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Norm: Don't know if this helps, but I have the IO 360 app on my iPhone and I think the guy that wrote it owns Air Dave LLC. The website address for his app is: http://www.airdavellc.com/AirDave/IO360_Power_Settings.html. He has gotta know Mac. Hope this helps.

I think I prefer the MVP50 - or the AuRACLE from Flightline. They have much of the same functionality of the 930 and are all close in price, but they are smaller and lighter. I could be convinced otherwise, of course, but I am currently leaning away from the 930.

Quote: Lood Edgargravel, thanks a lot for that pirep. Can you recall what thickness you used?

Lood: I have recently used it in replacing the old fiberglass and aluminum foil combo that was in my '65 E model. It really absorbs the sound well and provides a much better thermal insulation than the old stuff as well. Easy to cut and install. My wife and I did the entire interior in less than one day. We bought 5 linear feet off the roll and we had about 4 square feet left over, if I recall.

Quote: panther1400 Do you guys join one or all and what are the benifits for the cost?

Quote: BluSky dcrogers, THATS THE BEST !!!!!!!!

I'm spoiled. I bought my E model in 2005 and it had an S-Tec 50 in it already. I love it. An old Trimble TNL 1000 to watch the heading and the S-Tec to fly it when things are busy. The only thing it does not do is fly the glideslope. But, hey. I probably like it that way.

Quote: Shadrach Too funny and yet a bit true... .... There's no substitute for the very tactile feedback one gets from using their right arm as an actuator...

Quote: AustinPynes I have read the AD which refers to SB M20-190B Part I, II and III. At the risk of enduring the wrath of manual Johnson bar owners, I would like to get a sense of the cost of this AD from those who have complied with it. I am in the buying process for an 1970 M20F with electric landing gear. thanks

Quote: KSMooniac sreid is correct regarding aluminum fatigue. Some GA airframes have fatigue concerns, but Mooneys are not one of them, at least as far as I've read/heard but it is theoretically possible (or probable) that a Mooney could eventually have fatigue damage that could render it unairworthy, but that might be at 20,000 hours or 100,000 hours. It is impossible to say without doing a full fatigue analysis, which was not required when the M20 was certified long ago. Regardless, I wouldn't fret too much at buying a 5000 or 10000 hour airframe that has been maintained well.

Quote: flight2000 I'd disagree with that... '67 is the better vintage. Congrats on your new bird. Love the E model!! Brian

Urs: It is located on page 10 of the Mooney Type Certificate (2A3), second last entry at the bottom of the page. It states the useable fuel quantities depending on the serial number of the aircraft. The Type Certificate is published on the FAA website at http://www.google.ca/#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=mooney type certificate&pbx=1&oq=mooney typ&aq=1v&aqi=g1g-v2g-j2&aql=&gs_sm=sc&gs_upl=1119l3202l0l5456l10l10l0l1l1l0l251l1634l1.3.5l9l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=548cb621829ee2a3&biw=1173&bih=611&pf=p&pdl=300. I thought the EASA might have a copy of it, but they only have copies of the parts related to M20Ms and later. Hope this helps.

Quote: butchgilbert I have an M20 Air Oil Seperator that over the last 10 years never seemed to work right. At Osh Kosh this year I bought an Air Wolf mini-seperator. Having it installed next week. I think it will work great. IMHO.

Quote: dcrogers11 It makes perfect since that a Mooney driver would own a Mac. The similarities are uncanny. They're both fast, well built, cool looking, and have a cult following that swears they wouldn't own anything else.

They are looking for the PropPastie that has flown off the prop?

This is just me (not knowing all the facts), but I might start with some Tri Flow on the hinge. It sounds like something is now out of alignment that was previously OK. YMMV

Seth: In the four large organisations I have worked in since 1971: Canadian Department of National Defence, Standards Council of Canada, the Canadian Association for Laboratory Accreditation, and Exova Lab Group, only the first three allowed the use of private aircraft as a method of personal transport for business trave. Exova's brokers were scared so, with the tacit agreement of my president, I simply charged the equivalent of car mileage and they did not care. Now that I am the owner of my own company, and I am using the aircraft for business travel, I will expense gas, parking and other things as part of my own business costs - so this is no longer an issue. Maybe more so long as I avoid hassles from Transport Canada on the "for hire or reward" aspect of my use of the aircraft until I get my commercial rating. But...and this is for the fight you are considering, I provided Exova, their broker, and their underwriters with the standard forms (statements) made to the other three organisations to indemnify them for my own use of the aircraft while on company travel and it made ZERO difference. It turns out that private organisations (unlike the two government ones I was in before) are scared of insurance companies and these decisions are all personality dependent. Fear based decsision making will, in the end, not result in going back to the way things were before for you. Wish I could tell you different, but my experience says that is how it will likely come down. BTW: Congrats on the new set of wings. As well, I am not going into Gaithersburg, but Indian Head on the week of the 18th. They changed the conference venue - but thanks for the offer of assistance.

Quote: Becca Also my newly discovered issue is we were planning on departing for the US at 7 am tomorrow morning, arriving in the US at 9 am. But customs at the airport of entry we planned on going to is closed all weekend and only opens at 8 am. How are we supposed to provide 2 hr phone notification (apparently just filling out an eAPIS form isn't considered sufficient notification)? I called a couple other local customs places that are open over the weekend to see if they could help, and they just shrugged and told me to wait to arrive until 10 am so we could notify them at 8 am when they opened. This M-F, business hours only, customs support is really frustrating and putting a damper in my desire to use my airplane for quick weekend trips into Canada. The US doesn't have a system like CANPASS right now that allows us to bypass that.

Quote: drapo Here's my solution! OK, so mine isn't a Garmin, but it's a Ram mount, so it can be customized. My Mx attached it to the panel and it just sits in front of the audio panel, and it is not hiding anything, except for the ADF.

Quote: Becca We just landed for first time im Canada (cleared customs in sault ste Marie, then onto Kingston). Lessons learned: if it's not too late, pay to join can pass so you don't have to arrive on a weekday during business hours (which is usual customs and border arrival policy), buy gas before you get here (it's $7-8/gallon in Canada), don't expect reliable weather while en route while getting into us, there is a $17/day air traffic use fee, and if you fly over 25 miles you must b on a flight plan for search and rescue, Vfr flying is normally not done (not allowes?) at night..

Folks: This is so obviously a scam. From someone posing as a military member serving overseas.

Quote: triple8s I was reading this ad in Controller, http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/MOONEY-M20C/1963-MOONEY-M20C/1204763.htm Is there or is there not a certified, fuel injected parallel valve 360? The ad says IO360B1B thought this was a angle-valve engine. I sure would like to get rid of the hot oil sump induction system and the carb I am stuck with.

Quote: mooneyman I am looking for advice on a Toronto airport to fly into in August. We are staying at a hotel in Yorkville. Has anyone flown onto Pearson International (CYYZ), Buttonville (CYKZ), or City Centre (CYTZ)? Experience with FBOs? This will be our first international flight. I have obtained the necessary permits and registered with eAPIS. Should be fun! Thanks-- Patrick

Quote: screamingtrees Hey, Just going through the final phases of purchase of my "new" to me mooney purchase..I'm looking to line up some instruction on her. must have 500+hrs tot get back to me thanks, Marty

Quote: Jeff_S The first time I ever took the controls of a J was from the right seat in a plane I was evaluating for purchase. I was amazed at how solid the aileron controls were in flight...in fact, downright difficult to turn compared to my Warrior. I didn't realize at the time that much of this was due to the push-rod system rather than the pulleys in most planes. But what I also didn't realize was that even more of this was due to SPEED! I'd never flown an airplane at 150 KIAS before (at least not straight and level). It gave me a new appreciation for the real forces generated by an airfoil cruising through the air.