Lance Keve Posted August 22, 2015 Author Report Posted August 22, 2015 Great paint. Speed slope windshield. Nice cowl closure and exhaust. How about the interior? Certainly there is something that needs a major infusion of AMU's... Congratulations on your beautiful bird. Fly safe on your visits to see your dad. Enjoy him while you have got him. Take him up and watch him smile. Well done sir, well done. Thanks. Interior - major infusion of AMU's... - Hopefully I'll get by for a little while before needing to change anything or feeling the need to change anything. Attached some panel photos. I think it is tidy. Let the abuse begin. The only one thing I may not be keen on is the odd attitude indicator, or should I say attitude orienter? I haven't seen that Russian type in any other Mooney's. The horizon does not change. I would think that it would make it slightly more challenging flying in IMC and banking where the artificial horizon ends up not matching the actual horizon. Perhaps I'm missing something. 3 Quote
Hank Posted August 22, 2015 Report Posted August 22, 2015 Wow! That's the first woodgrain panel I've seen that actually looks good! Mine's just a black plastic overlay. If I ever redo it, I'll use a classy hardwood like this. Looks good to me. 4 Quote
ryoder Posted August 22, 2015 Report Posted August 22, 2015 Nice panel. That is a weird attitude indicator. I'd talk to aircraft quality instruments about buying a refurb. They sold me a refurbished DG and it works and looks like new. http://www.flyaqi.com/gyro.htm Quote
DXB Posted August 22, 2015 Report Posted August 22, 2015 Wow looks like actual wood from an actual tree. Innovative design Quote
dfgreene61 Posted August 22, 2015 Report Posted August 22, 2015 Congrats, it's been a year and a half since I got my Mooney. They are wonderful to say the least. Enjoy! Quote
MyNameIsNobody Posted August 22, 2015 Report Posted August 22, 2015 Horizon is different...BUT a nice 8-pack 430 and electric trim. Pretty nice set-up. You did very well! Enjoy Quote
Marauder Posted August 22, 2015 Report Posted August 22, 2015 P.S. Market down how much today? Timmy is laughing.... Timmy is making a killing on pork bellies. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote
rbridges Posted August 23, 2015 Report Posted August 23, 2015 Timmy is making a killing on pork bellies. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Why do you bring up your girlfriends in every thread? 2 Quote
Lance Keve Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Posted August 23, 2015 Horizon is different...BUT a nice 8-pack 430 and electric trim. Pretty nice set-up. You did very well! Enjoy Well, almost. The electric trim is in-op (switch now marked) and the motor had been removed. Wiring and switches left in place so I'll look at sorting that at some point. Has the S-TEC autopilot, though, and 430 waas as you mentioned. Flaps have been converted to electric. I do feel good about it, though. Thanks. 2 Quote
Lance Keve Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Posted August 23, 2015 Nice panel. That is a weird attitude indicator. I'd talk to aircraft quality instruments about buying a refurb. They sold me a refurbished DG and it works and looks like new. http://www.flyaqi.com/gyro.htm Our '65 C was originally equipped with that same wonky attitude indicator, along with a DG that rotated on a horizontal plane rather than a vertical plane. I had never seen an attitude indicator like that before, either, or since, for that matter. We removed them both back in/around the 80s, I think. Beautiful plane! Jim Ok, very interesting and helpful. As it is in perfect working order, I'll see how it goes for a bit but probably look to replace to standard Western type. First post purchase AMU coming up... 1 Quote
Lance Keve Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Posted August 23, 2015 Thanks for everyone's warm welcomes! Truly a great online community. Regards, Lance Quote
Bob_Belville Posted August 23, 2015 Report Posted August 23, 2015 Well, almost. The electric trim is in-op (switch now marked) and the motor had been removed. Wiring and switches left in place so I'll look at sorting that at some point. Has the S-TEC autopilot, though, and 430 waas as you mentioned. Flaps have been converted to electric. I do feel good about it, though. Thanks. You'll love that operating STEC30 which enables GPSS. The electric trim is not nearly so important. The manual wheel is faster and you'll be able to tell much sooner if the mechanism that move the whole empennage is getting gummed up. (My electric trim works fine but I use the wheel at least half the time. 1 Quote
MooneyPTG Posted August 28, 2015 Report Posted August 28, 2015 Enjoy...love my E. You can call me if you have any questions. Kevin 9206213473 Quote
Lance Keve Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Posted August 28, 2015 Thanks Kevin. I finally got it to my home airport on Wednesday. A 5 hour one-way drive with my local CFI and an hour and 45 minute flight back! Feels good to have it right down the street (2 miles) now (KBVY). Here it is last evening in a temporary spot. Regards, Lance 4 Quote
Lance Keve Posted September 29, 2015 Author Report Posted September 29, 2015 Enough said. You all know. 5 Quote
carl Posted September 29, 2015 Report Posted September 29, 2015 Woohoo, Awesome. I am socked in here in Pa . I want to fly! 1 Quote
Conrad Posted September 30, 2015 Report Posted September 30, 2015 Not just a cowl closure either, that looks like the now-unavailable SWTA mod, complete with J spinner. Would you be willing to provide us some insight as to cruise numbers? Quote
Lance Keve Posted October 1, 2015 Author Report Posted October 1, 2015 Not just a cowl closure either, that looks like the now-unavailable SWTA mod, complete with J spinner. Would you be willing to provide us some insight as to cruise numbers? Hi Conrad - Yes, that's the SWTA one. As to numbers, I haven't formally run speed tests as most of my flights have been training/local ones. On one longer cross-country, 1:35, I was at 6500 feet with no appreciable head or tailwinds and the grounds speed was 153 knots. I had the MP at 24 and the rpm's at 24 as well. Does that seem similar to other E's for those settings? I'll need some more time to figure out proper accurate speeds in different configurations. 1 Quote
Shadrach Posted October 1, 2015 Report Posted October 1, 2015 Lance, Well done! I really do like the panel, but then I'm partial to classic British machines. I would love to redo my panel with a burlwood veneer! Quote
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