Max Clark

I have something similar the previous owner made. Kinda worries me that it will catch on fire though.

Very cool setup.

I've been looking into options for pre-heating my engine. Ideally something that can be triggered remotely before I leave my house. I found the Aerotherm Heaters and different options to remotely turn on/off an electrical outlet. What do you do? What should I look out for? Thanks! (p.s. this was inspired from a post on the Facebook Mooney Pilots group "What do you all use to preheat your engines?", Brad if you're on here I'd love to hear more about what you're doing)

My Ovation's sweet spot is ~10k MSL, when I start climbing above 12k I notice the performance drop and try to avoid doing so. I end up cruising 165 TAS LOP @ ~11 GPH. My daydreams are Turbo/Turboprop specifically to fly higher, faster, and farther. I couldn't imagine spending the Turbo money on an Acclaim or Rocket and then flying it low. Talking with Turbo plane owners the low FLs are where it's at. My "long" mission charts at the 928nm mark. But with MOAs and weather is always longer (1,153.9 and 7.9 hours last time). Hence my daydreams of flying higher and faster to get over those MOAs and weather. While a non-stop pencils out at 928nm it definitely doesn't over 1,100nm. The Ovation is a comfortable plane to be in, but I notice myself really wanting a break after four hours. I find flying 3-3.5 hour legs is much more reasonable and comfortable. Instead of the one-stop I'm likely going to switch to a two-stop in the future.

Reminded me of this: https://www.missionarybushpilot.com/buddycheck?srsltid=AfmBOoqK2XJHq_feueIa596u1xcZCqm4n22HjdZawL34Xy2AhlSbO1Nv Simple box with switches on the dash

Starlink is in a lower orbit. It will still be susceptible to rain (and cloud) fade, but not as significantly much. Negatives of this orbit is you need significantly more birds in orbit, but with Spacex launching ~2k satellites per year they are working through all of the coverage negatives. The legacy satelite companies don't have the cash or launch capabilities to put new hardware into orbit in any meaningful way. Commercial fleet is moving away from Viasat to Spacex. Either Garmin or one of their competitors are going to launch Starlink connected systems in the next few years. That or we'll have it integrated into our cellphones first.

Lol I carry mine around in my backpack. High speed internet almost anywhere on the planet! It's amazing how quickly we forget how amazing technology is and complain it's not the size of a thimble.

No - the GTN has an option for ADS-B weather. You could probably set that instead of XM to see what would change if you cancelled the XM.

ADS-B weather on the GTN750 is pretty good. I use it for general situational awareness and trends. Don't forget about the data delay. Easy to get into a bad situation thinking you're okay. You should be able to change your source on your GTN and test this before you make a decision. Starlink is amazing. Using this combined with an iPad is going to give you the best info, but you're going to have to deal with mounting and power.

FWIW my POH has "Check and Set to top of BLUE ARC on EGT" for Takeoff, and "FULL RICH or BLUE ARC on EGT" for Cruise Climb and Vy, and "FULL RICH" for Vx.

Also Ovation 2 IO-550-G and just did the HP STC. I try to fly 10k MSL WOT 2500 RPM LOP and get 165 TAS with about 10.7 GPH. Curious what your FF is ROP - 20 KTS is a lot!

Thanks Scott I'll look this up.

Hi all, This isn't a ROP vs LOP thread - so hoping not to start that battle. This is a "I've decided I want to run LOP what should my leaning procedures be from startup to shutdown?" question. As background this started from reading articles by John Deakin (Numbers 8, 15, 16, 18, 19, 43, 63-66, 77 & 78 deal with engine management and running LOP), and Mike Busch (YouTube: Leaning Basics, Obsessed with EGT, Leaning The Advanced Class). Mike has a line, "I operate my engines brutally lean during ground ops and lean-of-peak exhaust gas temperatures during all phases of flight other than takeoff and initial climb" where the "brutally lean" stood out and stuck with me. What's interesting is how silent the POH is on leaning - with the exception of leaning to 1400-1450 EGT on takeoff for maximum performance. I was taught to lean on ground, go full rich for run up and takeoff, keep full rich during climb until cruise altitude, set power & stabilize then lean, if climbing again full rich first then repeat leaning, and if decent gradually enrich on the way down. There's so much missing from this. Specifically: After startup and during taxi what does "brutally lean" actually mean - just lean until engine roughness and then enrich until smooth? Should run up be lean, or rich? Or should run be full rich, and then during lean to best power (RPM rise) during? Why not always lean to 1400-1450 on every single takeoff and climb? When/how do you set mixture for the blue arc? If climbing after cruise is set, full rich or keep leaned in the blue band? Do something other than keep leaned durning descent until the GUMPS check? After landing "brutally lean" again for taxi I've tried to document various phases of flight to foster a discussion and procedures so they're captured on this thread. Looking forward to reading your thoughts. -Max As an interesting aside - I've stopped using lean finder on my EIS and am now using the big pull technique(still getting more comfortable with that). When I do I end up with EGT in the 1430-1460 range. It's almost like that number range is important or something ;).

I was wondering about this. I've got a Milwaukee M18 18V Cordless Tire Inflator that lives in the hangar.

I've been doing my tailwheel while my O is in annual. Flying the tailwheel is almost like learning to fly again. Flight characteristics, control inputs, and of course the different landings have been so much fun. I think any Mooney pilot has an advantage because we're used to being on the numbers for landing, tailwheel forces a similar precision and will develop better piloting skills. It reminds me a lot of going to the Mooney PPP right after I finished my instrument. I was forced to fly entirely by hand without autopilot. I couldn't remember the last time I did that and really enjoyed it and took note of keeping my skills up.