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I'm curious how much general-aviation policy affects your choice of candidates for political positions that have say over it? If you had to choose between a candidate you otherwise agree with politically who is anti ga (user fees, tax increases on ga, airport closures, fees for online charts, increased regulatoin, etc) or a candidate you wouldn't like otherwise but is pro-ga, who do you go with?

Looks and sounds like a gem to me if it's all true. I guessed the price was over 100-120 so I got a little suspicious when I saw 86. Could be a lemon or could be a great deal. I'll let the experts analyze deeper for you.

What kinda stuff can/have you done in a Mooney for messing with passengers (especially the kind that think they're not scared of anything)? In gliders I've done wing overs, dives, stalls, spins, over the top 0 gs, loops, and inverted flight. Haven't messed about in the Mooney cause I don't know how much it can safely take and I don't know how to deal with the prop in these conditions. I'm worried about something like a wing over or dive that it may overspeed the prop at some point. So I'm not sure if the prop should be full forward to slow the dive or reduced back to windmill, etc. Gimme some ideas besides really steep turns of stuff I can do?

Quote: GaryP1007 No, no, no.....I have complex time.....I have no Mooney time. I wanted to rent to get a feel for the plane. Sorry for the confusion.

I'm sorry, I'm a bit lost in all this debate. Could someone give me the cliffnotes version of the differences between Phillips and Shell with pros/cons of each? Just the brief point?

When a runway is short enough to be worrying about it, it usually isn't wide enough to back taxi and 180 a mooney on! I regularly fly to an airport that is 1950x50. I can't turn around on that runway. I buy gas there so I'm taking off near gross (100 gallon tanks) even in the summer. I can't turn around on the runway. So it's either turn on from taxiway and go or turn on and waste about 100ft getting straightend out to stop/hold brakes. Is the 100ft wasted justified with the extra thrust of full power with brakes? I have a hard time believing so, yet instructors keep making me do it that way.

Quote: GeorgePerry Option B - Uses 100% of the runway. Puts no side loads on the gear. Is easier since the plane starts its' takeoff roll aligned with the runway. The engine can be run up to 100% power and the pilot can check all the engine instruments, before ever moving forward. My personal opinion and preference is - Option "B". Arguably safer and easier. And before anyone says it...Yep I'm a Power Point geek.

For the shortest possible ground roll do you turn onto the runway from the taxiway applying power as you straighten out? Or do you align yourself on the runway, hold the brakes, full power, release? Which one actually gets you off shorter? I can see the benefit of deveoping maximum thrust before rolling but I also see value in having a few mph going into it.

Patrick was last spotted in Wilmar Minnesota: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N9154K Decided to get those tanks resealed while you're at it Patrick?

What do you have to hide?

If you're powering low current devices and the wiring is sufficient, you can get a splitter for multiple devices: http://www.amazon.com/Three-Way-Cigarette-Lighter-Socket-Splitter/dp/tags-on-product/B0018NB3OK Some even have direct USB charge ports on them and you can use USB cables directly. I bought one but haven't had to use it yet cause I try to just charge my devices ahead of time at home.

Brett, get over here so I could feel yours. I gotta know that the girth is right and that it will still please hours on end.

I think you can only subscribe when you are posting/replying my checking the "Notify me via email of new posts to this thread." box before you submit. And it has to be a full reply and not quick reply.

^ More like 1/3 the price cause that's a 13oz can so comparable plexus is nearly $18. But is it just as good? The plexus seems really expensive but it does an outstanding job and lasts a long time. I would be thrilled to pay less for same but wouldn't really want to pay less for less in this case.

Plexus

What do you think of just getting the pilot yoke done? Is it half us much? I was originally thinking of re-powdercoating both of mine but it's only the pilot yoke that's bad. Maybe I can get the pilot yoke done in leather for $300 and leave the copilot yoke (which is very rarely used) as is.

Do you prime before applying the touchup paint?

He was trying to clear the "dear" off the runway

And if the bulb isn't STC or PMAed, you're gonna have to file a 337! That's how you turn a $1 light bulb into a $1000 light bulb!

Today we had an outstanding fly in at Lancaster Airport. This is the largest turnout NJMP has had and largest fly-in I have participated in. We've had guys come from as far as western PA, Long Island, and Maryland. All Mooneys attending were J/K models (some with conversions). No early models or long bodies were present. We had 8 Mooneys fly in for this meet and 1 Cherokee. I have a feeling that Cherokee is going to end up on Trade-A-Plane first thing tomorrow morning after this! I got to Linden extra early but started my flight with a short hop to Central Jersey to get cheap gas. I didn't want to have to be worrying about that on the way back. From Central Jersey, I proceeded IFR to Lancaster. At 6000ft the ride was smooth as silk and most of the clouds were below me. I had a momentary encounter with clouds as I descended but that was the extent of IMC I experienced for the day. I got to Lancaster by 11:30 and was surprised that many of the guys had already arrived. I spotted at least 6 other Mooneys that were not there for our fly in. It sure was raining Mooneys on Lancaster today. Adam from Mooneyspace chose to come to Lancaster cause we were there but was on his way out just as we were arriving. Aras came to our fly in while dropping off his Cherokee for prop balancing. Jim showed up briefly and we marveled at his LED landing light installation and checked out Dick's Monroy ATD that saved his life. Patrick came first and foremost to watch the Giants pulverize the Falcons. He is in the process of meticulously upgrading his 1995 M20J. In fact he's flying out to Don Maxwell's tomorrow and then continuing to California for interior work. Seth, who I first met at the Midatlantic Mooney Fly In at Frederick, brought in his Missile and compared it to Joe's Rocket conversion. Joe stunned everyone with his engine out and 4 bladed prop stories as usual. We had 8 seats at the table and 10 attendees. But people were coming and going so at no point were we too crowded. We discussed the usual Mooneyspace topics and shared personal stories you can't hear anywhere else. All in all the fly in was an outstanding success. I'm sure everyone is looking forward to doing this again some time. Here's a few video clips (unfortunately I didn't get to take any video/pictures of the guys cause we were so busy conversing and checking out each other's planes, all the more reason for next time): If you're based in NJ or surrounding states and would like to be on our email list for future fly ins, you can request to join our NJMP yahoo group. It's not restricted to New Jersey but most of our fly ins are in or near NJ so you'd have to be able/willing to make it there. So please join us for one of our future fly ins.

Now are these brand new bulbs or overhaul replacements

Ok, feel free to come. And anyone else interested in coming, just drop on in. We've got a big turnout planned but we'd love to have more. So if you aren't on the list but would like to come, just come. 12-4 at KLNS!

No one I was thinking of bringing along is coming. I think there are still 4 definites including you and me. There are at least another 3-5 maybes. Table is for 8. We'll just have to see how it all plays out.

^ Looks like someone got a dipstick too far up the ass, can't measure the level of shit coming out of it. Whoever's in charge, can you please delete this spam.

Last time I flew, I was cruising along when all of a sudden the low voltage light comes on. I then looked at my ammetter and it was way negative indicating a discharge. I was daytime IFR in VMC and was already thinking through my plan of cancelling IFR, shutting down unnecessary electrics, and where to land. I did not touch anything and while I was thinking, the voltage light turned off, ammeter normalized, and electrics ran fine the remainder of the flight and the next two. Anyone ever experience something like this? Any rational explanation? Is this any kind of indication of imminent alternator trouble or just some strange isolated occurance?