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Quote: jetdriven I think what Randy is saying is cut social socialism. Leave the vast military industrial complex and the corporate socialism structure intact. GE, Bank of America, exxon, why they have the highest corporate tax rate in the world! But if you have 99 cents in your ashtray, that's more than all those companies paid. In tax last year. Spare me the shit, they didn't pay a thing. But lets go further and let them write off the entire cost of a gulf stream 550. Fifty million dollars. I'd sure love to write off my aircraft. Outrage is appropriate. Outrage at people who make 25 grand is the real tragedy. It continues on. Everyone's solution is cut everyone else's payment.

Rampant inflation is at least a fair tax. Affects every one. Cut all socialism. The items you mention are miniscule compared to social (paid to and for individuals)programs. It is not about taxing more it is about spending less.

The only answer to the budget deficit is to end SOCIALISM. This current administration is pushing SOCIALISM as far as they can. We as Americans are TOO stupid to realise that there is no pie to get a piece of. 60% of the federal budget is to support SOCIALISM. Taxes pay 150% of the cost of government. SOCIALISM steals that extra portion of the taxes and forces us to borrow 40% of what the government spends. THERE IS NO FREE LUNCH. Stop the vote buying. STOP SELLING YOUR VOTE. No socialist government has EVER not eventually gone bankrupt morally and fiscally. End the stupidity before it ends us.

I ride an old 1980 Suzuki GS1100LS. Sitting around was the 1982 Kawasaki 750LTD my son rode when he was young. I wanted my wife to learn to ride. The 750 intimidated her, she is just 110 pounds of sweet girl you know. We looked at newer smaller bikes. She perked up at the Honda 250 Rebel. She thought I should buy her one. Found a used one with only 1000 or so miles on it. Instead of buying it we put her in a motorcycle training course where they supplied the Rebels. Point is by the time she took the course and felt comfortable on a bike that 250 was way too small even for her. That step up to the 750 was not near as intimidating as before. Moral of my story is: Learn how to fly, beat the crap out of someone else's 172. Once you have your ticket buy the plane you plan to keep. Then you can treat her like the lady she is.

Scott is right. But not right enough. Our government spends 40% of its money running the country. 60% of the government money goes back to individuals in social programs. Of all revenue 60% comes from taxes and fees the other 40% is borrowed. Meaning the jerks in Washington are buying votes with our children's money. If they quit buying votes they could spend half as much and the budget would be balanced AND every one could go back to work. Unfortunately the politicians buy votes and pay people to stay at home and not work. Modern day slavery. The federal government should end all payments to and for individuals AND end all unfunded mandates on state and local governments. Socialism KILLS it kills economies and it will kill us.

I pulled this one of a 231 off aircraft color.com website also. I just tried to pull another line drawing but the website would not let me but I did pull this 201 example.

Quote: OR75 batteries are like cars ... you can get a lemon

Quote: OR75 batteries are like cars ... you can get a lemon

Quote: JaredDavis For what it is worth the original socket was a standard automotive cigar lighter on a 65 C. I believe, but have not verified, the fuse on the back of the socket provides thermal protection as well as current limiting. If you replace/use an automative socket, be careful about the thermal protection circuit. The parts I saw had a bimetalic strip which creates a direct short when the socket gets too hot.

In the last 3 years 200 hours the only repair other than at annual or normal oil change was a Vac pump.

Vance Brand KLMO Longmont CO about 10 years ago. Kind of awkward till I realized who he was and what he wanted. Gave him AROW, pilot licence and medical. Took about a minute. You do not need to carry log books for plane or pilot. If he asks they are not on board. Too many can o worms there. If you have an "incident" DO NOT give log books of any kind to them until your legal team reviews them. You can be clean but have a "typo" and get violated. By the time they ask for logs they want to get you.

The engine prop combination from the C 340 is what Rocket used. It was a certified package and they kept it together. That is why the Rocket has the full feathering prop like a twin. It would take a field aproval. Talk to the man before you spend a dime.

There are some people like my mother. She loves roller coasters. At the amusement park she'd ride them over and over. In the plane she loves it. Dive to pick up speed, pull up and over into weightlessness. She loves it. Some are like my father he Hates roller coasters. One time Dad was sleeping in the back and Mom sitting up front ask for a rollercoaster. Half way through Dad woke up yelling If I puke its going down the back of your neck! You have to Know your market and give them what they want. On a first flight I brief EVERY thing. The start, the taxi, the run up, the take off. It is a running commentary. They always know what is next. They also know they can say NO at any time. Make your first turns as smooth and shallow as you can. People love to see their house from the sky. Talk about circleing. If they are OK brief and do a steep turn for them. When it comes time to land talk them through it. Especially if there is a cross wind component. Explain why it looks crooked. Kick in the rudder a little early tell them first. Now that we are straight see how one wing is down? We will land one wheel at a time. Talking them through it helps you grease that first for them landing. Brief the maneuver. Ask your passenger if it is OK. NEVER do more than they are comfortable with. No means NO. Always keep your new passenger ahead of the plane. NO SURPRISES on a first flight. On maneuvers like the roller coaster sometimes they beg for more, sometimes once is enough, sometimes straight and level is more than enough. Make the flight for THEM is is not about you. Never overwhelm them. Like a good showman you always leave them wanting more.

By international treaty all planes are required to have a radio station license. This requirement predates USA dropping the requirement domestically. Until every nation that signed the treaty agrees to drop the requirement we will have it. Same treaty that requires English internationally.

The Garmin "Street Pilot" GPS in my Toyota Sequoia has a trip feature that records Time/Mileage. Using the time moving (excluding time stopped and idling) figure I average 30 MPH. That means with 97500 miles on my truck there are about 3250 hours on my alternator. Using hours as the criteria most automotive alternators last 3000 to 6000 hours. I don't know if the aircraft products are so poorly built that 1000 is a reasonable number but I doubt it. I believe the alternator on your plane comes as part of the engine. To replace the alternator before engine TBO seems excessive to me. But heck I fix cars for a living. I am always amazed at how poorly certified parts last in comparison to the Cars I work on. Brings up a question in my mind. Does certification guarantee WORSE quality in our airplanes? I believe the current system create a More expensive Lower quality product. Our legal system already excessively punishes poor manufacturers. If they build poor products that harm people the courts make them pay. Certification does not protect a manufacturer from being sued does it. What certification does is set a minimum that is so costly to achieve that excellence is never attempted. If planes could be built in the same regulatory environment as cars they would be better and much less costly. Look at the market for $200,000 to $700,000 cars. Small production, handmade, high tech. Everything we are told that cant be done for airplanes. Remember the FAA's job is not the best interest of the public but the best interest of the FAA. ANY GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY'S FIRST JOB IS TO PROLONG ITS OWN EXISTENCE, to increase next years budget.

With 1825 TT on the engine it uses less oil at 2500 than full forward.

APA $4.29 self serve $5.29 Full serve. Alcohol is killing your car, your lawnmower, your environment and your food bill. The only benefit for it is the politicians can pay off their buyers with our money.

Quote: M016576 Any idea what they charge? I got a quote from western skyways that was about 22k for OH on a 360a3b6d with my core (exchange value on the core being ~15k). Anyone have any experience with western skyways?

FL 260 in a Rocket more than once. FL170 in my J lowest alt available on MEAs west of Denver. FL195 in a 182 RG Center gave me a block altitude and I rode the mountain wave over the front range into Denver. Always with O2. Rocket was still climbing over 1000FPM at 26K. Why did I buy a J ?

Yes it was converted to a Rocket. The TSIO520NB is the same engine Cessna uses in the 340. Lots of power, lots of fuel, lots of performance. Trade my J towards another in a minute. I miss that Rocket. You are correct they no longer do the Mooney Rocket or Missile conversions. All they do now are Turbo prop conversions. With a per unit price 10 times higher to convert a Malibu to a Jet-Prop they dropped the lower profit Mooneys. Company appears to be quite stable. Support from Rocket is better than support from Mooney.

Quote: NotarPilot How do you know when it's time for an overhaul on the GB engine? Is it just based on compression readings and oil analysis?

Quote: Parker_Woodruff Jim, The turbo cool down is probably the farthest thing from being related to top overhauls. When an engine is turning at low power on the ground, it isn't the culprit in baking cylinders or providing huge amounts of pressure.

Bought at 1100 hours and the blessing of the MSC. Over the next 100 hour it really started using oil. At the end it went through 5 quarts of oil in one hour. The engine was replaced with a TSIO520 at 1200 hour. After the Rocket conversion there was no oil on the belly. Next 800+ hour were oil free on the belly. I believe that oil on the belly is caused by 2 things #1 too much oil in the engine and #2 a worn engine. EDIT Shadrach may be right about keeping 7+ quarts IN the engine.

Shortly after buying my first plane, 231NH, I noticed oil increasing on the belly. The MSC sold me a M20 separator. The problem was a worn engine. All the separator did was mask the problem. Once the plane was fixed properly the separator was not reinstalled. A total waste of money.

Quote: co2bruce Those cars are beautiful. I ride Triumph motorcycles and some guys in my club have beautiful restored old British Cars. Yours look excellent. Enjoy.