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  1. So I was asked where and how I’d been. Some of you may remember that I was looking at Mooneys for my first airplane and actually had an e model lined up that the guy wanted to sell half a share in. Well evidently he would rather the plane not fly. My oldest son, 18, finished up his PPL with 41.5 hours in his logbook and we fell into a Piper Cherokee 180. Low time smoh but has a history of sitting. Picked her up for 18k and immediately dropped another 15k to upgrade some avionics. Did the first annual owner assisted and got out for under $500 so we were stoked. While flying with my CFI to a fly in we lost the alternator so I got some real work experience with that. Ended up going with a Plane Power alternator and changed to their regulator for good measure. So what did that 15k get me? Well I bought a freshly serviced 430w, Avidyne AMX240 bt audio panel, Avidyne AXP340 transponder, and a G5 hsi. I also got direct wire harnesses made by Approach FastStack. All of this was sourced from Jesse Saint at Saint Aviation and I was doing the installation myself. I’ve never tackled anything like this but I have modified vehicle harnesses for LS motor swaps, built hand wired tube guitar amps, etc. What we had in the plane was a kma24, kx155 with gs, tray for at50 and a cdi. The plan was to keep the kx155 for com 2. I made sure to take the time and eliminate unneeded wires from behind the panel and with all the distractions of life it took me a little longer than I anticipated but overall I’m very happy with it. The only issue I had was the G5 not receiving rs232 data. After doing some troubleshooting I finally looked at the wiring diagram and figured out I had the 430 programmed to send that data to the wrong channel. Changed it and it works great. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    4 points
  2. Sellers invariably offer their sub-standard planes at absurd prices while buyers undervalue your superior aircraft.
    4 points
  3. I'm going to have to do a lot of drinking to kill the brain cells that remember Marauder's post.
    3 points
  4. Upgrade of M20F and early M20J gross weight to 2900 lbs.
    3 points
  5. My hangar elves had very good results that lasted years. The repair was done with black RTV and light weight fiberglass cloth. Make all repairs on the outside to reduce the likelihood of the repair getting sucked in. When they were done, you couldn’t even tell it was repaired. If anybody is interested, I can get them to give me all the details.
    2 points
  6. If you can afford to own 2 for a time, then that's what I'd do. (and did myself) It may take a long time to find the new plane. I looked for probably 6 months. Then the purchase process with pre-buy, weather, etc. can take a couple months. And having a plane can make it a lot easier to go look at planes for sale. I bought my new plane from a broker and left my old one there for him to sell. I just wanted it sold, so I priced it attractively.
    2 points
  7. Will do, I've just been trying to find the time to put it all together. And will just post a thread here than on my blog. My wife doesn't read MS but reads every post on the blog. All she knows is that the AP/IA was doing some "stuff" to the carb while he was replacing the exhaust and then doing some other "stuff" to the carb later because the fuel flow was off. She's not aware of the purchase of two overhauled carbs in about a six month period of time...
    2 points
  8. Nothing new about the Mooney, but I'm flying a 172 with internal "tip" tanks. 88 gal on board, something like 11 hours endurance. This is a daily flight for me: i just surpassed 750 hours total time in my logbook. I'm hoping to finish the season around October with at least 1200 hours, really pushing forward to 1500. Of course being that I'm no longer paying to fly, my mind has been rolling about the possibility of selling the Mooney...
    2 points
  9. Major thread drift/hijack caution... but darn, Anthony @carusoam, you've got to be one of the most well-rounded people I've ever encountered. With your interest/background in TBI issues, you might be interested in this movie trailer: I've had the honor of becoming friends with Andrew Marr and we've been able to help sponsor a doctors' training that he and Dr Gordon did last year. Their foundation, the Warrior Angels Foundation, is making a difference in the lives of TBI victims... both veterans and athletes. My wife and I were supposed to fly to CA for the screening of this movie, with a Joe Rogan Q&A too, but then everything got shut down for the coronavirus panic. PM me sometime about what you do and let me know if we can help in any way. Okay... back to selling an E!
    2 points
  10. I did speak with his daughter, Elyse. Very friendly and nice to talk to.
    2 points
  11. Sorry to beat this to death. I went through the logs and some really old documents that came with the plane. Found the itemized invoice and documentation that came right from the Mooney factory that did the conversion in 1966. Apparently it was a program for D owners to take their factory new plane back and have them converted for about $1800, was a lot of $ back then. At any rate both retract tubes part numbers on the documents traces back to the Service Manual and Part Catalog to be with ones with the springs not the solids. So confirmed, the factory did it so it is original equipment. The owner declined the electric gear option, but "actuator bracket installed" as well as some other electric components. I assume if to be later modified. (No thank you) LOL The fun part of the Service Manual is it doesn't say much of what to do with the springs, other than 0.060". The older style 62,63,64 years have 0.060" space between the spring and a collar. The 65 and later (what I have) there is not that space, so not sure what/where to measure or if 0.050" is unacceptable. It was funny how we figured out this difference. The mains once we learned how little the over center moves and should read the torque were all well within the acceptable range. Went to the nose gear and it was WAY off. Those springs on the tubes must make a big difference. It appears they compress as you put the gear into over center lock and unload a little once in OC. Start to raise gear and they compress, load just before the OC moves. Had four A&P's in the shop today all had their comments none had Mooney experience, but plenty to say. The A&P I use who has some but not a ton of Mooney experience ignored them and said the system is working smooth and nice, mains in spec, the springs on nose tubes a good thing and we are not going to start chasing our tails into a problem that doesn't exist and result in a bigger problem. He was more interested in carefully and methodically inspecting the entire retract system for corrosion, weld cracks and proper lubrication per the manual. I have a lot of cleaning to do. LOL Thank you everyone for your help. hopefully I made sense?
    2 points
  12. Absolutely in very poor taste....... BD1B5730-90C2-4884-A27C-9A2DC4B9F5B9.mp4
    2 points
  13. Flat black and shiny silver on the tail. The checkers are slightly wavy.
    2 points
  14. New to forum. Thinking of purchasing a Plane in near future and Mooney is at top of list. Never flown one. Looking at Maybe a J, S (Eagle) or R (Ovation) model 20. Live in suburb north of Atlanta. Doesn’t seem to be any Mooney rentals around this area. Any suggestions on close by rentals to fly one of these to try out? Or anybody near by looking to sell and willing to demo?
    1 point
  15. On of my teachers told me I would never be good at poetry because I'm dyslexic. But so far I've made two vases and a bowl and they're lovely.
    1 point
  16. It's sad that these misconceptions are propagated by some Mooney owners. Mooney Cabin - 43.5" wide Cessna 172 Cabin - 40" wide My neighbor owns a 2006 172, I own a 1987 M20K. We fly together in each other's aircraft. There's no question there is more room in the Mooney. We're talking two people, front seats. The seating position is more Corvette and less Pickup truck. But if your inseam is longer than 30", you'll reach the peddles fine. If shorter than that, get some pedal extensions.
    1 point
  17. If you're going to replace the carb you want to use the 10-4164-1, it is the richer of the carbs. It is a carb issue that the Mooney's have. I keep meaning to write up a post about my carb replacement journey, I'll try and start a thread on it tonight with all the data/info(work has been crazy cutting down on my MS during the day time...) In a nut-shell... There is the 10-3878, 10-3878M, and 10-4164. The "M" is just a modified 3878 which makes it the same FF as the 4164. I went back and forth on emails with Marvel-Shcebler and got some good information out of them. They had the specs from the bench test on my the 3878 that went in my plane in October which they tested at 16.7 GPH but I only saw 14.5-15 GPH resulting in much higher CHT's than I previously had. I have the JPI data from before the carb replacement, which apparently was a "M" despite nothing in the log books, the data with the 3878 that was put in last October, and the data from the 4164 that was put in last month. Some interesting numbers and how the FF on the different carbs acts as well as effect on EGT and CHT. More to come in a different thread, don't want to totally sidetrack this thread as I'm not sure that is Brice's problem?
    1 point
  18. Well, I have never leaned to peak on take off but I have leaned to peak (from the lean side) at DAs in excess of sea level (both below and above) while running LOP down low. 3 of my CHTS peak in the mid 1400s with number three peaking in the low 1500s. My EGTs on take off are always in the mid to low 1100s. I enjoy a very cool running engine. Even in climb, 1 and 4 barely break 300°. Save for the dead of summer, I have to lean in level flight to get all the cylinders above 300° By the way the short term risks of detonation in a naturally aspirated four-cylinder Lycoming are small. Huge detonation margins. I don’t think I could get my engine to detonate even if I tried. Perhaps with sustained with sustained, high powered flight leaned to 50ROP at low speed on the backside of the drag curve...but even then I’d likely have to wait for the CHTs to climb significantly before detonation might begin. 10 seconds at a high ICP mixture setting is not going to do it
    1 point
  19. Glideslope antennas are not used for an LPV glidepath.
    1 point
  20. From everything I've read, I believe the O-360 is under fueled
    1 point
  21. Riddle me this, same airframe with two engines (O360 and IO360) of the same displacement, number of cylinders and ignition timing. One has some enhanced cooling features (IO360) a different intake system, slightly different cylinder head and higher compression ratio. Both engines will make 159hp at 2500rpm when full rich (88.5% power for the O360 and 79.6% power for the IO360). However, the the spec fuel flow for the IO360 is 12% (1.6gph) higher. Another curiosiy is that the POH’s show that the O360 can pull an extra inch of MP over the IO at the same temp and altitude. This tells me two things. Firstly it appears the O360 is considerable under fueled compared to the IO360 and secondly the POHs are loose interpretations of the actual numbers. this also tells me that almost any decrease in fuel flow to a cylinder will make for dramatic results in CHTs.
    1 point
  22. Dont forget a pee tube STC as an option, along with WD40+ belly cleaner for guaranteed 15 kts and FIKI
    1 point
  23. I had a similar issue. My Aspen was off by 20 degrees. Not a big deal. You have to recalibrate the unit. Similar to a Compass swing. The procedure takes about 10 min and is very easy. The calibration procedure is described in the installation manual. Talk to your avionics guy. Oscar Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
    1 point
  24. Digging through my photo archives... The Minute Man has since been removed. Mooney Bird logos are certainly prevalent. Hmmm, one of those is not like the others. How’d that sneak in there? Regardless, one has to try pretty hard to mess up the great lines of the Mooney airframe.
    1 point
  25. I run the boat business out of Omaha, NE believe it or not. We have several large lake complexes within 3 to 6 hr drives and we allow renters to trailer the boats there. Yes speed is probably by primary driver in all things I do....I work in the auction world in the off season.
    1 point
  26. As usual, general aviation to the rescue............................... general aviation.mp4
    1 point
  27. Long Range Fuel Tanks for Mooney Best mod I had 36 gallons extra on my M20J and 1500nm range http://www.monroyaero.com/lrupgad.pdf
    1 point
  28. That referral must be worth a better discount on the inflatable door seal . . lol
    1 point
  29. Think the cam is ok?
    1 point
  30. anyone want to pitch in 13K for a silicone printer? https://www.hisco.com/Search?categoryId=All Products&criteria=loctite 3d printing
    1 point
  31. Bring back the inner gear doors for the older models. That's been abandoned.
    1 point
  32. I'd do it and stop worrying I was going to break my truss welds on rough strips.
    1 point
  33. Get with Gee Bee and become a supplier of an improved intake boot. Another thread right now under Vintage Mooney.
    1 point
  34. My iPad mini is mounted on a salvaged cover. The iPad is held by the clips at the 4 edges. Velcro fuzz on the back of that cover is epoxied in place. Velcro hooks are on the center of the yoke.
    1 point
  35. I had the exact same thing last week. Get you a 7/64th Allen wrench and remove your radio from the tray and re-install it. Press firm in the corners to assure a good re-seating. Then tighten with the Allen wrench to allow the cam over and squeeze the radio tight in the tray. My problem was the Cam got partially cammed over and tightened, then you fly, and vibrations loosen up or the cam slips, and your radio loosens up the seating in the tray and then you loose it. Fly Smart, Ryan
    1 point
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    1 point
  37. "Rochester, how 'bout a cup of coffee"............"no thanks, Mr. Benny"................
    1 point
  38. I'll second that. I would buy that in a heart beat.
    1 point
  39. http://aerotriminc.com/ Norm Smith passed away a few years ago and had a few STC mods for Mooneys including aileron trim (http://aerotriminc.com/id2.html). I think the daughter may still be selling a few. (http://aerotriminc.com/id1.html)
    1 point
  40. Hi! Since 6 years I own a 201. It's a wonderful bird, but the engine doesn't fit in our time anymore. I think the Continental Diesel could be a good combination. Especially because there is the plan to create 170hp out of this 2-liter-engine, MT offers a netter scimitar prop die Diesel usage and the future of avgas is uncertain. What do you think about it?
    1 point
  41. Scosche Magic Mount. Its 16 bucks. mounts to the yoke perfectly.
    1 point
  42. I will personally vouch for Robert , Nice man , and a stand up buisnessman
    1 point
  43. I looked it up by serial number and it was in the range of numbers that came with 6 seats from the factory.
    1 point
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