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    Maybe one of the airline/jet guys can speak up because it’s been a while for me, but if you drastically reduce power in a jet during wind sheer close to the ground (due to increased IAS) there will not be time to spool the engines back up when the inevitable speed loss from the opposite side of the sheer hits. Power in our pistons and even turboprops comes in much faster. When the IAS drops, and the power is back, descent rate can increase quickly (thus the sink rate warning). 1100 fps is a pretty hard hit.
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    When you get a bright led in there, it’s a great feeling. Checking gear down is a much more positive experience, however, if you night fly a lot, it’s pretty darn bright!
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    Well this isn’t my thread but it should help
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    The light under the floor indicator is accessible from the belly. You’ve got to have small hands. The bulb is cheap and available but has a very specific base. I had to try two different types. so you would optimally do this at annual when the belly panel is off and you can watch underneath as the gear retract. You can actually see the little plexiglass piece move out of the window. I have a thread with pictures from a couple years ago. I’ll see if i can find it.
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    OAT?
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    One problem is as you said, convincing an msc to make the order. I had to call 4 last week to put a part on backorder, expecting 28 week lead time….
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    I doubt it’s great for the paint, but if it’s cut to a nice circle just enough bigger than the dial, it doesn’t look terrible. And if it keeps the dial protected? The real question is whether @PT20J Skip will put it on the dials after his new paint job?!
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    This topic made me buy some of that clear 3m tape that @PT20J recommended and put it over them, so that I won’t lose them!
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    That’s very helpful, thank you! It also matches what I was told by another reputable source! Now I have to wonder why mine wasn’t set up like that and what is connected to that oil filler port?! It looks like I can take a preliminary look right through the oil filler door which is nice! I’ll follow up soon…
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    William, That might have been the person who owned my current airplane before me - Jim. He does fly for NJ and flew Eagles. I'm a corporate pilot (and flew F-15Es), so close! Here's the IPC pages both for the original M20K installation and the MB and SB engines. The AO Sep is circled although it looks slightly different in reality. It has a large diameter breather line coming out the bottom and a smaller diameter line coming out the side. I can't tell where the return line is supposed to connect, but you guys could be right - oil filler tube would make sense! Drew air oil sep.pdf
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    Yes, that makes sense. My mechanic mentioned a few places it might connect (that being one). Hopefully I can find the “stock” 252 location and make it right.
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    I looked very carefully at the IPC and it appears impossible to tell where the smaller line out the inside of the air oil separator is supposed to connect. My mechanic said there’s no way it’s supposed to also go down by the breather where mine is. There should be one line returning oil to the engine. Can anyone show me a picture of where the smaller inside hose off the air/oil separator connects to feed oil back into the engine? I may also try calling around to some MSC‘s and see if someone will talk to me.
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    As far as I can tell, these are now "unobtanium". I have called 4 MSCs and they said Mooney doesn't take orders for outside parts that they don't have in stock. In fact Lasar told me they bought the rights from Mooney to direct purchase the vintage intake ducts from the manufacturer since Mooney wouldn't purchase them. So this 252/Encore intake duct is not available until someone breaks the code on who makes them, gets the rights to purchase direct, and comes up with enough orders to make it feasible. Are there ways to repair minor tears in this "cloth" boot?
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    Two weeks ago spring arrived and our skiing went to crap. Decided to go visit my parents down in Nevada. First trip in the new airplane and must have been doing something right because we had a tailwind both down (Fri) and back (Sun). Only 20kts on the way down though, the way back was even better!! Apparently we even did an aileron roll!
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    What happened when you flew out of your current region? Just looked like you flew off the edge of the world?
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    I do like the maps and functionality of the g3x, but I actually prefer Foreflight. I keep FF updated on both my phone and ipad so i have a backup. For my gtn xi, I just have the standard ifr database, and for the g3x, I use the free vfr database (which is the same as ifr but no approaches). The free vfr database comes with obstacles and terrain. The ifr database on the gtn has all the approach information and FF obviously has the database, maps and charts. So for the price of the minimum ifr database and FF, I feel that the system is pretty robust and I have a reasonable number of backups.
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    According to Don, they consulted Mooney engineering before the conversion and Mooney agreed that the single puck conversion was acceptable since the original Bravo had a higher GW and single puck. It’s never simple or as clear as we want with these things…
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    True. Thinking that you did sufficient ADM and actually doing it are different. Probably why we went with personal mins to begin with, but they can get superfluous, overly restrictive, or just plain unwieldy if you actually think it all through in the first place. Oh, and you need an accurate estimate of your own abilities which is probably the most difficult part.
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    That little one on the inside of mine goes down and empties underneath right next to the main air oil separator drain. Where does your smaller one go?
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    Possibly, but Cole has been maintaining it since…
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    The previous owner remembers the discussion with Maxwells about the brakes being an option but not available at the time. He said Maxwells was clear they were optional, so maybe they have an updated drawing? I have put in a note to them to get some more info on it. I have pretty good documentation of everything, but I don’t have that Mooney “drawing” being referenced.
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    Yeah, there's several drains down there for sure. I'm slowly tracing them all. I was just surprised that both air oil separator drains went down there.
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    I guess I'm asking, but why add them? Are you saying they are required and were missed when they did the conversion?
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    Nevermind, I wasn't doing a very good job of reading the IPC. It's 600414-001 and is indeed $1000 and out of stock...
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    Thanks. Interesting that Maxwell did the conversion and signed it off. Maybe double puck isn't required by that?
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