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Hank

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  1. I have several friends who hand-prop their Champs from behind, with their left hand on the throttle.
  2. My Owner's Manual says to reduce airspeed 1 mph per 1000 feet to 10K, 100 mph at sea level down to 90 mph at 10K; no information is provided any higher. Keeping constant airspeed should reduce your climb rate. Unless your F is really that different from my C . . . .
  3. I left my Mooney at Wet Wings, with the canopy cover on. Handed the keys to Edison. Call.and talk to him about it. Fuel after the seal came from Banyan, and he took me over in his golf cart to pay the bill. You'll likely need to get over to the commercial airport KFLL for the ride home. Edison can advise on that, too. When I went back to pick it up, due to airline schedules I had to arrive after dark, and taxied to a hotel across the street from KXFE. Uber will likely be better, but I was there in 2010 . . .
  4. You can also poke around with a pick and often find the nut, too. With the tip in the nut, you can push/pull the trim over it, then quickly replace the pick with the screw.
  5. Thanks for repeating yourself . . . Amem, brother! Little dents won't condemn our airframes!
  6. My Nissan Altima, running on Regular gas, gets 38-39 mpg commuting through the woods to work, 35 miles each way. Loaded on a road trip on I-85 from SC, coming across Atlanta and back to Sweet Home, I've seen as high as 41 mpg. And no stinky, greasy diesel fuel to deal with! Dump the SUV and you'll be shocked at the GAS mileage you can get . . . . .
  7. That's all that some of us need! Just not at 100AMU . . . Wonder what that would do to my W&B? May have to relocate the battery from the firewall to the radio tray.
  8. @Ed de C., is your fuel selector on the RIGHT side??? No, I see it's the red thing in the middle. So what is that thing on the right floorboard?
  9. I'd be shocked if there's much difference. Very timely posting of the photo with measurements, as my stick just came up missing . . .
  10. An owner can do anything to their own aircraft "under supervision of an A&P." For details of what "supervision" means, talk to the mechanic you will work with on a particular job, and realize that each job has different supervision requirements. There are also times / tasks for which this will not be permitted.
  11. Didn't seem to slow down the infamous Barefoot Bandit, who flew off and crashed several planes.
  12. When I bought my C with 52 hours in my logbook, my insurance agent actually recommended a CFI, and using him reduced the required hours. Most were 20 dual plus 10 solo, but using "their guy" it was only 15 hours dual including 5 hours actual / simulated IMC.
  13. Sure, that's always a possibility. But it's much much more likely if the ignition is still on . . . . With zero "ignition button" experience, that appears more likely to happen without a key to remove and set on the panel so you can tell at a glance that it's OFF. So changing from key to button will require new habits and new checks. Just something to think about.
  14. When I get out if the plane, the keys are usually on top of the panel. Been doing that since a Student Pilot. Did it last night, the quick glance at the panel as I'm stretching out the tow bar. If you put in switches, you'll need to look for flashing lights, a new habit to build. If I don't see keys on the panel, I stop and check my pockets. A couple of times in the last 17 years, I've found the keys still in the switch . . . .
  15. But what hose does it take? Last time I looked, I couldn’t find the right size. Probably need to change the hose and filter both.
  16. I'll raise you to $100 per seat. And I'll come pick them up after annual is over.
  17. My stall warning sounded continuously one year right after annual. The IA had not taped over the static vents before washing the plane, they had water in them.
  18. Hey, he's less than a Mooney hour from me! Dothan is a nice field, big, open and towered for those who "don't go to uncontrolled fields." But my yoke clock ticks along nicely. I'll have to see what else he works on.
  19. I took it the other way around--MAPA made themselves irrelevant and stopped functioning, losing support along the way. Fortunately there are alternatives that didn't used to exist.
  20. Don, type @ then start on the name, and pick the right one from the pop-up list. @Parker_Woodruff Ya'll have fun!
  21. It's a fun ride! I pegged the IVSI in my little C. It's a lot more fun than the straight ahead, near Vne "put out the flames" descent, and you fall out of the sky much quicker.
  22. I bought my first plane in 2007. I'm retiring this spring, still flying the same plane. M20-C is so incredibly versatile! That's my only advice. I have about 5 flights as PIC in a F; a friend had one, and I was the only person around who met his insurances Open Pilot clause when it needed work. Note: my C has infinitely variable electric flaps (the longer I hold the switch down, the longer they move, until hitting the stops); Steve's 75 F had a slider on the quadrant with only three positions available: Up, Takeoff and Land. My C lands great with less than full flaps, his F was five tunes better at Full Flaps than at Takeoff
  23. Beware of chip bags! One popping open behind your head will scare the daylights out of you, until you smell them. Only some bags will pop . . . .
  24. Don is a classy man, who takes pride in his good work.
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