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  1. Fly_M20R
    Hello Everyone!! I have owned several Mooneys, starting with a 1984 201, followed by two 252's, two "M" Models and finally my current Ovation and have logged close around 2.300 hours in all of them and flown them everywhere in the U.S and also to see Angel Falls in Venezuela. I found that I cou...
  2. -M-
    Hi Everyone. I purchased a 2003 Mooney M20R last April and during the pre-buy, we noticed mushy left brake pedal on the pilot side. The issue was fixed by bleeding the brakes bottom-up and then at every fitting under the belly where small amounts of air bubbled out. Since then the problem slo...
  3. Jerry 5TJ
    2000 Ovation Pitot Heat Question Flying in light icing conditions near Rock Springs WY yesterday with OAT -1C I had pitot heat switched on. And the TKS in operation. Everything going fine, the protected areas were clear and ASI normal. But after a few minutes I for some reason happened...
  4. Fly_M20R
    Who would imagine that Thursday of Airventure 2023 would be an immensely busy departure day??? I was leaving Oshkosh to go to Oasis Aero in Willmar, MN to get the annual done on my Ovation. ATC was using Runway 27 that morning for all departures and some arrivals while using Rwy 36 for arrival...
  5. Fly_M20R
    I just did a non-stop flight in my Ovation from KBDH in Minnesota to KFHB in Florida in 5 hrs and 47 min. Flew at 15,000 feet blessed by a nice tailwind and running Lean of Peak. TAS was 163 kts, Fuel Flow 10.2 GPH at wide open throttle (16.9" MP) and 2400 RPM. Ended up using 65.7 gallon for the who...
  6. Fly_M20R
    Flew to Oshkosh from Northeast Florida with a fuel stop in South Wisconsin for lowest priced fuel in the area and close to 1 hr flight from there to Oshkosh. Total time from takeoff in FL to landing at Oshkosh was 6 hrs 50 min and around 84 total gallons of fuel having run the engine lean of peak. H...
  7. Fly_M20R
    Had filed IFR for flight between Lake City and Fernandina due to bad weather with thunderstorms along the way. Turns out I ended up in a valley of VFR where it was quite smooth. Had a really nice surprise when I heard a friend who is a controller with Jax Center on the air who then gave me my cleara...
  8. Fly_M20R
    I had an unexpected pitch up command by my GFC500 autopilot as I was about to cross the intermediate fix to an RNAV approach. Was it an autopilot or a pilot error? Watch the flight and slow motion replay for the answer. Corrected unexpected pitch up and completed approach landing in strong gusty win...
  9. Fly_M20R
    I went to Sun n Fun a couple of weeks ago during the middle of the week. On the way there I had hoped to be able to arrive in IFR conditions for a first time to either Oshkosh or Sun n Fun with an IFR approach. But…. Ceilings lifted to MVFR and had to find a hole to get below clouds and then end up...
  10. Fly_M20R
    I was on an "escape" mission from a major front chainsawing across North and Northeast FL to get back to home base. In the process ended up flying through a band of extreme rain (but thankfully not a thunderstorm) and then had an intermittent stuck mike for the rest of the flight while dodging weath...
  11. Fly_M20R
    LIFR conditions on the coast with conditions deteriorating due to sea fog to roll in a few hrs. Unlimited ceilings some 20 nm inland and VFR at destination. Runway looked clear from the air, but on the landing roll-out saw some deer running along the left side of the runway. You should increas...
  12. Fly_M20R
    It was a perfect day to do practice approaches in actual IMC since ceilings were between 800 ft and 1500 ft around the area. Filed for a "round robin" flight noting in the remarks that I wanted to do practice approaches into KBQK and KJAX. Well..... you can't always get what you want! The Jax a...
  13. Fly_M20R
    Recorded a landing in my Ovation with strong 15 tk winds as well as gust factor which I do not remember. Turned out really nice! Chris
  14. Fly_M20R
    This is my first night flight after having installed a GTN750 Xi to replace 530W, GFC500 to replace KFC150 and GI275 EIS to replace Insight G4 and all other engine gauges. Also changed glare shield lights to green LED's. I had done a couple of previous flights in daylight to work out some bugs and i...
  15. Fly_M20R
    I have an out of town friend who is deep into Microsoft Flight Simulator with the latest and most powerful Nvidia graphic cards, processors, dual big screens and even VR. In it he flies big iron and also has installed the Mooney Ovation sim into it since he has been inside my plane on the ground and...
  16. Fly_M20R
    Hello everyone! I am posting the video of a really nice flight I did with my daughter and her boyfriend over the Hudson, across Manhattan over N. Central Park, and back down the East River using the Skyline Route in Class B airspace. It was a first for all three of us as well as the first time...
  17. OZMOONEYMAN
    Who is worried about the future of general aviation internal combustion engine aircraft? I have concerns about what the future holds with regard to avgas burning light craft. The two biggest concerns are what will the future valuations look like if fuel prices rise dramatically and also the co...
  18. Fly_M20R
    I have always “felt” that speed brakes might increase the stall speed in a Mooney. However, never really read anything specific nor does the POH publish any stall speeds with the speed brakes deployed. So, thought I would take to the skies and do a “test” flight. I was a bit surprised and now believ...
  19. Fly_M20R
    After loss of pitot input the IAS "red-x'd" on my dual GI 275 installation. I had the opportunity to test various failure considerations I had been thinking about to evaluate how the AHRS (attitude indicator) would perform. Would it "red-x", tumble or drift? The failures were equivalent of having...
  20. Fly_M20R
    Since my Mooney is going for an annual by the end of this month I flew up to 11,500 feet to perform "in-flight engine diagnostic tests" as recommended by Mike Busch and SavvyAviation. The tests I did were the GAMI sweep to confirm my GAMIjectors were performing as expected and also a LOP mag check t...
  21. Fly_M20R
    I was asked in a PM whether the active leg of a hold was displayed in the GI 275 while also displaying it on the GNS 530W and if it was flown correctly by the autopilot.My setup is a GI 275 ADAHRS+AP as primary ADI and a GI 275 ADAHRS configured as MFD/Standby ADI. They are connected to the GNS 530W...
  22. Fly_M20R
    This video shows how the dual Garmin GI-275’s perform superbly in an RNAV approach into KFHB in low IFR conditions getting me down to minimums. The scan is easy and clear. Horizontal and vertical deviation indicators on both the ADI and HSI are clear and easy to fly with. The KFC 150 autopilot is dr...
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