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Just an FYI for others with the GFC500, after months of troubleshooting some very minor pitch changes in cruise, a Garmin dealer determined that both my Pitch and Roll servo were defective. They replaced both last week and now everything works perfect. Don't spend a ton of money troubleshooting this before seeing if the servos are defective. I'm told this is a big problem and they are replacing a ton of them.
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Thanks, I’m just going on how a friend runs theirs. So you get 160 true on 10gph? maybe it’s because my friend has a new engine, but when we start going below 12 gph ROP the CHTs are a little hot for my liking.
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The ovation (with a 550) will do around 170 knots on 12.5 gph. A nice J will do 160 on about the same fuel flow of 12-13gph in my experience.
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Thanks, it’s actually under contract and going into pre-buy this week.
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I agree on the taxi speed but he may be getting it on the roll out after landing. This has happened to me a few times. It occurs very rarely but not fun when it does.
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Unfortunately there are certain parts that would be hard to come by even if Mooney was rolling new planes off the assembly line each month. There are many suppliers who have gone out of business (not necessarily because of Mooney, but changing technology) so these parts are extremely tough to get. Or if they don’t go out of business, they are bought and then you’re trying to convince the parent company to produce a limited quantity of a very old part. I’m not saying this is the case for everything, just acknowledging the challenging reality.
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Yes, but that’s not technical support. Frank (and others at Mooney) respond to many messages each day sent to the email address listed above (which is listed on Mooney website).
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Yes, she is there too.
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you emailed technicalsupport@mooney.com? Frank Crawford has been amazing lately at helping people. It shouldn't have bounced.
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Thanks Mike, I hope so!
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It’s with extremely mixed feelings that I put my Bravo on the market. Unfortunately, some other personal reasons are leading to the sale but it definitely won’t be my last Mooney! I’ve spent the last 3 years upgrading it significantly as well as meticulously maintaining the aircraft. Rather than put everything here, see below for the trade a plane listing: https://www.trade-a-plane.com/search?category_level1=Single+Engine+Piston&make=MOONEY&model=M20M+BRAVO&listing_id=2394200&s-type=aircraft
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It may have gone up over the last few years, but adjusted for CPI your rate 22 years ago was $4300 in today's dollars. However, there's no denying that the rate has sharply increased over the last few years. Your graph is very interesting since it shows these periods of increases were somewhat cyclical. Maybe this current increase cycle is different though given the aging fleet and median pilot age?
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Assuming this isn't inflation adjusted? If so, looks like your insurance costs have steadily come down over 22 years!
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practice emergency gear extensions
Davidv replied to Christopher Hope, CFI's topic in Mooney Safety & Accident Discussion
Sorry to be repetitive but there is no reason to practice an emergency gear extension in the air. Despite the name "emergency", this is not a true emergency and being proficient at it is not nearly worth the wear and tear on the system. The name "backup gear extension" would be a better fit. If you find that your gear isn't extending you'll have plenty of time to troubleshoot and carefully follow the instructions in your checklist. If your fuel state or other external factors are causing you to rush this process, the "emergency" is being caused by another factor. -
There is a permanent TFR over Bush's house in Dallas. Of course, it's only up to 1,500 feet and doesn't matter much because it's already in the inner ring of the Bravo...
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Value impact - hard landing and prop strike
Davidv replied to krb5137's topic in Modern Mooney Discussion
One thing to consider - while you may not have a problem with the damage, you can't say the same about the person you may eventually sell it to. We're in a hot airplane market at the moment, if it cools trying to sell a damaged aircraft will be just a little bit harder. Think about that when you make your offer. -
I highly recommend the Precise flight boom cannula either with the X3 or just an A5 regulator. With the A5 you use a ton of oxygen but unlike the mustache, you can tighten the boom on your headset to ensure the cannula tips always have good contact with your nose. I would feel bad after long flights with the oxymizer and I think it’s because I wasn’t getting good O2 at times.
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Of course, one of the first things they do in this kind of incident.
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After having watched the video I can only imagine his "brilliant" comment must have been sarcastic. Juan seems like a nice enough guy, but he essentially summarizes what anyone could have read on Kathryn's report. The truth is that we have no idea what caused this crash (which may have been wing spar failure in flight), so any analysis (even brilliant ones) are just speculation after regurgitating the facts that the general public knows already.
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I listened to the LiveATC archive and the controller does call three times immediately after checking in to give him landing clearance. https://archive.liveatc.net/kfcm/KFCM2-Aug-07-2021-2230Z.mp3
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I found the live ATC link (but I’m not in a place where I can find it right now), not sure if you are looking at the right time? In any case, the timing of the YouTube seemed to match the LiveATC. It did not appear to be edited for time.
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Agreed, with the frame rate of that video camera and the speed of the plane there is no way to conclusively say what happened. However, as @DanM20C pointed out above, if the plane was indicating 265 knots at any point and the pilot yanked back the controls, maybe that could have been enough for some serious structural damage?
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Yes, I also think this is exactly what happened based on the fuel spray on the right side of the plane while the aircraft is seemingly still in the air. I think it had in fact hit right wing first and the frame we're seeing is a split second later when it's rolling to the left. Both wings are apparently 15 feet from each other at the site.
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As someone on Beechtalk pointed out, the frame where the right wing is bent upwards also looks to have fuel spray. Could it be that the plane was coming down so quickly that the video frame rate was too slow to capture the right wing hitting the ground first which caused breakage and the upward snapping effect? I just find it highly unlikely that the plane would have come down flat if the wing failure happened at a higher altitude.
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Yes, at the speed it was falling to the ground, a right bank tight before impact could have caused the right wing to hit first and maybe that caused it to snap upwards….
