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Is there an LED replacement for the Wingtip nav light? The parts manual shows the original bulb as 34-0228030-85 and it goes into a TP-39 socket? One of mine is out so rather replace with an LED if possible.

perfect thanks gents. I'll call Rocket tomorrow and see if I can cancel before they ship it!

Well I ordered one from Rocket for $335. But the prior owner looked in her hangar and found this. Can anyone say whether this is the tool or just a piece of aluminum pipe?

That doc tells me what I wanted to know thanks.

Sounds good. I'm in Vegas this week on business and you're in Denver I believe? If you want to PM me your number I'll call you one evening when I dont have a business engagement?

@N9201A T-38 and light-gray F-15s. But never formation in a Mooney. Frankly I wonder a little bit whether my left hand even knows HOW to fly formation at all! I kinda suspect it does not but I suppose it might surprise me! @gsxrpilot yeah, I could tell that by looking through the links posted above. There are clearly Air Force and Navy dudes behind much of the original material. But I mostly see briefing guides etc, not a syllabus. I didn't see how many sorties a new first time formation aspirant has to fly, or how many repetitions they have to fly to demonstrate proficiency, at a minimum. Is once enough? Or if a flight lead can be checked out in one hop, etc. Is that all written down or does it flex quite a bit depending on the instructor and his/her student?

Just a bit ;-)

Very willing and thanks for the links

I suspect there may be threads on this topic, but I also suspect a new one is appropriate. I've seen there are various formation clinics out there, most designed to faciltiate OshKosh arrivals. What's the training syllabus look like? Who are the instructors? what are the minimum experience requirements for instructors? Do you have minimum experience requirements to fly #3 and #4 and #xx, as opposed to just #2? How do you qualify a flight lead? Does somenone give a "flight lead checkride"? Is there a different qualification for 2-ship lead, 4-ship lead, and XX lead? What does the briefing look like (is there a standard template?) Are flight leads carefully trained to brief the template? Do people sometimes "train" each other outside these clinics and then fly formation just in their small groups (I presume so). How do you assess/admit someone new to the group? In a fighter squadron everyone knows each other, everyone's had the same training, and everyone knows what everyone will do in every situation. How does that work with Mooney formations, especially when there may be pilots in formation who do not have militrary/fighter experience? other topics/considerations welcome...

Rocket: Downwind and base turn minimum with gear and 50% flaps: 100 KIAS Base: 90 KIAS Final: 85 KIAS (flaps full) slow from 85---75 KIAS approx 1000-1500' before the runway threshold (with no gusts--with gust add 1/2 the gust factor)

FWIW--I don't have a clock/timer except for the one on the G3x. I have that at the top of the screen, easy to tap, start, reset, and the elapsed time is right there centered above the ADI. I doubt I'd ever use one anywhere else even if I'd kept it....I wouldn't spend any money adding one for sure!

I need this quick drain thing for my Rocket. Rocket is about to sell me one for $335...does anyone have a DIY solution???

Yikes!

@gsxrpilot are those the new wingtips? Looks awesome. did you put them on or did it come that way? Get any speed with them?

me, too! That's cool, where is it and how long is it?

1986 252/305 Rocket

Well I jumped into this thing as a Rocket-Acclaim speed comparison, and I think the Rocket is very close--but probably only up to the low teens and probably even then only at reasonable cruise power settings. I gave it a shot yesterday at 21 gph, but only at about 8000 feet, and could only get 186 KTAS. I have also been at 15k, 20 gph, and 199 KTAS (but not this weekend), which would be sorta close to an Acclaim, but not as fast. I think the parasite drag of the better acclaim aero starts to tell above about 165 KIAS. Beyond that I can throw more gas at it but don't get much speed. Higher I'll be faster and more efficient, but I'll always be 5-10 knots slower than the Acclaim and heading toward 15-20 knots slower above about FL 180. They're all fast airplanes, no doubt. Some are the perfect balance of speed vs efficiency, and for that the Acclaim and the 252 or Encore will compete pretty closely. For those of us who are used to burning 1000 pph of JP8 and running at .95 mach in cruise...well, a Rocket is plenty good enough. All depends on what makes you feel good: elegant operational efficiency, or brute force and "capital efficiency", or no holds barred capital outlay and the latest, baddest mutha in the valley! whatevery puts the smile on your face when you see the numbers!

New Android release includes the Emergency button for the first time.

With pretty copilot

Pretty darn close gents! Just a little higher though

Thank you Xavier. On page 638 of the parts manual (Cowling section) "RTV102 ............AR" Bahahahahahahahaha

All of that. Plus they're just plain sexy...nobody builds anything near as good looking

That makes more sense. Your better aero should crush me at that altitude

Huh. If I'm reading that right it's 180 KTAS at 7500 on 18gph? My Rocket will be very, very close to that...

@aviatoreb let me know! If you get 5 more knots and .5 gph less t 65% I'm buying this gizmo!