Ricky_231

Mine was doing the same thing: fine on the ground, but I took it up and stalled it all the way to the break and no warning. Adjusted it up (and tested, and adjusted some more), and now it's very close to the top. But I'm finally getting that chirp right before touchdown (the lack of which made me go check in the first place)

Just saw this on FB Mooney pilots group: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There are definitely discounts. Maybe not on the top of the line Garmin stuff (and other GPS units), but LEDs and all the small trinkets, absolutely. Also, it's worth going just for the airshow itself. The hardest part right now will be to find accommodation (assuming you're not flying your mooney all the way to Lakeland); you might end up having to stay in Orlando or downtown Tampa, which is not awful, but a bit of a hike. If you do come (and you should), hit me up. I know a few other fellow Brazilians who will be there. We'll show you a good time. :-)

ok, fair. that's a good reason :-)

Anytime. It was really a great day to fly. I hope you find yourself in your own mooney soon! These planes are incredible machines

What's the point of touch and goes beyond primary training? I assume no one here is renting so you're not paying by the hour. In my plane, I always do full stop/taxi back. No rush, no sudden changes in power. Flight school 172s, sure, but not in my baby.

I've only had an STEC-30 for a few months now, but I find it very sloppy compared to the Century 41 I had in my old plane. It gets thrown off very easily by turbulence (slow to react to altitude changes) or strong quartering winds (feels like it has trouble countering the wind pushing on the rudder and it's always chasing the heading bug or magenta line). In fair weather it's awesome, but the Century would get me through rough weather and turbulence much more reliably. Until it died. And left me without an autopilot for 1.5 years because I couldn't find a single avionics shop that would touch it .

I downloaded this from the internet a few years ago. I later purchased an official copy for my serial number and they were exactly the same :-) I used to own a '79 K 231. M20K-POH-N654JB.pdf

Mine is installed (before I bought the plane) on the far right. It's fine, but if I had to do it again myself I'd put it somewhere closer, ideally on the left half of the panel.

I’m currently on a trip abroad but I’d be happy to take you up in the eagle when I’m back in about 2 weeks. I’m out of LRO. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is the first time I've heard something like that. I flew a K until very recently. Same engine setup. I'd set power at 38" and 2700 RPM for take off and never saw it creep up. it'd just hold there until I would transition to "climb power" at 33" / 2600 RPM. I've seen MAP creep down if the friction lock wasn't tightened properly, but never up. That being said, I've always increased power very gently. Increase to ~28", let the turbo pick up, which would bring it up to ~33", then add the rest to 38". Maybe you're advancing the throttle to fast and the when the turbo catches up with it it shoots up to 42"?

My K used to get water in the line after a big rain or an overnight freeze. I'd see the VSI and altimeter become "jumpy"; altitude would freeze then jump 200 ft after a few seconds. I never noticed anything on the ASI. Regardless, what I found would clear it up is I'd go up to anywhere between 5k and 8kft and do a couple of steep turns (45-55 degrees of bank). As soon as I rolled off the turns, the jumpiness would be gone and stay that way until the next rain or freeze. I guess it's the equivalent of jumping up and down when you get water in your ears after swimming.

Lasar was charging more than double that at the time, $1200 I believe. I can make spaghetti and mow a lawn, but I definitely don't have the skills or equipment to make a gear door (or any door for that matter) :-), so $500 seemed reasonable.

I've had a cover from mac's for 6 years now and they look new: https://www.airplane-covers.com/mac/ It's endured scorching heat, rain, snow; no fading at all, except the tail number embroidering, that's lost all its color.