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Hi there. For those interested - warranty and parts back online at Kerrville Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk11 points
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Had my first flight of the decade today. Started terribly on this beautiful clear day. I had to fly down to Rockford IL (via Iron Mountain) to look at a E-LSA taildragger for sale. Of course, my GSM switch to my engine heater worked great BUT I didn’t have it plugged in! So I fired up the diesel tube heater after replacing the clogged nozzle (just happened to bring the new part with me) and pointed it at the engine from under the wing toward the cowl flaps. While that was going on I realized I didn’t install the tire chain set on the PowerTow. No problem — I’ll use my ice cleats to pull it out as there is an inch of solid ice with loose dry slippery snow blowing around. The rubber portion of the ice cleats were so bad they both ripped. I finally took the time to install the chains; took a solid 40 min after deflating the Powertow’s tire. Of course I was breathing in unburnt diesel fumes. I hook up the PowerTow and crap! The tire comes off the rim because I didn’t inflate it back up! Took me about 20 min to get it to seal on the bead. Oh man what a day! The flight South was extremely smooth. The airmet Tango didn’t have us experience any turbulence at all. The most disappointing part was that we left very late and couldn’t stop in Janesville for lunch at the on-site diner there. Everything else went smooth after such a rotten start. Logged 5.6 hours! Recognize this airport? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk6 points
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Then explain how most Cessna 177s sell for more than a Mooney of the same age and condition? This site is NOTORIOUS for self defecating on our plane’s values. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro5 points
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A few months ago (before I was kicked off the Mooney Pilots Facebook group for having an opinion on a Mooney-related topic), the new folks at MAPA said they were hard at work building important critical things useful to Mooney pilots. They said their highest priority was to create an Internet forum where Mooney issues could be discussed to replace the email list. I said “hey you know there’s already a super active Internet forum called mooneyspace wouldn’t it make more sense for MAPA to get involved in that instead of spending limited resources creating a new and duplicative forum.” The silence was deafening. Anyway did not exactly make me want to send them money.3 points
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I think that's probably the case, Andrew. That would also explain why one modification (the Missile, IIRC) is allowed the higher weight, by STC, without having the thicker tube.3 points
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Some positive developments at the factory this week. Several cars in the parking lot and several employees have been recalled. No aircraft production or service going on, but working on something. Let’s hope there is a plan to do something profitable and create jobs for the Kerrville community.3 points
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As you can see in this prog chart, there's a significant weather event unfolding in the central and southern Plains in the overnight hours with not a single cold or warm front nearby. Pilots are often taught to focus on frontal systems as the key weather makers, when in fact, it's a lot more complex than that.2 points
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As I spat in the wind, it all came back. You're correct, I can totally see now that a sim-based practical being absolute mayhem as it totally introduces the opportunity for those moments they want to push the testing even further -- all that wouldn't happen done in a real aircraft. My PPL DE seemed to be getting ill during the practical and she had me put it down. My reward for a once-in-a-lifetime-perfect-short-soft-field-carrier-deck-landing got me a white piece of paper.2 points
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I liked President George W Bush Please do not start a political debate or this thread will be shut down immediately, I'm sure). But one of my pet peeves of his was his pronunciation of Nuclear. He would pronounce it Nucular. Where in the word NUCLEAR do you see the extra U that would cause one to pronounce it Nucular? Used to bug the crap out of me. Then I found out that particular pronunciation is listed in Merriam Webster as a variation in pronunciation of the word. I still can't stand it. Not sure of they had it in there all the time or added it because the President used it...2 points
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I’ve been flying Mooneys for 35 years. This is new behavior. I think it has something to do with the general downfall of the FBO system and the big FBOs taking over all the airports.2 points
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Looks like Oshkosh. Camping there now could be done sans an air conditioner!! Tom2 points
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IR is the following: - Procedures, rules, regulations. Attitude instrument flying, partial panel, how to fly an approach, how to read and brief an approach, how to get a clearance and understand what it means, what do do when you lose comms.. - Familiarity with your airplane and its equipment for the above - Judgement & decision making (comes with real flying, x-c training) SHOULD you go, how much gas to take, and what is your plan B/C. This is different from learning the regs. Understanding ATC (real world) and the IFR 'system'. - Multitasking.... time-slicing your tiny brain which will lose most of its IQ when trying to divide attention between all of the above. A sim is great for the first one, poor for the second, marginal for the third, and will help for the last one. And like the one above said, you can hit reset and try something again, rather than going through the motions to set up for another approach or hold entry burning fuel and instructor time. Go go get a good CFII And use that sim til the weather improves, then move to your airplane.2 points
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No kidding! In Branson MO, the line guys almost wanted to fight over it. I asked them if they were going to leave the plane where it was or move it. They said they were going to move it to a tiedown and pointed to the tiedown. I got in the plane to taxi over to the tiedown and they were getting in my face telling me I wasn't allowed to park the plane myself. I did anyway and they followed me to the tiedown and kept telling me I wasn't allowed. I ignored them.2 points
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And for our friendly Brit, those are Imperial measurements as promulgated around the world by the British Empire, not those funny "metric" things pushed so hard for so long by the French. So it's 0.049" wall thickness tubing, likely the same outside diameter as the thinner 0.035" wall tubing.2 points
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... that’s nice but I don’t want ... or need... breast augmentation surgery. I think my breast are just fine the way they are. But I do like that turbo prop bonanza.2 points
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Well according to the IPC snippet that @Oldguy posted it was .035 for 2740 lb gross and increased to .049 for 2900 lb gross. Skip2 points
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Nice job suppressing the price of Mooneys! Remind me to not advertise on here should I ever sell. Someone puts a nice example up for sale and you guys go on the attack!2 points
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my motto is buy high and sell low. I'll wait for the next recession to sell my plane.2 points
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Airplanes do not sell like this. When you get to 100,000$, you start looking in a different class of airplane all together. Again with M20J models when they get to $200,000 you don’t look at J’s anymore you look at A36s or something. And at 400k you dont shop for a 1978 A36 you get a new Cirrus or a SETP. All of these over improved “forever” airplanes have one thing in common, they can’t sell for nearly what they cost to build. Which is why people don’t build them very often like that. Jet for the seller, but if everyone can just go buy an airplane and over improve it, then add up all the receipts for it and list it and sell it for that, then it will be a viable model and I would do it too. It just makes me cringe when people rationalize something by saying well look how much it cost to build....of course he has to get that much for it. Not really. But I don’t think that the world is ready for $125,000 M20C. But there are some fools out there.2 points
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This is a one-off airplane. Take an average C and do all of what he did and see if you don't have much more than that into. All of the LASAR mods aren't listed in the ad - they ad up fast. Granted, everyone would do it a little differently. If you take an average $35000 C start adding the Aspen with G5 backup $12000, GARMIN GTX345 $6000, SL-30 NAVCOM $3000, STEC 30 $8000, Tanks re-sealed $7000, Paint & Interior $20000, Garmin 530W + Flighstream 210 $9000, Speed Mods $15000-$20000?, etc, etc, etc. If the rest of the airplane has the attention to detail that the pictures show on the panel, interior and exterior, for the right person it might be the right airplane. A couple years ago a nice E so for around $115,000 and prices have definitely gone up in the past couple years. (Already by what's been posted is exactly why I would never list my airplane on Mooneyspace. Beechtalk does not allow any stomping on an ad. Just admire the airplane for what it is.)2 points
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No offense taken at all. However, it is Mooney history from a great period of Mooney and the wonderful people that built them, which I cherish and respect. The logo does represent that particular time in space. Certainly the logo is not current, but I’m very proud to display it on my vintage Mooney . And I also cherish a bit of other Mooney history hanging in my closet.2 points
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... somewhere around the Catskills on a nice chilly MLK Day flight. After the flight I was too cold to hang around and do much troubleshooting, and it didn't cross my mind to look for fuel staining (as recommended by @carusoam on another related thread from a few years back), so I didn't do any other investigation beyond snapping a photo. The errant gauge is the right sight gauge, 1995 J 201 MSE. I have the maintenance manual at the hangar (too cold to think to bring it home), but if anyone knows the part number... Is the recommended replacement one of these from LASAR? https://lasar.com/gauges1 point
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True dat. Didn't think about the dynamic load when writing that, either. Bending moment down from weight, which way does thrust run, exactly? Still seems that if Rocket can put an IO-5XX on the old tubing, should be able to add 160 lbs inside the cockpit . . .1 point
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Waiver For the ADSB mode C veil rule airspace for Hank.1 point
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Sorry to hear the news of another drome being turned into nothing that couldn't have just a well gone somewhere else. I've used Wilgrove several times, most recently to ferry Dr_Bill's E model to MRN where Jon took ownership after he returned from overseas. In the '70's there was a Mooney Dealership there where I rented a G model a time or two. Good memories.1 point
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The flip side to this coin is the aircraft is likely to be a steal if and when it sells. If the seller is serious, I doubt he'll see that whole amount. But whatever he sees will be far less than it costs to put all that stuff into a Mooney. There is a logic to upgrading aircraft like this. Yeah, it isn't new, but it might as well be, and at a fraction the cost of new. The rub is you're supposed to keep the dang aircraft after you've done all that stuff to it.1 point
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Find the one that matches your other capsule. Mask around the hole in the wing. Mask the top of the capsule. clean out the cavity. fill the cavity with RTV. With a gloved hand, push the capsule into the cavity. Then go home. Come back the next day and peel off the extruded bead of RTV and remove the masking tape. Clean any remaining RTV. With your fingernail.1 point
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Thanks for the update. Many threads leave out the conclusion which remains forever a mystery.1 point
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Quick update for those following this thread. I had to order a rebuilt nose truss. And I believe I now know the root cause. On our way to the Bahamas, we stopped overnight in Miami. The next morning we had been towed to a different spot. I believe it was a towing incident. The left turning limit flange was broken off, and one of the two mounting points for the steering horn on the top of the nose gear is broken off. I am 100% certain there was no damage to The turning limit flanges before we departed. Again, as mentioned in many other threads on MS, that is now on the preflight checklist... ESPECIALLY after stopping at a foreign FBO. Think I will adopt the ‘I will pull it myself’ sign and attitude. Too much trouble, time, and expense to repair. unless I can develop a free-castering STC!1 point
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No pictures from this morning's flight, and it was all of .1 or .2 on the tach: LL10 to KARR to get a COM antenna replaced. 310HP Acclaim with only 30 gallons on board, on a windless, bright 12* morning. Climbed out like a homesick angel, traversed the snow-covered landscape, and touched down with barely a bump. What a way to start the day: a memorable 6 minute flight. -dan1 point
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@carusoam Perfect conditions. 3 days skiing back to back, open to close. For all the heavy metal on the ramp, KTEX is surprisingly GA friendly. Reasonable tie down, hangar, and fuel prices.1 point
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He is not on MS but he is at my airport, and the plane is everything it looks to be. It has been maintained with a no-deferred maintenance policy by the owner and is flown on a regular basis. His hangar opens onto the pad in front of the shop of the mechanic who was the Mooney mechanic at Epps in Atlanta for 20+ years and is around the corner from the avionics shop on the field. The owner is somewhat of a renaissance man as he is a judge, plays guitar and sings in a classic rock cover band (The Wing Nuts), regularly surfs, and is a genuinely nice person.1 point
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War Eagle, ya'll! BSME, Auburn, '86 (the glory years with Bo) P.S.--if ya'll need any gear, send a PM. I work n Opelika now . . . .1 point
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Well....lets not exaggerate that Mr. Let's just say I could understand some of what you said and leave it at that.1 point
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I flew over to Alabama to a small little airport called Eufala. It was hit by a tornado last year and absolutely everything was removed except the runway and lights. The FBO and fuel tanks were in place but all the planes on the ramp were gone and hangar slabs remained. It was sad. But anywho, we went there to visit the nearby Providence Canyon, which is a miniature Grand Canyon in SW Georgia caused by eroded farming practices in the 1800s. There was an abandoned settlement nearby with old 1950s vehicles still in place. Awesome experience. Flying west was tough- 1:30 on the hobbs but made it home in under an hour on the way back.1 point