Filter members by model

[Hans in Denver]

New to the site. Currently forming a partnership at KAPA with 4 others. M20K 231 fits the mission and budget. 

Is it possible to filter members by the model they fly? I would like to reach owners of this model to understand their experience. TIA!

[RJBrown]

No there isn’t a model specific place to go. 
no need. 
Re title a thread and you’ll get a lot of K opinions.

Turbo musing.

I fell in love with Mooneys shortly after getting my private in 1992.

I seriously fell in love with a near new MSE/J that I rented a lot.

When that J was pulled off the rental line I started looking for one in earnest. 
There was one in the shelters at Centennial, had a for sale sign and everything. Probably would have bought it if I had been able to get a response out of the owner.

His loss, my gain.

Then purely by accident I Found a 231 on the Erie airport, 145 Piper Drive. Didn’t really know how different a K was from a J. They looked pretty much the same.

Flew it with the seller up to Arapahoe Aero and bought it. 13 years old and about 1100 hours. 
Bought it. Flew it. Loved it. 
About 100 hours later the engine pumped out 5 quarts of oil in less than an hour. I was coming home from Spokane, put 6 quarts in at Orofino Idaho  

Got it back to Spokane, long story it’s now a Rocket. Put over 1000 hours on it but sold it to make a real estate deal. 
promised myself a retirement plane, took 3 more years. Bought a 1990 MSE. Thought I could love it like the one from 1993.

But, can’t go back after owning a turbo. The flexibility to get over or around weather. Every flight in that MSE was just a reminder of what it couldn’t do.

Sold it to a Texas flat lander. 
Now I need a turbo.

You will love that 231. I had mine up to FL22 over Pueblo coming home from Texas. The ground under me was all flat but that turbo kept me in the clear and over the ice.

Took the Rocket to 26 more than once. Amazing.

In Denver you’ve got MEAs at 16600 just a few miles west of town. 
Yes you’ll want that turbo. Best piece of safety equipment you can have in a Mooney.

[carusoam]

14 hours ago, Hans in Denver said:

New to the site. Currently forming a partnership at KAPA with 4 others. M20K 231 fits the mission and budget. 

Is it possible to filter members by the model they fly? I would like to reach owners of this model to understand their experience. TIA!

Welcome aboard Hans...

+1 on RJ’s advice above...

You are in the right place... The M20K was a Modern Mooney when the site got set up...

For basic questions... use the search function... you can find a lot that way...

See if you can find a question that hasn’t been answered lately...

If you find an old thread... be sure to let people know you waking the dead thread...   

Glad you are here...

Best regards,

-a-

[StevenL757]

This should probably be filed under “Bug Reports and Suggestions”

@mooniac58

[Yetti]

Do this for searching.  Type this into google "mooneyspace 231"   That should get you going.

[CoffeeCan]

Lots of K drivers on here.  Ask specific questions and you’ll get lots of answers. There is no shortage of opinions here!!

[Fly Boomer]

On 5/25/2021 at 9:21 AM, Hans in Denver said:

Is it possible to filter members by the model they fly?

Not exactly, but search for this to get posts from MooneySpace that mention "231":

^{site:mooneyspace.com 231}

[Phil EF]

Also, many of us have had multiple models over time, so limiting queries to current turbo guys might limit the collective knowledge base. 

[Will.iam]

It’s been a year since the original poster asked this question. Wonder if he got what he needed with the search function.