Ronnie Pool

Everything looks good on jacks. In the Maintenance Manual the spring tension (bungee) and tool torque relates to gear down. For gear up, the manual has you referencing the stops and checking the spacing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Winner winner chicken dinner! Below is from today’s low pass at speed (my pregnant wife being the camera operating victim. The gear light does go off at higher power settings….because the gear is being sucked down! I rigged them per the book where they are just missing the stops… should they be rigged to where they are against the stops with the bungees under tension? In flight at a lower altitude, I was able to get 145kts with a lot of left rudder in a slip. It also accelerated by 7 knots in a left turn. So I’ll tackle the gear first, then will see about rigging. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Interesting. I’ve been through the book and there’s no mention of it. There was a factory repair of the wing in 1972 for some undisclosed reason, but no mentor replacement ailerons. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If the aileron weights being streamlined is a 0 indication, then my ailerons are rigged slightly up where the book says they should be 0 to 2 deg down…. The flaps are contacting the wing to body fairing so I’m not sure how much more up I can go with them but I’ll give it a shot. My step is fixed unfortunately and is not removable unless I drill some rivets. Below are some pictures for reference. Will hit up Kleen. Are or were you a Gulfstreamer? I am a COR rep on the large cabins. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That would be awesome! I am near Savannah at a fly in community called Eagleneck 1GA0. A rigging party would be great, as I can make copies rather quickly and could possibly trade your time/ equipment usage for Avionics installation (I do avionics installs out of my hangar). Do you know if your boards are GSE #030003? Not sure if the C and F are interchangeable. I go to Atlanta regularly for family as well so could hit you up there if not here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It has HC-C2YK-1BF with F7666A-2 installed and recently overhauled. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Had some better results on today’s flight with higher power settings and after tweaking the pitot system. I can see there is still a slight slow leak that may be emanating from the single piece of old tubing that I neglected to replace from the cabin to the pitot tube. I’ll be replacing it in the future. That, along with bad math and higher than reasonable hopes is likely my largest discrepancy. The plane still requires slight right rudder to hold true so I may be loosing some speed from rigging issues. I’ll need a set of boards to see exactly where things are I think. I have a digital inclinometer, but without knowing exactly where 0 should be I’m only guessing/ assuming. As well, when I did the panel upgrades, I removed tons of wiring, tubing, AP systems, etc etc which pushed the CG forward a bit. I’ll keep tweaking and testing until I’m either satisfied or bored…lol. Thank you for all the suggestions and advice. I’ll be considering all of them as I continue to work on and enjoy this aircraft. Below is a before picture from when I purchased the plane earlier this year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My light goes out after a certain power setting. I do plan to rig a camera to check the gear in case there’s any deflections, however, there is also the manual gear indicator on the floor that shows the gear is not moving from the up position. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mock is my closest neighbor. I live right behind him. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Must be talking about Mr Kleen! Love it here! Yeah, I can probably get someone to do a formation, that would be a good idea. I’ve been setting the plane up on my test flights to match the book target at 2500 rpm 21-22 MP for the most part. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have not flown a similar plane unfortunately but would love to have that opportunity! My last Mooney was a C model with the O-320 and it was faster…smh. That was many years ago though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I would tend to agree with you, but my pitot static was checked and signed off with myself involved only 2 months ago. There was a leak found but subsequent fixed. Plus, the ground speed doesn’t lie and has been consistent with the TAS and indicated wind speed. I would love it if that were the case! My ADSB tracks confirm my ground speeds as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I doubt they are, but my worry is that they are flexing and causing a gap at the leading edge of the door. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

2 things I may try when able: #1 add weight to the baggage area. #2 remove the landing gear doors and make a flight without them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk