Tim Jodice

I wish I could thank you and like the post.

A young pilot with 50-100+ hours time in type will get good rates.

I did exactly this. The broker I bought my Mooney from was great from a buyers standpoint but there were a few things (not bad) that was obvious he was protecting/filtering for the seller. I liked that so I used him to sell my Baron. I had a old 1961 Baron that had one runout engine the other mid time, crappy panel okay paint, fair interior, damage history from the 80s and complete logs. He said straight up this is going to take a special buyer. He asked how much I wanted I said I don't know what ever you think the market will pay. I do know I don't want to sit on it. He said here is how we are going to do it, I will list it a few grand above Vref let it sit for 2 weeks get a feel for the interest and so it will get on the people's list that don't call then if it doesn't sell we will drop the price $1,000 a week. Doing that will make the quiet people take notice and each time it goes down it makes them nervous that someone else will buy it. It took 4 weeks. I accepted the first offer. Then a twist. The guy who bought it asked if I would fly it from New Hampshire to New Mexico. Having put 300+ hours in the last year I said without hesitation absolutely! He said good if it makes it here that is a good enough prebuy for me. The mechanic in me misses the Horsepower but I don't miss the maintenance or fuel flow.

Some people didn't buy their airplane as a toy they bought it as a tool. Can you make every flight? Of course not, but to not go when there is a chance of ice in New England is a bit much for me. My experience in the past 2 years has been there is far less ice than forecasted. It makes sense for the weather people to be conservative. That said if you fly 30-40 hours a year then yes probably not I good idea to be near ice or fly IFR. The few time I do.. well all I can say is TKS is an amazing system.

Is 20 years that bad? That seems like a reasonable life for a electric pump.

They are magic carpets! They make the impossible possible!

Does it change with temperature?

I agree with all of the posts. Fly it frequently and the purchase price is like background noise.

I don't know the first thing about the paperwork to modify an airplane but because 89G tanks already exist made by the manufacturer would it be profitable for them to sell an STC for older airframes?

is it possible for the factory to upgrade older airframes with newer fuel tank design like modifying a K model to have a Bravo (89G?) system?

It is a Sun N Fun discount.

What model propeller?

I dont know how much new 3 blade aluminum but composite propellers are usually more expensive. Has anyone bought a brand new 3 blade aluminum propeller lately?

If I had access to a 152 I would try again. Based on that one experience any good running 152 would make 15K. The one I used was a typical shot box rental, the engine had 2900 SMOH 6200 SNEW it used a qt of oil every 3 hours. The propeller was the original McCauley propeller filed down countless times over the years. I would love to fly a nice 152 with a healthy engine and a new climb prop. HOT ROD!

I am a hard don't tell me it can't be done! Not in the sense I don't listen and learn from people I look up to because I do. BUT, if someone tells me it can't be done and it is possible to do then you bet your ass I am going to do it! I posted this before but I thought it fit in here. I had nice talk with my private/multi instructor. Reminded me of the day I got my private. Like everyone that gets their pilots licence i was excited and I was hanging around the flight school, I couldn't get enough. I had flown only a 152 and I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread even though i knew almost everything out there was bigger faster etc. I was talking about my solo flights and on one of them I climbed to 7000.Then in the background this guy that reminded me of Fat Bastard from Austin Powers said "I can't believe you got it that high". I asked why not the book says it has a 14,700 ceiling. he starts laughing just like the Fat Bastard and said "no way it would ever get that high"!Remember I loved the 152 so i am like Later that day I rented the 152 filed a VFR flight plan so it would show up on flight aware. Filed KASH-KCON-KASH at 14,500. I called ground copied the flight plan and he cleared me to taxi. Halfway to the runway he asked me what I was doing so I told him the story. He clears me for take off and said good luck. I am thinking why doesn't any one think it will make it. I get handed off to approach and then they ask me "what are you intentions?" I tell him and he said with a laugh "altitude your discretion. around 10,000 I got handed of to center, she could care less and was rather busy. Knowing that you can't be above 12,500 for more that 30 min when I passed 12,500 I started the timer. It took 21 min to go from 12,500 to 14,000. Took pictures outside and of coarse the altimeter. I told center I would like to descend to Nashua"proceed as requested. handed back to approach and I said, I made it to 14,000. He said, I know we were all watching and I lost $10 buck to a bet! Back to tower He clears me to land and said I see that you made it up there. he asks what was the point of that? I said because Cessna said I could and someone told me I couldn't.That following Saturday I Showed Fat Bastard the proof and he got mad that proved him wrong. It was hilarious! looking back at it now he reminds me of my 9 year old right before bedtime.In his defense it most likely would not have made it there with him in it.

Thanks everyone. My experience is right inline with everyone else.

Yes it is.

What model of propeller do you currently have?

that was a big thing on my mind. I spoke to Robert at Lasar Friday. They charge 1700-2200 installed depending on what else is needed. Fortunately mine has been done before and I still have until next annual before I should have it done.

Those of you that have put 500 hours on your J what have you needed to do for maintenance?

Until you need to fuel and maintain it. Like most 550 powered singles it's the usual 13-21 GPH for the SR22. Cirrus's tiny jet uses about 70 GPH in cruise. A "real jet" like a Citation VII uses about 250GPH. The VII goes about 2.5 times as fast on 10+times the fuel. https://www.controller.com/listing/for-sale/193636115/1998-cessna-citation-vii-jet-aircraft $1.1 M dollars buys you a nice (half kidding) 23 year old jet that will be due for 2 inspections next year. If the airplane is flown on a regular basis the acquisition cost is usually not the biggest overall expense and people that buy new airplanes don't fly 50 hours a year.

I have done their Aviation Survival & Egress Training Course (ASET1) I think it is great.

I will call MT Monday. I hope it has not gone up $6K+ in 3 years. I am unfamiliar with hartzell's composite pricing other than a friend I made at the airport and he owns a piper matrix. he said it was $12-13K just to overhaul it. I could see Hartzells being in the $20-30Ks Hartzells are true structural composite propellers where as a MT is basically a wooden propeller with a composite cover simply to protect the wood and is not structural. 1 service benefit I know of is how easy it is to repair a wooden propeller. When I was in Deland having my propeller installed I was able to check out MT facility and I saw this. This blade was a typical prop strike. You can see where the wood grain is no longer straight and it has curves in it. that is where it snapped. it is repaired to new spec. It costs about $1600 a blade.

I am sure that they have gone up in 3 years but @FoxMike paid about $15K for a 4 blade in 2018. I paid about 13K last year for a 3 blade.

I love Mooneys hence owing a J and looking to upgrade to a long body. That said a Cirrus is a great aircraft. Better than Mooney? I don't think so but the market does. The company is exceptional, they continue to refine the aircraft year after year asking customers and potential customers what they want. They are easily repairable obviously different than aluminum techniques but nonetheless repairable. The chute is precious to many pilots and sometimes more importantly their wife. Mooney wings are great and Cirrus wings aren't breaking either. If I was given one I would also sell it and buy an Acclaim. I checked out SR20s when I bought my J. They didn't do for me mainly because of the stick and rudder flying. I really enjoy hand flying. Not that a Mooney is a yank and bank airplane but I just like the way it flies. If I won megabucks I would want to pump so much money in to Mooney that the company could make a Mooney what it needs to be to be able compete with Cirrus. My next door hangar friend owns a 2019 SR22. He likes it but wishes there was other brand new choices. Bonanza maybe but then you need to run it around the country adding things ( turbo, tks, more fuel capacity etc) that you can get factory from Cirrus. If Mooney can up the gross weight so you have approximately a 1200 useful load that will be amazing but it doesn't end there to get back in the game. Maybe money gained from upgrading the existing fleet would give them the money they need to be able to listen to the market and act.