steingar

I have gout, a lovely gift from my ancestors caused by an immune reaction to uric acid crystals at the joints (mostly). It is treated with a drug called allopurinol, a competitive inhibitor of Xanthine oxidase, which catalyzes the first step of uric acid synthesis. My doc prescribed a dose higher than needed that drove up my BP. DO AME spotted it. Halving the dose of the allopurinol fixed it straight away. Score one for the AME.

The RV7 within with I did aerobatics (or more accurately was a passenger having a hoot of a time while the pilot did aerobatics) didn't have hinged anything, nor were either of us wearing any sort of parachute. Dangerous to be certain, though I suspect I may be a bit guilty of such had I one. Thank goodness for Mrs. Steingar's kit.

What a dramatic story! Glad the OP made it down in one unadulterated piece. Loosing one member of the family to infinity and disease is awful, but loosing another who was on the way to see him would be a horrible blow to those who remain. Sucks that an expensive part has to be replaced, but its only money. Airplanes and their paraphernalia are easily replaced, their pilots not so much. Good luck with the repairs.

My AME likes it just fine. Cash money, no Medicare or Obamacare or anythingcare. The only thing I'll miss if this goes through will be seeing her pretty face and wonderfully tight body every two years. That comes off as deservedly misogynistic, but my AME actually generated some real cred for DO's. Figured out why my BP was up, my MD doc didn't even know. Did me a good turn, I must say.

About freaking time.

RV9 isn't aerobatic. Moreover, lots of RVs can't be exited worth a damn in flight (hinged canopy anyone?) but trust me that doesn't stop their owners from doing aerobatics. Can't say I blame them. Fun machines. I'd have one if Mrs. Steingar didn't pack so gosh darn much.

I hope this can get through Congress. Its long past overdue.

Lanceair 360. Only airplane I can think of faster and more efficient than the Mooney.

Yup, all true. Its just that the Comanche does it using a couple extra cylinders and lots of complexity, while the Mooney does it with simplicity and efficiency.

A CFI friend of mine described his Comanche as a wide-bodied Mooney. Happy holidays to all. I'd wish a happy holiday to the more semitic Mooniacs, but its already done.

If I didn't want to subject myself to risk I wouldn't fly airplanes. Heck, I wouldn't leave the house, but that isn't much of a life. Airplane doesn't know its night. Airplane doesn't know there are rocks below. Those who would restrict their flying to daytime VFR over cornfields should keep in mind that plenty of guys have died on VFR days over cornfields. I think most accidents happen due to miscontrol in the pattern. No chute will save you from that.

Don't need a thousand dollar-a-year repack fee thank you.

Buy a new airplane. Not only will you spend a boatload more money, but you'll loose more to depreciation than the guy spent to upgrade his older airplane. The stuff's' expensive.

If steam really were steam, I wouldn't mind using it in the slightest. Steam is easy, you just heat water. Our gauges aren't steam, they're vacuum, and vacuum is hard, nature abhors it. Actually, that isn't true but it seems like it trying to generate and maintain a vacuum within the atmosphere. Vacuum pumps are prone to break by their nature. I start IFR this Spring, and I will also be "sentenced to steam". Not happy about it, not because of the difficulty of use. Things get hard the Stein gets going. No, just the thought of vacuum loss in the clag with an airplane full of passengers. i suspect I'll be practicing lots of partial panel.

I wanted an E, but at the end of the day I doubt I'd much notice the trip difference between my C and an E, for most flights its just a few minutes. Just wasn't worth the premiums I was seeing.

I wanted an E but had to settle for a C due to the pool of aircraft available at the time. i certainly wound't be balked from an E just due to the fuel injection and increased horsepower. Were there endemic problems with the engines we'd all know by now.

The RV12 down the way from me just got wrapped in vinyl. Its a big thing in the experimental community. He says it save weight and cash over paint, it does look great. Can't say anything about how it wears.

I suck the gear up fast as I can. I'm a tiny little man and don't have the herculean arm strength to get the bar down at 120 mph. I trim the takeoff to about 80 mph and get the fear and flaps, then accelerate (using trim) to climbing speed. I haven't looked at my CHT on takeoff yet (I get a bit busy) but I bet it wouldn't look good with sustained climb at 80. Sorry, but it the engine blows having the gear and flaps up just gives me that many more options. I'd rather belly up in a nice field than have the gear down in hostile terrain. I've been putting gear and flaps down and GUMPS prior to down wind. I like the lower speeds and stabilized approach.

Says me call the lawyer and let him or her do the talking. This is the most offensive thing I've heard of on this board. The person who did this must discover unambiguously that he or she cannot treat members of the public this way. We're Americans, and our fathers and grandfathers shed blood for the freedoms we enjoy. The behavior of this individual spits on their memory.

You make a good point. I will consider myself educated.

I'd call my mouthpiece. Private citizens are free to discuss whatever they like. I'd take the letter to my lawyer and have him or her write a good nastygram. I kid you not, this is utterly unacceptable behavior. I can only hope its one employee and not corporate culture. Were I in the market for a new Mooney and heard about this I'd be done. If I didn't get a VERY contrite apology from whoever wrote that letter I'd post it on every aviation board there is. The aviation world is really really small and has no room for tools who act like this.

Do keep in mind that Skylanes are back country aircraft, that's part of their mission. Mooneys are travel machines. I wouldn't hesitate to take a Skylane into a turf strip where i would with a Mooney. I doubt I'm alone in that perception. Hence the Skylanes see that sort of action more often. Sampling error 101.

Keep it in mind. The M20C strands short, and it wouldn't take much more than a gopher hole to cause a prop strike. The rule is simple, the airplane handles it well until it doen't, and at that point you likely have the mother of all repairs. I've seen it happen. If you're going into turf that Skylane is a much better choice.

Found the Mooney to be very cold blooded when the temps came down. Didn't see this thread before I bought a heater. Not what I'd call expensive.

I'll take going just as fast burning less gas. I can keep up. The Skylane is at least good at getting big loads off short strips, and the fixed gear models are great on turf. Then again, I didn't buys traveling machine to land on little turf strips. Still, to each their own. Good luck to the OP with his new to him airplane.