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Is this what you are looking for? https://www.aso.com/Aircraft_For_Sale.aspx?act_id=Single_Engine_Pistons I'm not really sure how accurate it is for what you are looking for. What I did and I know others have done when looking to purchase a plane is to keep a log of what is on the market. Excel is great for something like this. I trolled all the usual planes for sale websites and I had a spreadsheet that I kept that had all the Mooney C-F's that fit my price range and columns for everything about the plane from the equipment they had, to time on the engine/prop, etc... I put a link to their ads on whatever sites they were on and kept track of the asking price, when/if the price dropped and by how much, and when they went off the market, presumably sold. I did that for I think around six months or so. That gave a good feel for what they were currently going for and when I was finally ready to buy I had a good idea of what I could afford and what I wanted to offer on different planes.

Yesterday I just worked on the "honey-do" list at home but I was able to get some flights in during the past week. I went out a couple of evenings to just do pattern work at night and work on landings. A week ago I took my youngest son up for a Sunday morning flight. It was fun, but the calm winds when we left were 040, 18G26 just 45 minutes later. It made it a little interesting landing on 07. Then I went and got in a little night XC last Wednesday, flying from Corona to Camarillo. Here's downtown LA on the way back. If you're interested I got around to writing them up. If you want to read about them they are over on my blog. Sunday flight with my son: "As long as it's not in that weather..." Night XC to Camarillo: Camarillo by Night

This would be unfortunate. I hope you will reconsider. Andrew, very well said, I hope that he will reconsider as well.

My Sensorcon was on my porch when I got home from work today via Amazon. It will go in the plane the next time I head out to the hangar.

Thanks, I'll have to kick that around a bit and see where it would fit in my landing sequence. I would like to have something to attach the sequence to regardless of the pattern entry point.

I a still humbled on a fairly regular basis when I fly, there's always something to learn or improve upon.

I think it was after my second cross country solo that I was watching the video from my GoPro and noticed as I exited the runway I was turning the yoke as if it was actually doing anything. After that I if there weren't any winds to worry about (and the Cherokee is pretty tame taxiing in winds) I would put my hands in my lap some of the time while taxiing to force myself not to turn the yoke. Then I added in trying to remember to position the controls for wherever the wind was coming from, even saying out loud to myself what I was supposed to be doing. I also cropped down the GoPro video so you couldn't see me looking like a fool and trying to steer with the yoke... Fairly accurate description. Who knew it was so hard to go in a straight line...

Congratulations!!

Ah, thinking of the children and saving the planet for the next bunch of pilots... As someone brand new to the world of retractable gear I'm still in the process of developing my habits. I just ticked over 20 hours in my Mooney last night doing some night time pattern work. What I have adopted is similar to Bob, somewhere between midfield downwind and abeam the numbers I run through my GUMPS which is when my gear comes down. Abeam the numbers I bring the MP down a couple more inches which starts the descent. I am still finding that I am a little high when turning final, but I would rather be a little high than a little low. The only thing I am still working out is a good mental reminder/habit of when to drop the gear when not entering a traditional pattern. Some of the towered airports have you just enter base, make a modified straight in, or just straight in. In those cases I have been putting gear down somewhere around 3-5 miles out but I really need to have a set point for habit sake.

The radio work will come with time. I didn't make any radio calls I think for my first couple of flights. Then my CFI had me talking with Ground and the Tower but he would make all the calls when we were over the practice area. I thought I was doing okay until the first time we went to an un-towered field and I was stepping all over myself trying to make the proper call for what leg I was on and direction I was turning. (You would think that if you were turning left it would be natural to say you were turning left but sometimes the mind just doesn't want to cooperate.) Something I did to help was listen to the radios. I would just turn on the live ATC feed on my laptop in my office at work and have it running most of the day while I was working. I used Burbank, they are a busy airport and have both Ground and Tower in the same feed. It helped to hear the way transmissions are made and the repetition was great. https://www.liveatc.net/ https://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=kbur

I'm sorry for the loss of your great Uncle, but what a great bunch of memories that led to your flying and getting your Mooney. Have a great time at the Fly-In! The more of the younger crowd that are interested in flying the better off GA is. (I was once part of the younger crowd, not sure I qualify for that anymore, except in some circles )

Long enough flight last night to play around with it and see what I could do. The short answer is nothing. I can pull the knob out and if I rotate it, it only controls the volume. In or out, it only adjusts the volume. I also tried pulling out/pushing in a few times and there was no change so I am thinking that the squelch doesn't work. I'm leaning towards a loose wire/connection, the kind of intermittent electrical problem that drives mechanics nuts at our dealerships. Parts of the flight the radio was perfect, then there would be a transmission and after the transmission ended there was static. Further incoming transmission would be crystal clear, followed by static when they ended and then after a period of time the static just cut out and it was quite like it's supposed to be. It may be something I have to live with for now.

Just ordered one from Amazon, it will be here Friday and replace the standard "Quantum Eye" card that is currently in the plane.

Another member of the club here. I was just not going to worry about it, the only time I ever use it is when starting the engine and during run-up, but I always have the brakes on then as well because I don't trust the parking brake to do the job. Then I was reading and realized it just holds the pressure already applied like others said here and what do you know, it actually does work.

Welcome aboard, and congratulations!

Tuesday - Feb 28th Monday - March 6th The March 6th would be my best chance to make it. Then I only need one day off work. (Dang, it's cheaper to see them in the regular season at home than Spring Training)

Let me know if/when you're going. I have a bunch of family in AZ, we love the Angel's (tough season last year) and my wife has been wanting to go see a Spring Training game for years. With the Mooney it's a 2 hr flight for me +/- depending on winds. Maybe we can meet up and take in a game together.

I dropped him a PM and heard back. He bought a very nice SR22 Turbo and is doing well, close to finishing out his IFR. I told him that even though he didn't go with a Mooney he should drop in and say hi and let everyone know how he's doing. There's quite a few folks here that spent time helping him along the way.

I have wondered this myself. He and I finished up our PPL at about the same time then he disappeared.

I have run some other forums and you could set specific groups to have access to specific forums. That enabled us to have public, private member, admin, etc forums. It has been expressed by some members that they would prefer not to see the Rants and Raves threads at all, which isn't possible if using the "Unread Content" function. If that could be done here on MS with the Rants and Raves forum (opting in) then those that didn't want to see the threads come up in the unread feed wouldn't see them. I know the "don't click on it" principle but as it is now, the thread title and first couple lines of the post automatically appear.

I agree with others that it is just asking for trouble. There's a reason they say "Don't talk politics and religion at the dinner table." This reminds me of last November when I went to AZ for my Dad's 75th birthday. I was at my parents house before going over to one of my sister's homes for the party. My dad and I were discussing politics and my mom chimed in with "Please don't talk politics at your sister's tonight" because she knows there are some very strong opinions on both sides. (Six siblings and we don't all agree on everything) Everyone knows the other's opinions, and really no amount of debate (civil or otherwise) will probably change it so there's no point to hurting friendships over it. I think that what will end up happening is that things will be said in that forum and even if those are not shared elsewhere it will affect the way some think of others and interact on the rest of the forum. It may even have someone ignoring a thread in the rest of the site or blocking a user that they would not have blocked otherwise. I think of all the advice and knowledge I have received here and am grateful for it. What if I had offended someone in the rant and rave forum and they blocked me, then later I had an actual question/problem I needed help with and that person who had an answer that could help never saw my post because they had blocked me? I guess then that would be my loss, but it would also be a loss to the rest of the community here. I have had many questions resolved by searching old posts (in Google put in mooneyspace followed by your search and it works great) and some of those old posts would likely have been different had there been the rant and rave section all along. This will likely go the way of some of the other forums where the loudest and most obnoxious drive away the others and the usefulness diminishes. There's a reason I spend most of my time here than the other aviation forums, it's just been a good community.

Took my wife and youngest son on their first ride in our Mooney. A short hop over to French Valley for a late lunch/early dinner. Pictures and the story are over on my blog. Put together a short video from the photos and videos my wife took on our phones. French Valley Dinner Run

Thanks, I appreciate the info. I think I will add that to my shut-down checklist.

This makes sense, but from what you had said earlier I had a follow-up question (or two). I also always shut down per the POH using the mixture cut off. Some of you are doing what you're calling a P-Lead check prior to shut down. I'm not trying to argue, I'm just a new pilot trying to learn as much as I can. From the sounds of it, the P-Lead check, momentarily shutting the ignition switch off prior to cutting the mixture, shows that the P-Leads are not defective if the engine tries to die. Wouldn't that then mean that if you did try to kill the engine with the ignition switch that if the P-Lead was defective (allowing a possible accidental hand prop and start from residual fuel) the engine would actually not die? Likewise, if the engine does die from turning off the switch then wouldn't that show the P-Leads are not defective and therefore the engine wouldn't restart if there is residual fuel and someone turns the prop?

So there is plenty of mention about the EGT readings rising during the mag check. I'm just new to this and watch the RPM drop as per the POH when doing my mag checks on run-up. The POH does't say anything about the EGT rise during the mag check, so what values should I be seeing in an O-360? And is it worth noting it at all since I only have an EGT coming off one cylinder, not a full monitor giving me readings from all four?