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Incandescent lightbulbs have a short life on small piston planes due to vibration. When the lightbulb is on the filament becomes hot and less rigid easy to break under vibration. Specially with incandescent landing lights. This does not occur with LED lights. José
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$43 dollars, get a flashlight.
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A one inch gap at the cowl flaps trailing edge will drop the temps by 50F or more. Just adjust the flaps turnbuckles. No effect on speed performance. José
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Check the charging voltage with the engine on. AGM batteries need to be charge to 14.4 volts to insure 100% capacity. José
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Working planes don't get hangared. José
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Good idea because the consequences could have a bad smell. José
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Ten pounds total both sides and you gain 36 gallons. José
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My first Mooney was a 1966 M20C based at TJIG right at the San Juan bay in PR. It had corrosion on the tubing structure and on the wing spar (center splice and wheel wells) but none inside the fuel tanks. During repairs I had to open the tanks for drilling out the rivets that hold the vertical stiffeners in the wheel well. But the tanks inside didn't have corrosion. José
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Keep in mind that a plane with bladders has less useful load in fuel (5 gallons less) due to the added weight of the bladders. José
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Zinc Chromate didn't help much. Similar to the older B707. Were the bladders removed and inspected before this inspection? José
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Here is a similar discussion of bladders vs wet-wing. Cessna no longer uses bladder tanks. https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/fuel-bladders-vs-wet-wing.67047/ José
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Not a bad idea to remove the bladders after 30 years and check for corrosion at the next annual. José
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All modern airliners have integral tanks. The reasons: Only cans of sealant need to be in stock at the MROs for tank repairs. With bladders you need to have in stock the bladders for each wing section for each plane model. Bladders weight is considerable more vs integral tanks, thus reducing payload capacity. Moisture trapped between the bladder material and airframe structure can cause corrosion. José
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Do the fuel pump pressure test described above. You may have a cracked pump diaphragm. José
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Sometimes adjusting the seat reclining angle helps. Check also with your doctor, it may be a sciatica related pain. Switch underwear, I use boxers, the best for inflight relief. José
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At full gross, takeoff configuration and at 3000ft AGL and at V1 kill one engine and try to recover. If you go below 3000ft you would have crash on takeoff. Most catastrophic engine failures happen on takeoff due to high stress on the engines and low airspeed. José
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Make sure you keep both engines well maintained. 3700 pounds on 160 HP on single engine operation is not the same performance as a Mooney (2700lb/200hp) on takeoff, specially at altitude and hot. José
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What's better than an airplane in the hangar?
Piloto replied to HRM's topic in Miscellaneous Aviation Talk
With a 100 gallons of AVGAS trying to pull the plane by hand over the door tracks to the taxiway can be challenging. On the later models like the M20M/M20R with 130 gallons is impossible to tow by hand over the door tracks Be careful when pulling with the winch into the hangar. It is a good idea to place chucks on the ground to stop the plane momentum before the wings hit the hangar. José -
What's better than an airplane in the hangar?
Piloto replied to HRM's topic in Miscellaneous Aviation Talk
One of the problems with winches is that they are no good for pulling the plane out of the hangar. When you taxi the plane in front of the hangar you may need to pull the plane forward a couple of times to line up. I use a Robotow that works very well. José
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Bob, this forum started about missing electrodes on fine wire plugs and the experience of others with the same issue. No mention of missing electrodes on massive plugs. José
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Bob Here are pictures of missing electrodes for fine wire plugs. But could not find a picture for massive plugs. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=fine+wire+plugs+missing+electrode&qpvt=fine+wire+plugs+missing+electrode&FORM=IGRE My concern is having a failed Iridium electrode rubbing between the cylinder walls and the piston rings. José
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It is simple to understand. When you are gone where would you rather be: in Heavens with Mother Theresa or in Hell with JLO.
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Bob Noticed that the article does not mention the Tempest massive plugs. Unlike the Champions old massive I found the Tempest massive to be very good performers with much longer life than the Champion massive. I am just an old cost/safety conscious guy expressing my findings. As you get older you will find that not everything in the Bible is true. Don José
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I had good luck with Rapco vacuum pumps, they have lasted over 1000 hrs. I noticed that about 100hrs before failure the suction gauge indication wiggle. José
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My Tempest massive have over 9 years and 900 hours and performing like new. Looking forward to outlast them. José
