Bentonck

oooh I like it.

Very good video!

Sorry I hadn't replied before but I haven't been on the forum as much as I used to be. I own PT-ALN which is based out of Campo de Marte (usually) ... where are you having the rigging alignment done? You are right, there aren't a ton of people who work on Mooney's and some of them are better than others. Who is working on the rigging for you? My plane has been mantained at Top Aviation in SDEN and Alisson does a great job. You might want to check with him and see if he can work on the rigging for you.

The G1000 is a bit dated but still works fine. I have my 2007 Acclaim and a 1980 King Air F90, the Acclaim has the G1000 and the F90 is decked out with dual 750s and 600s and if there was an option to put the 600/750 combo in the Mooney Acclaim I would do it in a sec. I tried to look at upgrading the G1000 to WAAS but there is no benefit to doing it in Brazil. I would like to put ADS-B in it to remain compliant in the US but I don't think I'll ever fly it there. I had a Cirrus Vision Jet for a while and flew that to the States and have flown my King Air up there as well but for the Acclaim it would be more of an adventure than a trip. The guys that took out Mooney had said they were going to work on the Nxi upgrade but I guess that is dead now?

....dang hamburgers keep going up. Love the story and the adventure...it will all work out in the end...or it's not the end. Best of luck to you! None of what you are reporting seems out of turn for an airplane that sat for 20 years...you'll get the cobwebs off of it and it will be a great bird.

I am not an excel stickler that tracks every last cost. I pay for the JetStream program (everyone does as they include it) ... I have swapped already the tires, brakes, FCU, and a couple of control units all under warranty at a total cost of zero above the cost of the jetstream. Oil use is negligible at 0,002 L/hr fuel burn is right around 70/hr average in mixed use. Basically it's 90g/the first half hour and then at altitude it drops to 60g/hr avg. It's a fun, fun plane to fly and is stable as anything I've ever flown. We call it the magic carpet, the view is fantastic out of the plane and it feels like you are floating!

Well, I own a Vision Jet. I didn't buy it for the parachute. 1) You can get in and out of the damn thing. Seat slides back past door and makes ingress and egress a breeze. 2) It is stupid easy to fly compared to anything else anywhere close. I flew the TBM and the M600 before the Vision. TBM is just as fast but comfort isn't anywhere near comparable, especially for passangers. The M600 is a great plane too but slower and has no place to put luggage. 3) Pilots with no turbine time can get insured. Try that in a Honda Jet. 4) You can't really compare it to a Phenom or Honda Jet. First of all, it's a $3mm airplane. I purchased mine for less than the cost of a TBM, and about half of what a new Honda Jet costs. The Honda Jet flies at 360kts at 41k. The Cirrus trues out at 310kts at 31k. You can fly the Honda Jet faster, but you have to fly lower...fuel burn goes way up and range goes way down. Not a debate, just explaining the reason that some schmuck would buy a turboprop equivalent jet. It's the same reason you learn in a 172 and your first plane might be a 182 and not a Mooney Acclaim. It's a step. Is my last plane a Cirrus Vision? Probably not. I am looking at something like a Phenom 300 but had I tried to go Acclaim-> Phenom 300 there was no WAY I was getting insurance or even a single pilot exemption for the first year or so. The Cirrus Jet I flew home. It's reasonably fast, compared to anythng burning AvGas...and it's easy to fly. And it has a TON of interior room. My kids love it ... my wife loves it... I love it...

I don't either. I have some default settings, my guess is that it is more than 50 degrees lean but I would have to to take some time to find peak and then go from there. I know 14.x is going to get me close so I usually pull to there and then adjust for smoothness. I have no idea where it is in relation to peak EGT but I know it's lean of peak and running smooth, cylinder temps are in the low 300s and TIT is somewhere around 1500 when the gauge is working.

That is pretty close to my numbers too but I think I must run leaner than you. I'm usually 14.5-15.0 GPH with a TAS of 185-190... TIT and cylinder heads are quite cool at that setting.

Did you get this sorted? I'm thinking I'm going to need a new probe, too.

My guess is that you would have to be in an airplane requiring two pilots to operate with both of them "under the hood" and two pilots in jump seats acting as safety pilots where it was agreed that they would act as PIC? Thinking about it I don't think that makes sense either, though, because two of them would be logging SIC time. Hrmmm

The ship looks great Irmin congrats on that!

One other question, the two mechanics that went and mounted the engine and prop and all, that was all done in two days only? That is incredible. I can't even get my oil changed here in two days... They looked like they were enjoying the project as much as you were. Best of luck to you and enjoy it....I lived in Switzerland for two years and I sure wish I had gotten an airplane while I was there. It was such a beautiful country and while I enjoyed taking the train to Germany, France, Italy, and the UK it would have been even better if I could have flown on the weekends.

Have really enjoyed catching up on this thread...way to go.

Good afternoon.... and hi to all of you after a while... If you remember my Acclaim suffered a prop strike last year after me letting an employee borrow it... and it was down for almost a year due to supply issues. It is finally up and running again with newly IRAN'd engine and a zero time (McCauley) prop. 900hrs TT... I had bought a King Air while the plane was down and have been flying that, planning to sell the Mooney when it (finally) came out of the shop but the gentleman I bought it from, who became a friend, called about buying it back while he is waiting for his new plane to arrive and we arrived at the conclusion we could both use the Mooney part-time so we worked out a deal for him to buy 50% and I keep access to PT-ALN... so that was good. My friend, however, is much more of a nit picker than I on estetic greatness and so we have started putting the plane back into tip-top, it's going to have a repaint of the wings where some bubbles have formed and around wear areas (screws on the underside, the gear doors, etc) ... and the original sun visor that has the power settings on it I managed to break in half at some point during my tenure ... I think these are manufactured by Lasar but I can't find it in their catalogue (I have not called them yet) but we are looking to replace it with a new one. Does anyone know where we could find one of these? Is calling Lasar it? Hope everyone is well, I have been lurking for a while and see new faces...