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Quote: jezzie What is involved? Do you take the gear off entirely and send it to a powder coat shop?

Quote: DaV8or None that I know of. I believe it's done all the time.

Quote: meddesign It is funny, on the other Mooney site there was not one comment.

Quote: Jeff_S One of the most respected news orginazations in the world, not here though.

Quote: meddesign LOL

Quote: jetdriven Wake up RJ, US jobs have been going overseas for decades, since the GOP mantra of lowering corporate taxes, liability, and breaking the back of labor is working so well. Do you have a source for this "Dreamliner jobs to China" garbage? You DO know that Boeing bought Vought, based in SC, and promptly busted the union, cut the wage in half to get them to agree to a second assembly shift for the 787. Then they went to the IAM in Seattle and demanded a 50% wage cut. How do I know all this? I watch more than Fox news and I have a friend who flies the Dreamliner. Google it. This is my industry. I suppose everyone making 5$ an hour, and no unions, can finally please the super wealthy. Who are catered to (and financed by) Republicans like the Koch brothers. When we are tearing down teacher's unions to finance 122 million in tax breaks for Wisconsin, we have a problem. Basic Keynesian economics says the government must spend to stimulate the "sick" economy and get it out of the ditch. Anyone who has taken Ecnonmics 101 would know this. "Free market" is what happened when Wall Street blew up the entire world financial system because they ran amok. GOP lawmakers dismantled the Glass-Stegal act piece by piece to allow it to happen. How many hours did you block last year? 3 years ago? 6$ AVGAS getting you down? Must be "Obamanomics". Blame him. Somebody lock this thread. I have said my part. It is meaningless.

Quote: RJBrown Sure lets talk politics! It is a big part of the environment we fly in. After 11 posts that were on point someone got their panties in a twist. It is obvious that the pers on taking offence is for Obama. He is a "liberal" I have seen that liberals are the first to try and curb "free speech" when it disagrees with the hallowed liberal view. If a liberal can't argue a point they attack the other person. Don't be such a hypocrite. Lets talk airplanes Boeing Dreamliners to be exact. Some liberal progressive union pigeon in the Obama administration is trying to send jobs to China instead of North Carolina. That's Obamanomics!! The IDIOT is trying to kill America and you are to stupid to see it. Have I offended you yet? Good get off your high horse and quit being such a whiner. I try to keep my opinions neutral in an attempt to be polite. But vasco pulling his smug hypocritical left wing Bull, or should I say Donkey, $#1^ is too much. The comment about Obamanomics was just a way to frame the factors affecting the environment we fly in. I've owned a small business 30 years as of yesterday June first and I understand the reference. Do you understand the absurdity of borrowing you way out of debt? Spending your way to solvency? Obama acts as if he doesn't.

Quote: FlyFstr "DO we really want to discuss politics here?" No. But we should not try to control and intimidate those that express thier views. "If I knew this would have been a discussion about politics I would have passed." Then why did you post 2 big paragraphs expressing your political views? Maybe you should have passed. "I vote for no politics." Again, then why did you post your own political statement? Don't talk out of both sides of your mouth. IMHO - Lets talk airplane speak, but lets not suppress and try to control that speak. We can ignore what we don't want to debate and bring the subject back to Mooneys which is REALLY what I think vasco and aviatoreb are suggesting.

Quote: FlyFstr ...This was not an offensive remark whatsoever. I’m tired of this political correctness and the need to give “kid glove treatment” to certain ultra sensitive people that don’t want to hear others views on things that happen in this world. When we sit around the hanger with our flying buddies we discuss all kinds of opinions and in part, it’s what keeps us interesting.

Quote: jax88 I plan on getting my IFR this summer/fall for two reasons: I don't want to be grounded when the ceiling is a relatively benign and calm low overcast like we often get here in Texas winters, and because my flight review is due in November and I figured I may as well get an instructor to help me improve my skills leading up to the flight review. So, except for punching through low overcast, I have no need for an IFR rating.

I have 3 ratings. VFR for when the weather is very nice. IFR for when the weather is less nice but not sooo bad. And CAR for when it is very bad.

Quote: Parker_Woodruff CAV Aerospace certifies the plane, not the system for FIKI. So it is important that the aircraft have no airframe/engine mods that aren't on the FIKI STC sheet (Rocket has a different cowl and engine) in order to be certified as FIKI. I have the PDF that shows the parts requirements, if only I could upload that here...

Quote: kortopates There aren't very many 252's though in comparison to the much larger 231 fleet and even fewer Encores that provide the increased max gross load with the SB engine - but what a great time to be a buyer!...

Quote: donshapansky To keep the engine CHT's below 390F ROP running 29" @ 2450 would take 22 gph after the cylinders were OH so it's 5.5 - 6.5 gph! and much cooler CHT's. The exhaust tip has changed from white to colorless no carbon deposit, I hope the internals are the same. The oil stays golden color right to 30 hrs when it's changed.

Quote: donshapansky TAS at 6,500 on a close to standard day was 187 KTAS, today at 9,000 way above STD (I think it was 17C) true was 185 KTS. The EDM today calculated power was 70% at 32.5" and 2450 RPM and 15.5 gph. TIT was 1565F today. Prior to my cylinder overhaul my TIT would shoot to 1700 quickly, now I never see over 1650 F for a brief period, much less stressfull, I don't do the big pull. I just slowly roll it leaner and watch each cylinder EGT peak and fall to at least 50 LOP that way I can see a direct correlation to effect DA has on where the engine peaks on each flight, you also get the max speed as you can work the mixture to keep the power up as much as possible, I find a gallon per hour difference between a close to standard day and typical Texas summer day. GAMI's prediction of fuel flows of 16.5 gph were accurate for a standard, day my engine guru has the same engine in his C210, his prediction was bang on of 15.5 gph on a typical OK summer day.

Quote: donshapansky If you can stay within .5 gph and get all cylinders to peak there is no need to do anything. Download the GAMI spreadsheet and do the numbers at cruise then circle each peak and look at the gph chnage from the first to the last. Try to step in .2 gph increments.

Quote: donshapansky GAMI says many rockets will run LOP without much change due the good airflow designed into the intercoolers, compared to the Cessna twins that use this engine the intercooler causes serious airflow disruptions from one side of the engine to the other. What I have found now that I flown over 30 hrs LOP is that the density altitude directly relates to where the TIT and EGT's will peak. The flight to MN was the closest to STD I have seen and the fuel flow ended up at 16.5 gph to get all cylinders 50 LOP head temps were all in the 350 - 360 F range excpet NO 2 which the hottest always at 370 F. Today at 9000 the OAT was 18C RPM 2450 MAP 32.5", fuel flow was 15.5 gph with No 2 50 LOP and CHT 365 hottest. My EDM 930 said we were getting 13.5 NMPG @ 215 KT GRD Speed.

Quote: danb35 Don't spend money on GAMIs if you don't need them--if you've got a nice tight GAMI spread without them (say, less than 0.5 gph), save your money. If it's more than that, they may help. But if your engine runs smoothly LOP (and far enough LOP), it's perfectly safe to do that without GAMIs or any other special equipment.

Quote: donshapansky I don't have the 360 engine anymore, it's a TSIO520NB from a Cessna 414, 340, P210, Baron 58P 58TC etc. with feathering prop. rated at 305 hp in my application.

Quote: donshapansky My Rocket and had never been able to run LOP smoothly or without getting very close to 1700 TIT during the leaning process. After overhauling the cylinders in March, I went back to GAMI after doing a spreadsheet in .2 gph spacing and they changed 2 injectors to tighten up the spread to within .4 gph. I have since flown 15 hrs LOP with excellent results as follows: Granbury, TX to St. Cloud, MN 4:36 non-stop with 30 gallons remaining at 6,500' due to low level tailwinds vs higher headwinds. I have 100 gals useable. Power settings were 32.5 inches @ 2450 rpm (72%) with 193 KTAS No 2 cylinder was hottest, 370F the rest in 350 +/- 2 days later I returned from Fond du Lac, WI at 12,500' with the same power settings, less tailwinds, I had 18 gals left after 4:36 ET. Hottest cylinder was No. 2 at 360F with cowl flaps closed. 197 KTAS and smooth running engine! In conclusion I'm saving 6 gph or at least $35.00/hr with cooler CHTs and a ton more range than I thought possible with this engine combo. Incidentally my oil level is 12 qts (with a new air/oil sep) and after 15 hrs on this oil almost no change in level and the color is still golden!

That is a VERY cool paintjob.

Quote: KSMooniac Great news for you, Matt! Where are you headed in KS BTW? aviatoreb, I have an STEC-30 in my J and would fix your A/P if I were you! Your autopilot is tremendously more capable and worth chasing down your problem, especially since your gyros have recently been overhauled and presumably work fine.

Quote: LFOD Looks like today may be my lucky day. Autopilot Central fixed my autopilot for about $650. 2 hours to reinstall and I am going to get this taken care of for less than 1 AMU. Drinks are on me.

Quote: allsmiles What do you mean exactly it oscillates in roll. In nav tacking mode?

Quote: jelswick Where did they come up with these AP names anyway? Century 21 has me thinking real estate and KFC 200 is making fried chicken sound like good breakfast food today...