mooniac15u

We traveled extensively in our M20D with two small kids. We never brought larger items like a pack & play. We would find hotels or rentals that had a pack & play or rollaway crib. We used a cheap umbrella stroller that we weren't afraid to leave behind if needed. We carefully measured car seats before buying to make sure we could get two in the back seat of the Mooney. We found that Britax seats generally had the smallest footprints. As the kids got bigger they weighed more but they needed less stuff so it wasn't much change in load for a while. Eventually they got big enough that leg room became an issue (I'm 6'5" so there was no leg room behind me). We traded up to an M20J and everyone has room. The J has bigger tanks but it also has tabs at 25 gallons so I usually only fill it to there. I go faster for the same fuel burn in the J so 50 gallons gives me better range than I had in the D. My J has slightly less useful load but everyone knows how to pack light because they've been doing it for so long. I spend a lot of time departing near max gross.

Are you aware of the citizenship (or permanent resident) requirements for registering an aircraft in the US? I don't want to make any assumptions about your status (maybe you're a US citizen) but you said you moved to the US so it seemed worth mentioning.

https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/08/14/pilot-year-old-passenger-escape-unharmed-after-plane-crashes-mansfield-cornfield/ Photo is from a local FaceBook pilot group.

The whole point of warp speed is getting somewhere fast without actually having a high velocity. It's like taking a shortcut. I think the inertial dampers were for impulse flight.

Are those S and S couplings on your frame? Maybe the Mooney frame should have those for more convenient disassembly.

You should probably think of that range as an electron orbital node. You should transition instantaneously from one side of it to the other without passing through the space in between.

"The more inflammable nitrogen ..."

So, at recent production rates Mooney probably hasn't weighed a plane since 2017.

Have you verified that 1515 is still peak for cylinder #3?

Are you unable to lean because you are trying to hit an arbitrary EGT number? Or is it causing some actual problem with the engine when you try to lean?

Maybe @Alan Fox bought it for parts.

Just a little clarification on CAS numbers. For well-defined chemical substances like acetone the CAS number is unique and specific. For things like hydrocarbon mixtures the CAS numbers are less specific. There are multiple CAS numbers for things that could be described as mineral oils. The descriptions for these usually involve ranges of hydrocarbon lengths and the processes used to create the specific fraction. The mineral oil in Avblend is likely to be a different mix of hydrocarbons than what you would find in your regular Aeroshell. The other issue is that while CAS maintains the list of numbers it is up to the individual manufacturer to determine which number(s) is applicable to their product and they are not always consistent. I'm not saying there's necessarily anything special about Avblend but based on the CAS number they used it is likely a lighter fraction of hydrocarbons than what you have in your regular oil.

Here's a more detailed write-up on what @M20Doc described. http://donmaxwell.com/fluctuating-ammeters/

Are you kidding? You asked about one G5 showing a right turn and the other showing a left turn. It's right here in case you forgot. I suggested using your compass to tell you which way you were turning and give you a clue which G5 was indicating correctly. Now you're talking about trying to determine attitude? Nobody said anything about using a compass to determine attitude.

Didn't you learn to work with your magnetic compass (including accounting for that) as part of your partial panel training? There will be a lag and then it will indicate which direction you are turning. If the point is trying to decide which gyro is providing you the correct information then you will have your answer fairly quickly and you can switch back to using the gyro with the mag compass as confirmation. You can also get some indication of which way you are turning from any moving map display in the cockpit including on a tablet. Any of these things should point you towards the gyro with the correct information.

Look at your magnetic compass?

In the Stratux they use a MEMS gyroscope which is vibrational and tends to drift. They use the GPS to compensate. The issue is most significant in prolonged turns where the MEMS gyro loses track of the turn and starts to indicate level flight. The developers worked on this problem for a long time before settling on using the GPS as a secondary information source.

I was once vectored into a developing thunderstorm cell at night. While I held it level the VSI shot up to 2000fpm climb and then just as quickly swung all the way to 2000fpm descent. Approach helpfully reminded me to maintain 3000ft. It's the only time I've ever told ATC "unable." Just when I was sure that I was going to die we flew out the other side of the cell. That experience still bothers me a little every time I enter a cloud.

Per the parts catalog those 6 fasteners should be AN526 machine screws that screw into a nutplate. They should come all the way out for cowl removal.

I think your math is off. Decelerating from 50 knots over 300 ft is nowhere close to 5 Gs.

It was an M20D so I guess it was meant to be flown with the gear down.

Raising the remaining two gear and landing on the belly is the safest option. People land gear-up all the time with no injuries and minimal damage to the aircraft. Trying to land on one main gear and the nose gear puts you in an unknown situation with unpredictable results. I used full flaps, shut off the engine, and held it off the runway as long as possible to bleed off speed. It skidded about 300ft right down the center of the runway. In the debrief the FAA inspectors agreed that the belly landing on the runway was the right choice.

N1086S http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2019/12/mooney-m20m-bravo-n1086s-incident.html

This guy knows... https://www.heraldnet.com/news/small-plane-goes-off-runway-during-landing-at-paine-field/ https://myeverettnews.com/2019/12/29/no-injuries-as-small-plane-skids-off-runway-at-everetts-paine-field/

The knowledge that my right main gear was retracted came from someone on the ground. Having that knowledge definitely changed the outcome. I was able to make a choice to retract the other two and put it down on the belly on the runway. Not knowing probably would've resulted in departing the runway as the right wingtip started to drag.