Skybrd

Quote: rdv Whats the price of avgas where you are? BC Canada, $5.78/gal

I wanted to be a pilot because of my Dad's interest in aviation. He was a WWII pilot and kept his interest in flying after the war. I went with him to the airport almost every weekend to check out what was happening and the local airplanes. I knew the names and models of most of the planes and at times got to go for a ride. My Dad paid for some ground school and a few flight lessons when I was 14. I didn't get the bug to finish my pilots license until years later when I bought a 1953 Piper Tripacer. the story about this is at http://www.douglass-eng.com/fly.htm . Its been over 37 years since I got my pilots license and I still like to fly. I presently own 3 planes: Wittman W-8 Tailwind, an open cockpit plane called "The Green Hornet" with a VW powered engine and a M20E Mooney. The Tailwind and Hornet pictures are http://www.douglass-eng.com/tailwind.htm and http://www.douglass-eng.com/hornet.htm Flying to me is like driving a three dimension car. It sure gives us a good view as we look down. I don't know why everybody doesn't want to fly.

One of my favorite scenes from the air was near Laramie Wyoming. I was on a cross country flight from Cheyenne, Wyoming (KCYS) to Bakersfield, Ca (KBFL) and shortly after crossing some hills west of Cheyenne, the scene looked fantastic. It looked unreal and like something you would see in a painting. It must have been the time of the year and light conditions. I don't remember ever seeing something that was that beautiful from the air.

I learned this from an old flight instructor (Tom McCart in Bakersfield, Ca): "Keeps your wings level and fly right"

Quote: robert14 I have a 1965 M20E. Cylinder head #2, front left, has always been the hottest cylinder head on my plane. A friend of mine also has a 1965 M20E. His number 2 is also the hottest. I recently added the Mooney SB M20-182-000 kit to my plane. It brought #2 and 4 down by about 25 deg and number 4 down about 50 deg. It brought my oil temp down 30 deg. I do not know why #2 runs hottest. During climb-out with wot and 2700, my max CHT is CHT #2 at 380 deg. My max oil temp is 205 deg on my EDM 700. Hope that helps.

Quote: maropers So now that I've had the plane for a couple months I want to work on one of those pesky issues - has anyone replaced or repaired the control that opens the vent scoop on top of the fuselage? As it stands now I have to decide prior to take off if I want the scoop open or closed or somewhere in between. I believe that the teeth on the control are stripped - I had the overhead console down at one time for another issue and took a quick look but didn't delve into it as it was just prior to Oshkosh. It almost looks inaccessable - you know - start with the part and build the plane around it.....

I have a 1964 M20E with about 600 smoh. My number 2 cylinder is running hotter (EGT) than the others and notice the cylinder leak down checks show this cylinder leaking more that the others ( with 68/80). Have any of you noticed your number 2 cylinder doing the same. Is there something that would make that cylinder run hotter? Also notice my oil temp reads about 200 degrees at cruise, is that what yours normally show?

Quote: carusoam Skybrd, With the solid state regulator, there are outputs for generator status. Will you be wiring them to an indicator on the panel? I figured, if you like the voltmeter, you would probably like to know if the generator has gone offline prior to finding the voltage dropped out. Best regards, -a- I only remember seeing three connectors (Battery, Armature and Field) and they wired to the same hookup as the old regulator. Don't know anything about an extra connector for the status. It would be nice to have a red failure light on the panel if the system fails. The new LCD voltmeter is much better than the original load panel meter.

I recently purchased a small LCD voltmeter (model QM100V) that only uses the two wires to hook it up. I mounted it under the engine instrument cluster with a piece of angled aluminum about 1 inch by 1 inch. The voltmeter works perfect showing me the status of the generator and how much the starter brings down the voltage ( I have a Skytec LS starter that is hungry for current). I found the voltmeter while doing a online search at Martel electronics and so far it is perfect for the plane. Their web site is at http://www.martelmeters.com. I also just installed a solid state regulator for the generator and it works great too.

Quote: 1964-M20E Well I spent the afternoon putting on my Plane Power alternator kit. Still not done. The existing belt on my plane 37"x1/2" is about 1" too short causing the alt to hit the oil line for the prop not good. So i adjusted the alt down about 1/2" and that should work. So I am obtaining a 38x1/2" belt. I had to trim the baffles on the front to allow enough travel for the alt. The alternator is larger diameter than the generator. Still workng on where to install the switch, and light. Anyone need a relativly new zeftronics regulator? along with a core for the generator.