Jetpilot86

I lied. Spa 3rd. 4 months today. Next week (fingers crossed)

Va is the speed where the airplane should stall before it breaks.

Bravo owner here. I run about 72% power to keep the #3/6 CHT’s <=380°F and get 174ktas on 14gph LOP at 17000/18000. I plan for 15gph. I can do me and a bag and 118 gal. 90 when the boss and dog are along. Keep in mind, at 3368# MTOW, you’ll need to fly about an hour and a half to get to the 3200# MLW. I’m hoping to sort some cooling problems and be able to run a little faster.

Just curious if my Bravo is the only one with one? I’ve swapped out the GTX335 for a 345 already as well as the GPS’s & Engine Monitor to a G4. There is a bunch more in the works right now.

I have a work associate that also does avionics. If you are interested, send me a pm of what you’re looking for and I’ll forward it to him. He’s on Beechtalk as well.

It will do VNAV/ILS approaches. It will NOT do a managed descent from altitude where the AP/IFD decides when to start down and automatically starts down. It will indicate where to start the descent and the rate is a changeable setting in the IFD. It will do altitude capture once you start down and set the altitude. It will not do crossing restrictions in the descent. I’m KFC150/IFD440-540/G600 glass.

Sounds like the offer should be “If I can get a ferry permit for it, I’ll give you $1”.

Bravo owner here. It’s a project bird for sure. 37ish built looks like all OEM Lot of unknowns in that engine especially. Bid based on needing an OH, Prop, gear pucks, probably an O2 bottle to start. Believe it’s $100k for a factory, 80-90 for others, but they add for turbo OH. Mine sat up for almost 2 years waiting on parts from a gear up, and it was a solid year working out the kinks. This will be worse. Figure out what you are willing to add to get it like what you want, and see what compares that is more complete, costs. If you are not afraid of the project and get the hull cheap, assuming no prebuy gremlins, you will end up with a plane tailored to your specifications, but there will be lag time. Edit: probably left out tires too.

Bohm’s in Pekin, IL C15 south of Peoria did my prebuy short notice awhile back. Owner used to work for an MSC don’t remember which one. Maybe Peoria. 309 657-8947

Had a crankshaft snap on an A36 I flew Part 135 in over 30 years ago. As a result, the prop flat pitched at high RPM. IIRC, I was 8 miles from an airport at 4000 feet. I barely covered 4 miles and managed to land on an emergency grass strip for crop dusters instead.

I took a small Velcro loop and mounted it to a trim screw on the sidewall then clip the box to the loop. .001 AMU’s. Pics if I ever get my M back from her spa quarter.

I’ve done some “experimentation” with my clean wing Bravo. Clouds at freezing temperatures are simply to be avoided. One could lose 2kts/min in light accumulations. My buddies who flew 208’s seemed to deal with ice much better than a non-FIKI Mooney. I flew the TKS system on Twin Commanders, Part 135, and unless a pump quits or you run out of fluid, it’s an amazing system.

You may surmise that I went to Texas A&M. I’m in paint now.

I have this setup except with a G600 PFD/MFD

Where is Kendrick located?

I also subscribe to this in the Bravo. Firewall everything until top of climb, acceleration, and then set 30”/2200 and usually find the temps settle where they need to be between 13.2-14.0 gph.

@wombat Maxwell did it for me, but I believe a wire for the altitude selector had to be run from the unit, in the avionics bay, to the PFD/Autopilot as part of the process. They may even still have my old KI275 altitude selector if someone is hunting one.

I have done it, but I’ve got a G600 vs G500 PFD if it makes a difference.

Is there a version of this for the Bravo?

IIRC, Don does not run peak or LoP, only RoP. What is your RoP/LoP at your setting based on your engine monitor? At 14gph and running Peak/LoP FF, you should be about 67% power based on the Lean FF chart in the engine manual. Lycoming seems to define Lean FF as Peak TIT/EGT. A parallel Power (ROP) FF would be at least 15.1% higher. CHT’s look good. If you are running LoP, also refer to the Red Box teachings as how much LoP you need to run increases when you try to run higher %HP.

Need to go dig some out of my music. Been a minute

I do transoceanic as well, but that plane has a lav and a bed. and an oven for that matter

I know what the POH says, but that doesn’t appear accurate based on refueling experience with the Monroy tanks.

I usually start when I get in the plane, not before and not a lot at once. Now the second I shut down there is an immediate priority.

Water, snacks, I start with a Yeti of iced tea to sip on. My average leg is 5.0, so the absolute last thing I do before the Before Start checklist is the bio-break. A big mouth bottle takes care of the rate inflight need. For the plane, a quart of oil, and a small tool kit. I need to figure out a base load so I can cut that mass of metal to a minimum. I also carry a survival bivy since the weight is non-existent. Sometimes I’ll carry my Griner Tug, but not if I want the full 118 gallons of gas. I have a plastic car caddie to hold my goodies.