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I remember your thread as well as a couple of others where this subject has came up. If it was going to be setting for an extended period of time I would not hesitate to buy or build a dehumidifier. I think most all of us get in a situation at least one or twice a year where we don't get to fly every 10 days for whatever reason. Every time this subject has come up it has been the consensus that it is not possible to get the temperature on a ground run that is necessary to evaporate the water. From what I saw yesterday it appears that all that is needed is a fast idle. I wish I had experimented more and saw if less throttle could be used. I did use some faster speeds to began with, but now don't think that was necessary I did try leaning to peak RPM and that seemed to add another 10 deg of temperature to the oil. I suppose a piece of tape over the oil cooler might help some also, but it wasn't necessary. The OAT was 55deg yesterday when I done this. Here is the JPI data.

Agree with MKTurbo, spade terminals usually are not used on aircraft. Also the crimp in the picture is poor. Overheated connectors is usually caused from a high resistance connection.

The belly and a few other things are off right now while we are doing some work on it, so flying it isn't an option. I've been busy with some other things around the house and at work so it is taking longer than expected. Since putting the new motor in last year, I have not let it set more than 10 days without flying.

I've always heard that a ground run up would not get the oil hot enough to dry the moisture out. In normal flight my oil is around 190. I'm doing some work right now and unable to fly. Today I pulled it outside and cranked it up. In a few minutes at around 1700 rpm the oil was up to 180. I reduced the rpm to 1400 and the oil continued to climb to 210 and the cylinder temps leveled off at just under 350. The engine seemed happy at 1400 and I was in a clean area so I set the brake let it run for about 35 minutes. The oil stayed around 210 and cylinders around 350. I was very surprised at this as I've always read it wouldn't work. This is on a F with stock cowl and lasar oil cooler relocation kit. Has anyone else ever tried this?

Most aircraft screws have 100 degree heads. Not sure about these. Hardware store ones are 82deg.

If you use the mooney drawings the only paperwork is a logbook entry. It also includes doing away with the vac button and swapping over to an electric valve and switch for the pc system.

Transducers generally have a power and ground wire that supplies the power. There is also a 3rd signal out wire that is usually 1-5 volts and that voltage is representative of the pressure it is measuring, 1 volt would be zero psi and 5 volts would be whatever the upper limit of the transducer is perhaps 200 psi? Some have a 4th wire that is the signal common to reduce noise while others just use the power ground for the signal ground.With a meter and wiring diagram it should be easy to see where the oscillations are coming from.

You need a set of travel board. They pick up the curvature of the airfoil and have the degrees marked on them. They can be rented from the hanger toolbox. http://www.hangartoolbox.com/Pages/19.aspx

Negotiating with a insurance adjuster is a lot like buying a used car or house. Since you are dealing with the other parties insurance you have the right to ask for all damages and losses you have incurred due to their policy holder damaging your aircraft. If you can show it is a loss or related expense they are on the hook for it. They can't just say we don't cover that. Keep detailed records and ask them to cover everything. If they don't want to provide some money as the repairs progress then ask for interest on your money you spend. The adjusters job is to settle a cheaply as possible, it's your job to get everything owed to you.

On my experimental these are written into the operation limitations. My operation limits says it is approved for VFR day, unless otherwise equip. Some operation limitations mention 91.205. It depends what the DAR writes for operation limits when he issues the airworthiness certificate. There is no requirement for the equipment to be manufactured under a TSO. http://members.eaa.org/home/homebuilders/faq/Equipping%20a%20Homebuilt%20for%20IFR%20operations.html

I see around 18.5 on takeoff at about 200' above sea level.

The ones that sacrificed the ends of there finger were very careful in doing so. Just the nail and fat over the end of the bone, but never the bone itself. Medical care over there was different. Our "insurance" for employees consist of a Dr and nurse that visited our plant twice a week for a few hrs. During that time employees and their family members could see the Dr. They could also go to the hospital or Dr for more serious stuff. There was long waits to have any procedures done, often too long.

Here is the Stratus App That works with the Status 2. I've found it works quit well. It updates continuously and smoothly. I let it run on an old iphone that I don't use anymore and keep foreflight up on the Ipad. I hope that at some point foreflight will integrate it into their program and allow split screens.

At my last job I spent about 8 months in Portugal opening up a new plant. Generally the people are poor, but are friendly and happy. Other than pickpockets crime was low. It is common for 3-4 generations to live in the same house. Big Mac combos were available with beverage of your choice, Alcohol was served in our plant cafeteria.There was no drinking age as long as parents were present, common to go to a restaurant and see parents pouring kids a glass of wine. The wine was very good and extremely cheap, A friend shipped about 300 bottles back to the US. My opinion was the government subsidized the alcohol production to keep the general population "happy and content". Strangest thing I saw was employees kept loosing the very end of the finger in a certain machine in the plant. The machine had safety interlocks to prevent this from happening. It was finally determined that the employee would put the very edge of their finger under the pinchpoint, grit their teeth and turn their head. Their friend would then reach around them and activate the machine using the 2 finger interlock start buttons. Instead of asking for a Dr, they would say settlement. The end of a finger was worth about $400.

I purchased one from Aerocomfort a while back. It's all leather and worked out well. They also sell matching rudder pedal boots. If you search for rudder pedal boots you will see a couple of prior discussions on this. http://mooneyspace.com/topic/8432-photo-of-johnson-bar-boot-installation/ http://mooneyspace.com/topic/10948-a-pretty-good-christmas/?hl=%2Brudder+%2Bpedal+%2Bboots#entry130857

Bill was the DER at Mooney and I believe Lasar has one on staff also. I've saw several things signed off by DER's with the notation "no further engineering work needed" when it was a change that was incorperated into a later version of the airframe.

I've noticed that there is still a strong market for the original Stratus units even though the Stratus 2 adds the Pitch and Roll info. I assume the there will be a similar demand for the GDL 39's. Not to expensive to sell and upgrade.

Here is the complete changes from the B to C. Laser made the rudder throw changes to the plane mentioned below after consulting with the factory. http://www.mooneyevents.com/cmodel.htm

It has a hole in the back that a tube from the fan connects to blows cool air into.

Here is what moisture did to a friends 340 audio panel. It was only a few years old and was unrepairable. It and a 430 were left unprotected in the drawer of a toolbox for about a year while work was being done on the plane.

Mine has been repaired a few times due to power supply components failing. I added a gps last year that required a cooling fan and removed the ram air cooling system. I connected the kns 80 to the fan also. If it's stuck in the stack between older equipment it will get pretty hot. The install manual for it says it must have a cooling fan and that ram air is no longer good enough. That leads me to believe that at some point it must have been considered acceptable to use ram air cooling.

It might be a good place to put your Sun-In-Fun 2013 sticker if you still have it.

I filled one with clear epoxy, but it was very noticeable and had small bubbles. I knew I was replacing the window later on so I looked as it as a temp solution. You can also buy a piece of acrylic rod and some acrylic cement. Get the rod very slightly larger than the hole. The cement will melt them together and form one piece. It can then be sanded smooth and polished. If I remember correctly this is described in detail in AC 43.13. The process is described in detail with pictures on page 3-97 of AC43.13-1b. I think Lowe's still sells small scraps you could practice on.

Also as the new rules are currently proposed they are limited to planes 2700lbs and below. No elaboration if that is empty or gross.

I originally purchased a Stratus 2 for weather, but have been very impressed with the Horizon app. I've used it with a safety pilot and had no problem keeping the plane level. It updates smoothly and continuously. I've been using it on a old Iphone 4 that I had kept after upgrading phones and I keep Foreflight on the Ipad.