mike_elliott

no worries, they have a 'chute to pull....

Gee, someone forgot to give them the memo that your plane will turn to a pile of corrosion if you park it in Florida.

good point, we all know a Canadian Deg F is worth less than a US Deg F.

Yes, he now works for Delta Aviation selling Mooneys out west. Lee Drumheller is still in Alabama working for Premier, Both will have a lot of nice Mooney's to show you. Both keep me hopping doing transition training for them. Coolshot, if you get a chance to go to SNF, Lee will be there, or if you want either's contact info, shoot me a PM. Keep me in mind for your transition training when the time comes.

You didn't accidentally take off on one mag after doing your runup, did you, or not have the prop full forward?

He charged $2500 for both last month

same venue, Panama City Beach, Fl. see http://www.mooneysummit.com/index.php?r=site%2Fabout

Welcome, and thanks for your service! Check out the Florida Mooney lunch group, a great way to travel around Fl. every 2nd sat of the month. Depending on which derivative of K, it could be the highest workload single engine plane (engine management) which I suspect you would look forward to with your prior training. There are some real "deals" on K's out there right now. The J is the most efficient of the herd you mentioned while a 252 encore is the most capable. You will hear it more than once, get a proper prebuy from a knowledgeable Mooney specific IA. as well as with Mooney specific instructor to bring you quickly up to speed on the Mooney envelope, its likes and dislikes. Treat her like a fine lady and not a $5 puta, with both care and caress, and she will reward both you and your wife with extreme pleasure.

used COGO and punch tapes first year at Purdue in one of my Civil Eng. courses. That was 1969, so much much younger than you, you old fart.

I have one and dont use it, as the moisture tends to condensate on the glass pickle jar vs vent to the atmosphere, and recontaminates the desiccant. Instead, I use a modified version of the original barkeraircraft design where I introduce a jar of kitty litter into the system on the intake side and the return air is from the crankcase overflow. I dont worry about sealing intakes etc, as I am only concerned with the crankcase humidity. I let it run 100% of the time and change desiccant about every 3 weeks during the humid July Aug months. Once you dry the air in the crankcase, it stays dry. Works great. The Kitty litter takes the oil vapor out and keeps it from contaminating the desiccant.

DTF, I am sorry you had such a bad experience. Your statement above is both true and false. Florida planes are not necessarily bad for corrosion at all. In fact, some of the best examples of Mooneys are in Florida. I have had my butt in well over 200 Mooneys from all over and can say this with some authority, While the high tumidity environment is conducive to corrosion, like it is in Al, LA, Houston, SC, etc, it is all about how the plane is cared for. The second part of your statement reveals the true identifier of a good plane or a bad one. Going forward for other Mooney wannabe owners, I recommend "prebuying" the existing and previous owner(s) as much as you do the plane. That will reveal much about the quality of care, attention to detail and maintenance philosophy the plane was exposed to. I owned an F Model for 16 years and kept it in FL for 3 of them. I found a hanger PRIOR to buying a house here, it is that important. To answer your question, yes, a M20F can be disassembled and rebuilt. The sky is the limit. John Breda has done just that with his using a Mooney professional (Brian Kendrick). He now has arguably the finest F in the fleet, surplanting my old one, Glenns, Marauders, and a few other fine examples.

2 titanium plates for rib fixation was over 27amu's

so thats what the back of them look like! What were you in to shoot that pic, a cub?

Bring your wallet to the Mooney Summit, Andrew. L3 and Avidyne will be there and I am working on them for a few fantastic silent auction items again.

Very true. Meeting the open pilot warranty only means the insurance company wont deny a claim. They will subrogate their losses against the pilot or his estate unless he is a named additional insured pilot with a waiver of subrogation.

For those that receive the March issue of FLYING magazine, on page 70 there is an article about the Bombadier safety standown. The Mooney Summit has a remarkable parallel to this event. This year, at the Mooney Summit V, we are fortunate to have one of the founding SME's of the Bombadier safety standown, Dr. Tony Kern, deliver our keynote address on the psychology makeup of pilots. This has been a requested topic for the last 3 Summits, and finding a true expert has been elusive until Dr. Kern stepped up! His presentation will be a "don't miss" event! Welcome Dr. Kern!

On extremely cold days, it pays to warm up the oil more than normal. In 2000 when I first got my F model, There was one day it was in the single digits. I had a sump heater on the plane and the oil temp read better than 120 when I launched. The Mooney wing so loved the DA being about -3000 feet I just let her climb like a homesick angel somewhere between Vx and Vy...Big mistake, the oil congealed in the cooler..soon I was getting all kinds of JPI alarms on oil temp. Lowered the nose, reduced power, and pointed it back to the runway. Oil temp went back down as the vernatherm opened up and warmer oil hit the cooler and freed up the blockage. Subsequent oil draining, filter inspection and oil sample did not indicate any harm, fortunately

Notice the small pedal next to the accelerator pedal. Yep, thats the starter. 1952 Chevy PU. A real man's machine, not like these mamby pamby PU's of today. Drive one of these at 75 and you are white knuckling it the whole time.

Oh you show your age...Car and truck starters used to be a foot depressed switch..(now I show my age)

Congrats! To celebrate, do you want to donate a set to the Mooney Summit for our silent auction now that the STC is in place? Basically, every Mooney and every interface will be represented at the Summit this year, and it will be a great opportunity for you to get some traction with our community!

1:40 in a GT5 (C/S) around RA 1976 (B210)

Have you asked Sensorcon? They will probably have these answers vs. us guys who just bought the unit.

Last year, we were hoping to have a redbird full motion sim available for Thursday, but that didn't come together, hence the 29th was a day of bench flying for a lot of us. This year, we will once again have the companion course in the Bamboo theatre, along with new topics and subject matter experts. I am working on the agenda now, and will post a tentative agenda as soon as I have it somewhat firmed up. Next year, this event will be in the capable hands of Seth Meyers and Lee Drumheller. Seth and Lee have a lot of great ideas that will keep the Mooney Summit a "must attend" for all Mooney pilots and owners. We will have the PROTE reduced O chamber in 2018, and will have a 4 day event so that everyone can have the opportunity to learn what their tells are. Stay tuned, this will be a good one!

Thanks so much for the support Jessie! In turn, you just sold a couple to me. Ill be wearing it one day at SNF to show it off! Good luck with your venture

I had that happen to #2 once on my F model way back when, Noticed it when I reduced MP for decent. I thought a spinner bulkhead had cracked and was about to come apart at first. Ruined a good pair of shorts. Applied MP and it cleaned up as all cylinders were now running with essentially the same A/F ratio. Landed, pulled the pilot side cowl cheek and the problem was quickly evident. From then on, I used torque seal and checked every time the cowl was off. Good underwear is not cheap