedule is some of the worst places to leave the mixture based on the science we have today.
    2 points
  13. It’s all about you, Spam... I’m just trying to help you get more support... I do like the cognitive challenge though... There is a reason the selectric got wiped off the planet... Siri doesn’t even recognize it as a name... So... not being critical... call it trying to be helpful. Different computers display things differently... What you chose for your set-up, Just happens to be hard to read on other people’s set-ups... did you know? I’m OK with your choice, just can’t read more than a sentence or two... Best regards, -a-
    2 points
  14. Although mine wasn't that bad it resembled swiss cheese over the whole bottom. After getting a quote for a new replacement I talked to LASAR and bought a new bottom for less than a third of a new box, I removed the old bottom and riveted on the new one and gave it a good coating of battery box paint, it should last for the life of the plane.
    2 points
  15. Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! I'd love to come to the Camarillo show but I've got another several months of deployment ahead. I've joined the West Coast Mooney Club though (didn't know about that one so thank you Bonal!). Cliffy, I also grabbed that book off eBay so it'll be waiting for me when I get home. I can already see the eye roll from the wifey when she finds ANOTHER book I've ordered at the front door. Thanks MooneyMitch! I'll keep SMX in mind. I drive right by there going between Santa Barbara and my base in the central valley so I'll stop and take a look this fall. Thanks Carusoam! My sleep schedule on the ship has moved significantly to the right because of this!
    2 points
  16. When I sent mine in for overhaul (local fuel system specialist), I noted that I wanted it set as rich as spec would allow. I received no information on the ticket about where it was set but since the install all of my take off EGTs are in the mid 1100s. They used to be closer to 1300. I have no cooling issues with my 25° engine, even on the hottest days.
    2 points
  17. Just to clarify, pics of your Mooney, not you.
    2 points
  18. All of you on Savvy can run a report card on your aircraft and see how your FF compares to the entire cohort of M20J/F's that we have data on, which is over a couple hundred aircraft. You'll find the median value is just under 18 GPH, with 75% of them ranging from 17-18.5 GPH. If you have lower than median max FF, and you are familiar with the Target EGT method for leaning at any altitude in flight, you can make up for this it climb by targeting for a richer EGT than what you see at sea level takeoff. For example if your max FF is on the lean side, you'll be seeing max EGTs of 1350 or higher; rather than in the 1200's with a max just under or close to 1300F. So rather than lean to your higher sea level for rich EGTs in climb, keep it rich till you see your max EGTs drop to 1300F, which is going to be really close to what the 18+ GPH max FF will look like taking off from sea level. You should be there within a few thousand feet. If its really low, a RSA or fuel specialist repair station can adjust it up for you. I don't see many PowerFlow's on J's but if you do have one, you likely really do need higher than normal FF to keep it cool.
    2 points
  19. Welcome Loner, thank you for your service to our fine country. You might check into the fly in at Camarillo next weekend as there should be a few of the western Mooney group attending. There is a thread on the event in misc. aviation subject line. Good luck on your search. oops it's in the general Mooney subject line.
    2 points
  20. 2 points
  21. I like blue. But all the colors are great. I had my airplane redone about a year and a half ago, and I specifically avoided swoopy lines since lately so many airplanes have that and I wanted something to stand out. So I made up a scheme that reminded me in a way of a 1960s car. I get compliments on the paint wherever I go it seems. (And taking nothing away from J&M who did a superbly beautiful workmanship on the paint job). A quality paint job and a well kept plane would sell. So forget about the buyer and buy yourself the paint job you love now.
    1 point
  22. A couple of us went up for some formation practice this morning. It was 68° here in Colorado under a high overcast. Butter smooth air made for a fun practice session. If anyone would like to experience this type of flying, there is often a right seat open. We'd also like to add a third and forth to the formation. So reach out if interested. Getting ready to launch.
    1 point
  23. If one is NA and the other is turbo, let the NA lead. They can go wide open and the turbo has power to spare. Second option is an interval rather than element T/O.
    1 point
  24. The PFM was the first long body. It should fit other long bodies but I have no idea if it’s the same.
    1 point
  25. What if you had multiple antennae/s on a Volkswagen Beetle?
    1 point
  26. Part numbers are attached. It looks like tensile strength is the same for cad and stainless. I was actually more concerned that the harder stainless would wear out the hinge blocks instead of the bolt. I have TKS and fly in the rain regularly. I suspect there is not much lube in there, whatever it is supposed to be.
    1 point
  27. Nobody had anything like it there and they didn't even know about it. However, they did sell me some fire hose and nozzles they said I could use that to put out a fire in the plane. All I need to do now is be able to stop at the nearest cloud and hook up to the hydrant there.
    1 point
  28. Just keep in mind that metallic paint is nearly impossible to touch up. For stripes and things it’s cool but for an all over base coat, it’s troubling. The leading edges of the wings get wear, and touching up silver or blue metallic with a brush will look awful. Re-spraying the panel is the only option and that will also look different. At different sun angles the metallic looks different. So you have this metallic pearl white or silver plane with one wing skin that doesn’t match. We tried this with my friends Cardinal RG back in 1999. On cars you can cheat because you can blend the sliver over a large panel that’s curved. Then you re-clear the panel. Not really an option for a plane. Clear coat on those is it’s own problem.
    1 point
  29. Jezebel. My wife can smell the maintenance induced perfume from Jezebel on me when I enter the house. There is no question where I have been spending my time.
    1 point
  30. This. I would almost strip and repaint my plane to get this. I’ve seen one in real life. It’s stunning.
    1 point
  31. Boys, boys, boys... a little respect for your elders would be in order. Who drug you up, anyway?
    1 point
  32. I vote for the bottom scheme but without a swoop tail. I understand your concern about resale but I think the swoopy stripes are starting to look dated. I really like the new Acclaim paint but think if they’d taken the silver all the way around the front of the cowl it would look even better (see my crude iPad mark up). I’d likely end up with a combination of these two. I love the bandito mask windows in the last scheme and I also love the way the solid tail tapers into the top of the fuselage on the new Acclaim.
    1 point
  33. How are you planning on getting the approval done? For any small project, the difference in cost between solid and Cherrymax rivets is silly. We're talking, what, about $30-40 of rivets? Unless you're building a whole tailcone, or you're very comfortable and proficient setting solid rivets, I'd vote just using Cherrymax rivets
    1 point
  34. 7/8 ths of the MS population is also cheering for the -B aspect of the hub... -a-
    1 point
  35. And here I thought I was being all techie, and put on a stainless steel cover plate, with a cylinder guide. Then had an offset handle welded on to a slotted coupling (so the handle faced the side the fuel was on, and the slot could only go on the selector the one way).
    1 point
  36. I got the retaining strip on and flew it today. First, I set and drilled, clecoed all holes. I counter sunk and de-burred all holes and drew trim lines to cut. Pulled the strip off, trimmed areas and used the 5 degree edge finisher all the way around. After that, I clecoed everything back to inspect fit after edge finishing. Some areas needed more bending/shaping, so I marked areas, shaped, and refit trial and error 5 or 10 times. Once fit was acceptable, I used mask tape to ensure no sloppy prc on the windshield. I mixed up a tube of prc and applied liberally. I used the entire tube on this little strip and then clecoed and cherrymaxed between. I used a popsicle stick to fillet everywhere and pulled up tape immediately so it wouldn’t pull once it’s set up. While I let it set up, I cleaned up and pulled the plane out. Flew it for about an hour down low. It was hot and bumpy so I reserve all judgment except one. Without a doubt, this mod results in more reflective glare on the inside from the glare shield. I’m going to go find a black paint that is super flat specifically design for this application. I used a satin that was on hand, but it’s no good. I’lol have to do something about the leather dash pad too, as it glares now. Never had a glare issue before except for when I was wearing a light colored shirt. Maybe now, because of the angle, clothing glare won’t show up, so that would be nice.
    1 point
  37. Paul, unfortunately, and in spite of the title, Savvy still lumps the IO360, 200 hp Es with the O360, 180 hp models. I'm not sure why the Fs are with the Js but the Es are with the Cs? Does that make sense to someone? My cohort: N943RW · M20 (A/B/C/D/E/G) · IO-360 · EDM-930 Includes 62 flights between Aug 10, 2018 and Aug 10, 2019, compared with 1423 flights by a cohort of 46 M20 (A/B/C/D/E/G) aircraft.
    1 point
  38. This thread is worthless without pictures and welcome
    1 point
  39. That doesn’t rule it out. https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/dissociative-identity-disorder-multiple-personality-disorder I watched Fight Club, so I’m pretty much an expert on this.
    1 point
  40. And I'm guessing now #3 on the most ignored user list.
    1 point
  41. The job has taken. Little longer than I thought, but I attribute that to my lack of experience doing this job. I think the 40-50 hours that lasar quotes is for the fastest workers who have experience doing many of these before. I’m not sure how 40 hours is even possible. I spent time relocating certain things to make access easier in the future. If you compare my pictures with the install instructions, you can see more sub panel and cowl deck material was cut away to help access. If my stall horn ever goes bad, I’ll either have to abandon it and install another somewhere, or pull the panel. Other than that, most everything else is still accessible, some with a helper. My voltage regulator is forward firewall and held on by stand off bolts, so I can remove and replace without holding a bolt head inside the cabin.
    1 point
  42. Radiorax are very nice, but pricey. I haven’t used them in many years. Aluminum angle and screws are my preference due to price.
    1 point
  43. @aviatoreb Let me know when you are coming, I'm a YYZ terminal controller (with a B.Sc. in math), if I'm working that day I'll try to get in the right sector at the right time so that I can say hello.
    1 point
  44. Today I got the deck and windshield on. Generally, the little out of prc made riveting the deck a little bit challenging. Cherrymax rivets are definitely the way to go on the sides. After getting the deck riveted on, I put the cowl on to verify fit. It was VERY tight. I used an edge roller to get the 5 degree 1/4” bend at the edge of skin at the top of the windshield. Do this BEFORE dumpling those screw holes. I had to flatten, then re-dimple. I mixed up prc and got the windshield put on. I have two bits of advice for others looking to do this project. 1. Do nut plates on the cowl deck. Totally worth it. 2. When putting in the windshield after spreading prc, go ahead and remove the inside protective coating so that none is able to hang down and get in the prc and smear it. My helper accidentally let so excess plastic wrap coating smear prc on the black painted deck near the front left. Luckily, it will be covered by the fiberglass insert, but it just bothers me knowing the job was a little sloppy. Anyway, I got all screws threaded all the way around, then when center to outside tightening all snug. I should have used more PRC, as I can see areas that didn’t quite seal up, so I went along with more sealant around edges afterward. All the leading edge also got a popsicle stick fillet of sealant. I got the interior panels reinstalled. I’ll need to do a little more work on the overhead leather panel, or maybe see what can be done with the supplied molded part.
    1 point
  45. Eb. My wife is still thinking something about Green Acres.
    1 point
  46. Definately this. Hone and re-ring can go a long time and its pretty cheap as engine repairs go. I wouldnt have a shop that has a white floor and turbine airplanes in it do this, have some local curmudgeon semi-retired A&P do it.
    1 point
  47. The plane rolled out of factory in December 1967. The most famous movie that came out that month was The Graduate. I named the plane Mrs. Robinson - she is indeed the older woman in my life.
    1 point
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