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Fly Boomer

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  1. How are each of the GI-275s configured in that setup? I don't know much about it, but I think the GI-275 can wear a variety of different hats.
  2. If you are talking about the Rocket, I don’t believe the aux tanks have fuel senders, so starting from full, you have to burn off quite a bit before the senders can start to come down. I think usable in the mains is 37.8, and 14.5 in the aux (each side).
  3. I may be doing it wrong but, with the turbo, I leave the mixture in until I reach cruising altitude.
  4. She's a beauty! Does the hangar come with the airplane?
  5. Ah, yes. I had forgotten about the nitrate dope vs butyrate dope.
  6. I'm not up to date on the latest, but I am attuned to the argument that valve seats concentric with the valve guide is a good idea. Also, the argument that valve guides reamed or honed after being pressed in is better than assuming they won't change size or shape while being pressed in. Finally, I'm a sucker for the upsell so, if I had to put on cylinders, I would give a hard look to the builders that can give assurances that, in some cases. their cylinders are "better than new". Best of luck on this journey.
  7. The Mike Busch comment made me laugh, but that's kind of sickening, and it's not even my airplane. Clarence, a mechanic in Canada, once said he was not too impressed by the TSIO-550s in the Mooney or the Cirrus, and he had seen a bunch. Sorry for your woes.
  8. I'm sure I have told this story here before, but a Ford dealership once failed to put lug nuts on my left front wheel. Somehow, they got my truck out front to the pick-up area without the wheel falling off. When I drove away, you can imagine the noise it made -- somehow the 12-year-old who brought the truck up to the front didn't notice the grinding noises. It's not that the lug nuts were loose or that some were missing -- there were zero lug nuts holding the wheel on. I no longer drive Fords (or a pickup for that matter).
  9. As I recall, clear to shrink the linen, silver for UV and to fill the warp and weft, followed by color coat.
  10. Made me laugh, but nobody I know leans while climbing.
  11. The one on the left certainly looks like it would fill a bigger gap around our not-so-perfect-fitting doors and, as GB says, be easier to close. The silicone should last a long time. Nice innovation.
  12. Everything is a guess until it sells. That's the only true measure of what it's worth. When looking for mine, I evaluated what avionics, paint, interior, and other accessories were worth. Then set a value on each based or hours or, for avionics, just divide by two. The difference between the asking price and my perceived value of all the options is the seller's assertion of the value of the airframe. Crude metric, but I needed something I could build a spreadsheet around.
  13. I have not asked specifically about these, but I have been able to get everything I need from Rocket. Darwin may be a little hard to get on the phone because Rockets and Missiles are not his core business any longer. That said, he seems to be ready, willing, and able to provide support for all the specialized parts. Text or email is better than telephone, and you may need to be persistent -- short and to-the-point are more likely to get a response.
  14. I don't know anything about your airplane, how long you have had it, how many hours on the engine, how your predecessor flew it, or how you fly it, but I would be stunned if you needed six cylinders. Not saying it's impossible, but I would absolutely want some additional opinions -- not least of which is from Mike Busch's organization.
  15. Yeah, the pre-buy is a catch-22. Bad things can happen either way, but at least you have a better shot at finding the bad stuff if you get the right person to do the pre-buy. I'll let someone more experienced speak to the corrosion issue.
  16. First post says "repaired" two years ago, but doesn't say how or by whom.
  17. Probably need to use the supplied link to Skyman to see the latest.
  18. This is not meant to be snarky but, just in terms of the skins, if you have crawled around under several airplanes, you know what "normal" looks like. If the one you are looking at looks "patched", it wasn't a very good repair. There could be other not-so-obvious damage that only an experienced Mooney person could spot. If everything else checks out from your perspective, think about a pre-buy inspection by a trusted Mooney shop.
  19. Under what circumstances would the horn need to be heat treated following rebuild?
  20. It gets into the tail when used in flight, but have not heard of the fluid going into the wing via inspection cover. Certainly possible, but there would have to be a substantial air path into the wing to carry the fluid with it.
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