markazzarito

Im wondering if anyone has experience flying an M20C or E IFR and has come up with an optimal power setting for the approach

I'm not sure how standard the seats in the C Model Mooney are compared to other models or other planes for that matter so this may not be a mooney specific issue.. That said i've had my seats jammed now more than once by a shop. I pick up the plane and notice the passenger seat is stuck and won't move. Before you say if it happened at the shop why dont you have the shop fix it know that i've thought of that and at the point i noticed this both times I had already left the shop or i most definitely would have gone that route. In the future i will add "check to make sure seats aren't jammed" to the laundry list of things to look at when picking the plane up from annual.. Having the shop that caused the problem fix it would require me flying back and i'm looking for a solution that is quicker and does not involve a second shop. It seems to me that this happens when the seat is removed and then forced back on the tracks out of alignment. I'm wondering if there are any techniques out there anyone has used to free a badly jammed seat..

Great point on the small potential rust bits! Im going to inspect the tanks with a camera. The photos greatly exaggerate the bubble appearance and cant depict what appeared to be some sort of gritty clear residue left on the cup after the sample was dumped. I have put small amounts of water in a clear sample to test and the look was not close the good news is after draining through the sump im now getting clear samples. Thanks for your help sorry to have scared you with my incompetence ill try not to fall out of the sky on you Chris!

And why is that?

Well at this point it appears to be a non issue! Whatever it was is gone after draining a couple gallons through the sump.

Here are a couple pictures of the sample. Looking down into the cup it appears there is a faint oil slick at the bottom a little hard to tell in the photo. From the side it looks like there are tiny bubbles sitting at the bottom of the cup below the fuel this is exaggerated in the photo. When the sample is emptied whatever is creating the bubble look remains at the bottom of the sample cup.

Thanks for the replies! Seems it may not be the corrosion treatment.. the most likely culprit is the Jet A though i have flown on the tank at altitude without issue thus far... i will follow up with a picture of the fuel sample its not extremely apparent and looks like little droplets in the fuel sample after the sample cup has been emptied it appears to have a textured clear grit in it.

Two years ago at annual my AP applied an anti corrosion treatment inside the wings of my plane. Ever since the seams and rivets have been weeping the stuff. I read this is due to over application however it doesn’t really bother me. My concern however is that I recently discovered an oily substance in my fuel sample. It’s obvious to me its leaching into the fuel tank much like it does out of the seams in the wings (the tanks are not otherwise leaking). My question is does anyone have experience with this and does anyone know if the corrosion treatment is dangerous in the fuel? I cant seem to find any information as to whether or not anti corrosion treatment leaching into the fuel tanks is common or safe or needs to be addressed??

A little help! I installed a flight stream 210 to stream flight plans to my gns430. I also have an aera 660 and have connected this to the FS210. From this post and others ive seen supposedly the FS210 should provide attitude info to the aera 660?? I cant seem to make this work. Do i need another unit like the GDL39 or should i be getting attitude information from the FS210??

I had the same problem with the exact issue of one aileron slightly up in level flight. Additionally I was getting significantly 20 mph+ under book TAS numbers I had my plane re-rigged by foothill aircraft in southern ca they have the original rigging boards. My roll tendancy is gone ailerons are even in level flight and i picked up 20 to 25 mph TAS. On a side note i had a former A&P who adjusted a flap down to correct the roll this just exasperated the airspeed issue. Get it done right have a shop with the equipment re-rig your ailerons and elevator.

I recently flew a leg from northern NV KLWL to Orange county KSNA. When logging the flight i noticed tack time was almost 1/2 hour more than actual flight time or hobbs. I always thought this worked the other way around considering tach time is a product of engine revolution and engine revolution slows during taxi takeoff and landing. I was cruising at 10,500 ft and while i normaly run 25 rpm WOT at altitude i had the power setting pretty low for much of the flight due to very rough air. The tach showed 4.9 hours while my gps ipad and clock all showed 4.5 hours. I went back and checked a few old flights and found this to be common. Does anybody here have experience or insight as to why the M20c would run higher in terms of tach time vs hours?

Can anyone elaborate on the procedure for running a tank dry and then restarting? I've read about the procedure both in the POH and on this forum. I'm just hesitant to deliberately run a tank dry to the point of the engine quitting at altitude. What is the restart procedure for the M20C? In an emergent situation i would - switch to tank with fuel - ensure mags are on both - engine should start back up not sure i want to test this if i dont have to..

My 1963 M20C Mark 21 has 24 gallon tanks. Im curious as to whether or not the entire 24 gallons are usable in each tank. It seems like most 1960's era c models have the 52 gallon tanks. Does anyone have info/experience with the 48 gallon tanks?

This is the location i have found to work best. Cheers!

After many different location attempts i found i like one mounted high above the compass. I used a yoke mount and secured it to the bar that runs down the middle of the window. Its out of the way does not obstruct vision or instruments and allows you to keep eyes up while scanning. The only down side is you lose map lighting. Will follow up with pictures