Hank

I've been living with the factory-installed black knob in my C for 18 years now . . . .

Do they (FAA) send reminders for your Class 3? AOPA is very good at sending reminders--take the class every two years, visit your doctor every four years, don't send any paperwork to anyone, just keep it at home where you can find it if ever asked for it (you know, just like the airplanes logbook).

Once your SI arrives, stop getting Class 3 and change over to BasicMed. Life is very good on this side!

Just tell them it's for a low torque actuator on some old equipment whose original manufacturer closed years ago.

Any reputable gear manufacturer would be able to replicate a worn gear to new dimensions, especially if you remake both mating gears. Just as with buying one set from Mooney, it will not be inexpensive, but if you can aggregate requests from 10-15 owners, the per set price will come down; if you can get requests from 50 people, the per set price may become attractive. But don't set yourself up to be seen as possibly selling the gear sets yourself! Each person will need to make a written request, and I e person send it off to the gear manufacturer, all attached to a single letter for the total order.

I get a physical most years, and take the BasicMed online course every other year. Then I go to the local urgent care for the exam every four years. Why do you get the BasicMed physical more often than required?

Ouch! Reference the recent discussion about proper go around procedure, although this go around was to recover from PIO.

That's a lot easier than buying the whole turbine to begin with, isn't it?

National Aircraft Parts Association has many parts for our Vintage birds!

@0TreeLemur, was this you, Fred??? Either way, it's impressive!

He's showing just over 20" at 11,500; my C barely makes that at 10,000. And at 20"/2500 and 10,000 msl, I'm usually around 145-148 KTAS (indicating around 145 mph).

I've been twice, haven't been asked to drop trou. But my former urgent care place has turned into family medicine (found out when I got sick and popped in), so need a new place. Will talk to my new doc, sadly not nearly as close to the house . . .

I've seen old Pipers with a magneto key and a push button ignition. Kept a friend's plane from being stolen once, the theif just kept turning the key . . .

Providing the part drawing to the machine shop is sufficient involvement, I believe.

You might want to replace both blocks while you're at it, the Up and Down blocks. Someone posted the drawing a couple of years ago, which would let yiu go OPP and hire someone to make a set for you.

I remember reading it, but couldn't find it. Is that the Spruce bag, or amazon?

Quick tube question: I'm about to replace my main tires, and remember reading recently about talc. Checked my baby powder bottle, it's corn starch and has no talc. How can I find real talcum powder these days? or should i just use the new no-talc baby powder?

That's very similar to the performance i get from my C at 9000 msl, WOT- / 2500 and leaned to peak or 25° Rich. No fuel flow installed, but i get ~8.4 gph from fuel pump to fuel pump. I do have the 201 windshield and guppy mouth closure, but also have a Hartzell 3-blade prop.

While it wasn't a formation flight, I took a friend to pick up his 75 F after AP work, a bit over and hour away. On the flight home, despite the 3-blade airbrake on my C, I kept his F in sight, and I was on downwind about the time he parked.

No, the base Cherokee, even Archers, is just a Fiesta. The Celica has always had too much get up and go.

Many of our older Mooneys once had a shock absorber on the nose wheel; my 1970 C has the (empty) brackets on the leg. Apparently Mooney decided they were not necessary, and they quit putting them on at some point. There may be an SB allowing it's removal. I've owned my C since 2007, there was no shock when I bought it.

Me, too! But according to the poll, we are a tiny minority. I do sometimes bump the flap switch a bit on final, usually some more Down, then about half the time I end up taking out some of the extra Down. Whatever is required to hit my desired landing spot.

The girl at the desk asked if I was a member when saying for fuel heading to Tampa, so I made sure to join before going back afterwards. No discount on parking, though.

This one. Saved me over $70 on fuel from KTPA to KFAY, ~ 30 gallons or so. https://www.signatureaviation.com/programs/signature-tailwins/ No idea why overnight fees are $100! At least we got my mother in law moved out of there, so only going back to clean out the house. Already looking into alternative fields . . . .

Mooney M20-C, electric: Vlo = 124 mph, Vfe = 124 mph Sorry, but all airplanes just are not the same!