PilotFun101 Posted December 5, 2019 Report Share Posted December 5, 2019 Subscribe and Fly Along! Fun flight to Rutland Vermont from Sky Manor. Meet up with my buddy Brian in the air over Orange County in his Comanche 250. He chased me down! Thanks for Flying Along! Rutland Airport - http://flyrutlandvt.com/ E-mail - PilotFun101@gmail.com Follow me - https://www.facebook.com/PilotFun101/ Cameras - https://gopro.com/en/us/ (Hero 5&7) Transponder - L3 Lynx - https://www.l-3lynx.com/ Headsets - https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/h... GPS - https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/cInTh... Check out aviation fun stuff on Amazon https://www.amazon.com This Video is for entertainment purposes only and is not to be considered flight instruction in any way. Please contact your local CFI for flight instruction. #PilotFun101 #Comanche250 #PilotLife 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smccray Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 Sky Manor is a great airport. Had the pre-buy of my A36 done there. Great restaurant on the field. Heard you say something about using the whole runway- we were really heavy departing at 3:00ish in late May- it was warm. We’re rolling down the runway seeing those trees get bigger and the CFI says, “Oh $hit...” It was no big deal, but the CFI is used to light planes and that definitely wasn’t us. Take off roll was as expected, but the runway is only 2900 ft long and a heavy plane takes a while to get going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 @PilotFun101, there's no shame being chased down by someone with two more cylinders and almost 40% more power available. You should have compared fuel bills! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PilotFun101 Posted December 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 9 hours ago, smccray said: Sky Manor is a great airport. Had the pre-buy of my A36 done there. Great restaurant on the field. Heard you say something about using the whole runway- we were really heavy departing at 3:00ish in late May- it was warm. We’re rolling down the runway seeing those trees get bigger and the CFI says, “Oh $hit...” It was no big deal, but the CFI is used to light planes and that definitely wasn’t us. Take off roll was as expected, but the runway is only 2900 ft long and a heavy plane takes a while to get going. Sky Manor is a awesome place. Yes.. Use the whole runway. LOL It can get a little scary at time with those trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PilotFun101 Posted December 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 8 hours ago, Hank said: @PilotFun101, there's no shame being chased down by someone with two more cylinders and almost 40% more power available. You should have compared fuel bills! LOL... Yes I am approx 6gph less. Plus less maintenance. Love my Mooney! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 On 12/6/2019 at 8:24 AM, PilotFun101 said: LOL... Yes I am approx 6gph less. Plus less maintenance. Love my Mooney! That Comanche is so fast I never saw it pass you. Clarence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Pressley Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 Looks like you are an accomplished pilot but I noticed one thing that you may want to consider. I have bought a number of Mooneys that had gear collapse because not fully locked. I noticed you push down on the handle when putting down the gear. That is great but a better more secure way is to slide your thumb nail in the slot between handle and uplock. I am sure other people here have other tricks and probably better than mine. Just works for me. JerryP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted December 10, 2019 Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 For more info regarding the thumbnail check... Find DMax’s writing collection.... (Don Maxwell, Mooney Guru, TX) Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PilotFun101 Posted December 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 17 hours ago, M20Doc said: That Comanche is so fast I never saw it pass you. Clarence It was too far away for the cameras to caught it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PilotFun101 Posted December 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2019 17 hours ago, acpartswhse said: Looks like you are an accomplished pilot but I noticed one thing that you may want to consider. I have bought a number of Mooneys that had gear collapse because not fully locked. I noticed you push down on the handle when putting down the gear. That is great but a better more secure way is to slide your thumb nail in the slot between handle and uplock. I am sure other people here have other tricks and probably better than mine. Just works for me. JerryP Thank you for the info. I will also try this as well. More the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted December 11, 2019 Report Share Posted December 11, 2019 Classic Mooney knowledge.... 1) The thumbnail check... because when the down lock block wears in the oval pattern... the gear handle goes in the hole... but doesn’t always lock... (get new block, when this happens every 50years or so...) 2) In the same area... when you need to improve your rate of descent a touch by pulling the throttle out more... the gear up alarm will sound... you can touch the switch in the gear down lock block... to temporarily silence the alarm... it is impossible to forget the gear is up with your finger holding the switch... -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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