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The only difference would be the supplements unique to your plane. Speed brakes, precise flight o2, etc.

I made it through the whole video. I agree, the guy never flew a Mooney. there is no task or phase in flight that a Mooney is not easier to fly than a cirrus. he was right about mooney’s bizarre aka absent marketing strategy. Cirrus did not create a great aircraft. They created a very mediocre aircraft with a cult like following. Cult in the sense of Land Cruiser, BMW or Jeep type followings, where people are fanatically loyal. Cirrus also created a financial, training and tax planning strategy that enticed people who would have never even become pilots, much less plane owners to take the plunge. Mooney should have spent the time and money increasing the useful load and reducing manufacturing costs, and invested 100x more into marketing. While the two doors is not a bad feature, after owning both, it is grossly overrated.

Lol. Good for you!

Emergency gear extension is absolutely 1,000% something everyone should do at least once. I did mine during an annual and I am very glad because the procedure doesn’t really reflect well what is written in the poh, and had I had to do it under duress, I would have been confused and much less confident.

https://whova.com/portal/registration/moone_202305/ Unfortunately, I could not make this event this year. I really wanted to go, first for the speakers and second to put faces to some of these personalities on mooneyspace. I was wondering why a streaming option wasn’t available for this event, so I went to the site and found that it actually is an option. The questions I have for who ever set up this web portal… Why wasn’t the virtual attendance option advertised? And…. Why is there a cutoff date to purchase the recorded content? Both of these points seem to be extremely revenue limiting, and somewhat pointless. Maybe there is a good reason, perhaps it’s just an oversight, but one would think the option to buy the recording should be open in perpetuity. Not that anyone asked, just my two cents.

Looks like bird dookie to me.

There were three violations for this visit? Was it a popup tfr?

Definitely curious which two pieces as well , especially since you said that you haven't replaced the avionics.

Yes, exactly. This means when non club members are in for service and a member rolls in, they are pushed to the back. If you don’t like it, you can enter the service contract or go elsewhere. The fee would be large enough for the shop to obtain stability with the service contract clients. it could likely work with reciprocals if multiple locations worked together. Arranging by make or model would be a natural progression as well. Only makes sense to specialize to streamline the process and turn things around quicker and cheaper.

Being a member with access to the shop. In other words, paying a fee to be guaranteed the ability to schedule work at fixed rates with minimal interruptions…. I have a side business for my clients where they pay me an annual fee, and they are on the top of the list for service in the event of a disaster. They do not receive free service for this fee, they merely are guaranteed I will have capacity to service them at my normal rate, should the need arise. It has worked very well for both sides. I would gladly pay a shop a monthly or annual fee to guarantee time and turn around when the need arises, at fixed rates. The reality is if you take a look at ANY skilled trade today, you will be really hard pressed to find anyone competent under the age of 50. Apparently there have been a few generations that have been led to believe they can get rich staring at phones. They will figure it out when all of those 50+ year olds age out and there is no one to fix their toilet, but in the meantime, it’s going to be hard finding people who are competent, and can work with their hands. This will create all sorts of innovative arrangements and it would be in a niche like aviations best interest to figure that out sooner than later.

My reference was not to Busch’s video, but to the other suggestion of a group employing a mechanic. I don’t think this would work with 20 owners, it would have to be larger with more service techs to be effective and convenient. Good point about the maintenance hogs. This should be easy to ameliorate with a base annual for the first time by the organization prior to enrolling that isn’t included in the membership. The goal is to have good maintenance available, and expect to pay a premium.

Socialized? Quite the opposite it would be the market reacting to the forces at play. Ironically, it’s what’s happening to medicine with concierge doctors. Insurance pegged the stupid meter even before Obamacare. Government intervention, while altruistic in intent, has had the opposite affect. The FAA’s onerous, anachronistic and bloated rule book, never stops to reevaluate. They just pile one stupid rule on top of others. Much like most “government solutions”, there is no after action review regarding efficacy and no accountability. I think this is a feasible idea, but it would be difficult to make it work on a small scale.

I flew a p51 and a p40, with the same instructor. i asked them why they didn't just put a camera in the front for this challenge? i mean it cant possibly be that expensive.

Would you even need an iPad with that panel? I don’t use one at all with my g1000 and these modern units are supposed to have even more functionality?

So I got caught in a YouTube loop last night and saw some Bob Hoover videos in the shrike, and then an air show with a baron, both of them doing all sorts of aerobatic maneuvers. Is there a special classification or permission required for planes to legally do these maneuvers? I realize that almost all of our ga planes are capable of safely doing these maneuvers if you can keep it in the operating envelope, but my impression is that they are not legally permitted. Where in the FAR does it state which maneuvers a plane can and cannot do? How is this determined? Does a plane just have to have the sump configuration to maintain oil pressure when inverted like the bonanza or is it structural, testing etc?

I have one of the light weight covers, not sure of the brand. I don’t use it often because I hangar most places I go, but it has some good and bad qualities. good - it’s light, it packs small, it dries quickly, covers all the glass bad - has a softer liner but not microfiber, difficult in calm conditions to install alone, impossible alone in wind it doesn’t come all the way to the wing like conventional covers so it moves a bit when it sits in wind, meaning you have to check on it frequently to make sure it hasn’t rotated on the fuselage you can drill a snap into your plane to eliminate this and make it easer to install but I didn’t

I’m 5’11 and the 3” were a problem for me for two reasons. One they made who ever was behind me very uncomfortable, and two they made the position for long cruising weird for me when I push the seat back and the yoke very much in my belly when landing. My preference is no extensions.

While the technology could be better, I agree with some of the later posts. I’ve never run out of brake in my plane, but it is easy to skid a tire if you aren’t conscious. I have put a full gross acclaim down on a 2400’ runway, zero displaced threshold and water on both ends of the runway, without having to crush my brakes. if you’re needing that much brake power, you way want to look at your approach speed? in the event that sounds critical, please know that was NOT my intention!

That’s also the message you get when your magnetometer has failed.

you also need to have i believe minimum .34 version software or you wont have data logging.

The key to any discretionary purchase is setting proper expectations. Personally, I have never had a prebuy inspection for the ten aircraft I have purchased. This isn’t a recommendation btw, I have personally inspected and reviewed the logs of each plane, but each one I understood and accepted the risks. You can cross your fingers and do a prebuy, or cross your fingers and roll the dice. I have not bought hangar queens or tried to buy the “cheap deal., I’ve looked for planes flown regularly, and interviewed the owners. I think a plane flown regularly with good history minimizes the surprises, and my experience has codified that method. Aircraft that have been in a hangar or with big gaps seem, to be the biggest risk. Buy the best plane you can afford, and don’t think the low time, hangar queen will be the diamond in the rough. A well used and well cared for plane will offer the lowest risk.

I think the acceptability of the price is going to be related to how much UL you can actually gain. given what everything costs in aviation I don’t think your guess seems crazy though.

http://www.aviationdb.com/Aviation/AircraftQuery.shtm#SUBMIT

LOL, it’s always interesting to see planes and costs evaluated in rational economic terms. people buy planes because they want to fly, money is part of the equation as a function of what the individual can afford to waste on a hobby or interest. very few cirrus owner I have ever met are real aviation enthusiasts, those planes are primarily investments. Cirrus did an amazing job with marketing and helping people use them as tax shelters, the parachute brought the spouses into acceptance, and the whole culture they created is undeniably successful. The majority of the rest of GA piston are just folks who love flying and the idea of being a pilot. I am not suggesting a 750k J model with sell like hotcakes, but I’d be willing to bet they would sell better than all the cb Mooney guys here would predict. Lastly, one of the most frustrating parts of aging for me is remembering what things used to cost. The reality is 750k today is more like what 200k was worth in the late 80’s. the reality is unless the FAA was to be dragged out of the 1920’s and their internal bureaucracy was given intensive shock therapy and a thorough house cleaning, aviation is dying a slow death, and I’m just glad it’s still around for me to enjoy. I’d love Mooney to start making planes again, and if I hit the powerball, id waste a couple hundred million making a go of it!

I think that given the entanglement with the Chinese ownership, they haven’t been eligible to work on defense projects.