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I’ve been making phone calls all day. My local airport. Has been hurting and allowing me to do owner assist annuals since COVID. I was scheduled for “Feb” I never heard from them but was traveling all month anyway. Turns out, some sort of blow out occurred and the majority walked. I’m looking for a. Mechanic that can do an annual on a 231K/Rocket. I live on the Norh side of Indianapolis. Looking for something within driving distance. So far I’ve found Muncie IN but they are backed out one to two months. The FBO did say they could help me obtain a ferry permit pretty quickly

So, my last two cross country trips. Run up's, taxi , take off, climb, cruise all normal. I’m always FL 180-190. 3200/2400 and keep TIT 1530-1540 at about 22-22.5 gph. Here is the problem. When ATC starts brining me down and I start pulling back the throttle 100 pr min to prevent shock cooling (I typically leave mix n prop alone) The last two flights as soon as mp gets below around 29 down to below 25. The fuel flow will jump to 30gph. The engine sounds normal, cht, egt, tit, seem to be as they should. It’s just the indication of fuel flow that freaked me out. I did pull the top and verify both high and low fuel pump set screws were still tight. Any ideas?

I’ll have to take another look. The back spring thing was done (2yrs??ago)

Rocket in annual, gearbox sounds “crunchy”

I am aware that Aero Comfort will repair/recover glare shields (its the weekend/I haven't called them) but the shield in my Rocket is warped, busted up, it looks like multiple attempts have been made to repair it. it looks okay installed, it has been recovered but, still all bent up. I think it is a lost cause. Does anyone know of a replacement source or have experience with Aero Comfort on a shield that is all jacked up?

yes to all the above.. in addition.. run a straight edge up the rudder. I had the same issue when I purchased mine. The POH describes how to "bend" the trailing edge of the rudder to center ball for flight. It is possible the previous owner was a little ham fisted and over adjusted. Or had it perfectly balanced for the settings they flew at.. ie faster or slower. It will make a diff.

It's all been said above. I pretty much had your system. I was able to get a credit for my 335 (helped) sold my GDL...??69 I think. sick of the premiums. I got the 345 and 210 installed. I've found the Ipad mini 4 needs to be fired up AFTER the 530W is up and running or it won't find it. I fly in/out of Florida a lot. The ability to push flight plans with Victor airways to the 530W from my Ipad is worth it!! I haven't found any dead spots for weather.. yet. But I'm just as comfortable with the weather from the 345 with my storm scope vs XM. XM always felt like it was showing me the weather was.. seemed farther behind.

In the summer time I USED TO fly with flip/flops.. all the time.. Never thought anything of it. Until, that one time while taxiing the seat somehow came unlocked and slid all the way back. Instead of immediately pulling power I attempted to "scoot" forward only to kick my flip flops off and up into the rudder peddles. So I laid down to reach the brakes only to realize I now couldn't see out of the windows. that's when I pulled the power. No damage, no witnesses. I don't fly with flip flops anymore.

I almost mentioned Aircraft Ownership Solutions (but, they are most likely the guys you are purchasing from) They move a lot of Mooney's through there. Northwestflyers.com in Schaumburg IL is a Mooney Service Center. (I have no exp with them) I had Paul Enlow, now service Manager based out of my home field. Indy Metro KUMP do my original pre-buy.. then he just happened to move to Metro. The guys there have worked on a number of Mooney's on the field for the last 6 years. It's about a 10 min flight from Kokomo.

I did get a response from Foreflight. DXB , the only thing I didn't do is shut down the Avionics while in flight. I think I'll try your process of just cleaning everything out and restarting from Avionics power down and see what happens.. It must be a sequence of some sort I messed up.. (not sure what I did as the new 5 had worked wonderfully for 3 or 4 flights prior.) The links Foreflight sent are pretty basic and are what I used to set up both my old and new Ipads. I never thought about a couple of Iphones in our pockets trying to connect. They are "usually" in airplane mode for battery saving and I typically don't use for Foreflight, just there for a backup. This is Foreflights response: Linda here. We would expect to see the Flightstream 210 show up as a connected device. That's the one that is Bluetoothed to your iPad. I understand this exact avionics set-up you have worked previously, so this seems like a pairing issue. I would like to get diagnostic files from your new iPad Mini 5. To send us diagnostic files, open ForeFlight Mobile and tap MORE > SETTINGS. Tap on the word "Settings" (in the top dark blue menu bar) 3 times in quick succession. Doing this will create an email with diagnostic files attached that you can send to us (NOTE: It can take up to 30 seconds to create the email, depending on your device). In the body of the email, add "Ticket #387057" so the email will link to this case and then send us the email. See this article for details: [How do I send Diagnostic files](https://foreflight.com/support/support-center/category/about-foreflight-mobile/360017607774) Also, before you fly next, please turn on Garmin data logging per these instructions: [How do I turn on Garmin data logging?](https://support.foreflight.com/hc/en-us/articles/218337627-How-do-I-turn-on-Garmin-data-logging-) After you fly with logging on, you can send the Garmin logs to us per these instructions: [How do I send you log files from my Garmin system?](https://support.foreflight.com/hc/en-us/articles/217851258-How-do-I-send-you-log-files-from-my-Garmin-system-) Thank you, Linda Street-Ely Pilot Support Team team@foreflight.com www.foreflight.com [ForeFlight Support Center] (https://foreflight.com/support/support-center/) [ForeFlight Video Library] (https://foreflight.com/support/video-library/) [ForeFlight Mobile Pilot's Guide](https://foreflight.com/ipad/guide/pdf)

Not sure if it is related AT ALL. But, I replaced brake lines on both sides. I had to bleed the lines probably at LEAST 4 times before I got all of the air out. Still have no idea why it should have been so difficult.

Been searching all morning. I had transponder upgraded and installed Flight Steam 210. All was working great with V3 Ipad Mini. Just upgraded to the 5 (it is faster) worked fine for one flight. Then nothing. I attempted to "forget" the other Ipads in my 530 (one must have been the avionics shop, one was my older mini, and then my new mini) I get them to pair and they look connected. I see that Blue Tooth is connected on mini. But no device on Foreflight. I spent an entire two hour flight yesterday trying to get them to connect. I believe it has to be within Foreflight not connecting within Garmin Connext. Anybody have any experience? I have sent Foreflight an email.. but, patience is not a virtue of mine.

On a semi serious note. 20'ish years ago when I first started contemplating. I also "attempted" to build a spread sheet. More for, as you said, the Categories I couldn't think of. I'm to lazy to look now, it's to late for me. But, AOPA did have a fairly substantial page on how to get started. Pre buy inspections. Types of ownership. Cost analyzer spread sheet. Maint estimates etc. Not sure if it is still there. If it is, I'm not sure if it is a Member's only page. A good source of info nonetheless.

Nobody will admit it to their WIVES!! You have a good start. Financing was easier then expected. You seem low on some obvious areas. Sales tax/registration, hourly for avionics, IFR certs, annual is low (unless you find someone to help you in your hanger, becoming almost impossible in my area) insurance on a retract for a zero time pilot.. My guess more like $1600-$1700 pr year (and the posts around here are saying everyone is seeing a big bump this year)

As per previous comments.. I too inherited a 3 from an Aunt and decided to give it a try.. same results. Maxed out (I think it has 4 settings if memory serves) O2 meter on finger and Canula at the ready. On battery only, (I have no idea if plugging it into 12V would make a diff) I was able to keep mid to low 90's at about 15,000. Above that it fell off fast. However, on a diff note. My wife has occasional asthma problems and quite frequently needs O2 even as low as 6,000 feet. Works great for her and keeps us off the bottle until we need to be. We pack it whenever we fly.