skydvrboy

I can only envision two scenarios where I’d give up the Mooney: lost medical or financial disaster. Either way, I’m going ultralight, a Quicksilver MX. Never more than 50 mph nor more than 50 feet AGL… I’m going low and slow.

I have never been able to find a way to close the air at the foot well tubes. Mine looks like it just has a bunch of open holes with no way to close them. Maybe I'm missing something. It would sure be nice to be able to shut those vents holes in the foot well tubes so the copilot seat doesn't get so hot.

My setup is about the same as yours except for missing the center vent. The mixing box leads to the footwell, defrost, and to a small slot behind the pilot seat. In the winter, the copilot is burning up, pilot is hot, back left seat is cold, and back right is nearly frozen. That center vent would sure help even out the temps between the various seats. Direct fresh air vents are the eyeball by the pilots left leg and the overhead vents. The rear overheads put out a lot more air than the front. Do you have a way to change the amount of air diverting to the defrost? Mine is open to all heat vents at all times. I don’t have any valves on the tubes in the footwells.

What?! I have a '67 F and I'm almost positive I don't have that vent. I certainly don't get any airflow from anything in that area. Maybe it was added part way through the production year?

As long as they slapped an "INOP" sticker on it... good to go!

Yes, electric gear.

The new owner was getting transition training from a very experienced CFI. Engine just stopped mid flight.

I don't have many details, but it appears the pilot was training and had a mechanical problem. Executed a safe emergency landing in a field. Well done! https://fox4kc.com/news/plane-makes-emergency-landing-during-practice-flight-in-clay-county/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0vPvypyqmqUKGO0911MeaBg-nUqBGKKsrXrYzI4bVWtC_AbY1XDHNe0k8_aem_ARRhZd8Ht0HZrM15C6Dn4cxaRNrHiZSLh2Hpsz5erQ5Ivy5l9c9IU6LDI1c8CLh1PftmMEEUh1Ssx0URBPhXP48m

Believe it or not, it helps to complain about these. At my airport, the FBO implemented a ramp fee for single engine pistons about 5 years ago. I complained and suggested to the various local pilot groups I belong to that they do the same. When I needed to use them a few months later I was told they ended all fees for single engine pistons due to the complaints they were getting. Another nearby airport also implemented a ramp fee for single engine pistons. I had a meeting with the airport manager and he was showing a graph that indicated a 30% decline in annual operations from one year to the next about the time the fee was implemented. I explained to him that was because local pilots just won't use airports that have ramp fees. Unfortunately it took a few years, but they also eliminated fees for single engine pistons under pressure from the airport manager because the decline in operations was affecting their funding. I'm not saying it will help in all situations, but here in middle America, it's pretty rare to find an FBO that charges anything other than overnight tiedown fees and most don't even charge those.

I don't understand why they have a problem with a screen shot, but clearly accept entries for planes in a dive. The M20F record clearly shows that he's in a 1400 fpm descent. Whoopie, you can go fast with a strong tail wind if you point the nose at the ground. Like @201er I'm always more impressed by the speed in a headwind, especially when I'm flying with my buddies who are in slower planes.

I have ran both sides of my F dry in flight (different flights of course. One side took 33.0 gallons and the other took 33.2, so it is possible though obviously not advisable!

Is it possible to upgrade these to the manual Johnson bar? Seems like a much better and more robust design.

I think you're overestimating the amount of work involved in maintaining a grass runway, but your conclusion is still spot on. I pay $110 a month for a hangar with a 12,300' x 150' runway, a 6500' x 100' crosswind runway, and another 3600' x 75' crosswind runway. That's a real bargain compared to building a runway, hangar, taxiway, and maintaining each, not to mention purchasing all the equipment needed to maintain it.

A 40 acre square is 1320' x 1320'. In your example, you're numbers don't work for a 40 acre square, only for 40 - 1 square acre sections, all stacked in a row. I'll stick with my numbers.

160 acres is 2640' x 2640' which gives you a diagonal of 3733'. You;re probably going to need a "freakishly long" rectangular track if you want a 4000'+ runway. Our land around here is all laid out in 1 mile square sections, so 5280' x 5280' (640 acres). If you want a 4000' runway, you're going to need at least a 3/4 mile long parcel (actually 3960'). If you plan to keep that to 40 acres it will only be 440' wide. A square parcel of 40 acres is 1320' x 1320' with a diagonal of 1867', so you'll either need more land or more rectangular land. A gentleman around here had a 2600' strip on a 10 acre parcel of land. He basically owned a 100' wide strip a half mile long and then some extra ground for the house and hangar. I thought about buying it when he passed, but the wife was NOT interested. If you don't want to own a bunch of land, your best option is going to be buy a parcel with at least as much length as you want your runway. Then subdivide your runway, hangar, and house area and sell of the rest.

120 lbs is a lot of stuff and often it won't fit in the baggage area anyway. Anytime I need more than 120 lbs of baggage capacity, I just put the heaviest stuff in the rear seats.

A bottle of champagne would be high on the list! Congrats!!!

That's exactly why I replaced my original... keep mama happy!

Everyone has their favorite, but its hard to beat the $5 one from the aviation isle at Home Depot. Get the softest waterproof one they have and it will form perfectly to every crevice between the door and frame.

You might try 1-716-276-2975 It's listed as their sales number but I bet the salesman could either answer your questions or get you in touch with someone who could.

I basically did the same thing utilizing the hole over the old clock. However, we then cut a flat piece of metal to extend up and to the left so that the PTT is within easy reach of your thumb while holding the yoke. I wish I'd seen this post earlier, as I have a new set of those leather yoke covers that came with the plane. I've never used them and would be willing to sell them cheap if anyone needs them.

I purchased my '67 M20F with 106 hrs total time all in a Piper Warrior. The transition was really easy but my instructor had well over 1,000 hrs in his '67 M20F, so I'm sure that had a lot to do with it. As others have said, their not hard to fly, just be on speed.

Get this and cut your own perfectly fitting shades. They already stick to the windows a bit due to static, but if you cut them a little big (1/8" - 1/4") they really stay in place well. If it's really hot in the summer, I'll fly with my back one's in. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-24-in-x-25-ft-Double-Reflective-Insulation-Staple-Tab-24x25RI-SE/315103185 Also recommend Schllc's method, especially for the front windows while flying. I just keep some extra squares in ziplock bags and stick them where you need them.

Interesting. I was just thinking that's a pretty good price. There's nothing listed on Trade-a-Plane for less than $75k and that one is in much worse shape than TerminalSpeed's. Many of those don't have the cowl closure or the 201 windshield or other mods that his does. Another big plus for me is his manual gear. I'll agree that the shotgun panel and older avionics aren't desirable, but it seems to me the high engine and prop hours are being factored into his price. If it's flying regularly, it could go far beyond TBO.

As I try to do owner assisted annuals, almost all of the new scratches are my own fault. The worst was when I was cleaning off the old weatherstrip adhesive. Sure enough, a single drop of adhesive remover fell onto the painted surface of the wing. I quickly discovered its a MUCH better paint remover than adhesive remover!