mike_elliott

You might want to get your fuel metering checked and set up correctly. This should be done every 100 hrs or so by someone who knows what they are doing. Goes a long way to keep this from happening.

What engine?

You gotta show me this when we go up, Dan. That is 100% efficiency! 0 fuel burned!

Maxwell has fixed a few of these that I know of. I have no idea what he charges, but I am sure Paul can fill you in on the size of Bank you will need to rob. @Pmaxwell

my ex-autopilot was far from cheap

Why settle with only 2? @rocketman has 3....

Put some torque seal on it now for quick and not so dirty visual inspection when decowled.

A common issue is the oil return line has a pin hole worn in it by the wire in the SCAT tube under #2 cyl. Keep these 2 away from each other. Brian is spot on to go there right away.

Im not sure there are many "conventional" tipped 86's left in the bunker...

You can fudge there also by cracking the Alt air to insert the proper weenie wag.

just one AGM86 with dial a yield set to 4 would do it.

Blasphemy Rick. If your going to post anything about TAS and you own a Mooney, dont forget the obligatory embellishment of at least 15%

Reach out to Tamara Mace at Maxwell Aviation. Paul has done a few new panel installs and may have some old style used switches

@Danb you are being paged.

Back in the day, my dog taught me to leave my flaps in TO position when exiting the plane. It prevents people from stepping on them or catching the edge when exiting. It made it easy for him to jump up on the wing and position himself for the flight in the rear seat. People will step on the flap in spite of it saying NO STEP if in the up position I have found. Not so much in the TO position. Advice for electric flaps as there is no hydraulic pressure on any seals that may be close to 70 years old. Glad you have her patched up Don.

While never have done this personally, one of my clients' hangar elves carefully measured the depth of the existing hole, marked on the right sized bit with tape so he wouldnt drill too deep, then filled with JBweld, drilled and tapped. Says it was a great fix.

On your J, get a 3' long piece of 1" alum angle. Place one end under the filter where it screws on to the adapter. Safety tie the angle sloping downward to one of the copilot side camloc receptacles for the cowl. Place a bucket under the end to catch the draining oil. Dont do this on the ramp or in the wind, but that goes without saying i would hope. Now loosen the filter until it starts to drain. To help expediate the process, a small vent hole can be punched into the top of the filter. For added "protection" you can get one of your GF's (or boyfriends gawd who knows anymore) sanitary napkins and put it under the filter to catch any possible leakage. Thats what they are designed to do heh?

@exM20K, feel like doing an icing, fiki thing @ the summit? ping @DanM20C

The idea is to have both wings stall at the same time when exposed to the same angle of attack and this is caused by making the stagnation point (where the air separates from going over the top and bottom of the wing) equalized on both sides. Since the wings are all "different" when installed, stall strips aid this adjustment. This is a fine adjustment made by the vertical placement at critical outboard stations on each side of the wing. A really out of rig or plane without any stall strips on one side can cause the ride you describe. Maybe Scott Sellmeyer or one of our other aeroengineers can chime in to the math of it and thus possibly give a dimension to the discussion above my pay grade

Yup..

Good thing is titanium doesn't rust!

Now go stall the plane and see if they are all in the right positions.

I was told it is forbidden to use Loctite blue on some fasteners like Valve cover screws, intake screws, etc by the FAA by an IA. I question the wisdom of the FAA here, but what do I know? Yea, I am aware it can change torque readings...what other data points exist for not using it to keep the big thing up front glued together? A proper lockwasher and proper torque should stay fastened, but sometimes they dont as Clarence stated. Loctite does mitigate vibration loosening.

From Dave and Ruth: Dear Mooney Enthusiast, We had pleasant VFR weather for our last event with 8 Mooneys and 1 Bonanza bringing 20 people to lunch at Flagler. With their usual good food and service, everyone had a good time. Our next event is this Saturday, May 13 at St. Augustine (KSGJ). This will probably be a first and last as the FBO, Atlantic, is threatening to levy a $75 ramp fee in the future, possibly starting in June. They also did not want our airplanes on their ramp interfering with their jet customers, so I have negotiated with the airport to use the overflow parking (be sure to tell ground control you are going to the overflow parking), and Atlantic will haul us from there to the FBO and back at no charge. I do not know if this service will be available in the future. Below is a copy of my letter and Atlantic’s answers. All events start at 11:30. Future events: May 13, St. Augustine ( SGJ). June 10, Sebring (SEF). July 8, Williston (X60). Please let me know by Thursday if you are going to try to come so I can give the restaurant an approximate headcount. If you tell me you are coming, and can’t come do not worry about telling me, just do not come. I do not want anyone flying for any reason if they shouldn’t. Hope to see you soon, Dave and Ruth 11605 Lane Park Rd. Tavares, FL. 352-408-3343 1). Request parking at overflow ramp 2). You will need to be escorted so van and golf carts will do the trick. Must go through FBO to get to restaurant entrance (streetside) 3). Negative Fee Vinny Beyers General Manager ‑ SGJ T: 904-584-9628 ext. 9628 vinny.beyers@atlanticaviation.com

Paul Kortopates gave the inflight symptom that happens, and as he says, you have to catch it (oil pressure should be part of your scan VFR or IFR), reduce power and land.