ChrisH

Has anyone installed the scimitar on a Bravo? https://hartzellprop.com/stc-approved-for-hartzell-propeller-3-blade-mooney-bravo-prop/

Exciting, some of the ELSA's that will qualify are amazing though, JMB vl3, Risen, etc. Be interesting to see if they take a bit of the Cirrus apple.

Cirrus and experimentals own the piston market, the hole in the market now is a pressurized turbine that fits in a 40' hangar. Look at the excitement over the evolution, sales figures for the Piper M500/600, TBM, Pilatus (even though the don't fit in a 40'). It's a clean sheet design, but someone will fill the hole. Or, MOSAIC will finally let experimentals become factory builds. All I know, is i'm going to drop $1m on a plane, it's not going to be unpressurized or piston.

Disregard. Ordered the replacement electric pump kit.

Anyone have a working standby vacuum that they are looking to sell? I have an '89 that is finishing up an engine overhaul, and now need a backup vac-pump to get back in the air. Chris.

Take a look at the Extra EA-500, it used the RR250. It's a great looking plane, discontinued due to lack of market interest. Critical altitude was ~16k if I recall correctly. Took a lot of fuel to make mooney speeds, pressurized 6 seat cabin was nice. Chris.

https://red-aircraft.com/product/ Certified in EU, designed into the https://www.ottoaviation.com/. 400hp @ 143lbs Jet A / hr (~22g/hour). Bring back a redesigned M22, bolt one of these on it and hope that you have a UL load after putting a ~1,000 lb diesel up front. But, you'd have a screamer, I'd expect ~260kts+ up high. SETP speed, with piston economy. Be a good competitor to the Piper M500/600, Epic, TBM crowd (especially as fuel prices go up).

A little bit on the small side, but https://www.turbotech-aero.com/solutions/#turbogenerator would be an interesting choice in powerplant if the main concern was fuel availability & reliability (and not speed).

Interesting read... https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bIC3H3Z7UVuESJpjotc4F108w7LdnkaKs7J-dz-EJVc/mobilebasic

A little googling found this: Interesting thread. https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/afs/afs400/afs470/pbn/media/Climb_Descend_Via_FAQ.pdf 20. Q. My aircraft’s MMO/VMO (e.g. VMO = 250 KIAS) is below a speed restriction published on the STAR (e.g. (WP Name) At 280 KT), or because of a MEL/CDL limitation, I am unable to comply with a speed restriction published on a STAR. Am I prohibited from flying the STAR? A. NO. However, ATC may query you concerning the speed approaching the restriction. Advise the controller of the need to maintain the lower speed.

While planes have gotten 8 times more expensive, take a look at the price of a commercial airline ticket over the same time period. It's so much cheaper to fly commercial now, it's driving demand away from what used to be transportation minded flights. Now, TSA is doing a great job of making commercial air travel feel a lot more more expensive. Maybe we'll get some traffic back.

I love ATC, however, if we can program cars to drive and avoid pedestrians, other cars,etc. ATC seems to be a much simpler task to automate 99% of the function.

I think the issue isn't hobby or not, it's whether you can play in government controlled areas. So, to the car example, you could drive on your own property with almost any vehicle / medical condition, but to use government property (roads) you need to abide by government control. In our case, the FAA owns control of all airspace in the US (at least above 400-500ft depending on source) While some drone shoot downs are testing what's property owners rights vs. FAA navigable airspace, for the kinds of aviation that we pursue, we're flying in FAA property and have to play by FAA rules.

Surprising that they can easily find the lost 172 in a TFR, yet the guy in SC didn't see it until less than a sec before impact.

Ok, I have CDI issues as well. Is there a better option than another mechanical CDI that's IFR legal?