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The Other Red Baron

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  1. I flew into HOU and used Signature and it was a surprisingly nice experience. Rental car was ready to go and they waived some of the fees for taking fuel. I was only there for two or three nights I think. Tower did want me to maintain best forward speed and being lower time pilot at the time I figured 100mph was booking it. Pretty sure I caused the 737 behind me to make a 360 but no one yelled at me.
  2. If you're uncertain this is your forever plane I wouldn't throw a penny into the panel that you don't need to. Fly the hell out of it and upgrade. Unless you just hate money!
  3. The fuel pressure has always bounced between a range of 28-31psi the whole time we've had the plane and the JPI installed. Has always seemed to run OK like that and I don't think any mechanic has brought it up except the gentleman that found the fuel injector loose.
  4. The mechanic did see some blue staining around it. I couldn't find any outside the cowling though.
  5. I turned the boost pump on and switched to the left tank then landed so not sure if the boost pump was doing the heavy lifting or the issue was with the right tank only.
  6. Normally our fuel pressure on the M20E fluctuates between 28-31psi but is generally near 30-31. We've flown like this for years and my understanding from multiple mechanics is this is just the way these newer fuel pumps operate. On my flight today after about 30 minutes I noticed the fuel pressure begin to drop down to 23-24psi then creep back up. At the same time the fuel flow would increase (which seems opposite of what I would expect). I was cruising at 9.2/gph but it would jump to ~10gph. When it would get down to ~23psi the engine would make a sound and felt like we temporarily lost some power. Switched tanks and turned on the boost pump which looked like it helped. Landed, stretch legs, etc. went to start back up on the fresh tank and got a big red X on the engine monitor's fuel pressure so I decided to throw in the towel. Does this sound like a failing engine fuel pump? I ended up getting a rental car and driving home and started thinking maybe the right tank fuel vent was clogged but I don't think that would explain the X on the fuel pressure engine monitor. Annual was in May and we've flown some fairly long XC since then.
  7. Some kind of Convair? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_CV-240_family
  8. Don, Where the heck did you put the suction cup? I can never find a good placement over there and I hate putting weight on the yoke.
  9. Jul 16th we were going opposite direction dodging storms and stuck in smoke that weekend. I23 -> ARG -> VBT
  10. Normal temps to me in my 1965E. Funny all these temperature posts are popping up. I have to climb 120/mph in summer if not a bit slower. We also have a 3 blade but it is all I've ever known on the Mooney so I'm not sure about cruise speed impact. -- edit: just noticed you seem to get the same oil temps with the oil cooler relocation mod as my stock 1965E with the oil cooler in the front.
  11. That was a good price range pre-2020 but good luck now. We have an E now but I'm still kicking myself for not jumping on a well equipped C in 2018. If you're out West it probably isn't as big of a deal but flying IMC in the East I personally really really appreciate a good autopilot. A friend and I both low time pilots recently flew similar approaches in IMC into different airports, but I have an autopilot and he doesn't. I got the feeling his approach was a butt-puckering experience while mine was just a heightened alertness. He's a better pilot than me.
  12. Our fins were beat up pretty good so we asked our local shop if they could comb the fins out but it made no noticeable difference in oil temperature.
  13. Yep I looked into that but unfortunately we don't have the correct serial number. I think we have the "doghouse."
  14. We have an E as well with the exact same oil temperature issue. Just have to keep the cowl flaps open until winter (if you have a winter.) If you decide to throw money at it and find a solution please let me know.
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