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So the older Mooneys need it cause they have a shorter rudder but since they made the rudder higher on newer ones they don't?

I have an LED landing light so it comes on when I start to roll out of the ramp and stays on until I come to a stop at the other end. Barely draws anything and don't have to replace bulbs so the extra visibility is worth it (esp cause there's no beacon). I treat it as a running light as well as the LED nav lights. Actually the only time I may end up turning my landing light off in flight is at night when it's reflecting off my prop too much and ruining my night vision.

Up there http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4361H

Fiddle with the radio volume, headset volume, and audio panel volume until you get a good balance between all systems and then dont touch anything nut e headset volume in the future and everything else is balanced. In your case try turning up the headset and down on audio panel/radio to hear yourself better. I think that's how it works out for me.

Jim, I agree. But the fact that liberty is being threatened by unconstitutional govt intervention is indeed getting out of hand. It cant be allowed to get any worse.

Well there's an immediate trip time/cost savings for you right there... fly GPS direct and skip the VORs. Probably worth more than drag reduction of the VOR antennas

Brett, you're welcome to fly near my any time

I may just have to fly down there from NYC for a tank of gas. Cuts the trip cost nearly in half and without headwind I can make it there nonstop. When the program begins, can some of you folks from down there report back to let us know if it's really true.

I have it panel mounted with external antenna. Now that he has the coupling I should really get around to doing it. Maybe on the display it will be more accurate than the standard use. I'll let you know when I get around to it. He promised to do it for me for free when it came out (and I had been waiting over a year for that) but since I got the ADS-B Ipad traffic which shows like 50 targets in a 20 mile vicinity, I lost my motivation to update the Monroy. If it wasn't so much labor to take it out and worth something on resale I'd be getting rid of it. Hey Seth, it's an EXCELLENT system and I can give you a deal on one!

Haven't had mine coupled yet but let me tell you the traffic system itself SUCKS. It misses a lot of traffic I spot and often doesn't call it till after it has passed. I'm disappointed with it and seeing where ADS-B is going, I think it's a waste of money to be installing at this point. In the metro areas ADS-B traffic works 70% of the time and improving as more get ADSB out.

Have you tried slowing down? The rigging is only optimal at a certain power setting. Cruising too fast or too slow can cause it to have a turning tendency.

Bennett, could you please talk about the value of each mod you've tried and the cost to speed payoffs? Can you make a list in order of preference that you would add those to a factory stock 201?

They're not a speed mod. In fact they make you go slower than faster. However, it's the time and/or cost to destination that is reduced and absolutely worth it.

^Airbus was trying not to stall, you were trying not to exceed VNE

Jim, which antennas did you remove?

Is 75% cruise based on 200HP restriction or 210 max rated? Even if it is based on 210HP, that's only 7.5HP more. That's what? About 3 knots for .5gph more? Too bad you can't get a missile conversion anymore... for a firewall-forward wreck I bet that would be the best way to go.

What he's saying is the price of an overhaul is the same (or close) whether it's a C or a J. But putting $35k into a $30k airplane doesn't make it works $65. So the resale ROI of a factory overhauled engine is least cost effective in airplanes that aren't at least twice the value of the overhaul. It's all about the price point of the plane rather than model but since certain models don't sell for more than a certain amount, that's why he was judging by model.

I considered the IO390 when doing my engine overhaul and it worked out to be a lot more money for basically no benefit at all. It's only 10HP and only for 5 minutes... If the conversion price were equal or $1-$2k more it might be something to think about. But given just the higher maintenance price alone it's already not worth it. Would be a different story if it added 50HP or something. BTW in addition to a new prop I think you need a different engine mount too if I remember right.

What speed mods did your M20J come with, what have you added, and what do you think the value (speed, efficiency, and speed to cost ratio) of each is? Perhaps a list of mods from most favorable to least?

I had a similar problem. You brought up IFR minimums which is the reason for the static check. But you know what's scary? My plane passed both pitot and static recently despite a similar clog. Water was not present in the drains either. Yet when I decided to have them blow out all the lines just in case both pitot and static had water.

Interesting. Work around for 61.113? Do the feds buy it?

I'm curious if any of you use your Mooney for business? Does the plane make you seek the remote business or did your business make you seek the plane? What kind of balance between business/pleasure flying do you have? And before one of your smart alecks asks if mile high club is business or pleasure... you be the judge of that!

Although I agree with most of your points, in this case I don't think this is valid. If the engine is destined to quit, it will quit X seconds after takeoff regardless of flaps or not (some might argue sooner with flaps because higher angle means less cooling). I think you're right that your climb angle is effectively steeper with flaps but this takes extra time. Like gear, if you can retract flaps fairly soon, that is less energy you're going to waste on drag. Actually I think (and am pretty sure) that FPM is higher with flaps retracted. However, you're right that with flaps extend (especially with headwind) you will stay closer while you get higher. When it comes to the impossible turn, being close probably doesn't help. As for being higher and/or faster I'd suspect it would be with flaps retracted.

Now that's gonna be an expensive fix! Glad nobody was hurt.

It was more like a Mooney drive in than fly-in. Nonetheless it was great to see you guys and good to see Cris on his feet. Or more like sitting down. But whatever. You'll get your wings back on soon. Good news is I got my bird out of the shop with oil changed, timing adjusted, and pitot/static cleared. Bad news is after overhauling the trim servo it still doesn't work in one direction!