Parker_Woodruff

I have no idea on the speed claims, but you'll enjoy faster shop work and less labor expense because of that. The MX guys over at Don Maxwell like it a lot.

Quote: KSMooniac Parker, I don't know of any conversions...as Jim mentioned it would be quite pricey, and even if you were to salvage the center console bits and controls from a wrecked plane for free, it would require a lot of hours to install IMO. I lucked out getting into a J in the first place since I was shopping for an E or F...but my luck wasn't quite good enough to get into a '78+ to get the vernier controls and the better McCauley prop. Oh well.

Why does the PDF online say something in the $18,000 range? Quote: mooney205kd As a reference, I got an email a while back for a Factory refurb for older interiors. They won't redo it in composite like the new birds, but will recover your Royalite in ultraleather, recover and foam your seats, redo your carpet, headliner, hat rack, and glareshield for (what they say is) cost. If you did everything they offer, it is around $10k. Price list for individual items and contact info below.

Quote: KSMooniac Was the solution to send your existing cable to McFarlane and have them "duplicate" it? I've read that is the way to go. I have a quadrant in my J and wish I could easily swap for vernier/push-pull cables! I hate the thing...it is a knee-knocker and doesn't allow for very precise adjustments. Not to mention it is probably a pound or two of extra weight.

Hmmm...the spar is one piece, correct?

Quote: docket Parker, it is water out of the vents and almost all of it comes out of the vent where the hat shelf would have been. The most interesting thing is it actually spits out enough water to make the left rear window have water drops covering a pretty good area of the inside. Frankly, I can live with the water drops more than the fact that the thing ain't that cold right now. Right now the AC reminds me of an old Italian car I drove -- it works as long as you don't leave it in the sun and once the interior is hot the AC does very little. Eric

Is it moisture that is in the form of water on your vents or is it moisture that looks like clouds are blowing out of your vents?

Well I got a quote several months ago at ~400 TT and 2 hours in Mooneys for something like $1600 on a 231 and $1650 on a 201. Both were valued at between $90,000 and $95,000.

Quote: mooney205kd No kidding?? You were the buyer, huh? Nice to meet you here. You would have had a solid bird with 5KD, but it worked out better for AAA and us that we remained her caretaker. You seen her lately? Check out the galleries here - she's looking good! Probably gonna get a factory interior before too long. That's one thing I LOVED about that Encore.

Quote: Parker_Woodruff I posted a reply to a thread about M20G models and found that I have a different idenity. Who knew? RFB (SagemGuy)

Quote: mooney205kd My partner and I have purchased 3.5 Mooneys from Jimmy (1/2 a Mooney???? - long story), and would not hesitate to recommend him. He will stand by his word. I'd be a little scared buying from anyone else. My $.02.

I posted a reply to a thread about M20G models and found that I have a different idenity. Who knew? RFB (SagemGuy)

I also have a G model and like it. I was a partner in an Executive before owning this one, and was shopping for an F model when I found the "G". I couldn't resist it because it had lived in the desert its whole life and had no trace of corrosion anywhere. Mine is less modified that Aaron's, but I do have the Lake Aero Cowling mod, gap seals (both) and some fairing mods. The numbers that Aaron gives in his post are essentually correct. I live in an area with high mountains, so I tend to cruise at between 7 and 10 thousand. Sea level climb is not much different, but the airplane needs to work to get above 10k, which is an essentual difference. at 7000, with 22" and 2400 RPM, I expect to see about 132 knots and only slightly slower at 9000 with 20" and 2500 RPM. Fuel flow for both settings is about the same at 8.8 GPH. One other thing, I need to run ROP because the manifold system is not good enough for LOP operation, the spread on the temps is simply too wide. I don't know if the Powerflow exhaust would help that or not. Aaron might comment on that if he has tried it. The trade-off is that I get much easier starting, especially in hot conditions. I have a full IFR stack including DME, ADF and GPS, so my useful load is slightly lower, but I still can carry four with an hour plus, including a VFR reserve, and with three up and 40 pounds or so of bags I can get a 2.5 hour leg conservatively. The envelope is amazing, and it is practically impossible to load it too far aft. I also take some exception to the "piggish" comment. It "feels" like a Mooney and does have the sloppy control feel of a Cessna or PA-28. It lands like one too, so you better maintain a little higher proficiency that a driver of those aircraft might require, meaning that speed control is essential. RFB

Nice ride!

Are yall talking fully loaded?

I'm getting 154-157 KTAS at 8000', WOT, 2550-2600RPM, 45-55 dF LOP on the richest cylinder. Best TAS I've seen was for a short time running ROP and I got 168 out of it. Mine has almost 7000 hours but also has some speed mods.

No I was just forwarding on the info for owners who are considering upgrading...however after finding out on another post what it involves, I won't exactly encourage looking at it! :-/

Yeah that doesn't sound too exciting to me.

Quote: Piloto The placard is correct. I have the same one on my M20J. It is also shown on the blue POH book. José

For those of you who are thinking about the IO-390, I had never heard of this mod for an extra 15hp. Any pireps? What's involved? "Horsepower Plus STC". 215 HP IO-360-A3B6D

Maybe I'm just blind, but I cannot find the limitation in the POH for the placard that is between the rear two seats in my M20J. It reads something like "170 lbs. maximum on each seat back". I just want to verify that this is in fact a limitation and was not something added by a previous owner. 170lbs is used in the example weight and balance calculation, but I'm just not seeing it as a limitation. Of course you could get all technical with it and say that a person's full weight is not supported by the seatback only....

Quote: JimR I keep my cowl flaps in trail sometimes too, Gary, for the same reasons, also with no observed reduction in cruise speed. The only thing that I don't like about doing this is the rather significant change in cowling air noise that it generates.

Quote: KSMooniac Last Thursday I flew back from Vegas to Wichita non-stop in 5:51, and used 49 gallons. It was ~900 NM, and I didn't get much help from a tailwind for the first 4 hours due to unstable mountain wave activity. 11.5k feet, WOT and 2600 RPM, 10-20 LOP at 7.8 GPH. Hard to beat a Mooney!

Quote: The-sky-captain Interesting article Jim, thanks for the heads up. The article mentions using "Vision" made by Turtle Wax. Is anybody familiar with this product? Any other good wax recommendations?

I just bought my Mooney in February and had a prebuy annual with IFR certs done at G-Force Aviation. They did a good job.