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That seems incongruent, because if the oxygen is flowing when you are not inhaling it is obviously wasted, but when inhaling distribution is the same as constant flow. I took a trip a few years ago from Florida to Oregon and back. I flew with a friend and very little of that trip was below 19k. We used conservers the entire time and never had any issues with saturation. What does oxygen wasting mean? Are you saying conservers deliver less o2 above 15k? I would like to read the source of this, can you share?

16-19 really is the sweet spot for the acclaim. You get a little more speed up higher, but seldom enough to make it worth the trade off.

Years ago I was flying home and while planning my flight realized there was a 70knt tailwind at 25k, directly on my tail. Pretty hard to pass up in a plane capable.. I was alone, had the nice blue silicone mask with a microphone, so I filed for 25k and off I went. I was cruising along and I looked down in my lap and saw this little black disk. At the time the plane I was flying was an ultra with the precise flight conservers, and I thought the disk looked like the adjustment dial on the outside of the unit. After a few seconds of fiddling with it, I realized I was trying to put it back together, but it wasn’t apart…. By the grace of god I realized that what I was doing made no sense whatsoever and I engaged the vertical descent for 1400fpm and still to this day do not recall the next two or three minutes. What I do recall is being level at 8,000 ft with atc calling me asking intentions. I hit replay on the g1000 and listened to me responding to them and taking instruction. I did not sound like myself, but I was responding. I do not remember any of this… After my wits were about me again I looked down and realized my arm had gotten wrapped around the o2 hose going to my mask and had inadvertently pulled the grommet out of the front of my mask at 25,000ft. The disk was the grommet, and if one was completely cogent, would never had mistaken it for anything else. I don’t know how long it had been pulled out, or how long it took me to notice something was wrong. The flight recorder only goes back about 2.5 minutes on a constant loop, so that’s all I could listen to. I don’t know how long the entire event lasted, but I did realize how close I came to being a bad story. There is certainly more elevated risk at those altitudes, and one must be very vigilant, aware and have some routine to check yourself very regularly. I personally stay 19k or below if I am alone, and will only go to 25k with someone else and if we pick up enough time to really make a difference. This isn’t my recommendation or suggestion, it’s merely a personal minimum in my Mooney, or any non pressurized airplane. Things can deteriorate much quicker than you would like to believe… Last thought on this story… I was embarrassed by this. I felt foolish, like my arrogance and confidence led me to a bad choice that could have killed me. I finally opened up and told the story to a pilot friend of mine and he told me I should share, because perhaps someone could benefit from hearing my mistake. I sure hope it does, because I still feel foolish.

Think you’re a mooniac now, just wait! congratulations!

Lol. That’s the best you got?

Lots of good reasons to get a turbo. Plenty of valid reasons it isn’t “needed” as well.. That being said, not a lot of people who own a turbo and are (edited) not anxious to go back to no turbo. There must be a reason for that.

What I find to be the most disingenuous part of this debate globally, is the way that those who don’t argue the climate is changing, but are unconvinced that man is the one changing it, are lumped in with the conspiracy theory. Volcanic emission, sea floor methane seeps, solar flares etc. There are myriad real things that are all part of this equation. However, those have no value in quantifying because we cannot control them. This planet will be here billions of years after humans are gone. it will shrug us off the same way it has done for all the previous billions of years of extreme heat, cold, and extinctions. Thinking we can destroy it is hubris on the highest order.

That pic looks like you are enjoying a glass panel!

When I turn on my g1000 it easily takes 2-3 minutes after I turn on AP switch. Before it starts engaging. fwiw, I’m just trying to be optimistic. I would like to know what the problem is when you find out.

I did the entire engine of both of my ovations, only had to do a few pieces on the acclaims over the years.

The other geebee guy used to strenuously make a point that using too thick a material will wear a hole in your cowling. I was dubious of this, but the top section of one of my ovations did wear through the paint on the inside within 20hours of the new baffling. I had the old black rubber and I changed it for the red silicone. I changed that section out to the next thinner thickness out of precaution. I would make sure you keep an eye on those areas to see if chaffing is a problem.

You could fit every human on the planet into the state of Texas and they would each have over 1500sqft, and Texas is less then .01% of the earths surface. Human can certainly make a mess of small portions of our environment, but to suggest we could alter the fate of a planet is pure hubris and poppycock. Carbon is also the building block of life. The climate may well be changing, but man’s affect on that is not a determining factor. If you pee in the ocean you have technically raised the sea level, but is it enough to measure? Lastly since I’m throwing gas on the fire, an acre of grass absorbs more co2 than an acre of forest.

I agree with this, I’ve blocked a few, who seemed to be posting purely for the agitation effect, but even the majority of ones that may annoy me from time to time I leave visible. Mostly because I’m far from perfect either… I had lots disagree with things I say, and I’ve disagreed with more than a few as well. If something really gets under my skin I either write what I feel and delete, or I just blow it off. I try really hard not to stir the pot. As far as I can tell, nearly everyone here has good intentions, even if the “way I read what they wrote” doesn’t impact me that way in the moment. I prefer to assume they are all good guys. I have enough unsolicited friction in my daily life with people, I certainly don’t want to add to that on a forum where I come simply to learn and hopefully share what little I know with people that share my interest in mooney’s.

You can absolutely disengage the AP with the g1000 screen as well as the red disconnect button. I will tell you I have had this happen to me a few times over the years and the first time it freaked me out and I didn’t realize until I landed that I had actually flipped the AP rocker switch. I don’t know if I inadvertently hit it, or maybe a passenger, it just didn’t occur to me to check it, because I didn’t intentionally turn it off. It’s happened a few times since then, and I always check the rocker switch first and it’s been flipped every time. if everything is working as normal now and you can’t recall if you checked the rocker switch in flight, I’m betting that’s what it was.

Electric trim will not work with the autopilot off. why do you turn it off?

Drilling out the old rivets is the most tedious part of this process. Two people, one with a shop vac and one on the drill makes it much easier. Take one piece of baffling out at a time, lay the old and new on top of one another to align and punch the first hole in the new baffle, keep the old baffle on top and put an unpunched rivet in the first hole to align them. Then punch each hole and immediately put a rivet in each one, like cleco’s, working your way to the end. By the time you get to the end of the baffle this will keep the rivet pattern and when you mount the new baffle it will be perfectly aligned with all the holes in the aluminum parts of the baffles.

Uncontrolled fields really are the wild Wild West. It’s just like social media, people say things they would never say to your face. At uncontrolled fields people do things they can’t get away with where there is a tower. I know you guys say things happen at controlled fields but those are mostly mistakes, not people being jerks.

One other consideration when you are contemplating how to handle a situation like this, is the relative standards many people have. some people just don’t pay attention to things the way others do. ever try to explain to someone what your steak last night tasted like? you are in a zero leverage position. maybe assume the best, and have a candid and kind conversation about your findings and see how he reacts. One thing is for sure, how he will handle this is predetermined by who he is, your method of asking is only going to bring it about sooner or later. I do agree that in the grand scheme of things, these issues are relatively minor and will pass and any angst you feel is only affecting you, so just put it behind you and enjoy your Mooney.

I’ve never had one at a controlled field. Not even close. Every single one I’ve had had been at uncontrolled. Be it lack of awareness, stupidity, inexperience, lack of proficiency, or just being an ahole, I’ve seen them all at uncontrolled fields. My theory is that those kinds of people prefer uncontrolled fields. Not that everyone at uncontrolled dromes are like that, just the ones that are prefer them.

This is a typical occurrence at uncontrolled fields in my experience. I had a crop duster take off with a tailwind while I was less than 300’ from the threshold. I saw the guys face. If it had not been a turbine with the power to peel off we would have collided. I made all the calls, I circled the field, landed on the correct runway for the wind, and he ignored it all. I had my whole family on board. I was beyond angry and when I shut the plane down I was shaking with rage. It is a good thing he didn’t come back until after I left. I called the FAA and explained what happened to an investigator. They called the other pilot and he confirmed everything I said and apologized. The FAA then called me back and said no further action bc no one did anything wrong. I said, in much more colorful terms, that the investigator was an idiot, and if I see a plane close enough to make out his face, taking off in the opposite direction as I am landing then SOMEONE did something wrong! I really do try to avoid uncontrolled fields when I can.

You would have to intentionally do something crazy to get a long body out of cg. play with the w & b in ForeFlight. Its nearly impossible.

I don’t think comparing an adult purchasing an airplane to an adolescent buying his first car is a particularly good analogy, nor is it helpful to the OPP. Plenty of people successfully start out in their forever plane. I have a friend who bought a baron 35 years ago to get his ppl, and that is the only plane he has ever flown. It obviously isn’t the most common route, but I would submit that for the cost and age of the prospective pilot pool, this just isn’t an option for the majority of them. I don’t see how training in the platform you intend to fly from day one is a bad decision. More expensive, yep, takes longer, probably. Less safe, I can’t see how. A mooney does not have to be flown at full speed and in many ways it’s much easier to control than a trainer. You may be of the opinion that the only way is to work your way up through multiple planes, but that doesn’t make it the only correct way. You only live once and if you’re like me in their 40’s when you decide to go for it, why wait? A (wo)man has got to know their limitations. Mikes student got his ppl in an acclaim! I’m jealous! I wanted an acclaim first too but I listened to all the bs hangar talk about turbos and let myself get talked out, and got the ovation instead.

I’ve built hangars recently, and bid others. I’m not sure where you are getting your cost information but $30 sqft is just fantasy land, and $150 is extremely questionable. Architectural plans, structural/civil engineering, site work, land lease, property acquisition, metal building, electrical, hangar door, fire suppression, carry cost for the two years it takes to get approved and built, not to mention what other hoops the airport and municipality invent along the way. If it was as lucrative, easy and cheap as you suggest the developers would already be there. The FAA provides grants to airports for things like this, so it’s like free money to the airport and they don’t care about ROI. A hangar just got built at my home field, it’s a single hangar, and large enough for a G650. It was nice with an office, but still a hangar, it cost north of $7,000,000. 5 years ago our construction prices were much higher than Texas, and while they still are higher, they are closer than not now…

If you got the kool scoop you would hardly even need to open the door. Its amazing how much air that thing directs into the cabin.

Exactly, buy the best plane that you can afford. Something upgraded already and flown regularly. Spending more upfront, with a good platform, will save money in the long run. Plus this isn’t like a car or a boat, where a fixer upper is just inconvenient. The stakes are higher. I am also a proponent of get your final plane now and learn in it. It will likely take you longer, and cost more to become proficient and comfortable but the more experience you have with the platform you intend to fly, the safer you will be. I finished my ppl in an ovation 3 with a g1000 and went straight into my ifr in that plane. Took me about 5 months and I don’t regret any part of it.