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and the result is????

Quote: jax88 I figure if I'm ever gonna upgrade, now's the time to do it.

Going turbo are you!?

How many aggies does it to chang a lightbulb? :) No Canadians or aggies were harmed in forming this quote.

In Texas, a nice hotel, diner, and city is Fredericksburg, Tx. Park your plane next to "The Hangar Hotel" and get set up in your room. Rent a car and if you like wine, ride around to the 15 or so wineries(take at least two days to do this), do the town (a full day), crash at the hotel and eat at the diner. T82 in your favorite planning software.

Quote: Parker_Woodruff Flying American Airlines (free ticket) to Tampa tomorrow evening and getting my Seaplane rating this weekend at Brown's seaplane base.

Quote: hansel Gold Beach, OR and Rogue River jet boats for us! Beautiful flight along the north coast of California. Doubles as our 1st wedding anniversary too! Very excited!

"Finally found $omone to take me on a$ an acceptable ri$k. Expect $ome required dual in$truction;" har har....

Come on guys. In the experimental world, there are Subi engines that have run trouble free till TBO. True, Subi doesn't have the countless hours that Lyc obviously has but to down play them is stuff of a Yahoo board. I could easily state something inflamatory, about anything........... I say good on them for producing a viable engine alternative for the avaition market, and the fact that they are still in business in these poor aviation conditions, speaks voulmes. Sincerely, David

Well, Forbes does support GA, unlike many publications (USA Today), and does a good job presenting the shiny side and the 'warty' side. In my opinion, Forbes is read by an educated person that can and does know the score. Now, if her articles were in 'NewsWeek,' all bets are off.

Richard speaks from experience me thinks

A real in the flesh M20TN. Don't see many out in the wild and this one had a cool black and white paint scheme that I haven't seen before. It was parked next to a Bonanza (The P-51 pilots 'other' steed). I was pointing out to my son the obvious differences between the two planes, and it was neat when he offered, "the Mooney looks faster than that bigger one" :) Why yes. Yes it does, and is! David

Tried to fix the typo, would not let me...

Picking up my boy from school, a school in the pattern for ERV, I heard some real horsepower over head and going fast. Only caught a glimpse because she was low and fast. I said " d*amn" what was that???" Didn't have to wait long, here it came into the pattern, all 12 cylinders and beautiful. A 1944 P-51 in 9th Airforce colors. I got to the airport pretty quick. The pilot says it saw combat. aargh! the pictures wont load :(

Do you have the specs for each the low side pressure, and the high side? I would start there. If the high side is wrong because of excess refridgerant, that would be easily diagnosed.

I will be looking for partnership opportunities soon in Kerrville also, though my scenario is different. David

Bottom line is I need to finish my PPL. What I have left to do is my checkride and oral. I ran out of money just before my checkride and then life caught up to me and took my attention away, and I haven't finished. It has been 5 months since I flew last :( . I now have the money built back up to finish the deal. My CFII said 6-7 hours refresh and then take the tests. I don't want to fall aff the wagon again. Any help, or advice, or kicking in the butt stuff???? Sincerely, David

I guess then you only need to be checked off on the individual aircraft :). Congrats.

Oops. Re-read the whole thread. Yours is a 231. Stil you shouldn't have such a dramatic spike. Somethning to ponder......

Given this experience, it is a little hard to believe that the 252 got rated for FL280. I know it has a different turbo and intercooler setup, but still, the change in the engine was pretty dramatic. I was thinking this exact conflict before you wrote it. Given the differences your engine has, I would still not think they would affect the performance up high. Is your intercooler set up drasitcally different?

"You might look at the other end of your headroom problem" he he he

Turbo! Turbo! Turbo! :)

"To me the Acclaim seems like a great airplane if you value raw speed over other considerations: climb rate down low, pleasant handling characteristics, conventional pitch and yaw trim systems, larger cabin size or lower stall speed. I've flown Mooneys; their cabins make Glasairs seem big. You have to wonder what Mooney could do if they employed a longer-span, higher aspect ratio wing like Cessna and Piper did to their airplanes a generation ago. That change could lower their approach speeds and let the plane climb better —especially up high. Well-placed/-sized winglets could offset the higher induced drag of such a wing and would have more space on the trailing edger for more effective ailerons and larger flaps. I do not know if it is the case with recent Mooneys, but a 'C' model I flew had a full-time wing leveler which made roll control very annoying in turns. The Mooney handles like a Seneca, which is probably good for hard IFR but it becomes annoying if you don't have an autopilot. Another consideration is price. For the cost of a shiny new Type S you can buy a 2003, all-glass Lancair 4P (see controller.com) and have enough left over for a modest home, an automobile and $$$ for fuel. The '4' will blow the doors off the Acclaim up high in ISA conditions and should be competitive in the mid-teens as well. It also offers much better useful load: it carries four normal-sized occupant, full tanks and full baggage without operating outside its C of G envelope. Whatever, er, floats your boat... A quick note of feedback to Robert Goyer. Airspeed control is important for good landings in ANY aircraft.! 800FPM doesn't seem that impressive near sea level, but certainly does up high. I've never flown an Acclaim but I did fly a '201' at near MTOW and was able to fly approaches with power at 75-80 knots into a 2100 foot strip in fairly smooth air. I had little trouble making acceptable landings, which I value over greasers anyway. Perhaps it is your technique, rather than something inherent in the Acclaim, that gives you trouble landing it. Once you've reduced to final approach speed, try retracting the speed brakes; you won't need to use as much power to stabilize the approach"

Quote: Stefanovm I did this and wow what a diffrence.The airplane flys much better. I was concerned as my left aileron was several degrees down in flight and the right was up. Now they are matched and pretty much neutral in straight and level flight, a little down on both sides. The boards would be great as the maximum on ground deflection is 2 degrees by the book. It "looks" as if it is more, so at annual time I will tackle that much more complicated, and hard to reach, turn buckle adjustment. The outboard adjustment was a bit of trial, fly, and correct. The inboard adjustment took a minute or two, BUT an hour to get to it and put back the screws. I was glad I got it right with the first adjusment.

Quote: KSMooniac David, any idea if they do smaller, individual orders? I would love to get a couple of new caps and shirts of various style/fabrics/colors. Their prices look quite reasonable, too.