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I have 1 and kept it on purpose but, no DME - that would be needed for many ‘routes’ too… I wonder how many MON VOR/ILS require DME/GPS… -Don

https://www.airguide.info/faa-urges-pilots-to-rely-on-traditional-navigation-amid-rising-gps-spoofing-threats/ -Don

I have that movie. Pretty good one… -Don

For that money - looking at J/Ks make more sense - I’d shop around - you loose useful load on the G… if it didn’t get a useful load update with the conversion, it’s still a G… -Don

Have it and it works great. -Don

Nice cross country flight to Hot Springs with the wife today. Plane did great there and back. On the way back, Winds @ 6000 ft were 45-50 knots! Asked for 4000, got 20 knots. Crazy. On the lake is a restaurant called Fishermans Wharf - great place to eat - wife loved it and ate too much! Oil use so far is what I expected (1/2 quart in 7 hours so far). Still have a few fuel ‘seeps’ to locate - seems I need to decide between living with those and get an auto pilot or, do the tanks ‘right’. Seeps aren’t bad but it does annoy me a bit… So far overall, she’s flying great… -Don

I drop my MP by 5" from cruise MP to get a 500 FPM decent when the time comes and I still keep cruise speed. Adjust FF with the mixture control as needed. Seems to work for me — I’m carbed though… -Don

Electric here also — worth the change… -Don

Grant just had a new panel installed, so that could have tweaked something…. -Don

I created a graduated stick to also measure visually too (from references here on MooneySpace)… -Don

You’ll need to check the resistance also — that will also tell you if a plug is ‘off’… These are fine wire but the concept is the same… Mike Busch/Savvy video: -Don

2000 votes - that’s a lot of DFW pilots. I’ve been with pilots that had that ‘experience’. Not a pro at all. One time was enough for me and I stopped training there… Brandy at KGYI is an absolute pro. Met her and talked to the tower group. Great place to train - So are the controllers at KHQZ and KGGG (where Maxwells resides). DFW controllers are fantastic too along with ft. worth center. We’re really blessed here in DFW - with this one exception… -Don

Just up the road north on 35W or 35E . 35W takes you to Ft Worth side of the metroplex. 35E takes yo to the Dallas side of the metroplex. It’s about a 15 minute drive from Alliance (KAFW). I will say, one of the DTO controllers is a real gem, well you’ll get the idea if you get her and you not ‘up to speed on DTO ops’… She’ll do ‘google fu’ on you ;o) She even made news: https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-googled-it-air-traffic-controller-dragged-for-telling-veteran-pilot-how-to-land -Don

Martin Pauly did a video of inflight mag check - just for reference: -Don

Sorry, I should have said both plugs (since I was looking solely @ #4). So if the plugs are not firing @ all or are very weak, less heat is generated thus much lower EGTs/CHTs - a reason to check the ignition. A weak spark may cause the plugs to foul up/soot up and cause weaker spark -- which likely have lower EGT/CHTs for that cylinder. (off topic a bit - Fast rising CHTs and lower EGTs are pre-ignition - generally hot-spots developed in a cylinder). I had a top and bottom pug in my Warrior fail some years back and they found both plugs had cracks that progressively got worse. On a single plug, the burning takes a lot longer since a single plug causes the flame front to not burn as fast and you’ll usually see EGTs rise on a single plug. -Don .

One other item to note is the low EGT/CHT on #4 -- that could also indicate a plug not firing or weak ignition issue. -Don

Agree, first ck ignition…, I do a lean run-up to give the ignition a workout before take-off but inflight would tell you for sure… -Don

#1 and #4 show very different readings - may want to check probes too… add a little carb heat to see if those level out… -Don

Check standby vacuum if you have that too… -Don

David did some cleaning!

Normal flight ops today, did great, temps and oil stable so time for a cross country! Oil still looks new (not black from blow-by) so l’ll go a few more hours then change it. Pleased how well she broke in… -Don

https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/DRSDOCID137303780920240213191443.0001?modalOpened=true -Don

Oil report- still looks good and based on pics of the engine, pretty happy: -Don

David: how long did it take you to disassemble? -Don

Pics… Nice looking M20 (not an M20A)…. -Don