DaveAnderson

Sounds cool, i'm in. Dallas, you fly in Friday to CRQ right?

Nice, congrats! There's also 6051Q that my friend jeff owns who runs The flying club Pacific Coast Flyers. I have a little office at the western flight fbo, so when you get your C, ping me and I'll come down if it's during the week. David

Hey Kevin, when you do end up coming, lemme know. I'm based here at Carlsbad and would love to come out and meet a fellow mooney pilot! -David

Well said. I lived in China while attending the university of Beijing in 1999 and have been back several times over the past fifteen years for business and pleasure. I've met more entrepreneurs and explorers there than many can imagine. The confidence and attitude of the young and educated working class see a lot of opportunity to do well and many do want to own a plane, but they are also realistic on the governmental restrictions that are in place today, of which many will tell you privately needs to change. Also, living in San Diego, I can tell you first hand that there are as many many Chinese students here working hard to get their ticket. Sometimes it's a little scary when hearing the radio chatter/confusion, but as a once young kid learning Chinese over a decade ago, I respect them tremendously for even trying. I can't imagine how difficult it would have been for me to not only learn how to fly, but also figure out what the tower was rattling off to me in a foreign language! Ps...my dad once told me that people who still live on the east coast are much less adventurous than those who live on the west coast, since they stayed where the old family was. He called it the E-gene for explorerers. I told him I must not have that gene since I'm never leaving San Diego! Lol David

Jrob, congrats on the 231, you're going to love it! My 231 LB doesn't have the Intercooler, Merlyn, or Gami's, but it runs really well LOP. After I roll out from the climb to cruise, I give it about two minutes to get up to speed before messing around with anything other than closing the cowl flaps and pulling it back to 31"/2500, which is what I want my settings to be for normal cruise. After that, I slowly dial the mixture back to ~9.5gph and depending on the altitude, may have to increase the MP since i don't have the auto waste gate. My TIT is rarely above 1600 and CHT's are @ or below 380 when running LOP. Do you have a JPI EDM or other digital readout on the TIT gauge? David

Congrats Patrick, you can get all of that stuff from Mooney directly now by emailing their service department. serviceparts@mooney.com

Brilliant, thank you gurus. I'll get it checked out next time I drop by the mechanic and keep an eye on it until then. Thanks! David

Hi everyone, quick question. I've had my plane a few months now and so far except for a few minor things,it's been a ton of fun and runs extremely well. Yesterday for the first time during preflight, I grabbed the back of the tail cone where the strobe light is and gently wiggled it up and down and noticed a 1mm movement in it when lifting up and down. The whole vertical stabilizer is what's moving. Is that acceptable, or should I get it inspected and tightened? Thanks, Dave

Alex, I have both mp and a fuel flow indicator for sale that I took out of my 231 when I got the edm900. http://mooneyspace.com/topic/11595-fs-various-parts-from-m20k/

Every flight, no matter how short. Open the caps and look inside for a visual check. What is it...like ten seconds to check or something? My thinking is if i don't do something on the checklist for one reason or another, then i'll eventually miss something and it will end up being something big.

Hi Manu, I'm not sure what most of the stuff is worth. You can PM me if you want to make an offer on it. and thanks...I'll see if I can upload some more pics. thanks, David

No, I took most of these parts out, because I got a JPI EDM-900. Removed the ADF and Stormscope since I won't be using them. -David

Greetings, I'm selling the following. All of them were in great working condition when i pulled them from the plane. M20K Specific: Manifold Pressure Gage CDT/TIT Gage 6-Pack: L/R Fuel, Oil Temp, Oil Pressure, Cylinder Temp, Amps RPM Gage Non-Specific 3M WX-10 Stormscope Display & Processor King ADF Indicator King ADF KR 87 SDI/Hoskins FT101 Flue Flow Indicator Electronics International Digital OAT Gage If you're interested, PM me. Thanks! David

Cool. I'm pouring over the info now on the EDM data (I'm a total nerd when it comes to looking @ this stuff), and it looks like 9gph at 1550 w/ all the cht's below 360....30/2400. I'll push the MP up a bit next time and see what we get, but with that setting, I was cruising at 195kts GS with a nice little tail wind, so I didn't see any reason to push it. Thanks! -David

Hi Everyone, this is an old topic, but I wanted to ask a question. As I just got my 231 a month ago, it didn't have an engine monitor in it, so I stuck in the jpi edm900. The first couple of flights, I was cruising 31/2400 and getting around 13.5 gph. I just flew back from Vegas this afternoon and was playing w/ the LOP function and got down to 8.8-9gph. After messing around, i stuck it back up to 13.3, cause I was concerned about the TIT. At 8.9gph, my TIT was 1550, running at 30"/2400 rpm, and my CHT's were 360 at the hottest on C1, 350/350/341/317 and then 291 on Cylinder #6. Does that sound like a reasonable setting? I feel like the TIT should be down around or below 1500 to be comfortable... What do you guys think? Thanks, David

Hi there, I have a FT 101 that I just pulled out of my plane. Do you still need one?

I met the new owner a few weeks ago...really nice guy. I just got a new EDM-900 put in my plane (which I just got about a month ago), and as I walked around the corner at the maint shop down here in San diego, I saw 56FM. I was excited, because I knew he was talking about it just a couple weeks ago...then, I saw the damage. Man, I felt bad...

Do you guys notice high temps often enough to justify the intercooler?

Good ideas...thanks everyone.