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Hank

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  1. Foley is on the outskirts of Mobile. Doesn't Continental build engines there? I wouldn't be surprised that there are people in the area who can rebuild a broken exhaust.
  2. Note that there are generally three versions of the C: Rounded back window, shotgun panel, difficult to remove cowl, short rudder. Manual gear, hydraulic flaps, push-pull throttle (mixture may be center or on the right). Square back window, cowl with cheek panels, may have shotgun panel, may have electric gear, may have electric flaps. Square back window, cowl with cheek panels, angled six pack panel, electric gear, electric flaps, throttle quadrant. My C is Type #3 above, and I really like it!
  3. Hank

    My Landing Video

    You should watch some if the "bad landing collection" videos . . . . Some just lost it a little, and some are absolutely hideous! Thankfully they are all filmed from outside the plane, where Don's instructional videos give both outside and inside views.
  4. My C is the same, using my fingers. Depending on what I've been doing and how I feel, the reach sometimes bothers my shoulder. The only time my engine has stumbled in flight is when I decided "two more minutes" one time too many before switching tanks. Then again, I have a bowl in my carburetor, hate to think how slow I'd have to turn the switch to make it stumble . . . It's generally ~2 seconds, pausing at OFF to adjust my grip.
  5. I'd look around Dallas, or over towards Longview. My geography is a little weak in that area, but I prefer to avoid Bravo airspace.
  6. Didn't Richard Collins write about losing a friend to this? He then went into the simulator to replicate, and failed 3 times out of 4, starting in IMC and expecting the failure.
  7. Sadly, I'll probably replace the G430W, too, driving the cost higher. Probably Avidyne, not rewiring for G650. Options are rather limited.
  8. No idea of current prices, but I had my tanks stripped and resealed in 2010; at the same time, a friend put 54-gallon bladders in his C. We were literally in different shops at the same time. The bladders cost 30-35 lbs of payload, and an extra 54% at pickup. Plus the extra 12 lb of fuel. How many people do you know who spend thousands of dollars to pick up 45lb of useful load? That's what bladders cost on every flight, plus the thousands of additional dollars to install. Oh, yeah, at bladder install they put in a second set of fuel caps in each wing, too--better let the line guys know which one to fill through . . .
  9. Once the Dynon AP idps approved for Mooney, I'm getting in line for SkyView and AP installation! My fingers have been crossed for a couple of years now . . . .
  10. I hate it when all the windows are closed. But insignia the aisle row for more legroom. Why pay $20 extra to sit in a seat with a window, if you keep it closed the whole flight???
  11. Just write whatever, then click on the "Add Files" button below, beside the paperclip. Upload the pictures. To put the photo inside your post instead of being a thumbnail below, attach the photo as above, then move the cursor to where the photo should go, scroll down and tap on the photo.
  12. P.S.--good to see you again, Andrew! @Hyett6420
  13. If I do too much at once, or concentrate too long on one thing in IMC, my altitude / heading / attitude begin to drift off of where I want to be. It's hardly loss if control, but staying head down too long could certainly get the plane headed that way. Do one thing, check the panel; do the next thing, check the panel.
  14. That's a good idea. I've been a happy customer for the past 5-6 years.
  15. I don't notice any difference . . . .
  16. Because my C model has an O-360, but no mogas STC is available
  17. There is no STC for mogas in my Mooney, but apparently other planes with my engine use it. So all I need is a convenient source of mogas at home and my destinations, and a DER . . . . Oh, and an understanding IA for as long as I want to fly. Because the next IA may disagree, and then where up the creek am I???
  18. Isn't Troutdale towered? Tapes should clarify what happened.
  19. He turned base, lost the engine and was too far away to land . . . . This is why so many people fuss at other pilots for flying bomber patterns. It's something that I have to watch, or I find myself well out of gliding range too, especially if the wind is 10 knots or more. On the other hand, he apparently made a great emergency landing in the river, got out of the plane a d swam to the bank before Rescue arrived. Wonder if he raised the gear or not? We'll find out when the plane is raised. Fly safe out there, ya'll!
  20. I'd probably find a nice biplane, which isn't on your poll . . . .
  21. Everything I've read prior today has talked about the unholy terrors caused by the pilot-side bracket installation, and the enhancements made to the installer's vocabulary . . . .
  22. FTFY. The tail wheel makes at least one complete 360° spin, then turns more just before touchdown, which forces it to spin the other direction to line up behind the plane as it disappears into the grass. Then a couple seconds later, the plane begins turning left. At least it had slowed down a lot before hitting the tree . . . .
  23. The bigger problem than reaching the pedals is seeing over the panel and cowling to land. I'm 5'11" with 33" inseam, and sit on a 2" tapered cushion; once I got it (while still doing the insurance dual), my landings improved significantly. My wife, 5'3-1/2", sits with the seat in the furthest back locked position, and can stretch out her size 3 shoes, wiggle her feet around and not touch anything. She also points out the "half inch" in her height . . . To see where we are going, she sits on TWO seat cushions like we have on our hardwood stools at the breakfast bar. Just did a Flight Review with a shorter CFII who is self-proclaimed long waisted, and the right seat was slid forward and locked in further forward than I've ever seen it, with one seat cushion. But it worked well.
  24. Just be prepared for ATC to move you over the Atlantic coastline. Your plan may work, but it may not.
  25. Just be prepared for the almost-overlapping Bravo airspace of Tampa and Orlando.
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