Greg Ellis

Ron Blum who was an engineer at Mooney did a talk at Oshkosh last year about Mooney aerodynamics and the vertical stabilizer design does have a lot to do with aerodynamics. @Ron Blum has not been around here in a while but maybe we can get him to drop by and speak briefly about it.

Well, technically the first MS Flight Simulator may have had a Mooney. The wire framed monochrome flight simulator of which you speak was created by SubLogic.

I think you are correct. This website lists Nylok screws with the NK prefix. Screw Nylok – NSN Parts, Aerospace Parts Sourcing (asap-aerospace.com)

I got my Private in 1993. I do not recall ever seeing a Mooney until I went to buy one 16 years ago. Now, I probably did see them around the airport but I just did not pay attention to them until another member of this forum, @KLRDMD, advised me to look into Mooneys when I was going to purchase one. I am so glad I took that advice because Mooney never entered my thoughts at the time. Of course, its like anything....let's say I want to buy a red corvette. Well, all of a sudden I see them everywhere. I think it is the same. I bought one, now I see them everywhere.

This thread goes into some good detail about removing the shock discs using aircraft weight to compress the discs. It may be helpful.

You could possibly try this thread that was from last year. Maybe they would be something you could use. They are not Rosen but may work for you if you don't get anywhere with the company. I am not sure if @DonMuncy is making these any more.

I watched the video yesterday or the day before when he first put it up on youtube. I hope he follows up with a video on how the valve is doing after a few hours of flight. It was interesting to watch someone do this. There is another good video about this but it is all external. Mike does a great job showing the internal aspect with the borescope.

Where in Fort Worth is it located?

John Deakin discusses this in his Pelican Perch Articles. It is actually #36 (really #31-36) and he states that the turbo is it's coolest right before touchdown and then proceeds to heat up again on the ground and when idling. He states that the best thing for it is to shut it down and then open up the cowling to allow heat to escape that way. By running it in idle it just gets hotter. I think the engine guys at Advanced Pilot Seminars in Ada Oklahoma also showed this using their engine stand or something to that effect.

If what you mean by the middle part is what I have circled in red then that looks like the center housing with the oil inlet and outlet to lubricate the turbo shaft.

My Mooney is considered a 1963 C model. However, it was built in 1962. So if yours was listed as a 1970 but built in 1969 then it may have missed the Aerostar take over in 1970.

Not sure, in the world of STC development, what this truly means but with the amount of time it has taken to get this going I think the following quote from the article speaks volumes to the fact that they are still a ways away. BendixKing has received STC approval for the AeroCruze 100 in the Mooney Series aircraft and is continuing to optimize the systems with an STC revision. Makes me wonder after all this time, what does optimizing the systems with STC revisions means not only to the development of the product but to the timeline as to when it will be released.

Glad to see Harley still lurks!!!!

Harley sold his Mooney quite some time ago, retired and bought an Ekolat. I think he dropped off the Mooney world when he sold his.

I have flown a lot of animal rescue flights. Not so much anymore. There is a cage that will fit in the back seat as well as one that fits nicely in the baggage area. You put it in then open it up. I cannot for the life of me remember its size and have since given it to someone who flies a lot more flights than I do. However, I flew a lot of flights with the dog just in the back seat. They usually do fine. But if you are by yourself, I would suggest either a tether to the rear seatbelts (they make one just for this) or a crate of some sort. No need for mutt muffs or anything like that. A friend of mine who flies a lot of dog flights recently had a dog that seemed to be doing well end up in the hat rack in about a half a second.

I have usually paid for parts up front. I know what it is like to own a business that has overhead. If the install is going to take a long time then I will add a payment for labor as the job gets going. I know the avionics shop has employees to pay that are working on my airplane. So I try to be good about it. It has paid off. For instance, my avionics shop finally got everything from Garmin for my GFC 500 install. They bumped me to the head of the line because I paid them up front back in September and they know that I won't hassle them when it comes to payment. They tell me quite the stories about how they do a ton of work and then the owner gives them nothing but grief when it comes time to pay. I don't want to be that guy. I don't like it when patients do it to me so I certainly won't do it to someone else.

Thanks. I just sent them a request for a quote through their website.

Thanks for the information. Every overhaul shop my shop called said they do not work on them. Like what you said above.

So, my 63 C model is finally in the shop getting the GFC 500 autopilot installed. I had been having problems with altitude reporting. ATC would tell me that I was 300 feet lower than what my altimeter was telling me when the pressure was set in the Kollsman window. In IFR that would be an altitude bust. Anyways, when the plane went in for its autopilot install, they ran tests on all my stuff including the encoder, G5, etc... and it turns out that the altimeter was faulty. They pulled the altimeter out. It was made by a company called Square D. They contacted Square D regarding parts and overhaul. Square D is still in business. They make electrical junction boxes and switches, etc... for commercial uses. They apparently stopped making altimeters in World War II according to the company. So, I have a pretty old altimeter. It was put in my airplane about 15 years ago when the previous altimeter failed its IFR test. I googled it and it is correct that Square D made them from about 1933 through World War II. There is even one in storage at the Smithsonian. The only difference is my part number is 671 BK-03. All the ones I have seen on the internet are 671 BK-10. So, I am not sure if mine is older or newer than what I have seen on the internet. Either way, I think this altimeter provided a long life for more than one airplane. It will now provide a long life as a paper weight on my desk.

If you look at a satellite view of this area, that projected area of Class C is right over top of a very heavy industrial area. There is also the US Coast Guard station Portland there and I wonder if it has anything to do with either one of those things. The little water inlet is called the Swan Island Basin.

It’s interesting what a difference a few years makes. In my 63 C model, the yellow arc starts at 150 mph.

Along the lines of new changes that kind of bug you.... I grew up in a world of hockey. Born in Canada, I played as a kid, my Dad was the team physician for 2 teams in Canada and a team here in Texas when we moved here in the late 70's. I like hockey. Anyways, I was watching a game a few weeks ago and a player got injured. Out on the ice came the Athletic therapist according to the announcers. I always referred to them as trainers. Somehow, a change was made and they did not even ask me if it was ok. Trainers became athletic therapists. This post has nothing to do with nothing but the whole thread here just reminded me of it.

Thanks.

Hi @hammdo. I did not go back and re-read all of the posts so I may have missed something. What is the reason for using Victory Oil and CamGuard? Victory oil already has the Lycoming anti scuff/anti wear additive in it and I would think CamGuard would be redundant. Just curious. Thanks.

I am 6'2" and I do just fine in the front. A good friend of mine is much taller and he does quite well up front. I have sat in the back of an A model and a C model and have done just fine although I would not want to be in the back seat for a long cross country. My friend who is probably 6'4 or 6'5 has been in the back of my C model and did okay for a 2 hour flight but I don't think he would have wanted to be in there much longer. So front seat good, back seat ok for short flights.