201er

Let’s see how you size up compared to others. Does your Mooney make book value cruise or top speed? How does it compare to others of the same model (and year if relevant)? You know how yours compares cause everyone is always posting pics comparing. Discounting different altitudes and power settings, talking more about the airframe speed at comparable settings and environments. So be honest about how yours is.

And after?

How much are they charging for it?

Maybe the passengers… Mine takes 100 gallons and can go 8-10 hours. That’s 1000-1400nm realistically. Done it many times.

I think 120kts ground speed is on the low side but really depends on a bunch of factors. I’ll usually see over 130 most of the way westbound. There was one time I didn’t go much over 100 with a 50 knot headwind going from Oklahoma City to Lubbock. Painful but I still got there. Much better to lose 1/3 your speed than 1/2 in most other planes.

What?? Nobody plans like this. You gotta consider actual winds on the day of the flight, altitude, true airspeed, fuel flow, weight of passengers/baggage to determine how much fuel you can take. All our planes are a little different and rarely make book numbers so you gotta know what speed/fuel flow is typical for your specific plane at different altitudes under different conditions. How leaky are your fuel tanks? How accurate is your fuel flow display or are you going blind on book numbers? Even under VFR you may want to plan fuel to divert to an alternate in case winds at destination are unsuitable or a disabled plane is blocking a runway. Some places suitable alternates are farther away.

You can go around comparing with other guys or you can have @Parker_Woodruff get you the best rate and service.

I think it would take 0 time factory reman, new interior, new paint, new tricked out panel, new fuel tanks… and even then it might not quite be 300

Does the fan help for sunbeam overheating? Mine never seems to overheat no matter how hot it is and how hard I run it. But sun beaming right on the glass on a hot day fries it.

Happens sometimes. Usually when the sun is at just the right angle to bake it. Inevitably need to turn the screen brightness up to see it with the glare. I think the overheating is almost always due to direct sun rather than usage. Just happened to me the other day when I was about to taxi at a towered airport. The sun was at just the right angle to bake it while I was preflighting. It probably took 10 mins before it would turn on again. Had to use my phone to get the taxi diagram. By takeoff and the rest of the flight it behaved just fine.

Is this the new thing these days? Heard someone “eating the dogs, eating the cats” while monitoring the emergency frequency around North Carolina while flying up from Florida back to NYC.

Didn’t even realize that was a thing, I added to the list.

I’ve been using iPad since around 2011 but I did use a sort of laptop with a flip over touch screen before that. EFB has fully replaced paper charts for me but I still use the panel mount GPS entirely for IFR and VFR navigation. EFB is for charts and situational awareness only.

Most of us use iPads for running electronic flight bag software (mostly foreflight). I’m curious just how many use iPad vs something else. Who uses an alternative, what, and why? If you use more than one, vote based on what you use primarily for things like viewing a sectional, approach chart, or taxi diagram? Also, what do you mainly use for VFR navigation? The panel mount, iPad, or fully old school?

I dunno all these terms but simply put when I go missed or around, I pitch up to the AOA that gives best angle or best rate of climb. No speeds, flight directors, or buttons to fiddle with.

AOA is a much better target than attitude. Heavy Mooney or high DA climbs at a pretty flat attitude compared to light.

All great goals and ideas but there’s a whole lot of things that need to happen before any of that or even a Mooney is relevant. I would suggest setting smaller short term goals and enjoy the journey to each of those first downs as you work your way down the field. A great place to start is to get your medical and first lesson. Then work on learning to fly, prepping to solo, doing xcountrys, private checkride, and doing some travel in the planes you trained in. Build experience in airplanes designed to aid and survive learning. Enjoy fast cross country travel when you’ve already advanced beyond all the basics. Good luck.

Depends on what your purpose is! If you're trying to go as fast as possible, gonna want to be around 80-100 ROP on the median cylinders (like 70, 90, 100, 120). That will probably give you the best possible power. But, it will also get quite hot. If you're trying to conserve cylinders, you'll probably want to be at least 100ROP on the leanest cylinder and richer on the others. You may not even be able to accept 100 ROP and need to go even richer (on leanest) to keep the CHTs below 380.

@jetdriven tried everything possible with his ‘77 201 and documented the speed differences. Blade antennas, composite gear doors, cowl strengthening, rigging, engine overhaul, body filler, paint, and lots of smaller stuff. Might do you some good to ask him what repairs, mods, and improvements were the best bang for the buck. All in, he got it back to book value and can actually make 201mph. If you’re in the northeast, you could pay him a visit and have him do it for you. I used to cruise my ‘78 201 140-145ktas on 8-9gph. Now I do 150-155 on same fuel and can push 160-170 plowing hard. That’s after all speed mods, engine, paint, repair, and improvements.

Wash and wax religiously. Lose some weight. First on the plane. Anything you don’t need. Then on yourself. If you don’t want speed mods or to be spending a lot of money, that’s where it’s at.

I can say first hand that the custom mold ear plugs for Halo aren’t any quieter than the foam tips. However, the foam tips lose their sound blocking rather quickly after a few uses. So if you don’t replace them in time, they do get noisy. Whereas the custom mold plugs last for years.

Looks nice but I see what your problem is. You’ve got a giant bug smasher speed brake hanging off the front

By far the simplest/cheapest way is to power back in cruise. And cruise at higher altitude. I don’t think any amount of mods makes as big of a difference in volume. You can also try double bagging. Halo under a passive set of ear muffs or ear plugs under a passive headset.

Well, go ahead and drop it off at Signature for a week without the sign and report back

Some people may be uninsured or I wonder if insurance denied it? Or it went unnoticed for a while and by the time it was discovered, no telling where it came from? Would be nice if people would explain their votes.