Skates97

We just need one of the non-Mooneys to take a trip around the pattern with someone to takes some pics of all the Mooneys that will be sitting on the ramp.

Mine is a 1965 and had just over 5,200 hours on it when I bought it in Dec 2016. It also came with all the records on the plane, with the exception of the original prop log but the prop had been replaced 7 years prior and the log for that one was complete. The case of paperwork that I received even included a letter from the original owner written to his friend that he sold the plane to explaining why he was asking for a certain price, that he didn't know of any issues with the plane, but "you can't ever know everything that might come up." (What you might expect one friend to say to another if he were selling his favorite car). I am the fourth owner and have been very happy with the plane. I spent some time getting to know the owner that I purchased it from, I personally think that vetting the person selling the plane ranks up there in importance with the PPI. You can learn quite a bit about the plane by learning about the owner.

I had something similar but with much larger fluctuations, ended up that the pin on the connector was loose. They repinned it and it has been fine ever since. https://mooneyspace.com/topic/24478-edm830-new-install-erratic-rpm/

I see that wasn't the issue for the OP, but I keep a set of vice grips in the little tool kit in the baggage area after reading stories of inside handles breaking off.

@TheTurtle, who was your guy that you used?

You should be able to find it in the downloads section. https://mooneyspace.com/files/categories/

Wow, that would be awesome to get that many there! Can't wait!

I hope so, my last kid is almost 14 and I'm looking forward to my empty nest days.

My 13 yo loves the bumps. If they are good enough that his back side is coming out of the seat and I have to tighten his seat belt they put an extra big smile on his face.

My FF is just over 15 at take off/climb. In cruise I see around 9-9.4 if up around 8,500-10,500. Cylinders 2-4 run within about 5-10 degrees of each other. At high power 3 is the hottest (by 5-10 degrees) and in cruise 2 is the hottest (again by 5-10 degrees) Cylinder 1 consistently reads about 65-75 degrees cooler which I attribute to the sensor as it mirrors the other three in temperature increase/decrease. Before I had the EDM 830 I planned for 10gph and while I always came out under that I liked to err on the side of caution.

I'm hoping that some of those folks will have some stuff coming out of their planes that I can put into mine...

I love our time machine, you can't put a price on time. My wife knows I have wanted to fly for as long as I have memories. About two years ago when we learned we would have two grandchildren arriving within a month of each other (One in UT and one in ID) she said I should get my pilots license and a plane to make visits easier. I started my PPL two weeks later... 5 1/2 months later I passed my check ride. Two months after that we bought our Mooney and then we put almost 150 hours on it over the next year visiting family more than we ever had before.

I emailed @mooniac58 using the "Contact Us" at thet bottom of the page and he approved the West Coast Club very quickly. I don't think that he gets a notification when one is created so giving him a heads up that you are waiting on approval will move things along.

I know some of you have joined already, but instead of filtering my list I am just going to tag everyone that I had on my list to let you know about what @MrRodgers set up. I know there are others out here on the west coast that I don't have tagged so if you think of someone please tag them. @Flash, @Steve W, @MooneyMitch, @jonhop, @wishboneash, @N803RM, @Bennett, @mooneyflyer, @Dan at FUL, @MrRodgers, @JohnB @bonal @M20FanJesse @Matthew @Joe Zuffoletto @StinkBug @mooneygirl @N9201A @SantosDumont @ilovecornfields @MikeOH @Simon @Niko182 @thinwing @kortopates @kmyfm20s @NotarPilot @3914N @MB65E @rdshave @TheTurtle @VetRepp @donkaye @M20S Driver @helitim @Sven @jrwilson @TargetDriver @Bug Smasher @aeromancfi

Club is approved and active now so people can join.

I'm in. I can't remember, are you going to be able to make it to the fly in April 14th? Edit: Just went there and it says there are no clubs, just the button to create one. Did you already create it? If so maybe a forum glitch not displaying them?

Looking forward to this!

This is probably the best installation advice I have heard! It cost me $20 to have my AP/IA sign off on it after I was done. In hind sight, spending the extra $130 would have been worth it...

I did the left side first knowing it was going to be much more difficult than the right. The only thing that I can say is further up towards the roof there seemed to be more room, that may mean removing the headliner. There really isn't any trick I could come up with.

I don't expect mine to drop much the next renewal unless I get my instrument before then. (Possible but not probable right now) The big drop this time I believe was because I went from around 60 hours total with no complex time to over 200 with all the additional hours in the Mooney. Adding another 150 hours in the Mooney will likely not have much of an impact.

It is through Falcon Insurance. The first year it was underwritten by Starr Aviation, the second year it was underwritten by Global Aerospace. The first year there was some back and forth working competing bids against each other. The initial quote from Falcon my first year was $1983 but after they sent it back a couple of times to underwriting the final number came in at $1525. The renewal this year was $1005. $36k hull

We had waffles for dinner tonight... I love breakfast for dinner.

I had similar numbers. I renewed in December and mine was just over $1,000. Previously it was about $1,500 but that was no complex time and about 60 hours total. Renewal was with about 150 hours complex, seemed reasonable. (Granted my hull value is a little lower than yours).