Stetson20

Thanks all, I've acquired a replacement.

17 hours ago, DonMuncy said:

I admit mine are better, but I don't have any way to print the information on the shades.

Don,

Can you send me a link? I may just buy yours and then have the info put on as a decal as mentioned later in the thread.

Thanks!

My autopilot died. "Capacitor C222 has blown" Part 065-0042-02. Looking to buy a replacement with the Form 8130 OR the compatible KC-192 part 065-0042-15. Any leads or ideas? Thanks!

Roy Millwood

Thanks I'll check with Darwin and see if I get a response. 

I looked at previous threads. Does anyone still sell these visors?

TIA

On 2/3/2024 at 9:42 AM, Kate350 said:

What is its TAS? What GPH fuel does it burn? Could you give some real life #s on that?

I had 3 good leads for partners. 2 of the 3 had to back out for various reasons. 3rd candidate and I came to an agreement, and I'll be selling the plane outright to him. 

Congrats!

We still haven't run in to each other at HEG, but I'm sure we will sooner or later! 

Safe travels!

Copied from Ralph Semb, Mooney MAPA Director, email:

POC is Lela Hughes:  lelahughes@gmail.com

Lela Cell:  210-289-6939

Ocala,  Jan 26 & 27
Santa Maria CA  April 5 & 6
Owensboro KY  June 21 & 22
Burlington, VT Sept 6 & 7
Ft. Worth, TX  Oct 18 & 19

The crack at the bottom of the windshield- I'm fairly certain it happened sometime during the installation of the new avionics and front panel. I didn't catch it so it's on me. The top cracks are very small and almost not noticeable. I put my hand in the frame for reference. 

6 hours ago, MB65E said:

Looks awesome! 
Who are you and what have you done with all of your circuit breakers? ;-)!!

-Matt

CB panel is on the right, out of view of the picture 

7 minutes ago, N201MKTurbo said:

Bummer.

Start planning for a new windshield.

Flyable in the interim? 

Buddy flew my plane (Mooney M20K Rocket) yesterday on an Angel Flight mission from east coast of FL to panhandle and back. He said these showed up after flying it. 

Anybody have any experience with this? My A&P is out of town until Monday and I was just looking for more information about Mooneys and windshield cracks. Nothing really in previous threads that I've seen. 

I suspect the crack on the lower windshield is from the new panel install last year, and after the install, another shop had to access behind the panel to fix some gremlins.

Thoughts on whether the cracks are repairable, or a new windshield is warranted? Is it flyable or an airworthiness issue?

Thanks for your thoughts...

Stetson20

11 minutes ago, PeteMc said:

Rocket specific.

I thought it was to fit the engine in there, but then I would have thought you or your mechanic would have seen a bulge on the side of the engine that matched with the cowling.  So now I'm curious why the bulge is on all Rockets. 

No bulge on the copilot side, so I don't know- but I'm sure the "institutional knowledge" of the board denizens will come through for me! 

Hi all,

While buttoning up the plane after finishing the annual today, my mechanic commented on the "bump out" on the engine nacelle on the pilots side. Looks like maybe a generator once went in this spot or 2nd alternator? What do the M20K and/or Rocket folks think? Just a curiosity. I hadn't noticed until he brought it to my attention.

See pics...

Took off this morning for a short out and back from KHEG-KSSI (Jacksonville area to just north of Jekyll Island). On the way back, I noticed what appeared to be water dripping from my mag compass. It was the oil? (kerosene?) from the mag compass. One drip about every 3 minutes or so. Enough to bother/worry/annoy me  Anyway I let my maintenance shop know. Any thoughts from the gallery?

The compass was reading accurately, so on landing, I improvised with a sock and a walmart bag over the compass until the mechanic can take a look at it.

TIA

Went up with a CFI this morning. Did slow flight, steep turns and power off stalls for proficiency.

He asked if I wanted to try a power on stall and I told him I’m not comfortable trying one. He was fine with it. We moved on.

Great feedback. Thanks all!

Rocket folks,

Obviously a nose heavy plane with the big six cylinder out front. Was just curious what y’all’s thoughts and/or experiences were on Rocket stall characteristics. Any tips/tricks/concerns?

Thanks

Another data point (take it for what it's worth):

I've only had a few flights recently and I climbed out using the autopilot. I set 500fpm climb and use 35/2500. Fuel flow is (if I recall correctly) about 28 GPH. Every flight is a learning experience. I'm finally getting to fly my plane more often.

Recent flight was HEG-ILM for about 2.0 enroute. I cruise about 65% power at 1500 TIT. 28/2300 or thereabouts, between 8k and 10k, resulting in about 18gph ff. I haven't worked my way up to using O2 and flying above 11k yet. 

8 hours ago, NewMoon said:

This would be my first event, do we have an itinerary for each day?

www.mooneysummit.com

Halfway down the page is the link, however, it appears the itinerary hasn't been updated to 2023 yet.

The leading edge of the wings are painted black and I've had more than one person ask me why. It *looks* like deice boots, but it's just painted on. Maybe the reason is now becoming self-evident- only the leading edge need be repainted vs the entire wing. 

Thanks for all the tips!

Hi all,

The paint on my plane is older. Not ready to have it repainted yet. I have some minor chipping on the leading edge of the wings. It could possibly be an entry point for corrosion. Any thoughts or suggestions? I now park the plane on the ramp at KHEG in Jacksonville so it's more of a concern in the humid, salty air environment.

TIA

Stetson20

On 8/16/2023 at 1:42 PM, dzeleski said:

Ideally $0. Contact the shop that did your panel work. They didnt do the job correctly and need to fix this. I would also ask them to check and make sure the rest of them are also correct.

I had it done in central Michigan. The shop quoted me six weeks for the panel install. Six MONTHS later, I finally got my airplane back. To be fair, there were "supply chain" issues as well as personnel issues throughout the time my plane was in the shop. I've since relocated to JAX area and it wouldn't be cost effective to fly the plane up there (and wait God-knows-how-long to get it) and back. 

On 8/14/2023 at 9:25 AM, N201MKTurbo said:

Not weird at all. Radios take very little current in receive mode. The transmitter is the real power user.

Makes sense. Now I get to find out how difficult/expensive it is to swap out the circuit breaker.

11 hours ago, dzeleski said:

The GNC 255A requires a 5amp breaker for 28volts and 10amp breaker for 14volts for the COM side.

Thanks! The weird thing is that it worked fine in receive mode. It was only recently that I attempted to transmit on comm 2 and that popped the c/b