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1 minute ago, smwash02 said:

Thanks @aviatoreb, I'm looking forward to it! Still wish we could get the built in kit, but I digress.

I thought they both had the inner doors, but I can't recall. You make a good point about the transition to LEDs -- this largest solves that and with the Rocket's two batteries you're probably better off than even having dual alternators. When I ran my single battery dead in Colorado I wish I'd had a second :)

While typing this I remembered you have the 4 blade prop -- love how it looks. Is it heated or do you have the slinger?

 I do have 2 stage doors - but I thought (I don't know) that 252's and later have 3 stage doors and these are supposed to be a bit of aero improvement.  I do not have a smooth belly which can be retrofitted but I was never in the mood to spend 10k on that.  I do have all the other speed mods - gap seals, dorsal transition, wing root transition, etc.

And tks is my unique anti-speed mod.  And also vgs.  But she still moves out.

And the four blade prop. Thanks!    Here she is in the moonlight.

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1 minute ago, aviatoreb said:

 I do have 2 stage doors - but I thought (I don't know) that 252's and later have 3 stage doors and these are supposed to be a bit of aero improvement.  I do not have a smooth belly which can be retrofitted but I was never in the mood to spend 10k on that.  I do have all the other speed mods - gap seals, dorsal transition, wing root transition, etc.

And tks is my unique anti-speed mod.  And also vgs.  But she still moves out.

And the four blade prop. Thanks!    Here she is in the moonlight.

 

Checked my notes, yes the 252 has another set that fully enclose the gear when retracted. CF inner doors is a clever idea, wonder if that could be an owner produced part, shouldn't be too hard to make a mold.

Every year pulling the 10000 screws from the belly of my C I looked up price of the smooth belly and it just didn't make sense for me.

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On 3/29/2020 at 10:16 PM, carusoam said:

252s are way factory cool! In a ZR1 kind of way...

Rockets and Missiles are so Callaway.... take the best and make it even better....

 

Now... really, turbo or NA?

Time to get that worked out...

 

1)

O2  OK?

Trips over 200nm all the time?

Flight levels, long distances?

Enjoy Modern day sailing, looking for incredible winds...

Love planning flights around weather systems?

Neighborhood MEAs are 12k’...

Using for work trips to unlimited destinations...

These are all reasons to want to seek a turbo, intercooler, and controller... and possibly some TKS...

Go Rocket!

 

2)

Family looks funny in Ox masks... 

Don’t like playing doctor, checking ox saturations for more than one person...

Don’t care for building a personal Ocascade system for your hangar...

Only climb above the local Bravo at 12k’...

Never want to climb over a weather system...

Go Missile!


It is hard to limit your choices...

It is easy to say... I want it all...

Do you want to take the effort required to climb into the FLs...

Or is 12.5k’ where you want to be...


I want to be a 310hp Acclaim pilot...

Some people make this look so easy... while not having to be a pro-pilot... find Joe Z...

I went M20R... just because it made sense...

 

Really tough choice...

Flying up and down the East coast... no tall mountains to conquer... Turbo not required... NA is fine...

But, that long of a flight, FLs are better speed and efficiency...

 

Now...

are you a turbo guy, NA guy, or a TN guy?

 

Want to ask a Missile guy the question... find Seth... ask how he got to where he is...

Inviting @Seth to joint the Missile conversation...

Best regards,

-a-

Sorry I haven't responded yet.   Will try to soon.

-Seth

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