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AlexLev

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  1. This is helpful. Does the alternator just charge the battery or does it supply power to everything electrical? Or does it split the load with the battery? How does that work?
  2. Dan's story inspired me to buy a Sensorcon which ironically was in Buffalo, NY and I just showed up at their factory and got one. After some flying, it started showing 5-8ppm after turning on heat when normally it would show 0 and it gave me clues to my muffler developing cracks which I was able to prevent thanks to it. Thank you, Dan! Could have saved my life! Side question: for those using the Sensorcon: what do you do after it needs calibration? Can you send it to the factory? Do you have to buy a new one? I think it still works, but it's been a while and it says it needs calibration now.
  3. I have a G model I've owned for about 7-ish years. Not familiar with that particular plane you're purchasing, but I'd recommend having Airmods or Weber do a prebuy if you can fly it that far. Have you looked through the logs? Have you requested a CD from the FAA with the planes records?
  4. I own an '68 M20G with a plane-power alternator conversion (instead of the generator). For those technically minded that understand AC vs DC and how the electrical system on the Mooney works, mind helping me understand it? I understand there's a 70A max load for the alternator and it's a 14v alternator. I have a Concorde 12v battery with 33 Ampere hours. The alternator generates AC and converts it back into DC via a rectifier (?) and the buses are fed off DC wires to the battery? Apologies if this is totally wrong, but would love someone's help...also with the battery have 33 Ampere hours - does that mean if the battery dies, and the load I have draws approx 4A, it would take approx 8 (33/4) hours for the battery to die if it's fully charged? How many amp would radios/transponder/GPS draw? Apologies if all these are novice questions, but want to learn/understand the plane and its electrical system better and I figure there's a few more technically minded folks here who could help me shed some light on understanding it.
  5. I had my engine done with them and David in Feb of 2018. Since then, I have about 820 hours on their overhaul. No metal in the filter, but it has been seeping quite a bit of oil lately. My A&P tried to address it at annual and said "I believe the majority of the oil leak was the loose oil line return clamps. They're an oddball type (thumb screw, not a hex screw) this engine builder used so I had to improvise to tighten them all but I got them. Checked oil pan bolts and accessory case bolts too. All those were fine." What he did helped for the first few hours of the flight since annual, but the seepage is back now, so I'll have to see about addressing it. I was quite enthusiastic about Jewell's work (on time, budget), but it's disheartening to hear about your experience and it makes me feel a little slightly less confident flying with their overhaul, although it's held up to a lot of flying for the last 5 years.
  6. Any luck finding anything? https://www.ebay.com/itm/275611357824?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20230105140155%26meid%3Dba951d4ab2574f7dae4de5ebe854a3fb%26pid%3D101666%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D275611357824%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2&_trksid=p2380057.c101666.m5481&_trkparms=pageci%3A524419b9-c619-11ed-a27b-223eaf87421d|parentrq%3Af8672fae1860aa71460864e7fffd09e0|iid%3A1 but that seems like a crazy price for a used gear motor...
  7. WHP and Brackett Field both had one for 350/mo.
  8. Thank you! Yeah, no way could I do 1100/mo. I found a hangar for 350/month but like 1.5hours away -- and I typically can average a couple hundred hours per year, so if it's that far away, I'm sure it'd be more of a hangar queen which wouldn't be good.
  9. Thanks. I've been at it. I had a few leads and someone who seemed willing to negotiate with me, but recently went radio silent, but I'm definitely going to keep working on it!
  10. I'm potentially moving to the SoCal area near Long Beach later this year...and I am nervous of not being able to afford a hangar anymore like I do out in Western New York. So I'm curious for those that tie down, how damaging is it to the aircraft in general? Corrosion? Paint? What can be done to minimize this damage? I'm looking at moving in the Long Beach area, which is by the Pacific Ocean too - is this a definitive no-no for keeping a plane outside? I assume the nice paint job I have may wear pretty soon, so I might look into budgeting for a paint job or something sooner than later -- what other considerations to have?
  11. Thanks! Did the checkout today. Probably the most expensive checkout I've done, but now I can use it while I'm out here and even go out to Catalina which is nice (although part of me thinks I shoulda just flown my M20G here in the first place haha!). Most of the learning I felt like I had to do was around LA airspace, the VFR transition over LAX and procedures entering/departing Santa Monica airport. Definitely tired after all that flying, but happy too! -Alex
  12. Thanks! It does have an automatic wastegate.
  13. Thanks for the tip! It's 240/hr. I hope they are nice to me on the checkout, but I will admit that cowl flaps will be a bit new for me since my M20G has fixed cowl flaps. I'll definitely need to think about them more. Why do they need to be closed before I speed up?
  14. Hey there! I fly/operate an M20G back home, but am spending 3 weeks in SoCal and thought I'd try renting a 231 for some trips. I have my checkout scheduled for tomorrow and thought I'd ask some of the 231 drivers for some tips to make sure I don't botch it: 1) v-speeds? short field landing tips (would love to take it out to Catalina or something) 2) how do you work a turbocharger? what are things to watch out for? 3) any other intricacies or differences from my '68 M20G to watch out for? and then any SoCal specific tips for airspace are also appreciated for those that do fly in this area. Thanks so much!
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