hazek

I've read about so many different accident reports already in my short flying career that I rarely learn something new but this is a new lesson for me. Be weary of mechanical problems, sometimes the real issue might be something else or might be something in addition to what is found and could still be unresolved.

Locals on Beechtalk are saying it wasn't that bad and likely a no factor.

What is the harm? How about the community throwing away 10s of thousands of USD that could be spent more productively? You don't consider that harm if it's wasted?

It seems to me, a relatively new owner (since last year), that no one here really knows what's been going on at the factory. And while this is fun: No one can fix a problem that they don't understand. This is why I don't appreciate being asked for money. Because I don't understand the problem and I doubt it's money.

I don't know about anyone else but I don't need things "packaged" for me. I abhor PR. Lasar, guys, if you're really listening, and you want to win people over, tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth. Give it to us straight, shows the numbers, show the plan and then lets see what you got.

I actually feel extorted. "Give us money or your plane will potentially be grounded because we wont sell you a part because others will be in line before you but trust us, without showing you any company information, it's all just a problem of money, so if you do make a donation, you'll be sure to get that part!" I don't react well to stuff like this.

And I hope OP and other willing subscribers are aware that buying stock from current owners is not even that!

Zero. I would never consider being a minority shareholder in a struggling company. It's a waste of money. The stock is worthless and I would have no power to change the management or the direction of the company. Never throw good money after bad. Exactly. Crowdsourcing would only be interesting if it meant the old owners would be gone completely, and the management of the scheme taking over would be ran by someone competent with a proven track record of results as well as that had a sensible vision for the future.

I could use a couple too.

What makes you think this Lasar thing is going to get you that?

This is the thought process Lasar seems to think we're not capable to go down. They say: How does this make any sense?? Pay us a min of USD 200/month so we only raise the price to 30% instead of 100%??? They are basically looking for a huge price increase. And not on a part by part basis but merely to have the privilege to be able to buy a part, maybe! Why oh why did I buy a Mooney. I'll sooner seriously think about a turbo A36 before I pay into this fishy, full of red flags, nontransparent scheme.

Never mind what they say, just look at the data:

The leak may only appear when the metal is hot.

MAP would still be less than ambient pressure at sea level, no? Granted not by much, but 4" of pressure difference is enough perhaps for what he is seeing. No? This is curious: FF decreases while EGTs rise twice when I presume power was reduced. Classic induction leak? Also the small rises and drops in EGT could be going so lean that it's over the top and to the lean of peak side.

An induction leak would present itself as overly lean condition. I just had all my induction gaskets and hoses replaced on a 18 year old engine and they were all brittle and destroyed. There was evidence of AVGAS on the induction pipes (with a turbo the leak happens both ways at different phases of flight). With your NA engine it would happen only to the lean direction, so you wouldn't see any traces of AVGAS.