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  1. Pinecone
    Looking at the list, there are several nice things that I think should be available in all installs. Gear Down Gear Unsafe Door Open Even Pitot Temp warning.
  2. Pinecone
    Maybe someone should pull a mold off an installed one before removing it. Then they can either share the mold, or make then under OPP if the owner supplies the material (orders the fiberglas cloth to be shipped to the person with the mold).
  3. Pinecone
    Do NOT leave a standard trickle charger on your battery for a long time. It WILL damage the battery. Battery Minder and Battery Tender (brand name) products are microprocessor controlled and control the voltage to properly charge and maintain the battery without damage. My one car has been on one for many years without issues.
  4. Pinecone
    Different product, different specs. Battery Minder (brand name) state they disconnect when no AC power. Many products state they have "high voltage" where there is AC line power. It is higher than the battery voltage, but not really high voltage.
  5. Pinecone
    Go back and read what you wrote. YOU stated with electric you could take off and 1500 RPM and cruise at 2000 RPM with a FIXED PITCH. NO WAY, NO HOW. You even refute your own post talking about a turbo fan and how higher RPM is higher power. We have had geared engines (not typically in GA). If what you are saying is completely correct, why did they not run their props at 500 RPM?
  6. Pinecone
    I just used an oil measuring syringe (linked previously) to remove 1.6 ounces from the CamGuard bottle and put it into a full quart of Philips XC 20W-50, TWICE. I marked each old bottle with CG in Sharpie. So the CamGuard bottle has the right amount for an oil change (8 quarts) and I have 2 quarts for top up with CamGuard already added. If I ever get to 10 quarts with CamGuard added, I will just use 8 of them for the next oil change.
  7. Pinecone
    Which tires and tubes did you get, and why?
  8. Pinecone
    $3500 for the swap from a non-Xi.
  9. Pinecone
    That was the point. Cheaper to replace the plugs.
  10. Pinecone
    I really noticed the faster boot up and screen rewrites. And I like that it keeps all the data internally, so you don't have to leave the card in it. And that due to the processor and memory, they can add functionality over time. And it will be supported longer
  11. Pinecone
    It is possible. It will be a $600 T-shirt just for the roundtrip fuel.
  12. Pinecone
    FYI Ceis senders can also work with tradition analog gauges. You have to order them to do that, but they are available.
  13. Pinecone
    There is also an adjustment of the low fuel light activation point, so every plane and even left to right is likely to be different. You need to test YOUR plane, both sides.
  14. Pinecone
    For cars, I used Battery Tender brand. I have 3 cars that live on them. One is a collector car that almost never gets driven. One is a nice car that is parked for the winter (tires and road salt). One is a Jeep Grand Cherokee that only gets driven when I need the space, so it can go weeks without being driven. For my portable generator for the house, I do have a Battery Minder brand to keep the battery charged
  15. Pinecone
    The logbook entry from my latest annual looks similar. And it was not at the factory. While I see reasons to do one every so often at the factory, the log book entry being typed isn't one of them. If every Mooney owner did ONE annual at the factory, it would go a long way to keeping Mooney company alive. But they do need to deal with the parts situation, not only the ones they stock, but the ones they source. Such as no-back springs. Either order and get some in, or release the manufacturer to sell direct.
  16. Pinecone
    But you are missing the fact that when you slow the PT-6 to 200 RPM you are greatly increasing the pitch of blades, thus the load. A fixed pitch prop cannot make take off HP at 200 RPM no matter what the motor. We don't use torque and HP to fly airplanes, we use THRUST.
  17. Pinecone
    I was watching the A&P/IA of the shop on my field put in cowl plugs that way and made a comment. He told me of on owner in the field (no names) that forget to take them out and the string pulling them out, doing some damage to the plugs. He was not happy. So he changed how he put them in, the string would not pull them out. And yes, he managed to forget and took off with them still in. Cooked a lot of things under the cowl.
  18. Pinecone
    It is a terminology thing. Most people use the term annual for the whole thing. Inspection, repair of issues found, and fixing any squawks you delayed to do at the time. But I agree that if issues are found, they should be discussed BEFORE parts are ordered. Unless you gave them a blanket order to fix "everything."
  19. Pinecone
    Yes. The menu scrolls left and right versus up and down for the non-Xi.
  20. Pinecone
    Wow, we have come a ways from flying hard IFR with a single AI, a DG (NOT HSI), a Turn and Bank or Turn Coordinator and paper charts and approach plates. And dual VORs and an ADF for nav. Well equipped had a DME. Super well equipped had an RNAV and electronically moved the VOR station. ONE at a time. And you might have a single axis autopilot. My Dad flew hard IFR with only a DF (not ADY< manually turned), no VOR or DME.
  21. Pinecone
    It is not that a Mooney is hard to land, it is that is not quite the same as other aircraft. Airspeed control is much more critical. That is why you want a Mooney experienced instructor to transition you. And while you fly the Warrior, work on nailing your speeds in the pattern. If you can fly the Warrior to precise speeds, you will have no problem with landing a Mooney.
  22. Pinecone
    Actually had a deer jump over a race car (sport racer type, not production based) at my home track.
  23. Pinecone
    There was an ad a number of years ago that had a person soldering a board. They were holding the soldering iron like a pencil. NOT on the handle.
  24. Pinecone
    Only if you can increase the load. With fixed load (fixed pitch) cranking up the torque increases the RPM. Electric motors make maximum torque at 0 RPM. That is why freight trains are diesel electric. No way, without a massive gear ratio would a IC engine be able to make a train move. Steam also makes good torque at 0 RPM. But any fixed pitch prop is going to be a compromise, no matter what powers it. If you run 1500 for take off and 2000 for cruise, you are giving up massive amounts of take off performance if you are fixed pitch.
  25. Pinecone
    I don't use much polysufide, but I have used a good bit of polyurethane mastics (3M5200). You can help the curing by misting it with water as mentioned earlier.
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