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At this price…. We are going to see Many Mooneys sitting on old donuts that are out of spec… I’m pretty sure we can follow the OPP guidelines and produce an equivalent part… a whole lot easier than the other parts that have been successfully made via OPP guidelines… I would like to see a set of donuts well under an AMU… so it doesn’t ring alarms with the finance administrator…. How re-usable are the steel(?) washers that they all come with? Are we all tossing out a set of expensive washers with that too? PP thinking out loud only… Best regards, -a-

Oil life in most cases is pretty benign… except for the oil that gets to cool the very hot parts…. Where those hot parts are above the degradation temp of the oil itself… The amount of contact time in those areas is important… keep the oil flowing… The two places… 1) Exhaust valves 2) Turbo bearings If you find chunks of carbon in the shape of a valve guide… it may be time to ream the guides… to keep the oil flowing… As always…our oil survives this pretty well… when everything is working as expected… Under most conditions… an ordinary descent and landing has cooled the oil as well as possible… no need to add an additional cool down period…. As far as lead exposure goes… I watched a video about doing body work on classic cars using molten lead… how it was much better than the modern body fillers… no mention if that was real lead, or breathing precautions, or venting the area… Tin cans for food storage used to be welded using lead… PP thoughts only, not a mechanic… Best regards, -a- W.H.O. Thoughts on Pb in the human body…. Why it has a tendency to be around a long time… Key facts Lead is a cumulative toxicant that affects multiple body systems and is particularly harmful to young children. Lead in the body is distributed to the brain, liver, kidney and bones. It is stored in the teeth and bones, where it accumulates over time. Human exposure is usually assessed through the measurement of lead in blood. Lead in bone is released into blood during pregnancy and becomes a source of exposure to the developing fetus. There is no level of exposure to lead that is known to be without harmful effects. Lead exposure is preventable.

Nice catch! Great pic too. No fire… No sleeping pilot… which CO monitor picked up the early warning? (Brand, model, or pic?) What reading did you see? Did you get an alarm with that? Let me invite @DanM20C to the discussion… Best regards, -a-

@gummirat was getting closer to being able to supply donuts for the Mite community… He has rubber manufacturing skills to make a decent donut to meet OPP specs… LORD needs competition… Go capitalism! Best regards, -a-

Wowwwwww! This is one of those projects I’d like to send to Al Mooney to get his thoughts! Where did the Cad drawing, 3D printing, machining, and finishing skills come from? Hobby? Professional? Outsourced from a good idea? Thanks for sharing the details. Best regards, -a-

How many lies does the federal government take… To allow a YouTuber to make an honest penny… possible support for plea deal… 1) Its not my fault… all the 29 year old kids were doing it. 2) It’s completely safe… I own my own parachute. 3) Nobody will remember my self centered act… after I make a ton of pennies. 4) Its not a landmark case… where the next one will be more stupid, more harmful, and include innocent people or property… Good luck Trevor, you left your brain at the airport that day… How many hours of public service does he get? Tempered PP thoughts only, not a lawyer… Best regards, -a-

Harry’s 100th birthday flight is etched in my memory of things I would like to achieve…. Best regards, -a-

Great pic! The Mooney wears it best! What we need…. A comparison to the Mooney with the stinger tail… I bet it is a very close match for the image. Best regards, -a-

Way to go Gus! That looks fantastic! I was using a runway this week that had very green grass along the edges…. Most likely artificial turf, about a yard wide…. Most likely a method of keeping the edge of the runway from breaking up… the soil all around the area is beach sand. The fake grass mat will do a nice job of keeping the sandy soil in place. 26N Ocean City, NJ… So…. I landed near plastic! Best regards, -a-

Follow up video from the pilot of the accident aircraft… video was posted on an interesting fire fighter’s YouTube channel… the Keoni the YTer specializes in firefighting aviation accidents… Pilot experienced the affects of a surprise tailwind…. Central Jersey Airport… 47N… Best regards, -a-

Way cooool rbp! EIS supplies tons of real data to work with. Amazing detail. Best regards, -a-

Great follow up Barzook! Thanks for sharing the details! Best regards, -a-

The best ones…. Are artfully cut to include words like ‘GoodYear’…. Proudly displayed. -a-

Ever compare the flight track of your plane following an analog VOR course…. Over a chart with straight lines …? Then compare that to the flight track of your plane following the GPS course… The standard width of Victor skyways is based on the accuracy of the analog system’s scalloped shapes….. We sometimes have to switch between using the VOR at the beginning of the pair to the one at the end, near the half way point…. (As charted) This is done because the plane will follow the scalloped shape outside the standard width of the Victor skyway…. Are we discussing the same thing? Best regards, -a-

To find what you wrote… click on your avatar… it lists thing you wrote…. like magic!!! -a-

Secret sauce for searching MS… Use Google and search…. mooney space ptt switch or use MS search… PTT switch, but don’t search for just PTT. The three letter words can’t be found… -a- https://mooneyspace.com/search/?q="PTT switch"&quick=1&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy

Turtlepac for those trips where your plane doesn’t have the fuel legs that the trip requires… also rentable, it sits on the back seat, or baggage compartment… WnB is important as well… Best regards, -a-

Steve, Consider putting the date in the title line… You can edit the title line by editing the first post… the title is attached to it… The edit menu is a few dots in the righ top corner of the post…. ‘…’ Best regards, -a-

M20Ds still standing on their fixed legs are super rare! We have three in the US… I have seen two of them… (one has nice pics around here somewhere) There is another MSer currently discussing his squishy pedal challenge at the same time… Following Doc’s advice above is really helpful for finding the place where an air bubble is often trapped. Getting the bubble out will get the pedal to firm up nicely… Search for brake fluid 83232 to find that other conversation… If you can use break vs. brake properly… you automatically get an English award for MSers that like their word of the day exercise! This one catches a lot of people… that only speak English… Best regards, -a-

Great pirep affricate! Let’s see if @M20Doc has seen that bolt come loose before… (M20M oil scavenger pump) Best regards, -a-

Keep an eye out for people selling off their electric back-up vac pumps… This particular system has many limitations that are important to be aware of… It only provides the right vacuum under certain conditions… that the pilot needs to be familiar with… before it is needed. The electric back-up removes the need to adjust MP to produce good vac. of course… a back-up AI with its own battery is really good too. Best regards, -a-

The KT76C is a nice upgrade to the prior KT versions with the knobs that twist backwards from expectation…. also has a display of the pressure altitude it is reporting… -a-

Great catch, and pic! Ooops. It is not normal to have wires contacting the exhaust pipes…. Work with your mechanic to find the proper wire routing for that… or the proper method to hold the wires away from that… Exhaust gas temps 1500+°F can far exceed the degradation temperature of the most expensive wire insulation… Be on the lookout for EGT sensor routing as well… they need to be kept separate from spark plug wires, while you are moving things around… If there were a wire god… he must not have received your tithe… Best regards, -a-

I’ve run out of likes for the day…. -a-

I bought a Mooney, because the fast driving was getting too expensive….. Weather forecasting has been getting better and better with the invention of decent fast computers… @Scott Dennstaedt, PhD is always a great resource for aviation weather products… He has a few videos posted on YouTube… Gives great presentations at the usual big fly-ins… And stops by for conversations like this often…. Refundable tickets are expensive, and refundable… Some people have a million miles because they also fly in the back of a lot of commercial flights… lots of free flights available on demand that way… If you are new to GA… use extra caution… the flight out is easy to choose…. Getting back home can be several days away before your flight even starts… include weekends in your plans… Other people have a nice work from home situation… or work from a hotel when you can’t get back home because of weather… Just don’t get stuck trying to fly at night, in a thunderstorm, in icy conditions, with low fuel… because the weather forecast messed up…. Having an IR is also nice for half of the weather situations we may encounter… Ice and thunderstorms can give any GA plane a day off… Decades ago… it was hard to go away for a weekend and be back on Monday to work… with the weather forecasts that were available at the time… Start choosing your favorite forecast mechanism… and keep track of how well it works for you… start today… Start watching the H and L as they travel across the country… Watch how the fronts move with them… Know where the storms are going to cause problems… Some days the forecast has crummy weather where you want to fly… and it turns out to be crummy weather the day you are flying… Some places it is crummy in the morning… others it is crummy in the evenings… So picking time of day may be really helpful… Start with short flights… with an Uber option if you need it. Or driving your own car… PP thoughts only, not a weather bug… So much of this equation is personalized… equipment, ratings, experience, and weather knowledge… Having ADSB in onboard is always helpful… a strike finder is another resource to consider… Best regards, -a-