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  1. Bob_Belville
    Pretty straightforward. Click on the "More Reply Options" button in the lower right corner. That should bring up some bring up a message about Attach Files at the bottom of you message. There are 2 uploaders. either way choose files from your computer and if you are using the advanced uploader it will automatically upload. Add more pic and when done hit Add Reply. (If you're using the basic uploader each pic takes two steps -- Choose File and then Attach this File. You should see thumbnails and other confirmations that things are working.
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    I noticed "Data" was changed to "Date" but you get the idea.
  3. Bob_Belville
    Don't you just hate it when inconvenient facts mess with your perfectly sound theories?!
  4. Bob_Belville
    The female passenger - in the back seat? - was apparently less severely injured supporting your comment as well as the shoulder strap question/comment for front seats.
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    The "hat rack" = "Warning: Do not Exceed 10 Pounds in This Compartment. See Aircraft Loading Schedule Data for Baggage Compartment Allowable." I can't find a pic of my engraved rigid plastic placard big enough to read. I'll take one and post later.
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    Yes, we have fine ADS-B coverage where I fly. From what I read the build-out is going fine, perhaps a little ahead of schedule so you might be able to drop SXM before long. When I had both for a few months I was obvious I did not need both. I do not have an I-Pod or anything Apple for that matter (except AAPL stock) so I will have to learn how to add some music on my Droid, I guess. Sounds like a grandson project.
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    Before I installed a GDL 88 and got free weather and traffic, I paid $35 per month for XM weather displayed on a GPS 696. I'm thinking of subscribing to XM Satellite Radio to provide music, CNBC etc to my passengers. Looks like $10 or $15 per month depending upon how many channel you want. It would feed the GMA 340 which mutes the music for ATC xmisssion. Pireps?
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    http://e1.photos.flightcdn.com/photos/retriever/bb26ed696ec19094d060d9ad2087c91bb8d5ff44
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    tail # 78951 FlightAware shows it as 1962 M20 serial # 2140 registered to Tivay Alireza, Washington DC
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    We only use FlightAware to get ETA. The details are apt to be garbled depending upon the ATC sector and other factors. Their registration info is a joke. Engine, HP, speeds, # seats, weights... any resemblance to facts is purely coincidental.
  11. Bob_Belville
    We have long time Mooney owner @ KMRN w Glider, Inst, Comm, CFI, & ATP. I believe all except the glider earned in Mooney. SEL only! He's a dentist and the commercial, CFI and ATP were achieved for personal satisfaction. Most of his flying is Angel Flights in N1967F.
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    Private 1969 C150; Instrument Rating 1978 M20E (N9249M).
  13. Bob_Belville
    Here's a short rudder on a '66E. The long rudder extend down to the bottom of the tail cone.
  14. Bob_Belville
    My '66E already had a Top Prop (installed 4/09) when I bought it so I have no comparison but the performance seems to be fine. TAS 150k @ 7000' & 65%; 155k @ 9500 & 68%. Combined with PFS exhaust the shop owner who works on several Mooneys @ KMRN has mentioned several times that my E is much quieter, from the outside, than a friend's stock '67F.
  15. Bob_Belville
    I suggest that those of you who really think that tube is trivial might not want to remove it. Like the stall strips on your wings that don't look like much, remove them and you just became a test pilot.
  16. Bob_Belville
    I have about 6 pair of glasses stuck in various places in the plane and the flight bag. I am the opposite, near sighted, but when I wear my contacts that allow me to see eagle feathers or golf balls in flight I need your magnifying bifocals. For me www.clicgoggles.com which my pro shop sells are handy.
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    To each his own. Many of those on this list, including myself, would differ with your low view of the capabilities of light single engine aircraft in general and Mooneys in particular. I always felt I would as soon be in my M20E as I would be as a single pilot in a light twin in IMC. Now if you want to argue that single pilot IFR demands a lot of the PIC, I would agree.
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    I have the LASAR combo tiedown/jackpoint. I noticed one was a little loose last week and mentioned it to my A&P during the annual. He wound up trying both metric and SAE Allen wrenches, I was very skeptical there was anything metric on an old Mooney and I think we determined in the end it was 13/32" and the bolt was a little dirty. But it might have been 3/8". I was not under the plane.
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    Good idea. We have more than one Mooney driver at KMRN who like to take interested folks for an airplane ride.
  20. Bob_Belville
    As mentioned above I flew a Mooney while running a manufacturing company for 11 years. I do not remember ever having to change any plans because of weather. I had an autopilot, a stormscope, DME/RNAV and ADF (this was as good as it got in the early '80s) and I stayed current and was comfortable shooting approaches to minimums at night and cinching up the seat belt and dodging weather. I did take off from Oshkosh once at zero zero. Just sayin'.
  21. Bob_Belville
    Ain't we sayin' the same thing?
  22. Bob_Belville
    What else are you going to do with your money? Waste it on food, clothing, shelter? Leave it to your heirs? Get your priorities in order!
  23. Bob_Belville
    This has been discussed, probably several times. Brakes on my old E with Vlg @ 120 (104k); Vfe @ 100 (87k); Vno @ 150 (130k); and Vne @189 (164k) come in handy when terrain, clouds, or ATC requires a descent rate of more than about 500 fpm. I suppose that is about 1 flight in 10 for me with my home aerodrome about 6000 below the MEA 20 miles to the west.
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    Do be sure your step is coming up when the engine is running if that is a feature of your C. (You do not mention what year model.) If the step servo is bad, not only will it cause yaw it will cost you at least 6k in cruise. Voice of experience. And it appears that our mid '60s Mooneys are reaching the life of the rubber bellows in that servo, I've heard about several in the last year. It's an easy fix with a rebuilt servo from Brittain in Tulsa OK @ ~ $150-$175.
  25. Bob_Belville
    David, I don't think it takes more than 100 pounds down at the tail hook to hold the nose off once the plane is on the jacks. The jack points are well forward of the main gear so it would take more to raise the nose while the plane is on the mains. Bob
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