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The gyro cases have 5" of vacuum in them, and every time you shut down, and especialy when the pump suddenly fails, carbon dust gets sucked into the gyros. Thats how I understand it. The reason they developed the CV1J4 filter was to stop this carbon dust. Correct me if I am wrong, but the filter darkens with accumulated hours. We bought one and are waiting to install it next week, after overhauling the DG and soon to be the atitude gyro as well. http://www.aerotechcomponents.com/products.html#history

Thats probably ram air open.

Interior plastic parts are ABS, which, aside from being flimsy, is really easy to repair. You solvent weld it with ABS glue.

Just like the ads for gasoline that "cleans deposits from intake valves, robbing you of power". I have torn down many fuel injected engines, and never saw a vlave covered in a blob of deposits. its all hype and fear, over something that does not exist. It does not exist.

hey, MMO works!

That's it. We are going. Texas BBQ is something you can only get....in Texas.

OK, here is the deal on the car. If you go to www.orbitz.com and book Enterprise rent a car in Kerrville, it is right across the street from the Y-O Ranch. The price is 71$ total for Friday AM -Monday AM. You leave the car at the Y-O if leaving Sunday, as Enrterprise is closed. MAPA has a deal with a van service to pick you up at the airport and drop you off. So, instead of paying 175$ (55$ a day) for a car delivered to the airport, you can do it for 71$ total.

I find it funny it was developed by a pilot with a BS in Chemistry (or at least he attended college) and he is wearing an airline uniform although he never flew for a living at all. Wow, it burns less fuel, goes farther, faster, and runs cooler to boot! Amazing

I'm asking Bill wheat just how they got 201 MPH from a M20J back in 1976 at Kerrville.

Well said, Andy. our plane currently only has heading mode and altitude hold. GPSS would be a whole new dimension. Perhaps an Aspen is in our future.

John, he can't come soon enough!

After you do a couple 201 mods to an early Mooney, you can just buy an early J for the same money, and you get the panel, cowl, gear doors, induction system, an extra 12" all for free.

Yes, shame on you. The wing falls off on a Mooney when the same wing is rated at 3600 LBS gross weight or your same model has a 200 LB increase in gross weight based on a paperwork change. Shame on you.

S-Tek is ripe for an ass kicking. Their rep at OSH was a haughty, smug prick. Hopefully Avidyne can take care of them with the DFC-90 autopilot. 9K$ and it rights the aircraft from upside down in 3 seconds. I will take the first one, in cash.

So true, so true !!!

We should add SVT to the 747 to improve safety.

yep. set power with fuel flow. Thats easier than MP, RPM, and EGT all combined.

Colojo is that yor video on Youtube? Thats a distinctive paint job.

have a good flight!

You can change your own oil, and a whole host of other things under part 43. Writing checks and telling them to call you when it's done is frightfully expensive, and as we found out, is no safer than a rental outfit.

you can add 20W50 as make up oil for your W100, that wil thin it out..

i remember mine has a coat of epoxy in that area, i recall its about 4" long

there were 10K mooneys built I thought, dunno how many are still in service. Thats a lot of 3500$ ailerons, though.

Here are some photos. The finish was at around 210-215 MPH IAS. And we are not done yet, Since the first air race I changed out the "ball on a stick" transponder and DME antennas for shark fin antennas and re-rigged the rudder for ball centered. As you can see the nose gear doors and the left gear door are not rigged right, and I suspect the mag timing is 20 degrees instead of 25. The prop has 1500 hours, is not balanced, and the leading edge of it is rough. So, if everything goes right, the plane should be in the 190 MPH TAS range. Photo credit: Jo Hunter, http://futurshox.net/ there are some superb photos on her site. Check out that M20M Bravo, 221 MPH! Thats enough to lay waste to every Bonanza, Baron, 310, etc around. Big motors are cool. Now wax up those Mooneys and come out to race!

These A&P schools require something like 1900 hours of class time, and most take 2 years to do. Some have 12 month programs. http://forums.jetcareers.com/mx-hangar-p-amt/79964-12-month-p-schools.html Another way is to work in a shop full time for 30 months and you can get signed off to take the test based on experience. Building a homebuilt does not count. Quote: DaV8or There are two ways towards an A&P certificate. Spend loads of money, go to a flight academy and get it done quick, like in a year or less, or go to a city college and get it done in about 2-3 years on the cheap. After that you really need to go and get the IA because that's what you really need to sign off on your own work. It's a lot of time or money. If you don't have either, it's best to find and A&P with IA to just sign off on your work. This is what I'm pursuing.