mike_elliott Posted April 2, 2015 Report Posted April 2, 2015 You can come by my hangar any time. Bring your wax! I never did that...I should but I don't. I clean it sometimes.... HEY! Yours is the only other rocket I have ever seen besides mine with tks. VERY cool! Michael Baraz's also has TKS. Quote
TWinter Posted April 2, 2015 Report Posted April 2, 2015 Looks great and the window treatment is a nice touch Quote
ryoder Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 looks great may pick up a knot or two, i wax under the plane 2 times a yr and the rest about 4 times, about every 3 flights i spray clean the bottom and wipe the bugs off every flight, that way it never takes to long and always looks good plus if something starts leaking its easy to see since generally clean/ always looks like crap after a vacation if i need to keep it outside for a few days....yours now looks like new.. Gotta keep it clean in case there are chicks at the airport too. Quote
M20F Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 Every spring is Dawn, mineral spirits, two hand washes, clay, and then Collonite 485 to everything. Takes about 24 hrs but so worth it. Quote
M016576 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 Just finishing up my annual this year, and thanks to recent joining of this forum, I am more motivated than I have been in a while about my Mooney. (Must confess, working and spending a pile of money on another project pretty hard right now). First I installed vinyl on the window corners for the "newer look", which I DO like. Then I washed it and decided to wax it, doing the blue sections with some special "blue tinted" wax, left over from my Chevelle, that will fill and cover small imperfections. Have yet to do the white on the top of the plane (wings, horz, vert and fuselage), as I am waiting for my order of spinner and regular "California" wax products this forum so nicely made me aware of. Anyway, once I got the fuselage sides and tops of the inside and outside wing surfaces waxed, I thought, why not do the bottom since it's nice a clean. I had some regular car wax good enough for the bottom. Well, I worked from 7 PM last night until 1 AM waxing the entire bottom of the aircraft. I had never done that before and never realized what a project that would be. My wrists are pretty sore today. Mooney Bottom Wax Job 002.JPG Water spots were on the camera, not the plane. Think I'll gain a knot in cruise? Only time I ever did that was when I was showing my J to a potential buyer! Quote
M016576 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 You can come by my hangar any time. Bring your wax! I never did that...I should but I don't. I clean it sometimes.... HEY! Yours is the only other rocket I have ever seen besides mine with tks. VERY cool! I think between my missile, and your two rockets, we probably have a lock on Rocket Engineering Mooney's with TKS! 1 Quote
mike_elliott Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 Gotta keep it clean in case there are chicks at the airport too. the really hot chicks like the smell of kerosene Quote
Hank Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 So you're suggesting that we all keep a kerosene heater [or at least of jug] in the hangar? Quote
M016576 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 So you're suggesting that we all keep a kerosene heater [or at least of jug] in the hangar? That would certainly make the chicks hot. Quote
wishboneash Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 Yep, and you're a Michigander too!! Iron Mountain? Not quite the end of the world.. You have to get to Houghton for that! Quote
Tahoerebel Posted April 3, 2015 Report Posted April 3, 2015 Love the rounded window corners! I'm painting our 201 now & I'm going to round them with paint, can't wait to see what it looks like!! Quote
aviatoreb Posted April 4, 2015 Report Posted April 4, 2015 Michael Baraz's also has TKS. Oooh - what is his avatar here? And Jobe's Missile has it. Quote
aviatoreb Posted April 4, 2015 Report Posted April 4, 2015 I think between my missile, and your two rockets, we probably have a lock on Rocket Engineering Mooney's with TKS! The really funny thing about my rocket - when I got it - the prop had no tks slinger - the rocket conversion was done after the tks install - and that owner was so disinterested in the tks that he didn't bother putting a tks slinger on the new rocket prop. I fixed that of course asap upon purchase since tks was one of my shopping features. 1 Quote
aviatoreb Posted April 4, 2015 Report Posted April 4, 2015 Eric, I learned something pretty valuable in regards to a vey expensive repair to TKS systems. Will post that experience soon. Hi Tom, Looking forward to hear about your beware regarding TKS, thank you! I am trying to figure out what Yooper is all about - is that like superman? Yooper Rocketman? Quote
Yooper Rocketman Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Posted April 4, 2015 So you're suggesting that we all keep a kerosene heater [or at least of jug] in the hangar? I am working on that. Installing a Walters 724 HP on the current project. Quote
Yooper Rocketman Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Posted April 4, 2015 That would certainly make the chicks hot. Iron Mountain? Not quite the end of the world.. You have to get to Houghton for that! You are right. I live in the "Tropical section" of the U.P. I do a lot of flights out of Houghton ((CMX) and both my sons attended MTU. Youngest one graduates next month up there. Quote
Yooper Rocketman Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Posted April 4, 2015 Hi Tom............. I am trying to figure out what Yooper is all about - is that like superman? Yooper Rocketman? Sorry about that. I am from the "U.P." of Michigan, which is the abbreviation for Upper Peninsula. We feel like almost another state rather than part of Michigan, separated by Lake Michagan and the Mackinaw Bridge. The slang has become "Yoopers", for U.P. "ers". We're considered the "hicks" of Michigan, as we are so far north and remote from the rest of the state. Over time, this has become a badge of honor rather than a negative. We consist of probably 5% of Michigans population, but 35% of the land mass of the state. I will touch on the TKS issue later. Just arrived in Punta Cana at 3:45PM today and had a few glasses of wine. Ready for bed. Quote
aviatoreb Posted April 4, 2015 Report Posted April 4, 2015 Sorry about that. I am from the "U.P." of Michigan, which is the abbreviation for Upper Peninsula. We feel like almost another state rather than part of Michigan, separated by Lake Michagan and the Mackinaw Bridge. The slang has become "Yoopers", for U.P. "ers". We're considered the "hicks" of Michigan, as we are so far north and remote from the rest of the state. Over time, this has become a badge of honor rather than a negative. We consist of probably 5% of Michigans population, but 35% of the land mass of the state. I will touch on the TKS issue later. Just arrived in Punta Cana at 3:45PM today and had a few glasses of wine. Ready for bed. Great - from one "Hick" to another. I get it. We call it "The North Country" up here in "Canada New York". It is a 7 hour drive from here to NY City. It is rural small town - trees, rivers, mtns. A world of different from NY City. "Upstate" just isn't descriptive enough since the folks 50 miles north of the city in Westchester county call it upstate. Check out where KPTD and you will see what I mean. Hey - I am taking my son fishing in Marquette in May - we have a guide already reserved. We will go into KSAW. Cheers, Erik Quote
Andy95W Posted April 4, 2015 Report Posted April 4, 2015 What's a "Yooper" ? Somebody who lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, aka, the U.P., pronounced "Yoo Pee", so then Yooper. aka 'Hick', just like the Rocketman said. Quote
dcrogers11 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Posted April 4, 2015 Love the U.P. area and Mackinaw Island is one of my wife's top 10 places on the planet. I'm trying to talk her into flying to the island this time in the Moonye instead of commercial and then the ferry. Nothing is better than some Mackinaw fudge! Don Quote
Yooper Rocketman Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Posted April 4, 2015 .................. Hey - I am taking my son fishing in Marquette in May - we have a guide already reserved. We will go into KSAW. Cheers, Erik You think you can land that Rocket on a 12,000 foot runway? My airport is only 15 minutes southwest (in Rocket time) of there. If you guys want to see a neat plane project, come on down. Lunch or dinner is on me. Quote
Yooper Rocketman Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Posted April 4, 2015 What's a "Yooper" ? I just posted an explanation last night, a couple posts before yours, but thanks for asking. Quote
M016576 Posted April 4, 2015 Report Posted April 4, 2015 Hi Tom, Looking forward to hear about your beware regarding TKS, thank you! I am trying to figure out what Yooper is all about - is that like superman? Yooper Rocketman? Me too- can't wait to hear... And hopefully avoid! 1 Quote
aviatoreb Posted April 4, 2015 Report Posted April 4, 2015 You think you can land that Rocket on a 12,000 foot runway? My airport is only 15 minutes southwest (in Rocket time) of there. If you guys want to see a neat plane project, come on down. Lunch or dinner is on me. Great! I will! - if weather doesn't dictate a hasty retreat or anything like that, I bet there will be time. That is a big runway - from the era of loaded B52 bombers eh? Near us is KPBG that I frequent with an 11700ft runway. I just did my commercial check ride there a few months ago. Its just wrong doing a performance short field landing there...or the visual views make the 180 performance "engine out" landing ... strange. The DPE told me that in the Piper Cub they use for tail dragger instruction they do 10 to 12 take straight-ahead touch and goes. 1 Quote
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