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How about a Mooney with a 720? Welcome back Clarence! Your old posts still come in handy! While I love Mooneys, I have to admit the a Comanche 400 might draw me in, but would want the option to shut off half the jugs in cruise…. Is it a coincidence you came back when gas prices are up? Lol. Again, welcome back. Even @carusoam drops in on occasion…

The slip will cause a gear amount of drag as well, which was likely a huge contributor. Mooneys are efficient when rigged properly, but don’t tolerate mis-rigging well. I was going to suggest that density altitude related to temperature is a contributor to indicated airspeed variation. Good to note that as well in comparisons.

It is not unheard of for the tail to be mis-rigged. I would suspect yours is not rigged properly. This often happens after work on the trim servo or if the trim rigging is disconnected for any work.

Never thought of solder, but in my experimental plane I made similar fittings by squeezing a rivet into it, grinding off the head and then drilling a small hole.

Be careful when they have colds or ear infections. I think I ruined my son’s joy of flying because he flew as a baby with an ear infection (not known to us). We had some small headsets but that was not the issue. Besides the yoke, which scared me too, if you have manual flaps, guard the valve. My daughter never pushed the yoke but she would kick her feet and came close to putting flaps up on final. Had to guard that valve. Enjoy! I miss those days.

I thought it was Rockwell. I was working on my own version when he came out with his. I never finished since his did what mine was going to do, but better. His original version was quite effective. I spoke to him a bunch of times on the second one, which showed direction. I kept that in the plane until ADS-B became reliable. He was a cool guy. I talked to him when I opened my side business and he was always willing to share his knowledge. I especially enjoyed his flight test stories with the tanks, especially the spins. Sorry he passed away so soon.

I do mean power boost. So on n old airframe that is worth a few knots off book value. The tire and wheel assembly does hang out. Later aircraft had lower gear doors to improve that. Hard to say if yours is more than normal. When gear links get worn that can start to happen. Might be worth a few knots.

Hmm. In this image, your cowl closure does not look like traditional LASAR. Actually looks more closed off which intuitively might make it faster. Have you tried alternate air? On the vintage Mooneys it is worth a few knots at altitude.

You should have the aerodynamic step, but be sure you don’t have a square retractable step hanging out. I understand the rigging was checked, but at the same time I’ve heard that before and found it grossly out of rig. Are the ailerons streamlined in flight? Are flaps even with them? Elevator position in cruise….take picture…. Prop pitch…what is your static RPM? Do you make red line? Once set to cruise RPM I don’t see how it could be prop pitch. Cam…..has a slow failure mode, you slowly stop making power with little indication on the instrumentation. Do you make takeoff distances or is takeoff run long? Gear doors….trailing edge down might cost a little, but not sure about 5 knots. Leading edge down could cause it. Cowl flaps? Assume they are closed?

I use OBS mode regularly to intercept a desired track. For example, if I want to got around a class delta, I will adjust the ObS just outside. I then set the heading bug to that same track value. The Brittain will intercept that new track and then follow it around the delta. There are all kinds of cool combinations you can do, I can also do a parallel track offset on an airway….i set heading bug off center and it will follow a parallel track. If just using the Accu track, turning the OBS will allow some maneuvering, but it will excite the crosswind corrections integrator, so it might be a little sensitive.

My personal rule of thumb for carry on or portable equipment is, “can I remove it within a very short time without any tools?…..why? Maybe fire, accident, inspection. Can it be removed easily prior to annual inspection and put the aircraft in its approved configuration. I’m not suggesting you have to remove it, but can you?

Aircraft spruce has a pre-packaged seal kit for the Mooney. Likely the same as knots 2 u.

I forgot to ask earlier, did you get lunch and if so, where? In summer there are 2 or 3 places in walking distance. Are the seasonal? Did you do any swimming? Look out for sharks and rip tides. lol.

It pulls out. It can be difficult if it hasn’t been out in a while. For what it’s worth, I too love where it is and how it works. You could add the panel mount as a master cut off, but once you get used to the button it’s nice to have.

lol. I just reread your post. I thought it was a biblical reference. lol.