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Quote: donshapansky >I run my Rocket 2 ways, into a headwind I run ROP (TIT 120 - 150 F below 1650 F) at 2450 and 30 inches for approx 20-21 gph with all head temps at 380 or less. With a tailwind I will run LOP with all cyls at or greater than 50 F LOP for 14 gph, all cyls are 360 F or less and the MP is 29 in. @ 2400 rpm. (62% power) At 8 - 9 K the ROP TAS is 195 kts and LOP is 183 kts +/->It takes a well maintained ignition system with GAMI's to do this but the engine will run smoothly LOP and more importantly the TIT is well under the 1650 F max ( a couple of days ago at 9500' at 18C LOP, the TIT was 1530 F). Thanks Don, that was very useful. Do you ever use your airplane for local missions? For a hundred dollar hamburger? Can you do that with this plane? Is there a 45% to 55% setting for loping around and if so what kind of gph and speed does that make? How about landing. Is this plane much different/harder from landing a stock 231?

There are a number of lovely rockets on the market now for seemingly excellent prices. What is the catch?! Can any Mooney Rocket owner please report if you may since I am inching closer to leaping - -Are they harder to fly than a 231? -Are they harder to get insurance for than a 231? Or much more costly maybe? -How is the safety record for rockets vs 231s? -Here is the biggy - I know they burn more full when you push them and reports are that they scream - and that is awesome for when I want to go somewhere and time counts. I hear 20+gph is the norm. That is half my mission space. The other half is just training and maybe heading for a $100 hamburger. How slow can you go? WHat is the lowest reasonable gph? I read on Mooneyland the review a closing comment that said that if you go 231 speeds then you burn 231 fuel. Does that mean you can slow down enough to get 13 or 14gph? -Does anyone know what is the overhaul cost of that particular big continental? Thanks! Erik

Hi All, Does anyone have a link to a good bitchin' betty avionics device that yells at me in English instead of blaring a horn or blinking a light?

Quote: Piloto The only practical solution for GA pistons is MOGAS. It is cheaper than diesel and widely available, more than any of the other fuels. For less than $10K a GA piston engine could be modified to run on it. After all before there was AVGAS (WWII) all the DC-3s, Amelia's Electra, Lindberg Spirit of St. Louis and others were running on MOGAS without any problems. José Hi Jose, What is it that they would propose to do when converting a higher compression GA engine to run on Mogas for a 10k conversion? What are they making for the conversion - is it electronics? Is this some kind of electronic timing system like in cars? I presume there are none yet available but if the need came, the know how is there? Erik

Quote: jerry-N5911Q ...yes, you can get your bicycles in there, if they will go through the door.

Hi Folks, Who travels with a bicycle? Can you really get a full sized bicycle into a Mooney? I am shopping airplanes... I presume a M20J folding seat style system, or mods to get you there, are required. So two bikes, two people would be a favorite mission if it can do it. I am guessing the bikes fit in the space, but what is it like monkey'ing bikes around the corner in the one door and over the front seats? It must be hard with one knee on the wing trying to place the bikes in around the corner and not scratch bike, plane pain or interior. If anyone actually does this, do you have pictures of what the bikes look like on the inside, or the process of getting them in? Also, does anyone know the measurement of the cargo area with rear seats folded down? Thanks!

Quote: Bennett For those who wanted to see interior shots: I am drooling - that is absolutely the nicest 201 on the planet.

Quote: Bennett New to the fotum, but not Mooneys. I recently purchased a 1983 Mooney M20J after previously owing a M20K (231 converted to a 261/262) for about 18 years -with various Pipers, Cessnas, and an LSA in between. Love the "new" airplane. I had her painted by ArtCraft in Santa Maria - great job, and uphostered by Tim Thallock (Aviation Design, Inc.) at Pine Mountain Lake - again a great job, but for some reason only the pilot's seat is articulating, and the co-pilot seat is far too low for any of my pilot friends, I am looking for one articulating front seat - uphostery doesn't matter so long as the seat mechanism is intact. I understand that these are very difficult to find, but I am prepared to pay a fair price for one. Suggestions (other than add a cushion) would be appreciated. Thank you. It is a beautiful 201 Bennet. Just gorgeous. But I am curious what motivated your decision to sell your 262 and get a 201?

Hi Folks, I am thinking seriously about getting into a turbo mooney as I think it best fits my mission - although I go around and around about which one. Price is an object, but I think I could figure it out if I weren't also hung up by the following two related things about getting into a turbo mooney now. -Is avgas about to go away? What will the high compression turbo mooneys do if avgas goes away? Low compression engines can often just switch to 94UL if nothing but a paper STC. But these high strung engines would need either an excellent fuel alternative, or perhaps some major electronic timing that has yet to be developed (such as the recent turbo SR22 has allowing it to run 94UL). -Mooney is currently down for the count. Only the janitor and the CEO still work at Mooney - more or less. Can we expect to keep a mooney flying for several years to come with the product line essentially currently orphaned? I love the 231s, 252s, Bravos, and Rockets - each have wonderful merits, but all that aside, the above has me paralyzed. I would love to hear your opinions folks.