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You guys are sharp! -a-

Consider Chicago. It made a nice escape for three days avoiding an east coast hurricane last year... Best regards, -a-

I recall seeing the panel mounted device. With the portable devices. It takes me about 15 seconds to get a reading. The devices floats on my finger tip. Trying to get a reading at arm's length in turbulence sounds challenging. I would like panel mounted O2, but the portable O2 sensor sound a little more user friendly... Maybe the panel mounted device has a better technology than my portable... Best regards, -a-

Since we're on the topic. Key topic of Mooney go arounds... Full power with full flaps and trimmed for landing, causes a full nose up condition quickly, remember to control the nose while making the other pressure reducing and drag reducing adjustments..... Anyone else remember this one??? . Best regards, -a-

Quote: MagicCarpet Jetdriven comments on everything. 3100 posts? Gawd.

To solve this challenge You will need a second thermocouple down the well touching the same internal surface as the original bayonet sensor. To do this, requires the T/C manufacturer to build two thermocouples into the one bayonet. The best construction may still yield a 1oF difference in readings. Better than the current difference, but not perfect. This solution requires a new part number and some FAA paperwork. I can supply the design, can anyone here detail and supply the FAA paperwork? Back in the day I worked on colocating pressure and temperature sensors for plastics machinery. Good rheology data requires collocation of P and T sensors... Unfortunately the pressure sensors I worked with could not handle ICPs.... With the number of pilots currently interested in this accuracy, this project makes sense. The overall pilot population, maybe not asking yet. Time to supply some pressure to this heated discussion... Let me know... Best regards, -a-

Can it be upgraded to M20TN??? Adding turbos, engine parts and prop? Wishfull thinking on my part.... -a-

BD...., Try this contact. http://midwestmooney.com/mods.html For user type questions.... Cris (here) is a screaming eagle fan, unfortunately he's traveling outside the normal distance today... Best regards, -a-

Ward, I follow the book, then add some percentage... It's like adding religion to proven facts. I haven't been able to accurately measure what's actually happening during landing and take-off, mostly because being fast and not looking straight ahead while being near the ground keeps me busy. I like your point about how accurate the POH is. I haven't really been able to measure as many different regimes as I would like too. I'd like to measure machine performance often, removing religion from the equation. There is room for both just not in take-off length calculations. (running out of runway on take-off, you are at deadly speeds when you make the mistake.) this situation made me find religion once.... I have proven engine power at altitude vs. fuel flow and speed. So the rest should match....? I downloaded the cloud ahoy app a few days ago, but was not aware of the landing and take-off distance measurements. I'll be working with my flight instructor with some new tools in the back seat. Maybe he is reading along.... Best regards, -a-

Antares, I'd like to congratulate/thank you on a few things... 1) sharing what you did. 2) using facts. 3) including video. Spectacular! I'm not qualified for commenting on your flying technique, but your data collecting/sharing skills are spectacular. You made me wince and try and control my iPad though! That's as close to actually flying I have been in a month or so. Thank you. I'm sure there will be more qualified responses soon.... Best regards, -a- I am a big fan of your airport, I visited briefly last spring. Prior to my arrival, somebody had unceremoniously 'washed' a mooney there. Think, decide, act.....or go around. There isn't enough runway left to repeat the cognitive part, at this runway.

Back in the day with my M20C... The control cable would bend and not operate properly, strangling the intake... Check the operation of the system... The airflow seems strangled even when operating properly. Then buy a fuel injected model.... Best regards, -a-

We need a GPS function to measure these details accurately. We could build our experience and personal data base. Any suggestions? Maybe Hilton at WingX might have an idea... Best regards, -a-

They have never seen an oil can either... "The cans, the cans, he hates the cans...." - S. Martin Or bottles of oil at the gas station either. Check the oil, please? Why would we do that? Best regards, -a-

Mine just wales at me during bumps in the traffic pattern. Passenger's aren't unduly aware of what it means. It just got fixed! But not adjusted, this past annual. After it had been quiet for an unknown period of time. Could be overly sensitive. I have no answer. I probably could have gone with +1.... Best regards, -a-

Xcell spread sheet... -a-

I just bought the one from Sporty's for 50 bucks. It has a display of what it is counting as your pulse so you can visually see what it is counting. If you don't see a nice pulsing graph,move your finger. Haven't taken it flying yet, but I've got good numbers on the ground... Best regards, -a-

Weird things happen... On my first flight in my Ovation back from TX, we stopped for fuel, there was an accident on the runway, that closed the whole airport overnight. My one day trip turned into two hotels for me and my pilot. I got all kinds of experience with an experienced flight instructor. Eight hours of X-country flying in your new to you airplane is an excellent experience. You are paying for it anyway, you might as well learn from the experience. Consider it like paying for insurance, it's worth it. Enjoy the trip, observe and take notes. Do you have a portable GPS? You will want one... Best regards, -a-

Practice, practice, practice....... Fly often... Best regards, -a-

Privacy is good, Mike. Especially if you park outside...

Ovations have a blue box on the EGT meant to target EGT for climb. It is ROP, but leaner than full in on the knob. Any more lean on the red knob is in the area of the "red box"... Is that what they mean by over leaning? Best regards, -a-

And then you join the group looking to build new cowlings... Do you need the IO-390 too? You will be fast though??? -a-

http://www.planecover.com/ Ground Tech. - Salisbury Maryland.... Gary, check out this web site for the best covers on the east coast. The cover withstood 50kt winds the day before the picture was taken. Jim Cancil at Ground Tech is a good guy to talk to about the details. I bought a cover a decade ago for my M20C and had Jim perform maintenance on it. It looked like it would last forever. I bought a new plane and a new cover. The only thing different, I got a set of cowl plugs with my tail number sewn in them... Jim has sensible options like a zippered door and special material for covering the windshield. My plane is outside so my cover has an important job to do. Hope that helps... Best regards, -a-

Heinz, Spectacular photos! I like the Statue of Liberty with a Mooney wing in the foreground! Best regards, -a-

Ned, Nice point about the phone connection. My IFR flights start at an uncontrolled field carrying my cell phone against my ear. I need a solution like you described... Best regards, -a-

Does it make sence to have the SVT and so much data on one aspen screen? I believe it does, but have not seen an actual aspen in operation. as far as too much information crowding out the important information... A few button presses and only the important data is presented. As far as looking for a flat spot in an engine out condition, maybe a combination of ATC and SVT would be more helpful than my current HSI. My Xmas list now includes 1 Aspen and 1 JPI 900 and another iPad. If I were the sales guy for Aspen, I think I would set up a Webinar with different pilot groups like MooneySpace... Which unit am I looking to purchase? An EFD1000 with weather, traffic and SV. Thinking out loud... Best regards, -a-