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Yetti

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  1. Might want to give a hint on where it goes on the plane. Looks like the oil lines on the back of the engine.
  2. Should be a standard AN fitting. Can use brass or alum. Aeroquip. Depending it might be in the aviation plumbing section of Home Depot.
  3. The issue with tall people in Cessna's is not the headroom, but the windows are too low. I always had to duck and look while turning left base to final. When I sit in the Mooney it's like the blinders come off. There is a mod to drill holes in the seat rail if you want to move the seat back and inch. I can fly from stock holes, but the further back is a bit nicer. I think twice I have hit my head and had to readjust the headset. Just strap in a bit harder and then tip the head to one side when the turb hits. when seats are redone some pilots put more foam in the seat. So some mooneys sit different.
  4. an interesting perspective. I was in the Hmmm am I really good enough for this exacting hobby? For my flight review I flew with a really good pilot. F16/Reno Air Race Pilot/etc etc. It was a bumpy day as in I hit the cabin top and knocked my headphones off.. He said he was going to work me over. Pretty much did everything on the pilot test. It really upped my confidence and let me know that I am still safe. On the ground I asked if he ever felt the need to go to the pedals. He said "no" I would say go fly with a better pilot.
  5. Or and this is more common than one might think. There was a wire laying on a screw that would move a bit when the gear went up or down. When the panel was taken off the wire was fine because that screw was out. Of the 30 times the gear was operated, how many time was it with the panel back on? See we will never know the true meaning.
  6. I would use a piece of closet rod and a vice to make the bend. Clamp one end with the closet rod. Then use a rubber mallet to help you bend it. If the closet rod is the wrong size then wood dowel. Go to NAPA and get some of the little springy things, drill a hole and insert. Then go to fabric store and buy some foam filling, some leather of your color and some contact cement (not the water based, the good smelly stuff) Cut and glue. Pilots can do interior stuff under Preventive Maintenance. Make it look better than factory and nobody will care. If you want to redo all the lower panels in leather. leatherhidestore.com Buy a couple of hides. There is different weights of leather hides.
  7. Rounding error. Go fly the plane.
  8. There is an SB M20-205B each 500hrw on the bell cranks for the airlons that my IA found. So do those panels Number 12 on the diagram provided.
  9. Yetti

    Ring Flush

    I am not saying that MMO will help you make a stuck valve get to annual, but if you think about it the engine design and MMO are of the same vintage. One mechanic said to pull the exhaust to get the valve back in, but using a grabber with 2 prongs cut off and holding the valve with the cylinder, was able to get it back in the hole just using the spark plug holes. https://www.lowes.com/pd/CRAFTSMAN-Automotive-Retrieval-Tool-Kit/1003096242
  10. My Flight Review guy did the test pilot stuff for it since it really does not have a category. I need to ask him more about it.
  11. measure voltage with plane running with digital VOM. Check Grounds to the instrument cluster. Report back.
  12. The AeroLEDs were quick to install and replaced the strobe/position on my 75 F. Direct screw match.
  13. Call all the MSCs. SWTA would be one to start with and then the others in your area.
  14. thanks I see they are closing the runway starting tomorrow. !ERV 03/013 ERV RWY 12/30 CLSD TO TRANSIENT EXC 72HR PPR 830-896-9399 2404051700-2404081930 I think T82 is going to be a nut house more than usual
  15. Hey Kerrville peeps. Anyone know how this works. I checked with the FBO they said they are booked and not taking reservations. Are there some public parking areas on the field? Can we just hang out on the ramp for Sunday Evening? @Mcstealth @bcg
  16. The first AD Log with my IA, he made me do it and then we went over the questions. One of the reasons for getting a bit newer Mooney is a fair amount of ADs don't apply. Went for the RTS flight yesterday. It is true that bad instrumentation makes a engine run more poorly. Good instrumentation and you forget about the engine running so it runs good. There was a cessna that had been parked for several days and fired it up and took off. No mag check or letting the oil warm. But then I could not figure out why I was climbing so slow and figured out that I left the gear down.
  17. I have an RSA 5 on mine. I recall it being tight. The B&C starter was put on a while back wonder if they have changed them
  18. Put the flare in the ittty bitty tubing on the MP line and reassembled. Recowled the plane. Test flight later today. Oh and I polished the spinner, so that should add about 10 mph
  19. I was back when it was 10 hours with an instructor. The instructor was a Mooney Safety Instructor. I asked him when he was signing me off if "Am I Safe?" He said yes. But you will keep learning till you fly it better. It took about 90 hours in the Mooney till I was very confident and flows were down pat. On my recent flight review with another Mooney Safety Instructor, he warned me that I was fixing to get a work out. After the initial thing of flying with a better pilot, there was really nothing that was that hard and I did not sweat it. The one thing was he wanted half flaps on take off and full flaps on landings. The first Mooney Instructor is not a half flaps on take off. The POH says flaps as required. So it was a break from the normal flows. Full flaps on landings are if I FUBAR the approach and too high. The hardest thing was he took over the comms so doing the division of duties was strange. It's a journey, not a point in time. Enjoy the Journey.
  20. Did you contact the manufacture support? I would think there is a calibration or self test routine. When driving in the snow muck in Colorado my truck informed me that the Front Camera was dirty. My thought was "Why tell me and expect me to do something about it. Clean it yourself fancy truck"
  21. Try the Salvage in Greely Colorado they had an F they were parting out several years back
  22. I Just drilled out a 4x4 wood block with a fly bit. It works.
  23. Hmmm I have a B&C on my IO-360 A1A in my model F.
  24. Well since we know most incidents are Part 91 pilots flying without a flight plan, I think we are safe.
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