Pinecone

I guess you have not seen the reports of TKS fluid causing corrosion. Especially if the fluid is a couple of years old.

I am the wrong person to ask. I went the path of one of each. But in my case traveling and a plane that would fly upside down, more than once. I have a M20K 252 and a CAP-10.

There is a helicopter frequency. UH-60 was on that. The Route 4 helicopter route, in that area (from Wilson bridge to Memorial Bridge) is at or BELOW 200 feet. Collision was at 300 - 400 feet. Route 4 is over the eastern shore of river until north of DCA, but then stays near the eastern shore. I have flown Route 4 in daylight with traffic to 33, they fly over you.

All that wasted space on the right panel. You need a 7" display or a dock and an AERA 7760. Nice panel.

What would it cost for you to offer in titanium or inconel????

Nope, I got no payment or kickback. But a modern panel is amazing to fly behind. Glad you are happy with your panel. I hope you never get to fly a new high end panel, as you may no longer be happy with what you have.

Turbo is easier. For take off and climb, all three knobs full forward, cowl flaps open to start. This works at all density altitudes as the turbo and waste gate maintain the manifold pressure. You can close the cowl flaps a bit in colder weather, based on CHT. But most times I just leave them open. This assumes a proper system with auto waste gate, like the 252 has. The 231 and aftermarket turbos may require some fine tuning during the take off and climb. Once you accelerate after level off, adjust MP to desired, then RPM, then lean. To learn about leaning, check out the John Deakin Pelican Perch articles on AVWEB. Best is to take the APS course, available online. Pretty much all the Mooney POHs are for high speeds (for marketing) and conventional wisdom at the time. In the 90s, the LOP came forward and is now more the norm. BTW, for break in, you want high throttle settings for high cylinder pressures to seat the rings. If you do not run the engine hard enough, you will develop glazed cylinders. And the only way to deal with that is to pull all the cylinder, re-hone them, and redo the break in.

Go, it is fun. And you get to see and touch many aviation things.

To be accurate, not ALL fuel tanks start leaking within a week of using G100UL.

Mine also. I have said so since the video first came out.

There used to be a web site of a guy that was seeing how long he could run an engine without changing the oil at all. He did change the filter at the recommended interval and then topped up the oil removed with the filter. He did Blackstone oil analysis at each filter change. IIRC he was well over 300,000 miles.

When you say you fueled the aux tank, what aux tanks do you have? If you have the typical Mooney Monroy extended tanks, they are not separate tanks, they extend the existing tanks. The picture of your pain looks like that of the You Tube video, which, TO ME, appears to be a primer failure.

That is what BMW went to in the early 2000s.

My 2012 Fiat is 1 year or 8000 miles. My 2002 BMW is variable, but starts at 15,525 miles or 1 year. BMW in the 90s used a complex algorithm that took into account miles, RPM, cold starts, etc. They found that the fuel burned gave them almost the same results. So for my 2002 M3, IIRC, it is 600 gallons of fuel burned between changes. Drive sedately and you can go over 15,525 miles. Drive hard and you can get the system to request a change as short as 5000 miles (one crazy guy that believed that red line was the perfect RPM for all operations).

Yeap. Things do change.

Interesting. Because it does not cause issues with Continental starter adapters, which the Lycoming anti wear additive does.

Back in the 90s there were the two big CA earthquakes. In one of them, the news kept running a clip of an apartment building. Some 30 units. Some stupid number of claims by people "living" there. Like more than 10,000 claims.

And there is the expiration date of the sealant. If it after that date, its performance will be degraded.

Camguard does nothing for friction or wear. It only provides additional corrosion protection.

Most of those countries require their own citizens to carry government ID at all times. It is not just foreigners.

Technically, the RAM ones are only PMAd for the big bore engines. But the part number is the same as the Continental part for the -360s.

I think a good quality coating on a hangared aircraft should last at least 5 years. I did my M3 with Zaino about a year after I got it in 2002. It is garaged. It still looks good and water beads on it.

MOST of the show deals are available online. You could arrange someone to have the items shipped to in the US and you pick them up or have them reshipped. Some of the deals are very good. So are just OK. I bought my Miller TIG welder at SnF for a substantial discount.

Yes, I was joking. And yes, I understand it could be done with an STC. Hmm, I wonder what the market would be for a 1AMU STC to put in a port to inspect cam and lifters???

Agreed