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Welcome to MS. You're going to like it here.

Hi Chaz, Welcome to MS. Hang around and you will learn a lot. To answer your question, a 262 conversion is an upgrade for a 231 to hang a TSIO-360-MB on it, among other things to somewhat convert it to 252 specs. There are still differences, but the main part of the conversion is the engine. I see you are already there. The upgrade available for your plane, already a 252, is an Encore upgrade which uses the TSIO-360-SB engine, as well as a gross weight increase.

The same thing used happened to me. I found that if I ran the low boost fuel pump it would hold an idle. My mechanic set up the fuel system and that solved the problem.

Dave (BIG DADDY) was larger than life! He will be missed. RIP

Beautiful Job! Love the paint. Looking forward to your future YouTube uploads

Had a memorable incident back in the 90's: I was working on my PPL, and was flying with my instructor one day. I was based in KOWD, and we decided to fly the VFR corridor down the Hudson River in New York. We started by flying direct KOWD, KHPN where we picked up Flight Following and proceeded down the Hudson, cleared at 1500'msl. Great ride, great scenery. Our intentions were to circle the Statue of Liberty, and then break it off, and fly direct back to KOWD, but for some reason we broke it off early. I called Approach, and was given a heading back to KOWD. This is where it got interesting. I acknowledged the heading, read it back, and proceeded as directed. Flying along things didn't seem right to me because we were getting very close to landing traffic at KLGA (LaGuardia). I asked my CFI if he thought we were OK and he assured me that we were on our assigned heading and we both agreed as to what we heard the controller give us for a heading ; not to worry. I was beyond worrying and would describe it more as a mild panic. I told my CFI I was going to verify with the approach controller, and as I placed my finger on the transmit button, I heard a VERY PANICKED approach controller screaming at me, questioning what I was doing, followed by "TURN LEFT IMMEDIATELY TO HEADING XYZ". Once turned I told him it didn't look right to me either and I was in the process of calling him to verify as he was calling me. This was followed by a minute of silence, and then I was handed off to another controller who was not happy at all. She assigned me another heading and directed me to maintain present altitude followed by "DO NOT DEVIATE" As we flew the new heading, we realized it took us right over Central Park at 1500'agl. This was great! Turned out to be the best sightseeing tour I ever had to this day. Once we were cleared and out of the way, she cut us loose. Not happy at all. I never heard anything about that, but I'm sure the tape was played back which cleared us of any deviations.

It depends where you live. There are different rules in different states. There is no sales tax on planes, parts, Avionics, etc.in Massachusetts. However, It's "Taxachusetts" for everything else

Looking at this plane, he may easily have 300k tied up in it. He just doesn't know aviation calculus yet. Hard lesson coming!

In addition to engine hours, TBO also includes calendar years, 12 yrs. is very common. You do not see anybody doing overhauls on time in service though

Given the height of the winch mount, along with a 1 ton capacity, I don’t think you will have a problem. 3” or 4” caster wheels would be great. Sign me up if you intend to sell them!

I was. Would have made a great picture. Unfortunately, I had to fly commercial for this one - Not fun

Will Do. Thank-You. We had a great time. I'll let Mae know. Looking forward to the next one. Tell Turbo hello for me!!

I agree with everything said. It is always nice to get together with other Mooney owners and listen to those with a wealth of Mooney knowledge. Many thanks to the Maxwells, Rich, and Jolie for all their efforts and work to make this year another success! Can't wait until the next one! Artie Dowd

Going to the Whova app doesn't show the MooneyMax event. Is it not posted, or is it a problem with my app??

I use planelogix.com. They do all the scanning, OCR searches, flight recording, etc. You can track just about anything with this service.

Make sure you bring the dog!

In spite of now having to R&R the panels yourself, or source the work locally, I would still suggest having Aerocomfort do the work. Their work is excellent. I plan on doing it as well.

They are the listed owners of that plane. Purchased earlier this month. Walk away. I suggest you call Jimmy Garrison at GMax Aircraft. He is a well known, highly respected Mooney dealer who will either have a plane for you or will find what you are looking for.

I was told once you get below 1200 rpm's the LV light will flash, and it will drop below 28v. Mine does the same thing.

You might be thinking of the Bad Elf "Wombat". I have one and you simply insert the data card and download the updates. Unfortunately, I just checked theirwebsite and it is now discontinued. Don't know if there is an upgrade or replacement

Thanks again for the tireless work. Donation made

I don't doubt that happened, but only because it was allowed to continue. That is the downside of that specific union. What has not been stated up until now is that you cannot consider unions all the same. There are good unions and there are very bad unions. Being in the construction business, I have direct exposure with all the bulding trade unions, so my comments are limited to the construction industry. There are some unions in specific locations that I will not even deal with anymore, even if it means walking away from the work. On the other hand, there are some locals that are a pleasure to work with. They work with you to get work for their members.

John, the exterior pictures of your plane show only half of the incredible restoration and modification work done!

OOPS! My bad. It looks like my paint scheme (1986) If and when I paint my plane, I was thinking of keeping the original paint scheme with a few changes

Congratulations Richard. Beautiful paint job. I always thought of painting my plane using the original paint scheme, and making a few minor changes from original, like you have done.