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  1. Publix down here in FL is well-stocked with Lemon Pledge. Problem: solved. -dan
  2. That is not correct. The one that was all over youtube was at cruise speed and is the only one I'm aware of that departed the aircraft. Many here have reported one coming open on the t/o roll or after t/o with a normal landing to follow. From the overhead shots of this wreck, the baggage door appears to be open and attached to the plane, and the overhead shots appear to be taken before any first responders were on the scene. -dan
  3. Add to that… they may well have had a full bag of gas, which is way cheaper at St. Augustine than at Homestead. Speaking only for myself…. I seldom land at max landing weight and NEVER at 3368 MTOW. Stall speed really goes up at heavy weight and high bank angle. 57 KIAS at a normal wings-level 3000# landing vs 72/85 @ 45/60* bank and MTOW. AOA warning, if installed, would have been screaming if this is what happened. -dan
  4. It’s the actuator switch I want; I’m not a fan of the bicycle brake twisty one that was standard when mine was made. The remote, electric one seems like a better “do”. when mine broke this year, it was something crazy like 10 hours of labor to replace and lube the new one.
  5. That is impressive, and I do have a use case for them. One of my home dromes is 2250-2500 x 30. I hesitate for fear of losing cruise speed. Did you observe any before/after difference on the Bravo? -dan
  6. That is how I’d look at this plane vs others that are available or will be. The “A” engine works, but it runs hotter than the “B”. The panel looks like it came off a U-Boat with the bare metal and switches. VG’s are an unknown, and I’d steer clear w/o a need for them. With a $100,000 engine, $50,000 of panel, $25,000+ in paint, plus the work, time, and unknowns, and you have a new vs 700 SMOH version of this: https://www.controller.com/listing/for-sale/229261461/1989-mooney-m20m-bravo-piston-single-aircraft -dan
  7. Wouldn’t a little J-shaped snorkel accomplish the same thing? -dan
  8. Many things are possible with the application of a sufficient stack of AMU’s…. https://www.mhoxygen.com/product-category/built-in/ youd need some parts from Mooney, maybe. https://preciseflight.com/product/built-in-oxygen-system-for-mooney/ I would love to switch out to the precise flight control, but not for 8+ AMU’s -dan
  9. If the advertised supply is not great, it is probably worth the money to buy a list of registered bravos, and send each owner a card or letter. If you make it clear that you’re a qualified, individual buyer and not a broker, you may unearth a good candidate or two. there used to be a company called AVPAK that sold these lists, but I can’t find a website for them. I’m sure there are others, since I get broker solicitations from time to time. -dan
  10. But the installed cost has gotten so high that it’s way better to buy an equipped plane if you can find a suitable one. I’m curious what they quoted for each. NB: FIKI requires non-CAV equipment (2nd alternator and heated stall warning) that are spendy if not already so equipped. -dan
  11. If you can find an Ovation DX (2004 ish), that would be a great choice, all other things being equal. The DX ovations and bravos were the side-by-side steam gauge models when G1000 was introduced, and they got the shorter panel, which is very nice. No doubt some have been glassed with stuff that is in a lot of ways better than G1000. -dan
  12. Look more closely. Under the tks panel is a home-made placard saying “flight into known icing prohibited.” FIKI should carry a good premium to a no-hazard installation, which this appears to be. -dan
  13. Premium + price for a non-FIKI plane that is being represented as something it is not? Nah. -dan
  14. Well, it could be Virga, the clouds off to your 10 or 11 o’clock don’t appear well developed enough to produce virga. On several occasions in the past, I’ve had ATC call out significant weather ahead in a clear blue sky. I suspect that these are processing errors as the raw radar scans are amalgamated into the picture that gets distributed. I passed my meteorology – student son, or a more technical answer. Standby. ps. Nice panel, Glen. You and M still come down to Florida? -dan
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