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  1. Hank
    That'd be mine and his'n, respectively. My hand crank is 52 turns, so halving the gear ratio should double it to 104 turns of that rotating handle. Doesn't sound like fun. The one time I needed it for real, the wheels were mostly down when I lost electricity, only got about 6 turns before it stopped. But the floor indicator showed good, I landed smoothly and taxied to the hangar., no problem. Until the door handle broke instead of opening . . . . .
  2. Hank
    I thought blue fluorescent lights were hard to make . . . . You mean there are special lubricants for oil filter seals? I've used fresh oil from Quart #1 (inside the cap of the "new" plastic bottles) ever since I was a teenager and had to poke a hole in the metal lid and shake the can to get some on my finger. It's also good to hear that I'm not the only one here who doesn't do oil analysis.
  3. Hank
    Some of us have all-electric Short Bodies, like my C. P.S.--youtube loads video slowly. This was during annual last year. It explains why I thought @Marauder's gear sure was slow.m
  4. Hank
    Jim speaks truth. The electric motor hooks in right where the J-bar attaches, and it's replaced by a stubby arm that closely resembles (and may be) a cut-off Johnson bar.
  5. Hank
    We're having a cold snap here in Lower Alabama, too. Barely climbed above 50° today, with the wind gusting 20+. I've been wearing short sleeve shirts the last few days, but not this morning!
  6. Hank
    The email about this is already out. Interesting that an operation off the coast of SC can affect us all the way across AL.
  7. Hank
    First statement, I agree. Especially with the end--it's always good to know a local CFI / CFII. The second part, using various pros to help you, will cost some, but it will be as nothing compared to the cost of buying the wrong plane. Just ask the [former?] MS member who bought a plane then found on the first annual that the wing spar was corroded . . . . .
  8. Hank
    Sorry, @Marauder. The F I've flown was the same way. Really made me miss my infinitely adjustable electric flaps. But the F lands much better with Full Flaps, whike my C does very well almost anywhere between Takeoff and Full.
  9. Hank
    I think the spec is than a 1/16" deep dent is unairworthy. Or ungroundworthy, whatever.
  10. Hank
    It's interesting how high up [i.e., small flap deployment] your Takeoff position is! Mine is almost halfway through the range.
  11. Hank
    Wow, my '76 Chevy truck had the no clutch / no crank switch. Pretty sure it's on my '04 Ranger too. Since manuals are virtually extinct for new vehicles in this country, it won't be a problem much longer. Until I'm forced to buy an automatic . . . . Thankfully my Mooney has no tricks other than needing the key turned and pushed (which escapes some people).
  12. Hank
    I've never owned a car that would turn over without pressing the clutch! It's a safety thing, to keep you from lurching into a person / vehicle / building while starting the engine (and looking dumb whether you hit anything or not). All it takes is a microswitch under the dash by the clutch pedal hinge.
  13. Hank
    My primary CFI stressed if you hit ice, climb first because if ice cintinues to build you soon won't be able to.
  14. Hank
    When I moved from GA to Ohio in December [yeah, good timing, right?], I had no trouble starting my car. The third week I was there, morning temps were -10º to -15ºF, with 6-8" of snow cover. Took a few extra miles to start blowing actual heat, but never had cranking issues. The view out the window also convinced me that I was not really in hell, because nothing significant had occurred [that I was aware of] to make it freeze over . . . . Other than that, I could have been convinced!
  15. Hank
    That's over half a tank and 450 nm range for me . . . .
  16. Hank
    What seems to get so many people is the "while you're in there" effect . . . . I bought a top-of-the-line C near the top of the pre-Obama airplane value crash. Mynfirst several years totalled nothing but consumables: fuel, oil, filters, tires, batteries, ELT batteries. Oh, and the half-price G430 WAAS upgrade, when I patched up, cleaned and repainted the interior (that I had to remove to run new coax to the roof antenna). And a vacuum pump.
  17. Hank
    For my 1970-C, in cruise the elevator counterweight is about half exposed above the horizontal stabilizer. Photos from my digital camera were posted back in 2012? or so
  18. Hank
    And here I just thought it was to make the "personal airliner" more airline-like . . . . .
  19. Hank
    Mooneyspacer is fine. MSer is fine. Just don't call me a "Spacer!"
  20. Hank
    As do Cs and Es. I've onky flown electric versions of C & F, and find the F lands quite differently, much improved with Full Flaps vs. my C (whuch us almost always Takeoff Flaps unless high or fast).
  21. Hank
    I would confirm for you, but my Manual is an hour away with my plane . . . .
  22. Hank
    I thought they were snoozers, too. The sponsors were afraid of offending some small perpetually-offended portion of the audience, so instead they didn't attract anyone's attention. Except Hyundai and Bud Light . . .
  23. Hank
    Forecast here is for 70s all week, lows in the 50s . . . . No snow since Jan '18, when the plant closed for 2 days while I was doing annual inspection.
  24. Hank
    Since our planes aren't aerobatic, loops and barrel rolls are out. How about chandelles?
  25. Hank
    Check with Whelen. Have the part number from the old one. Unscrew, pull it up, turn to see the label, take a picture, put it back. They will know what to use.
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