Danb

I recently imported an Acclaim from Canada one year ago, going through its first annual. Hopefully it has a us N number otherwise you may be in for a complex reassignment to us. I didn’t even though mine only had 300+ hours and it is a 2016 model I needed a blessing from the FAA if not be prepared to have every aspect gone over and inspected 

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So yesterday most of my trip was 29 2450 at 15.3 stayed at 10000 due to icing and freezing rain, used my TKS down to 2.5/ gal so I had no clue if I was peak or whatever the. Lean find is stupid, when do you use ?

Documents say 29.5 2500 17 gph equals ROP but 29.5 2500 at 14 equals LOP. OTHER stuff say differing stuff. I like flying say 26- 2400 around 14-15 gph but I know wonder if that ROP LOP or around Peak, the lean find seems stupid as does the pilot. If som Acclaim pilots can chime in on there trip cruise numbers it’d be greatly appreciated. D

Flew over Huntsville today, good luck finding a Mooney guru there, a mere 450 miles to Longview 

Priceless 

Nice looking rocket 

Unless I drive,walk or borrow my neighbors bike I’m Bidenized, again, I do have a TSA appointment for Sunday to get out, quite a pain for the limited problem I can give to the president. I was truly looking forward to the occasion hope you all enjoy.

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Mooney pros Mike Elliott 

On 4/7/2024 at 10:00 AM, mike_elliott said:

I have had a number of clients move on to TBMs after they have owned s long body Mooney. They both are "numbers" planes and behave very similarly. A few have gotten their PPL in the Ovations and Acclaims and paid the big bucks for first year insurance premiums. One Boeing fellow bought an Ovation for his son in lieu of college as he wanted to be an airline pilot. He currently is flying for netjets professionally. 

Lots of ways to skin the retract time cat, but not too many better than in a Mooney

Things have changed there are many avenues to get to the bigs, I have a friend pilot who had his daughter go the route without attending college I just finished her tax return which was her first as  an officer, this being her first real job BTW at PSair, her w-2 was in excess of $155,000,  not bad for a country girl emulating daddy. Get those kids up and flying I have quite a few pilots, mechanics etc, one mechanic for Delta made $100+, gosh I’d be great to be young again. Hell I have a surgical nurse making just under $200..

Sweet, absolutely 2024 Mooney Ovation3 a year earlier it’d be on its way to Delaware 

Sounds familiar L

12 hours ago, Hank said:

But they're both turbocharged! Doesn't the Acclaim have TWO turbos???

Yes it does on takeoff it sets you back in your seat, the Bravo didn’t I guess that’s the extra turbo. I don’t have the 310 HP upgrade but it still climbs like a homesick angel 

The big problem with the turbo Mooneys is you won’t want to go non turbocharged again. It took me a year to want to keep my Acclaim over the Bravo don’t want to go back. 

I recently sold my Bravo and the pre purchase mechanic wanted them, lost sale unless you will accept copies, right there he didn’t trust, would never go there it was a MSC

I’m glad your situation turned out good. BTW trust doesn’t enter the equation of logg, files etc. I’m entrusted with many sensitive documents being a CPA but stuff happens, recently a client had a devastating fire, not a mechanic nonetheless fire, hurricanes twisters happen..

8 minutes ago, Yetti said:

So you are saying your annual took a week or 2 and the log books were lost for 3-4 months?    I'd be concerned with an IA that can lose log books in 1-2 weeks.

Two separate annuals the lost logs were around 1990, agreed reason for my departure, lesson learned. Is there a correlation between logs which are copied and duration of an annual, just wondering. My response was actually to give thought of the value for f our logs while providing a reasonable situation where they could be missing, not trying to get in a pissing match just trying to give my situation. If one doesn’t value there logs it’s none of my business, sorry for giving a response not intended to insult anyone.

9 minutes ago, Yetti said:

The log books go over along with the AD report from last year AFTER the work is done.   As one of my friends said "What's the point of owning a plane if it is in annual for 1/3 of a year."

What’s that got to do with copying logs my annuals are 7-14 days. 

On 3/5/2024 at 10:27 PM, Yetti said:

You need a better relationship with your IA.   The IA trusts me to do work every now and then I help him on other planes.   I trust him with the log books, cause it makes his job easier.  He does not charge me enough for the inspection and I write the check for a bit more.

Yetti stuff happens, I only go now to MSCs which none have had an issue with copies. 

On 3/5/2024 at 8:37 AM, Pinecone said:

I don't give my logbooks to anyone.  I have a PDF of them and give the A&P/IA the PDF copy.  They provide a signed sticker for me to add to the log book and scan to add to the PDF

There are a number of stories around of shops losing logbooks.  Or owner dies and logs are locked up, sometimes for years.  Or shop goes under.  Or, there is a dispute with owner over what was authorized, done, or charges and the shop refuses to release the logs.

Couldn’t agree more Terry, years ago the shop lost mine after 3-4 months no logs, I asked the owner if I could go through his files, found em, never went back and logs never leaver my home. 

1 hour ago, 201er said:

 

Mike recently upgraded the Acclaim to this new better system, ma gas mileage soared to around 36 mpg

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Nope, issues with ships gauge no surprise, your set with the JPI

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Basically need to provide a report of a current eye evaluation showing visual acuity and refractive error ,absent of significant side effects should be good to go, I currently fly with a SODA legally blind in one eye, my nightmares are if he messes up my good eye. They have light adjustable lenses where the adjust or fine tune your vision both near and far over a few weeks, one of the doctors was a pilot in the Marines and she highly recommended them plus recommended doing the bad eye to let more light in ?
Appreciate your help Hank

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Thanks Hank..helps. Getting apprehensive 

Yeah or nay…I’m to close and concerned about the outcome

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Luckily it occurred during landing I was already trim up, when I taxi back I generally neutralize my trim well it wouldn’t work, but the trim wheel did. The brackets holding the servos on are weak, my avionics guy works on bigger planes jets and turbo props his other encounter with an Acclaim was the roll servo also came loose, once he got home he said self any chance a different one worked loose his hunch paid off. Obviously a weak point in the system. I’ve had numerous scary encounters with auto pilot runaway trim or worse but with an STEC a/p. Gotta stay on top of the game.

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