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  1. RLCarter
    FAA registration expires the end of this month. If I were you it would already be in my hangar, love a good hangar find so get get it going
  2. RLCarter
    If you consider its age, it's in pretty good shape. If you go back with Felt, really sharp scissors work well for cutting it.
  3. RLCarter
    Not sure about Nitrous but Water Injection was used for added power
  4. RLCarter
    2 extra molecules of oxygen has to be better
  5. RLCarter
    And February is questionable
  6. RLCarter
    What a leg
  7. RLCarter
    Same thing on the 172 trainer, gets about 400 hrs a year, crap load of landings and heavy breaking from time to time, they go about 600hrs
  8. RLCarter
    Wind only effects GS not TAS,...... a headwind will actually help with rate of climb
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    Looking at a POH for a 1969 M20F it shows at 7500msl, 2400rpm and 23”mp (highest the chart goes) fuel burn would be 10.6 gph, 10.6 gph x 1.5 hrs = 15.9 gallons, add 3 gal for taxi, run up and climb, 18.9 gal and the fuel burn looks correct Next you say that 21~22”MP is the best you could get at 8500msl looking at the charts 23” at 7500 and 21” at 10,000, so those numbers match the book. Looking at the pictures I see your indicated airspeed at 143, altitude is 6600. MP 23” and RPM is 2350, guessing at an outside temp of 16 *C based on 90*F on the ground, I come up with 160mph True which matches the book as well. I would do a test flight and see what your actual climb rate is based on TIME and ALTITUDE and compare it to what the VSI shows before I go ripping motor parts off, while I was on that flight I would also set power to several different settings at 7500 and 5000 according to the book and see how actual & book compare.
  10. RLCarter
    Rigging, gear hanging down, inaccurate instrument(s) or combination there of. Verify the tach, ASI and VSI are correct, sometimes what you see isn't what you get
  11. RLCarter
    What airspeed are climbing out at?
  12. RLCarter
    After many many years of being taken a part and put back together my doghouse had about every size screw and tinnerman available in it.....
  13. RLCarter
    Refresh my memory, you just got this back in the air correct?
  14. RLCarter
    24/24 at 5k I burn 12ish per hour, what does the POH say you should burn?
  15. RLCarter
    On the move, couple hours from Pogo, doesn't show up on flight aware for some reason, does show up on his map
  16. RLCarter
    I really like the headrests on all four seats. Were they added during the re-furb?
  17. RLCarter
    I feel your pain, ordered new Mitchell gauges (Garwin cluster) with custom marking to match original, called last week to ck, was told they wouldn't do anything till they get back from OSH. They were ordered the last week of May
  18. RLCarter
    The felt looking stuff is felt, the rubber stuff and the felt can be had at Aircraft Spruce
  19. RLCarter
    They work real well in reverse (pulling), forward (pushing) is C/G (center of gut) issue as traction goes out the window
  20. RLCarter
    More of an Ug than a tug, but not real bad, jockeying both the E and the 172 around in a tight hangar will wear you out on 100+ degree days
  21. RLCarter
    I remember those
  22. RLCarter
    Or go under the hood
  23. RLCarter
    The 65's don't have the outboard mount, I have seen Rosens mounted to the center bar (better than nothing)
  24. RLCarter
    Looks like an FBO needed to change the filter at the fuel farm, same stuff a buddy pulled out of his Cherrokee
  25. RLCarter
    @mooneyflyfast sounds like you fly into KHRL frequently, I live in Harlingen and hangar at Weslaco so if ever need anything down here I'd be glad to help if I can. Don replaced the amp in my audio panel a few months back, have known him since the late 70's and is the go to guy for Radio/Avionics work. PM me next time your going to be down here and I'll buy lunch.
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