BigTex

I've not checked the market recently but my main advice is to find the most plane you can afford that's flown regularly that has the avionics you want. Upgrading avionics can easily exceed what you paid for the plane and you'll never recoup your investment. Better to have a prior owner take the hit than you. C-Models are relatively simple planes. Especially the earlier one's with manual gear and hydraulic flaps. So outside of the engine and avionics, the cost of ownership and repair for the other items is not too bad.

You know how it is... When you live with a plane for over 10 years, you learn all of it's quirks and mannerisms. Now she's behaving differently, so I'm trying not to ignore what she's trying to tell me... Just don't know what it is.

Thanks for the idea but I think sniffle valves are only on fuel-injected engines.

Hi Hank, I found this issue over the weekend and don't plan on flying it until whatever this issue is gets resolved. But prior to this weekend, I've had zero issues with fuel pressure at any part of my flights.. Why it's not dropping that 1 PSI per throttle pump has be stumped.

Thanks... 70 degree day so temperature isn't the issue. Really strange. The plane started just like it always had... less than one revolution of the prop. All seems normal but high fuel pressure. The MP/FP gauge was overhauled last year so I'm pretty sure it's not the gauge. The fact that fuel pressure doesn't drop when I pump the throttle prior to starting the engine is a definite clue... just don't know what it's telling me!

Hi All, Over the weekend I went out to do some flying in my M20C. My typical startup procedure is to turn on the boost pump until it reaches the 6 PSI red line. Then I pump the throttle twice. Each time I pump the throttle, it drops 1 PSI per pump. So normally I'm around 4 PSI when I start the engine. Well this time, the fuel pressure stayed at 6 PSI after the two pumps. The engine fired up and ran normally but the fuel pressure jumped up to 7 PSI at idle. I tried all kinds of different power settings and nothing seemed to make much of a difference. If I turn on the boost pump while the engine is running, the PSI jumps up to 8 PSI. The engine from all accounts seem to be running just fine. This is the first time in 10 years of flying this plane, I've seen this occurrence so any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks, Gary

It's kind of what you get used to right? I've always known forever that I could have that adjusted but never got around to having it done. Also, all the adjustments in the world would not fix a bent flap Pump Rod (referring to my Mooney, not me! ). Not until I had to have it overhauled did I experience how flaps were supposed to retract!

Just had my flap pump rebuilt by LASER and they charged me $242.95. That was the cheapest part of the repair. The 20 hours of labor to have it removed, reinstalled and system bled is what really caused a hit to the pocket book!

I've read somewhere that full retraction of the flaps should be around 12 seconds. In my plane, it was closer to two seconds! So unless I wanted to have a laundry problem with my passengers I had to milk the flaps up (assuming I used them at all). Well during my last annual, the mechanic noticed that the rod leaving my flap pump was bent. After attempting to fix it, he ended up sending it to LASER to be rebuilt. Now, my laps retract very close to the 12 second time-frame. It's so nice to be able to bring the flaps up without feeling like your on a Disney amusement ride!

Hi All, During my annual this year, the A&P broke the news to me that my muffler needs to be replaced. When he said that it would be around $1600 to have it overhauled, I about fell over! Does anyone have a lead on where I can find a serviceable muffler until I can get installed until I can look into other options like a Powerflow exhaust system? Thanks, Gary

Its configured using the 429 interface. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

I have a GTX330ES. I'll need to check what fuel flow is installed. It was in the plane prior to my purchase. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

Interesting. This has been wired this way for several years and this error just now started occurring every so often. I'll take it to my avionics shop to see what they say. Thanks for the guidance . Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Looking at the configuration screen, it looks like it might be the fuel transducer might be acting up. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk

I have a STec 50 with GPSS and a GTX330ES connected to my 430 but both appear to be working.