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Only if you had nothing invested previously -and then you invested at the recent bottom. If you were invested previously you would have lost 20% to get there (to that bottom starting point - the recent low). So in reality, for those with long term retirement funds invested in the market, all that has been accomplished is getting back what we recently lost…

We had a 1968 Javelin SST with a vinyl roof (yes that was “American Motors”). I blew a muffler apart drag racing from stop lights one day. I made up some story that my dad bought…

Because it has risen 20% since its recent low. Yes - If you have nothing invested and you buy at the low in every cycle then it looks like a bull market. If your great or grandparents invested everything in 1932 when the Dow was 41 or you invested everything in 1980 or at the low in 2009 everything is up. It’s great if all your investments are in cash (or you you know when to get out of every stock at is peak like Enron, RIM-Blackberry, every oil price cycle etc ) and you know the low when to get back in. But it is impossible to time the market. “The S&P 500 is now in what Wall Street refers to as a bull market, meaning the index has risen 20% or more from its most recent low.”

If you live in "low tax" Texas ("no income tax) you will know that the only way Counties and Cities can raise funding is from Sales Taxes and Property Taxes. As a result we have some of the highest tax rates in the nation for both. Annual Property Taxes are over 3.0% in some cities and no exemptions on vacation homes. Airports are the worst use of land as far as the Counties and Cities are concerned. First they can enjoy big income on the sale of a city or county owned airport to a developer. Then they can enjoy continual income from property tax on the housing and commercial developments. And then continual sales tax from mixed use, hotel, and service oriented development. For the County and City, the shut down and sale of an airport is a "Win/Win". For privately owned airports that have been encroached by urban sprawl (like the DFW area as noted). it is a huge "pay day" that perfectly monetizes generational wealth transfer. In the Houston area, 4 privately owned airports have been sold in the last approx 20-30 years. The heirs of the families that developed the airports generally have no interest in running an airport or, where there are multiple heirs, one of the heirs wants their share split out and sold so there is no interest in keeping the airport intact. Andrau (700 acres) is now housing, mixed use, Old Westheimer (74 acres) is now housing, Weiser (102 acres) is now housing. Only Sugar Land (622 acres) was sold to the city.

Only someone who once owned a car that had a vinyl roof would even know what a Members Only jacket is let alone be able to identify it.....

It seems that you are mixing the breadth of available data sources that can be accessed in the design of the model with the real time data that is processed in the model. The model is based upon sites and sources of data that existed as of Sept 2021. As more sources or improved sources become available then the model is modified/improved such as from https://home.pivotalweather.com/our-company The AI model will then source real-time data - weather, airport conditions, etc.

I think getting Mooney specific training will be the easy part. I did the same thing as @Mufflerbearing and bought my Mooney (an M20J) before I finished my PPL. Then before I got my instrument ticket I upgraded it to 300 hp similar to a Screaming Eagle/Ovation. Of course that was in the 90's and insurance was not a big issue. However have you looked at the cost to insure a Mooney now days?...especially a Bravo? Here are some online insurance quotes for a used Beechcraft Bonanza G36. The Bravo insurance might be a little less - ask @Parker_Woodruff A used G36 will cost a student pilot over $20,000/year for insurance and still about $14,000 per year after you get your PPL. https://sunsetais.com/airplanes/beechcraft/beechcraft-bonanza-g36/

Perhaps I was too subtle. It is not “one crazy person “. This is longstanding 17 year policy by the (iron ass) City which owns the airport. The more you ask and protest, the more you will invite scrutiny and inspections. Have you looked for a hanger at Houston Southwest? KAXH. It is privately owned and not by the city of Arcola. I get the impression they are more flexible.

They consider themselves that they are “reasonable”. They provide a “Tenant Maintenance Hangar” free of charge. I started in the T-Hangars in the “old days” - pre 2006 when they had cheap small self -standing T-hangars on the North side that were literally rusting away/walls settling. Back then they could care less what you did in the leased hangar. Not so after they built the new (2006) hangars. Don’t delude yourself into thinking that you are the first owner to protest. There are 17 years of owners ahead of you…

@redbaron1982. The ears of the KSGR Airport Managment must have been burning - They just sent out a new T-Hangar Handbook with rules and regulations yesterday. You should have an email from them. Technically you cannot do any of the things that you are considering. You cannot change your oil or put it up on jacks.(they consider that "major" work). They want you to use the " - Work that is major, such as changing oil or replacing a door, is conducted at the Tenant Maintenance Hangar, and not inside the T-Hangar". They are happy to let you work "under the supervision of a licensed mechanic" as long as you do it in the "Tenant Maintenance Hangar" which is on the other side of the airport and not easy to get to. "MAINTENANCE No maintenance or hazardous activities are to be conducted inside a T-Hangar. Small maintenance items are permitted in the T-Hangar, as long as they are minor in nature and are required to get the aircraft flying. Some examples are listed below: · Adding oil · Adding other fluids · Changing a light bulb Major maintenance or repairs are not permitted within the T-Hangar Facilities or the T-Hangars themselves. Some examples are listed below: · Oil change · Avionics panel swap out · Propeller Replacement · Door Replacement · Engine Overhaul · Landing Gear maintenance or replacement · The use of aircraft jacks"

"I'd inform the airport authorities and ask for authorization." And - "as long as it is safe and does not have an impact in the environment". I think you just provided the response for the City/Airport. Spraying flammable hydrocarbons is inherently dangerous and harmful to the environment My Lease is very old but it specifically prohibits those activities as well as painting. KSGR received funding from the State in 2016 - $12 mil from TxDOT. Texas got a pot of money from the Federal Gov.t and doled it out to airports as the State saw fit. The key is that it State money at that point and not Federal. Think of it as "money laundering".....They are not on the current IAP Grant list. https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/AIP-2022_FullList.pdf https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/Sugar-Land-airport-receives-FAA-grant-to-improve-9447148.php https://www.sugarlandtx.gov/1073/Airport Maybe you are right but I am skeptical. Historically they have made it clear that they want tenants to use the free maintenance hangar located on the other side of the runway by the Control Tower.

About 20 years ago KSGR had a wash rack. But Texas started clamping down on discharge of waste water contaminated with hydrocarbons (yes you read that right, TEXAS, not some "liberal state" on the left coast that many here love to bash....). When KSGR built the new (well current - now almost 20 year old) hangars they eliminated the wash rack. The City/KSGR did not want to spend the money for a separator/clarifier for the waste water. So they told tenants to hire cleaning services that use "dry" cleaning techniques, use dry cleaners themselves or fly a dirty plane.

There is no wash rack where the OP is based..... I think that is why he is trying a 100% solvent solution.

Skip makes a good point. How dirty is your engine really? Spot clean where you need it. And as said above the more aggressive you get, the more you get it places that are counterproductive - rod ends, slip joints. Also what does your lease say at KSGR? - I bet it is not allowed. Even with the best plan and prep, you are likely to have a mess on the hangar floor as well as a fire hazard. I suspect you will need to have it towed to the other side of the field to the "service hangar".

If the wheel went up over the chock the doors would have cleared it since they are in the same relative position with the tire. Perhaps a large wooden chock was pulled just clear of the tire but still directly in front of the gear doors. @MountainGoat And perhaps as you rolled forward the doors started bending up along the incline of the chock. It would have been gradual rather than the thump/shock of hitting something at speed. You were advancing the engine in order to move so there was likely plenty of noise and vibration to cover and sound or vibration from the wheel - and perhaps you had noise cancelling headsets on.

Yes BAS have a Bravo - S/N: 27-0043. As @LANCECASPER pointed out anything with serial number 27-0107 or below has the single cylinder brakes (2 puck same as typical M20K - excluding Encore). 520022-504 is the same as what @aviatoreb already has on his plane. 520022-504 Mooney M20M Main Gear Assy RH (baspartsales.com)

@aviatoreb well based on the last post by @Aerodon maybe the Bravo parts do work. I don’t have a m20m parts manual to check. However I still don’t understand why inner doors are needed. The current doors leave a small gap and portion of the tire exposed.

Thanks for the insight and correcting my assumptions. You have obviously been investigating and at this for a long time. Did you successfully make the switch to the dual cylinder brakes? I wasn’t sure when you said that, you asked BAS if they would sell you the spindles separate from the entire gear and they declined and you said the welding shop would not work on the spindles. Also you talk about the inner gear door but if someone just wants improved brakes is the inner gear door required?

Not surprised. There is no profit if designing, STCing and tooling up for a shrinking fleet/market. WYSIWYG. Be happy with what you have….

Long body spindle assemblies won’t work - too short. Other parts may or may not be the same as Bravo or others. @Aerodon talked about doing this in 2021 - the thread below will take you to it. There is a comment that the master cylinders were the hardest to find 520002-501

As stated previously the spindles (lower gear legs) are different. You either need to find some scrap (unlikely since they only made about 50) or pay the factory to set up for a manufacturing run of one left and one right…

I don’t think many here realize that @aviatoreb has a Rocket conversion with 3,200 GW. That is already more than the Encore GW but Rocket Engineering retained the original J/K brakes in both the Rocket and Missile. The Encore dual cylinder brake did not exist at the time of the Rocket/Missile STCs. It’s just a lot more weight (and energy to dissipate) with brakes that were not robustly designed for that application. They are simply “adequate “…

No. You can’t “just put Bravo brakes on a M20K”. Because the dual puck assembly has different geometry and mounting points, the Encore uses a different spindle assembly (lower gear leg) than the M20K. And the Bravo has a different spindle than the Encore because long bodies sit differently than mid bodies. So some of the parts are the same and some of the parts are different. Look at your parts manuals. I think those spindles are chrome, Molly heat treated so that you cannot make any modifications – you need to find the correct part.

This is the prototype in a Cirrus 3 years ago. I think the radiator is on the bottom roughly where our muffler/heat exchanger usually sits. See the video at 7:15. I assume the coils on the side are intercoolers. Regardless the nose of the cowl potentially can be tighter with less frontal area which translates to speed and efficiency.

Here are some real world weights from EPI for a Lycoming in an RV. Although a Lycoming IO-360 only weighs about 300 pounds dry, once it is installed the firewall forward weight with frame/mount and cowling is closer to 450 pounds. DeltaHawk is quoting 357 pounds. It depends on what is in that total. The DeltaHawk will not need all the baffling that the Lycoming needs. Potentially the DeltaHawk cowling will be narrower and lighter. Maybe the installed weight penalty is way less than the 75 lbs quoted above. 200 HP Lyc IO-360-C1C6 Engine (complete) 293.0 Reduction Gearbox System Air Cleaner 3.0 Inlet Air Duct 2.0 Alternate Air Mechanism 3.5 Exhaust Headers 7.0 Exh pipes to Muffler 2.0 Muffler 5.0 Exh pipes from Muffler 3.0 Oil Filter + 1 qt oil included Oil Heat Exchanger + 1 qt oil 9.9 Oil Lines 1.7 Engine Oil 14.2 Coolant Heat Exchanger Expansion Tank Overflow Tank Coolant Lines Coolant (14 qt) Fuel Filter 2.2 Prop Governor 3.4 Vacuum Pump 2.5 Baffles / Ductwork 4.2 Propeller 55.0 Spinner 7.0 Cowling 22.0 Engine Mount 13.5 TOTAL 454.2