Ragsf15e
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I love Mooney pilots.
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I have a 1968 F model and the cabin heat is always on at least a little. It does adjust with the control in the cabin, just never completely shuts off. It's nice in the winter, but it's getting a bit warm as the weather warms up! I'd like to know the right way to adjust it. I poked around in the engine compartment and I see where the heater control rod from the cabin moves a lever back and forth on a metal box connected to the firewall. It looks like there's a way to loosen the nut holding the rod to the lever, adjust it and retighten (cotter pin on there too). Is this the correct place to adjust that or do I need to open up something else? thanks!
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STEC 30A oscillating; 1/2 standard rate turns
Ragsf15e replied to Piotrekpdx's topic in Avionics/Panel Discussion
My STEC 30 w/Alt Hold also only does half standard rate turns in HDG mode (hooked up to King HSI 525 heading bug). I have GPSS and it will do full STD rate turns when following the GPSS turns at waypoints. No idea why HDG mode only does half. I chalked it up to an internal setting or unknown gremlins and moved on because everything else works fine and I don't want to mess with it. The rocking back and forth would concern me though, mine is rock solid on altitude and heading / track. You have an MSC right there in Portland (Troutdale) - recommend a thorough pre-buy of the E model. And then you can give me a recommendation on their shop too! I just moved to Spokane and was thinking of taking mine to the Troutdale MSC for annual this summer. Rags -
Thanks guys!
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Funny, i have a gold ringed blue comforter just like your daughter is sleeping on.. '95, you?
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Thankfully paid off the plane and got through the first two very expensive annuals before the twins showed up. Got a $250/month hangar now and trying to keep costs down on the plane. Fingers crossed that I'm through the most expensive annuals for a while... Top Gun was very good and very thorough and very expensive! Yeah, i put the seat all the way forward and lean it forward a bit, but not nearly enough room to slide a carseat through. I think it's because i have a fancy interior with built in headrests and ergonomic seats put in by previous owner... the whole thing would be easier if I wasn't 6'3" because i need my seat all the way back in the last detent. i will document the solution and post some pics...
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Ok, i measured today... It's going to be tight! How hard is it to take the seat back off the copilot seat and just leave the base? Mine are high with built in headrest. If i could do that, it's easy... Wife seats in back on co pilot side with one car seat in front of her and one behind me. Does the seat back come off easy?
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Brad and Jim, thanks so much for those photos, there's hope! I think the next couple of years with carseats will be the hard time. Jim, your gurls look great back there without the seats! Very comfortable! I'm going to measure the back seat carefully and then hit Baby's R Us and Wallyworld to find the narrowest seats. I just hope they haven't got too much bigger in the last few years! Seriously, today's carseats are much safer, but they are huge! thanks again for the hope! drew
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Copy all on the instrument approaches, landing with screaming and descending slowly... Climbing slowly shouldn't be a problem near max gross at summer density altitudes here in Washington! Good tips so far, now i need to measure my seats, figure out how to get one carseat in the back past the copilot seat and measure all the car seats at walmart!
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To be honest, I'm not even sure i can get a carseat in the back without removing the front seat! The gap between copilot seat and door frame is very small in an F even with the seat all the way forward.
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Definitely agree on the hearing protection and think i have that issue solved. There are good options for infants. http://usa.babybanz.com/collections/hearing-protection/products/limited-edition-earbanz-infant-hearing-protection-sets?variant=14492627139 are a decent option. 26dB nrr should be fine. Its the car seats that are a problem... Those thing are huge! Only fit in the back seat of my extended cab truck if the front seat is all the way forward... Ill measure next time I'm at the hangar.
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I've tried to read through the threads on flying with kids and haven't found an answer... How do I fit my infant twins (3 months old) into the Mooney safely? I'd like to take their car seats, but thats not a requirement since the probably won't fit anywhere. Wife will ride in back to be able to tend to them. Weight and balance isn't a problem... Anyone successfully flown 2 young infants? If so, tell me the logistics of it? Anyone think of removing the copilot seat? Thanks, Rags
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On the Garmin, go to the "Aux" main page (large right knob, clockwise). Get to the Aux menu which is one before the "nearest" menu. Then go to the "flight Planning" page which is the first page on that menu. Push in the right knob to get the cursor, go to "Density Alt/TAS/Winds", hit enter, fill in the data on the next page (IAS, Altitude, Temp, etc), the Garmin with gonk the winds and your TAS. I have compared it to the 3 and 4 way ground checks and found it to be within about 1 knot, however... Using this function brings in the errors of your Airspeed Indicator, temp probe, and altimeter... my IAS was off by about 5kts at 140mph indicated. The best way is really the 3 way groundspeed test. Sorry to be off topic, but everyone knows Garmin has a free 430W/530W SIM on their website, right? It's really good for learning all the tricks in that thing, especially if you are using it for IFR. Rags
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I'm in an F, so a bit different, but I routinely fly above 10k out west. Oxygen is a good idea, pulse ox is also a good idea... I like it up there, but I definitely notice a slowing TAS above about 9k. Usually the gallons per mile get better as long as you don't mind going slower. When I say "slowing", I'm talking about a couple knots - maybe 3 or 4 at most. The wind and its effect on your GS will be a much bigger consideration than any change in TAS.
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Anyone try these? I have a Garmin 430w and the kgx-130 looks to be the cheapest and most functional in/out I can find.
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Portland, OR airport/hangar recommendation?
Ragsf15e replied to Ragsf15e's topic in Miscellaneous Aviation Talk
Thanks guys, that's the info I was looking for.... well, except for the part about the Cascadia Subduction Zone, but that's good info too! Rags -
Hello - My wife and I are moving to Portland, OR in September and I'm looking for a new home base. There seem to be quite a few options from Hillsboro and Troutdale to Aurora State and Twin Oaks (although that looks a bit short for comfort). Can anyone suggest a good place to start looking for a new hangar? I have an M20F, so just need a small T-Hangar at a decent price. Thanks! Rags
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Is Stratus 2 really worth it for my needs !
Ragsf15e replied to Houman's topic in General Mooney Talk
Nobody really mentioned the syn vis option you have with stratus 2 and foreflight. $25/year extra and you get syn vis along with all the adsb weather, tfrs, notams, and a solid backup adi?! Definitely worth it for any type of flying.
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Good luck. I fly out of a lot of high DA airports and usually try to leave my M20F10-15 gallons shy of full, but that still leaves 50 gallons in the F model and 4 hours plus 1 hour reserve is more than my bladder can handle anyway. I'd highly recommend making sure it's as cold as possible and that you're not near or right at gross... or leave off some fuel to give yourself a couple hundred lbs of safety margin. She's not going to climb well.
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Rik - If you have an IPAD with GPS on it, Foreflight should show your heading, altitude, speed, location, etc at all altitudes. It works in the car and will work on an airliner (I watched the Foreflight on a recent Southwest Airlines flight as we flew the Maire Arrival at KPHX). If you're not seeing that data, make sure you have an IPAD with the GPS and the GPS is turned on. The Stratus will give you another GPS source and ADS-B data. Stratus 2 will also provide a backup ADI with it's internal AHRS. Bottom line - it should work fine with just the GPS internal to your IPAD so make sure you have one. Drew
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You should check out the Foreflight website where they have a lot of info on required hardware. I'm actually pretty sure it will work perfectly with a Stratus - the Stratus has a super accurate GPS in it which feeds Foreflight through the wifi. Obviously yours won't work without the Stratus since it doesn't have GPS, but with the Stratus it should be fine. The Foreflight customer service has been pretty responsive to me in the past too...
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Yeah, before that screenshot i flew right through all the Nellis Moas too... Right through the middle! It was awesome... Flight following from nellis control and the moas were cold. Ive done a lot of flying in there, but thats probably the first time i had enough time to really look around... 500kts is a bit different than 140! Marauder, im going to get an ipad mini and mount it on the right side of the panel just to display the adi/syn vis and approach plates for ifr flying. Ill still use the regular ipad for maps, planning, etc, but the mini will be almost like a cb club eadi. Its really good!
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Bit of a headwind as you can see!
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Flew from St George, UT to Minden, NV vfr yesterday. Gererally 4,000' ceilings in the valleys, bases around 9 to 10k msl with all the high mountains obscured and ice in the clouds. Having syn vis was really nice as i crossed some of the lower passes at 1,000' agl to maintan vfr!
