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1997 M20R 1mm/200k pp liability 350 hull Pilot 1 ~ 8000TT 300 M20R ATP Pilot 2 ~ 3500TT 800 M20J, 15 M20R, Comm/IFR $4433

Ice detect light, shines down the leading edge of the wing. Required for FIKI installations I believe.

Another pic after we removed the muffler.

The Ovation has a cross flow muffler. Cylinders 1/3/5 enter the right side, go straight through the muffler via a tube with holes. That 1/3/5 exhaust then goes out the left side. Opposite for 2/4/6, left to right and out the right side. Perhaps that makes it easier for broken pieces to exit the exhaust.

This is inside the muffler of our Ovation. As I understand some Mooneys don’t have mufflers. I was bored during my first true owner assisted annual this June so I stuck a borescope up the exhaust. IA had already taken the heat shroud off the muffler and there were no cracks. I don’t think it would have been caught, feel lucky we found it. We used aerospace welding (now a Hartzell company I think) and it was about 3amu and 5 weeks. Aerospace Welding Minneapolis, Inc. 3344 Highway 149 Eagan, MN. 55121 800-597-4315 Here is a picture from my borescope. They are supposed to be tubes straight through the muffler that have holes in them to dissipate the flame (hence the term flame tube). As they get old and deteriorate they start to warp and block the flow. These were this bad and we still had strong takeoff performance, glad we found it when we did. No record of replacement in ~ 2500 hours. Also, an additional thought to consider is that we had no rattle. Even after removing the exhaust and muffler there were no loose pieces, just deformed metal inside the muffler potentially blocking flow.

We have the 310HP and the Garmin is programmed for 2700RPM. So it should be based on 310HP.

I did some rough math for the Ovation a few years ago. ~90KIAS = 1.5nm/min (no wind) 10,000’ = 18nm glide (from engine out glide chart). 18nm divided by 1.5nm = 12 min glide. 10,000’ / 12 min = 833’/min Then I went out and flew 90 knots with gear/flaps/speedbrakes out. Reduced power until I got roughly 800-900’/min descent. Used % power from the Garmin. I think I came up with about 35% power, hopefully kinder on the engine than full idle. This makes me feel like I’m being gentler on the engine. So for engine out practice I put everything out and set 35% power. Keeps the power up but gives me the same glide. I “simulate” putting the gear down and flaps out by reducing power further when necessary. Might not be the best training reinforcement, since I’m not doing it how I would in a real emergency. But I feel better doing this on a regular basis. Then again training aircraft routinely go to TBO because they’re flown often and nobody babies those engines [emoji2369]

Count me in as well. I’ve read about the bonanza workshops and would love to attend a Mooney maintenance workshop.

It was $370 plus ~$25 shipping a year ago. I think the ICA calls for it to be changed every 2 years.

I did this with my A&P last year. If I recall properly, there is a spring inside and when you loosen that single bolt in the center on the top the entire canister separates from the top cap. That bolt goes all the way to the bottom of the canister can screws in at the bottom. It wasn’t hard, but getting a socket/wrench on there was a bit of a pain. Was worth changing, mine was a bit browned. No record of any previous owner changing it. Just be careful of the spring to make sure it goes back together the same way with new o-rings. My filter came from cav with new o-rings.

I was showing 3-4amps in cruise, and it turned out the EIS was programmed incorrectly. If I recall they have to program the shunt information into the EIS and the Ovation didn’t fit the standard Garmin settings. I happened to put a clamp-on ammeter on my battery cable to check something unrelated. The clamp-on was reading double the EIS. Quick setting change in the GI-275 and it was reading properly. It usually settles down to 1amp in cruise now.

Just bought the 2.5 gallon bottles from Boeing. Less than $18/gallon, but you have to get an account with them and had to pick it up at the local warehouse. The shipping can be expensive.

AirSync says it can do that. I looked into it, but never did sign up. About 1AMU of equipment and $500/year, but it does claim to automatically send the data to Savvy among other products. https://www.air-sync.com/airsync-bridge-kit/

I grin every time too. An amazing machine! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looking for help identifying the washer on our gascolator. Airight 51250. It’s not detailed in the Ovation IPC, and lasar could not find it either. I know they have the gasket kit, but the washer isn’t called out in that. My IA would like to replace as a it’s a little worse for wear (wallowed out hole and dinged up), it’s a pretty thin washer. It is located between the nut that holds the gascolator on. I can’t seem to locate a contact for Airight either.