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At first glance, avionics look old for this class of aircraft, but very similar to that's in my C. Then there's 438 hours in the last 17 years, an average of 27 hours per year . . . How many years has it sat inflows? What shape is tank sealant in, and shock disks, and then engine hoses replaced 17 years ago, and gaskets and . . . .

Chill and relax, Rich. That sling is partly to give support, partly to remind you that your arm isn't ready to be doing things yet.

Hey, @N201MKTurbo, how're you doing? My surgery was much less invasive; I began exercises the next morning holding a can of soup. Hope you're doing well. Take the pills, they'll help your recovery. After my surgery last fall, I set alarms on my phone to take a poll every 6 hours, no pain at all. It's much easier to keep it gone than to make it stop once you start feeling it.

I did everything to avoid surgery--therapy, shots (they hurt like hell but provided 2-3 pain-free weeks each, but two was all they could give); rays, MRI, etc. This all took 6-8 months to go through everything. Then got a second opinion before agreeing to be cut on. Now, 23 years later, it feels like it's starting all over again.

Cool! Once you heal.up and finish PT, you shouldn't have any more joint pain! Ever . . .

Nice! Chipmunk or CAP?

Wow! The insurance rate for scope & clean in Dec 2001 was $12,900! I'm gonna look into this!

I generally don't push my C much more than 100 feet, otherwise I crank up and taxi. Each year it seems that my changeover point gets shorter . . . .

I'll study up on these. Both shoulders bother me a bit, the right one that had scope & clean 23 years ago is getting up to its old tricks again. Recovery last time was ~4 months . . . But I'm older now, and have a Mooney in the hangar!

Yep, what Vance said. Plus, my own minimums are flexible--as I fly more often and don't think "am I current?", my minimums decrease; fly less, needed to get current, my minimums increase. My last IFR flight was a brief climb through IMC, cruise on top for 4 hours. The forecast at my destination was scattered cirrus 25,000; when I flew past the end of the layer below me, there was a much lower layer going off into the distance left, right and forward. Approach asked if I had weather at my destination; when I replied affirmative, they cane right back with "state intentions." Conditions were 400 overcast, visibility 2 miles in mist, and I forget the winds. But one county south was 900 overcast, visibility unlimited, winds from the west but not strong. They also had an ILS. So i diverted there and let my wife drive 45 minutes to get me. Didn't feel like messing with it after a 4-hour flight where I'd left my travel mug of ice water in the Uber, and had less than 1/2 bottle of water in the plane. Naturally the skies cleared up a few hours later.

@Alan Fox has some preflown parts, and he's also scrapped out a Mooney or two. He may have some filler necks, even radios if they're the problem. Welcome to the club. Hope you enjoy your C half as much as I do mine!

So how does it handle the rapidly-growijg number of traffic circles? Or does it do like so many people and Stop for that triangular YIELD sign?

Go for it! No one gets a do over in life. @Parker_Woodruff has been insuring my C for a while now, I think the last 4 or 5 years with Basic Med. I'm just two years younger than you.

Engrave the lettering into the panel, anodize it, then go back.and fill in the letters with contrasting paint. It will look sharp and last forever!

Now there's an STC to price out development on!!

Well, if you don't have beta, he has thrust reversers, which you would see as strong headwinds . . . .

The previous owner had them put on. I'll try to dig through the logbooks, but I don't remember seeing any drawings for anything (wingtips or windshield).

Yes, that fence keeps the lights out of your eyes.

The tail on that plane in the background ("Matt"''s plane?) has its tail on backwards . . .

Hmmm . . . . I wonder if this engine would be suitable for a scaled up, 2-place Subsonex???? It would probably become useful for traveling then. More thinking need . . .

It would be fun to pop one into my C, it's about the same price as a new O-360. BUT: Need DER to allow use of the engine Need DAR to mount to the plane Need new engine mounts and probably cowling Need new Performance Tables Likely to have longer takeoff roll due to 140 hp vs. 180 Need new prop So using this cool new turbine would probably cost 3-4X the value of my plane . . . .

I don't remember seeing times on RNAVs, but they're still shown on ILS. Having electric gear and flaps (Vg = 120 mph; Vfe = 125 mph), I can't give help on approach settings with the lower speeds; I fly to FAF with Takeoff Flaps, 16-17"/2300 @ 105 mph and drop gear 1-1/2 dots before intercept, then go down the glodeslope with no other changes.

Honeymooney visited 06A when I was based there, back in 2015. It was their 3rd or 4th trip to the U.S. Wish I could have met them, but just saw the plane on the ramp and googled it. Absolutely awesome trips!! My own longest trip was ~1350 nm, KHWV-->KCOD, but we were sightseeing and spent two nights going each way. The longest single leg that comes to mind would either be KALX-->KJGG or KALX-->T41; both were ~4:00 not counting wind. I did three roundtrips to Houston, flight times ranged from 3:00 to 4:40 (tailwinds are rare but very nice).

Someone just needs to check the Performance Tables. For my C, it's 12,500, 16"/2300, good for a little over 7 hours plus reserves. But Ovations burn more fuel and have larger tanks. I don't want to be in my plane that long without getting up.and walking around some. Four hour legs aren't a problem, I get twitchy at 4:30.

The new Sec. Transportation thinks pilots who blow taxi instructions like this should lose their license . . . Kind of like revoking taxi and truck driver's licenses for making a bad lane change . . . Sometimes the ground layout is confusing, sometimes the taxi instructions are unclear. If a bad taxi means loss of license, what will happen if a pilot flies off of his clearance? Bust Bravo, turn right instead of left, climb through cleared altitude, fly through localized, etc.?