2016 today's flight

[DonMuncy]

Welcome to a very elite club.

[kpaul]

1 hour ago, DonMuncy said:

Welcome to a very elite club.

Of people who spend way too much money on their aluminium mistress.

[DonMuncy]

1 hour ago, kpaul said:

Of people who spend way too much money on their aluminium mistress.

Yes, the "dues" to belong to this group are high.  

[carusoam]

Richard,

You have captured the emotion of flying a Mooney and put it in writing!  

To avoid capturing the excitement of flying a Mooney, actively keep the ball centered during the slow flight and stall exercise.

Nice work,

-a-

[gsxrpilot]

9 minutes ago, carusoam said:

Richard,

You have captured the emotion of flying a Mooney and put it in writing!  

To avoid capturing the excitement of flying a Mooney, actively keep the ball centered during the slow flight and stall exercise.

Nice work,

-a-

Truth!

[Yooper Rocketman]

Today was first solo flight on the Lancair.  My birthday as well.  Pretty neat.  Saw a beautiful sunset at the end of my flight.

Tom

[carusoam]

Happy Birthday, Captain Turbine!

When do the high altitude time trials begin?

One other question....   what's it like having to be concerned about government mandated speed limits down low? 

Best regards,

-a-

[Yooper Rocketman]

2 hours ago, carusoam said:

Happy Birthday, Captain Turbine!

When do the high altitude time trials begin?

One other question....   what's it like having to be concerned about government mandated speed limits down low? 

Best regards,

-a-

I can't fly in the flight levels until out of Phase 1 testing (40 hours and I am at 18.6 now).  

The speed limit is a real concern, especially since on descent you are carrying more speed as well.  I find it something I have to watch closely and work at.  The good thing is the limit is IAS, not ground speed.

Tom

[amillet]

21 hours ago, Skates97 said:

I finally got to fly a Mooney today, my Mooney.  It was awesome!!! Now I really know why you guys love your planes.

If you're interested here's the write-up.

http://intothesky.us/2016/12/17/a-second-first-flight/

You'll learn that some nose up trim helps on takeoff when there's no weight in the back seat.

[Skates97]

20 minutes ago, amillet said:

You'll learn that some nose up trim helps on takeoff when there's no weight in the back seat.

Ah, may have to look at that. With just the two of us in the front seats and about half tanks the CG was at about 44 which is closer to the front. I had it set at take-off trim but may play with having a little more nose up next time. That or I may throw a little ballast in the baggage area to bring the CG closer to the middle.

[Hank]

26 minutes ago, amillet said:

You'll learn that some nose up trim helps on takeoff when there's no weight in the back seat.

This is my Takeoff trim position in my C.

[Skates97]

Thanks guys. I'll try giving it a little more nose up trim and see if that helps ease her off the runway next time.

[carusoam]

My take off trim is the same as hanks, but flaps are 'religiously' set for T/O...

either way,  some un-stick force may be required to get the nose to break free from being stuck to the ground.

nose gets lifted off at 65KIAS in the O.

Other things to check during the roll... (there is alist around here somewhere)

MP, RPM is being delivered.

FF, a back-up to the first two, also lets you know full fuel cooling is available for the climb...

Airspeed alive

rotate.  (Don't wait for the trim to fly your plane off the ground)

gear up.  You won't be using the runway as you speed off over the end...

Flaps up.  Pretty quickly as you come upon the max flap operating speed....

fly and trim... use the yoke to set air speed for cooling in the climb.  Trim to relieve the back pressure...

flying by using the trim will cost you significant style points.  Your CFI will explain the proper reasons for this...

A slight difference in trim is a significant difference in speed on T/O.  No flap take-off is usually less finicky.  Flaps themselves generate a nose down force.  Not using them is slightly less nose heavy.

there are a few weight and wind considerations to add to this.

PP thoughts, only.  Not a CFI.

Best regards,

-a-

[bonal]

Fantastic Yooper I can't imagine the sense of accomplishment you must feel.

[bradp]

Yooper that is so great. Take care of that turbine now :-). What kind of avionics are you using ? It's cool to see the VFR charts on the screen.

Richard - try a no flaps takeoff every once in a while when performance is not demanding. I find that at takeoff trim position the plane will want to fly at a bit higher airspeed, but when it's ready to fly it wants to leap into a climb attitude compared to me needing to "rotate" when I have the flaps at T/O. Ymmv of course.


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[Yooper Rocketman]

1 hour ago, bradp said:

Yooper that is so great. Take care of that turbine now :-). What kind of avionics are you using ? It's cool to see the VFR charts on the screen.
 

I am using a GTN 650, two screen G3X's and a GRT MiniX for my back-up.  Also have a VR Avionics TSLM/Engine Monitor sio basically two sets of engine instruments.

I always use VFR charts flying IFR until I get assigned something that I need to look at on the IFR chart (or I am in IMC).

Tom

[bonal]

Well it's almost the end of the year. 2016 definitely had its challenges and the last month has been especially difficult. Was able to take Santas sleigh down to STS for some Christmas shopping a real short flight with no problems other than a not perfect landing at home. Snoopy is running perfectly. Hope we get a few more posts here before the end of the year. Merry Cristmas everyone and hoping for a safe and joyful holiday to all you Mooney Spacers.

[bradp]

Got out to BDR to visit my family for a couple of days before Christmas. The Mrs was going to be stuck at work all week, so it was just me and the little one. It's something special when talking to NY approach and getting the rapid fire questions from the three year old (where is the airport? Why we not going down? Etc.). Fun flight with a great tailwind. I pulled it way back to 2300/ 7.2 GPH / 140ktas just to see the nmpg hit 24.3. But I missed seeing 185 it's ground speed and wasn't sure how long toddler would last before I'd need to put her in "isolate", so back to ROP for the last hour or so. Apologies for the ugly door. I still haven't made my new decorative pieces. I finally got my basement composites setup going - repairing my landing gear fairings.


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[Yooper Rocketman]

Logged another 5 hours on the plane today.  After 8 hours in the Bonanza yesterday doing a very long Airlifeline flight, my back side is pretty sore.

Caught Chad, my local FBO owner, flying chase plane to KSAW to retrieve a pilot dropping off a Conquest his shop just worked on.  I talked him into taking some air to air photos of my new ride on their way back.  Pretty neat!

Tom

[XXX]

Today's flight was a "clear my head" mission after a long, long, long week. Shout out to the one and only God Almighty for the beautiful sunset at CDK.  Chatted with a lovely family spending their Christmas on the island.

[carusoam]

Andrew, I needed to know too...

Cedar Key...  in the Florida keys, an island chain ending with Key West...

Best regards,

-a-

[Hector]

Andrew, I needed to know too...
Cedar Key...  in the Florida keys, an island chain ending with Key West...
Best regards,
-a-

Actually, Cedar Key is in the west coast of Florida north of Tampa. Very small town. Only one Taxi driver (Judy), and she monitors the Unicom frequency with a portable radio. If she hears you she will often ask if you need a ride into town from the airport. It's only a one mile ride or so to the center of the island(waterfront) where all the restaurants are but in the summer when it's hot it's better than walking. Lots of oyster farming. I've been known to make an oyster run to CDK for a big party (only a one hour flight from my house). Nice runway but only 2300 feet long. Inevitably every couple of years someone comes in hot and runs off the runway into the water. I like it because it's in an parts of the state with fairly low population and it's quiet most of the time as compared to the Florida Keys.


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[bradp]

On the way back home. Lots of traffic in and around northern NJ. I went under the NY arrivals but had to be vectored for a TEB arrival (as VFR outside the B... hmmm). It was a new controller who clearly had a "deal" and the mentor stepped in to undo a medevac and another GA plane that wanted to go to the same place at the same time.

Had a chat with the little one about being very quiet when the people on the radio were trying to talk. She did a great job and said she didn't talk when the other people were talking and she didn't talk when we were going down down down (both true). She asked if she could sit in the front when my wife joins us on our next trip. Wife wasn't too happy about the back seat :-). Little one said that she needed to learn to dive the plane then. Hehe.

Learning point. The Bermuda Triangle of the northeast is between Johnstown airport, Altoona airport and Bedford Co (JST, AOO and HMZ). Every reporting station is clear and 10SM yesterday, including those three airports, but there was definitely an overcast layer about 1500 or so feet above me. At one point, there was eerie ground haze converging with this overcast such that I totally lost the horizon out the front window, with the tops of the ridge lines visible. I hadn't looked at satellite, but I would have been in the slag if I had gone 6000 IFR. I can also appreciate how tempting it could have been if the weather was lower for a VFR pilot to want to climb and end up inadvertently in the clouds.





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[carusoam]

Thanks Hector!

I need to go work on my geography studies.  

Best regards,

-a-

[Marauder]

On the way back home. Lots of traffic in and around northern NJ. I went under the NY arrivals but had to be vectored for a TEB arrival (as VFR outside the B... hmmm). It was a new controller who clearly had a "deal" and the mentor stepped in to undo a medevac and another GA plane that wanted to go to the same place at the same time.

Had a chat with the little one about being very quiet when the people on the radio were trying to talk. She did a great job and said she didn't talk when the other people were talking and she didn't talk when we were going down down down (both true). She asked if she could sit in the front when my wife joins us on our next trip. Wife wasn't too happy about the back seat :-). Little one said that she needed to learn to dive the plane then. Hehe.

Learning point. The Bermuda Triangle of the northeast is between Johnstown airport, Altoona airport and Bedford Co (JST, AOO and HMZ). Every reporting station is clear and 10SM yesterday, including those three airports, but there was definitely an overcast layer about 1500 or so feet above me. At one point, there was eerie ground haze converging with this overcast such that I totally lost the horizon out the front window, with the tops of the ridge lines visible. I hadn't looked at satellite, but I would have been in the slag if I had gone 6000 IFR. I can also appreciate how tempting it could have been if the weather was lower for a VFR pilot to want to climb and end up inadvertently in the clouds.





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I got one of those pictures over the Bermuda Triangle of the Northeast.




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