N201MKTurbo

That’s a common leak point. It never means you need a complete strip and reseal. I would check the fuel sender gasket first.

How about a pic?

I learned to fly in a Tomahawk. I probably spun one about 20 times. I never knew it was so traumatic until years later (internet) when everybody talked about it.

They will remember some memorable flight and go to look it up and there will be no record of it. But if you have the original books, you can still look it up. It is also handy to see if you have been to some airport or to see all the airports in some state you have been to. You will lose the ability to search for that stuff. There has been quite a few times here on Mooneyspace that somebody mentions an airport and I can search the database to see the last time I landed there. It is kind of nice to easily find that info. It would take a lot of effort to find that looking through a pile of books.

That’s cheating, you will regret it some day.

Make a new years commitment to enter 1 page per day. It will be fun. You will get to re-live all those flights.

I will have to try that, my plane stays pretty straight with no rudder input, but with that said, I don’t think I have ever done a stall without my feet on the pedals.

I was driving across the Golf Links bridge in Tucson one day when a SR71 took off right over me. That was the loudest thing I have ever heard. And I had the windows up with the AC and radio on.

You could rig that pipe a lot higher. Rig it up tight to go fast, down low for less CO (maybe)

The guy who bought my old Cessna said he is going to spin it today. With a CFI. (The blind leading the blind) I hope that 70 year old airframe holds together.

In my recent Flight Review, the CFI asked for a power on stall. At full power clean, it wouldn’t stall. I had the yoke all the way back and it was just hanging in the air. The CFI said that was good enough, I said I wanted a stall. So I released back pressure and then jerked the yoke back. That got er done. The nose dropped through the horizon and I recovered.

If the engine is windmilling, it should work as long as it still has oil. You have nothing to lose by pulling the prop back. If it works, great! If it doesn’t , oh well, you tried.

You can use some canola oil if you want to go to a higher temp.

About a month ago I had a static cert. it failed badly. It was the static drain. I unscrewed the T from the drain and removed the clevis pin. I took a 1/2 inch straight bristle brush and cut the loop handle off of it. The twisty wire fit through the hole in the static drain. I dipped the brush in mineral spirits, then ran the handle wire down through the hole and chucked the wire in my drill driver. I ran it at medium speed while pushing it up and down through the drain. After that, I blew it out with compressed air and cleaned it out with a twisted paper towel. I then chucked up the clevis pin in my drill driver, spun it and polished it with a solvent soaked rag. I then took a new O-ring. And coated it with a thin coating of DC-4. I put it all together and called the static test guy (Bash) and had him come back. It had zero leakage. The VSI on the test box was pegged at zero along with the altimeter not moving.

The plastic won’t wear the tube, but the grease on the tube will collect dust. The dust, dirt and sand that gets embedded in the grease will wear the tube. At every annual, it is better to wipe off the old grease and put on fresh grease. It only takes an extra minute.

Ya see, I re-watched it and deleted my comment, but you were so fast you caught it before I could fix my mistake….

Instead of wiggling it back and forth, operate the controls and see what it does.

I believe it is lead bromide. I wouldn’t put it in your mouth.

Don’t remove any of the sealed panels and you will be ok.

That is not unusual, that is a typical leak. If the tank leaks anywhere on the front of the tank, it comes out there. Do you know if it leaks only when full, or any time? It is a clue where the leak is.

Nice setup. I like the wireless remote. Is it fast enough?

I would push that plane outside and get all over those bad spots with Scotch Brits and Comet cleanser. And wash the whole plane. Then decide how bad it is.

That is a figurative 1000 feet, not a literal 1000 feet.

It’s always cold in SoCal. I have to wear a hoodie there in the summer.

I should have looked at the windows. All I’ve ever seen were Aerostar M20Fs, I guess they made all the models.