MyNameIsNobody Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 Do I ask if they washed their hands after they wiped? No. Everybody go buy the video he is hocking on the thread. May his bank account swell from the fantastic...all right piece of work. May all lemonade stands prosper.
M20F Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 2 hours ago, aviatoreb said: You figure there are a lot of Mooney owners out there too cheap to pay $25 for the "potentially life saving video"? Please tell me who they are so I can avoid risking my life in their likely unsafe under maintained airplane. I really enjoy a lot of your posts, have no dog in this fight, but this kind of stuff is way over the top. I don't buy a video and as a result I am assumed to fly an unsafe and under maintained airplane? No value to the conversation. Fly safe all.
donkaye Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 12 minutes ago, MyNameIsNobody said: How long is the video? What is a breakdown of the "instructional material content"? Does the video cover landings in short/medium and long body Mooney's to include discussion on each and differences regarding power plants/Flap application/speeds. Is it narrated/subtitles/slow motion. Does it discuss when things aren't going right (speed/to high/to low) with actual examples? Power on and flaps with go-around? All different models? What does a buyer get for his $25 bucks other than a couple testimonials that it is fantastic and all right? I wasn't suggesting it should be free. I know nothing about this video. I do know what I think of the master flight instructor and he has communicated what he thinks of me on this forum. Again, I was told that he "doesn't need or "do it" for the money. If you haven't flown a Mooney/are transitioning/have landing issues...$25 bucks is a value IF it covers your Mooney (power-plant and airframe). They (Mooney's) aren't "generic" and the video shouldn't be either. I wish people would give their real names. It would help my memory. If I said something that offended "MyNameIsNobody", I remember it was in reply to something I disagreed with, but I can't remember what it was at all (I was probably not tactful enough in the response--sorry). That goes with aging which was sadly brought to the forefront of my life when my Dad passed away just a week shy of his 98th birthday several weeks ago. I do recommend the quoted person buy the video and critique it if he wishes. I offer anyone their money back if they don't get something out of it. So far no one has asked for it back. The video is generic in nature and stresses slope and speed control through demonstration. From my experience this is applicable to all airplanes and is independent of model. I demonstrate normal, bounced and soft field landings in addition to coming in too high. The video is about 17 minutes in length, and I expect the viewer to watch it multiple times to imprint on their mind the correct normal approach slope as I see it. To assist in this endeavor I include some written material that I have found very important to the understanding of performing proper landings. An unexpected go around it included. It is narrated by me as I demonstrate the landings. No slow motion, but two cameras were used in a unique manner to show the landings from the perspective of the pilot and from the perspective of an observer on the ground watching the landings. In life there are some risks to be taken to make life interesting. $25 seems like a pretty minimal risk from the cost of airplane ownership to possibly save many thousands of dollars in prop and engine repairs after a prop strike. And what risk is there really if I'm willing to give the money back to an unsatisfied customer? That I won't give it back? Really? 1
donkaye Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, MyNameIsNobody said: Everybody go buy the video he is hocking on the thread. May his bank account swell from the fantastic...all right piece of work. May all lemonade stands prosper. Wow. I mentioned the video as a possible way to help people prevent an occurrence that started this thread. I deliberately didn't even share a link on how to purchase it. I figured if someone wanted it they could pm me. Hardly hocking it, but frankly maybe I should have, if it would save one prop strike and an increase in all of our insurance rates... Edited January 5, 2016 by donkaye 1
M20S Driver Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 22 minutes ago, donkaye said: Wow. I mentioned the video as a possible way to help people prevent an occurrence that started this thread. I didn't even share a link on how to purchase it. I figured if someone wanted it they could pm me. Hardly hocking it, but frankly maybe I should have, if it would save one prop strike and an increase in all of our insurance rates... I bought it and was well worth it... I am wiling to pay for two new Mooney owners if they wish to have it and not willing to pay for it. 2
Marauder Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 1 hour ago, MyNameIsNobody said: Everybody go buy the video he is hocking on the thread. May his bank account swell from the fantastic...all right piece of work. May all lemonade stands prosper. Wow. I mentioned the video as a possible way to help people prevent an occurrence that started this thread. I deliberately didn't even share a link on how to purchase it. I figured if someone wanted it they could pm me. Hardly hocking it, but frankly maybe I should have, if it would save one prop strike and an increase in all of our insurance rates... I suspect Nobody asked since the original topic of this thread was about how two people lost their lives and somehow your video becomes the topic of conversation. There are a number of videos on YouTube from people, including aviation instructors who use the site to help further an understanding on a variety of topics and do it for the betterment for those viewing. I subscribe to a number of channels from those instructors who post on their sites good materials on all things aviation. Here is one from Dick Rochfort on doing unpublished holds on a 650: Another on setting up for an approach: Good stuff! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1
peevee Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) 10 hours ago, donkaye said: Thank you. Actually, I make very little money on the video. By the time you consider buying the DVD disks, the paper for the disk cover, the disk holder, the bubble package material, the postage, and the cut Paypal takes, you aren't left with very much. I know I could put the disk in a cheap paper holder, not include any instructional material, stuff it in a cheap disk envelope, or potentially put it online cheaper, but I'd rather people have the disk to play over and over again---and have the video have a little class. I priced it at a point where anybody who owns an airplane could afford it. Where can you pay $25 and get personal Mooney instruction from a Master Flight Instructor who has been teaching mostly in Mooneys for the past 22 years; especially how to land a Mooney? Come on, don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining. I don't care how much you make off the video, that's your business and you're entitled to make a profit off your endeavor if people feel it's worth it, but come on, bulk blank DVD's are less than a dollar each, postage is 4 forever stamps plus a 4 cent, the dvd's come cased, and the "instructional materials" are 4 pages printed out from word or similar. I'd venture the most expensive part of the process is printing the face of the dvd on an inkjet or however you choose to do it. What the video isn't is terribly informative. To be truly instructional it should be a lesson instead of 15 minutes of demonstrations. Edited January 5, 2016 by peevee
Guest Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 Does this mean that maintenance "professionals" posting on the site can start charging for the info? Clarence
peevee Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) 1 minute ago, M20Doc said: Does this mean that maintenance "professionals" posting on the site can start charging for the info? Clarence only if I can pay in CAD since it's down slightly against the dollar again now Edited January 5, 2016 by peevee
kmyfm20s Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 16 minutes ago, M20Doc said: Does this mean that maintenance "professionals" posting on the site can start charging for the info? Clarence Make a good Mooney video and I would buy it for sure!
peevee Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 Just now, kmyfm20s said: Make a good Mooney video and I would buy it for sure! It would actually be useful. You could do a whole series on owner maintenance and a series on education about ads and systems and such.
MyNameIsNobody Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 10 minutes ago, peevee said: It would actually be useful. You could do a whole series on owner maintenance and a series on education about ads and systems and such. Include swearing. R-Rated sells to Mooney crowd.
MyNameIsNobody Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 Marauder: "That's a Bingo" by the way... Thank you.
MyNameIsNobody Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 Did I help sell the video? You are welcome. Did I inhibit sales of the video? I'm sorry. You decide. Let me know how January sales were year over year...(2015 vs. 2016) I think an audible gear/pre stall alert and low fuel alarm would also help keep our "Insurance rates down"...
MyNameIsNobody Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 I am MORE sorry that McStealth lost a mentor and had to revisit that we, as humans, are fallible...
N33GG Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 Wow... This thread doesn't need a how to land video, it needs a how to return to planet earth video. 2
steingar Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 11 hours ago, HRM said: Other aircraft (non-Mooney) owners prattle about how hard Mooneys are to land--that is nonsense to those who know how to land a Mooney and that is exactly what your DVD teaches. Haven't seen the video and don't know what it teaches, but I can say with some authority that my Mooney is more difficult to land than my old Cherokee by some margin. Trying to manage power around the big red stripe in my tachometer is fun, and it is a little more picky about speed than the Cherokee was. It took an hour for me to learn how to land the Cherokee. Took about 10 for the Mooney.
Andy95W Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, steingar said: Trying to manage power around the big red stripe in my tachometer is fun, Since Thread-Creep has already occurred with this topic, I'll add to it some. At low power settings and when the engine is operating below the propeller governing range (prop control full forward, throttle controls the rpm) I have never been very concerned with the the red arc on the tach for the very small amount of time that I'm in the traffic pattern. I fly out of an airport with less than 2,000 feet available landing distance. If I paid attention to that red arc on landing I'd probably be in the weeds either long or short of the runway. To reiterate: VERY low power setting, BELOW the governing range, and MINIMAL time (1-2 minute on base and final). With anything above minimal power I avoid the red arc like the plague, of course. I have about 900 hours in 2 different M20C's with absolutely no ill effects. My first M20C is almost at TBO (different owner) again with no adverse issues with the engine. Edited January 5, 2016 by N1395W 3
donkaye Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, peevee said: Come on, don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining. I don't care how much you make off the video, that's your business and you're entitled to make a profit off your endeavor if people feel it's worth it, but come on, bulk blank DVD's are less than a dollar each, postage is 4 forever stamps plus a 4 cent, the dvd's come cased, and the "instructional materials" are 4 pages printed out from word or similar. I'd venture the most expensive part of the process is printing the face of the dvd on an inkjet or however you choose to do it. What the video isn't is terribly informative. To be truly instructional it should be a lesson instead of 15 minutes of demonstrations. If you bought the video, didn't feel it was useful to you, and tell me your name and address, I'll send you your money back. You'll be the first. The printed material, if understood by someone willing to learn how to land, is worth the $25 by itself. Postage is twice the above mentioned. How did we get here? In passing I just mentioned my video in this post and a couple of the usual suspects who arrogantly dislike my postings blew it all out of proportion. Disappointing when this forum is supposed to be a place to learn something. Certainly no one has to take any input from me, but with over 8,500 hours of Mooney time over the past 22 years, and over half of that teaching, one would think maybe that input might be valuable for those with less experience. Edited January 5, 2016 by donkaye
kmyfm20s Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 3 hours ago, MyNameIsNobody said: Include swearing. R-Rated sells to Mooney crowd. That could be in your Mooney arm rustling video you make:) I'll buy it to! Where did AndyfromCB go? You 2 could be in it together.
peevee Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) 14 minutes ago, donkaye said: If you bought the video, didn't feel it was useful to you, and tell me your name and address, I'll send you your money back. You'll be the first. The printed material, if understood by someone willing to learn how to land, is worth the $25 by itself. Postage is twice the above mentioned. How did we get here? In passing I just mentioned my video in this post and a couple of the usual suspects who arrogantly dislike my postings blew it all out of proportion. Disappointing when this forum is supposed to be a place to learn something. really? twice? methinks not. Oh, to whoever else asked, the video is 11 minutes or so long. Edited January 5, 2016 by peevee
donkaye Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) 7 minutes ago, peevee said: the instructional materials are about the equivalent to pitch is airspeed, power is altitude. Something taught very early on in PPL training. If that were true, then why is it that most of the people who come to me for training haven't learned it? Also, for the record, pitch isn't always airspeed, and power isn't always altitude. The written "material" describes that. Again I say send me your name and address and I'll return your money if you bought the video and are unhappy with it. Edited January 5, 2016 by donkaye
peevee Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 Just now, donkaye said: If that were true, then why is it that most of the people who come to me for training haven't learned it? Also, for the record, pitch isn't always airspeed, and power isn't always altitude. I can't account for poor instruction. And very few things are 100% of the time true, however for practical purposes and simplicity, yes.... it is.
kmyfm20s Posted January 5, 2016 Report Posted January 5, 2016 3 minutes ago, peevee said: really? twice? methinks not. Oh, to whoever else asked, the video is 11 minutes or so long. I'll save you guys $25 bucks, everyone remember back to their PPL training and repeat after me. Pitch=speed, power=altitude. Keep it simple. Just curious, why did you buy it if you didn't feel you had a need for it? i don't know Don but have talked to him once. He seems to be an asset to the Mooney community. maybe his video is brought up more that some people like but is it really that big of deal? Return it and if he doesn't live up to his promise then let use know! His name will then be mud. I hate to chase off people that outside the forum I have only heard positive things about. 1
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