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  1. Shadrach
    Like you, I would not fly with a fixed shoulder belt tightened down. It would come off in cruise. I sit far enough back that leaving it on would make some things difficult to reach (fuel selector, center vent, cowl flaps, footwell cubby, right side panel items like the transponder, JPI, etc…). I could stretch to get some or all of those things but the restriction is real. Nice to not think about it. Also nice to not have to worry about getting back on and tightened if I need it in an emergency where I might be distracted.
  2. Shadrach
    Mostly because it’s click and forget. No restrictions in movement. Inertia reel for the right really does suck for rear seat egress/ingress. I’ve used fixed belts for the left seat in other planes, works just fine. In terms of user friendliness the delta is small.
  3. Shadrach
    I was hit by a Dust devil in Utah while driving a UHaul. When it was over, I was one lane over from where I started and greatful to still be on pavement. Can only imagine how bad it would be in an airplane at low altitude.
  4. Shadrach
    I’ve never seen Juan do anything questionable. He pretty much states the known facts and provides additional background and clarity on what’s being reported.
  5. Shadrach
    I have similar rash on my right aileron from a cabinet door blowing open during pushback. I was quoted $3500 to reskin it back in 2016. I passed. When the plane gets repainted, I will address it then.
  6. Shadrach
    Are you perhaps confusing Juan Brown (Blancolirio) with Dan Gryder (Problem Cause)?
  7. Shadrach
    I thought the same thing. If I recall correctly, the Buffalo crash also involved a flap deployment.
  8. Shadrach
    I’m not a pro, but it looks to me like “George” was doing the flying until the conditions (icing?) degraded the airfoil to such a degree that it required inputs that exceeded its capabilities. The human crew was then presented with an unsalvageable mess. Significant groundspeed degradation over about a 2 minute span before departing controlled flight.
  9. Shadrach
    I just check my POH and it says 18.6 on a standard day. So @Ragsf15e is about dead on.
  10. Shadrach
    On a standardish day? Around 18gph.
  11. Shadrach
    That is flat. What year? I imported a Canadian E91 with the N52 six. It feels very linear. It’s proven to be robust in the extreme after 15 years and 220k.
  12. Shadrach
    My peak EGTs vary quite a bit from cylinder to cylinder. 3 will break into the low 1500s, 2 tops out around 1470°. I don’t lean on 1 and 4 so I don’t remember where they peak. Full rich everything is low 1200s (used to be high 1100s but my servo is middle aged). All my cylinder are a minimum of 230° ROP when full rich at sea level. I wish they were a little richer. While probe certainly affects max raw temp. The number of degrees from peak to full rich should be accurate.
  13. Shadrach
    Like I said, “much above”… 1530° is top of the range. If that cylinder is 1370°-1380° at full rich, than it is only 150°-160° ROP at SL and full rich. That is suboptimal and I am surprised you’re not encountering elevated CHTS.
  14. Shadrach
    I doubt that. An 8.7:1 Lycoming won’t generate a peak EGT reading much above 1500°. If you we”re seeing 1390° at full rich than you’d likely be less than 150° ROP
  15. Shadrach
    That is a nice, usable torque curve, that surely makes for a fun driving experience. A torquey, high revving, NA engine mated to a good gear box can be sublime. However, that is not a flat curve compared to forced induction engine…the tuner was starting the runs at 2000 but peak torque is available at 1500rpm. Posting Auto torque curves = Maximum thread drift accomplished!
  16. Shadrach
    I operate well within the laws of physics. The edges make me nervous… Those of us in vintage birds have to developed work arounds. I had never done an ascending forward slip until I started flying Mooney. With no speed brakes cross controlling is a regular part of my flying around small dromes with smaller patterns and shortish runways.
  17. Shadrach
    It has two turbos. Not the only way but certainly the most prudent way to get that kind of power.
  18. Shadrach
    Cry me a river...my Vle is 120mias and Vfe is 100mias.
  19. Shadrach
    Indeed. Volumetric efficiency remains nearly constant regardless of piston speed. Same push for every power stroke all the way up...
  20. Shadrach
    yes with Forced induction.
  21. Shadrach
    It's a hollow argument from a regulatory standpoint which is all that matters. There is a physics argument to be made but it's navel gazing from an operations standpoint unless one is willing to make up their own rules and disregard certificate limitations.
  22. Shadrach
    Forced induction is a hell of a drug... That powerband is insane. A step from 2500-3000 and a consistent pavement peeling pull all the way to 7000 with a drop off back under 900hp near redline.
  23. Shadrach
    This is pretty much sums up my take. It's been said many times that Ayn Rand wrote cartoonishly idealist heroes into her novels (I tend to agree), but that her villains were real. I can see a touch of Randian drama playing out in this initiative.
  24. Shadrach
    ???? That is not a number that I have seen published for a production LT1
  25. Shadrach
    It is listed in that models section of the TCDS. I don't have all the POHs in my files and don't need them as it is clear in TCDS 2A3 that M20Js with Serial Number 24-3000 thru 24-3078 are approved to deploy 15° flaps at 145 m.p.h. (126 knots) IAS. As far as I know it is the only Mooney model ever certified with an increased Vfe for partial flap deployment.
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