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    Jolie and Jan presented their RSR program at Mooney Summit 3 in October 2015.
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    Duplicate post - Dmax posted this 4 hours ago
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    FAA says it's a 64C
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    in early 2016 I bought AM108365FP for $140 plus $12 shipping from A.E.R.O. Inc. Granite City, IL (800)362-3044. IIRC it wasn't in stock, and was delivered in about 4 weeks after the order.
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    Tom, did you have the high performance endorsement prior to starting with Downtown, or was this done as part of your current training? What aircraft did you fly for that high performance endorsement?
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    Just a pilot's log entry, i.e. "Removed KX175b SNxxxx, replaced with MX170B snyyyyy, no w&b change".
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    ...almost as old as your aircraft design
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    Appreciate the video. However, the hardest part maybe missing; fastening the safety wire. How different is this on a C's O-360?
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    When I fly to BOS via Mooney, it's always for 1 week. I always use Norwood, and take the commuter line into the city. Train is only a couple miles from the FBO and they usually drive me over (Uber works as well).
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    Very likely, but no guarantee. Is it safe to assume that the engine mounts are in good shape, and the prop is well balanced? After balancing, my 64E was very smooth running a 3 blade. A 3 blade isn't necessarily going to vibrate on a 4-cyl lycoming. Recently I has Cody Stallings check the 3 blade on my 65C, and the vibration was so low he didn't need to balance it.
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    In my last M20E, I had 2 vacuum pump failures in 23 years (about 2200 hours) of ownership, both in VFR conditions. Also had the Precise standby vac system. During the first failure, I decreased manifold pressure to enable the Precise standby to generate vacuum. Then I realized that my sTec worked independent of vacuum, and decided to return to normal cruise speed and fly using the autopilot and compass. Our current M20C vacuum pump is well over 500 hours. We carry a spare pump in the luggage compartment.
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    Tom, you should come on down to Memphis more often. It never got into the 90s today. Currently a chilly 85 in my yard.
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    Assume you've seen the photo on their website. Note that the extensions are sold individually, i.e. you would need 2 to extend both copilot's rudder pedals. Have you called Lasar?
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    We have a MSer whose based at KIAG, and I suspect AlexLev may be able to confirm the information above. I did get my SEL certificate at KIAG, but that was a few years ago and I haven't been back in decades.
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    I saw the Memphis Belle at it's Mud Island pavilion shortly after I moved to Memphis in 1994.
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    If you use carb heat on all large power reductions in all weather, it becomes a routine that you are less likely to forget when the weather requires. I've read several times about a carb icing incident in weather that wasn't expected, that surprised the pilot? I don't need that kind of surprise. Do you fly using a landing checklist? Do pilots who fly behind a O360 use a checklist that says, "apply carb heat only in the following weather: xxx temp and yyy humidity range"?
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    After meeting with their marketing guy, Damien Esmond, at Summit V, I thought that my M20C would be one of the first installs. In late October Damien wrote that "the EASA paperwork is expected to be complete any day, we have been told mid to late October and So we told customers we will begin shipping in November December. As soon as the tips are Approved and certified we will get you the first set!". I tried to contact him again last December but he failed to respond. I haven't heard anything from Aveo since that late October response, above.
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    Agree. One other commonality to consider is the noise reduction capacitor (if you have one). We recently noticed increased static, and the capacitor tested bad. A replacement cured our issue. I bought 2, so have an extra if anyone needs one.
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    GE 7512-12v?
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    It's my understanding that significant gear up damage is typically limited to prop, engine tear-down and gear doors. Maybe also belly antennas. A skid wouldn't matter all that much. But maybe I'm missing something obvious.
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    Except the jbar gear warning system is nothing more than a reed switch in the socket. If my gear warning malfunctions, it's a simple matter of confirming that the jbar is locked in the gear down position. If it malfunctions due to rain, I have bigger issues.
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    Well it's still an option in many other areas in the USA. As we all know, SoCal is often atypical of normal life.
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    My friend flies a Barron with Continental IO-470L. That engine has a rear alternator mount. He recently found that one of his alternator belts had "reversed", and the smooth outside surface was running on the pulley with the belt's teeth out. My questions: Has anyone heard of this? How can this happen? At least he doesn't have to remove his prop to replace a belt.
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    Premiums from most underwriters took a sharp increase a few weeks ago, after years of soft market rates. When I asked AOPAIA about that at SnF last week, they mentioned that Global was the only major underwriter that hadn't yet ramped up rates. That may be part of the story.
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