Today’s Mooney spotting

[hammdo]

Lol, yea but 7 months — curious what it needs…

-Don

[EricJ]

On 11/13/2022 at 4:46 PM, rbp said:

saw N79826 parked at 1N7 yesterday

 

The owl is a nice touch. 

[PT20J]

19 minutes ago, EricJ said:

The owl is a nice touch. 

I used to taxi by a plane at Palo Alto with one of those plastic owls on the prop. The owl was covered in bird poop. Apparently, the birds thought it a good place to land for a rest stop.

[rbp]

NJ Pilots met up today for brunch at Sky Acres organized by @jrm356, and 4 out of 9 planes were Mooneys. Very nice to meet @Alan Fox in person! and the guy from PNE with the 65C (sorry I forgot your name). And Montalk Flying (205SS). Also added  a few mooneys parked on the ramp

[Guest]

On 1/6/2023 at 7:49 PM, Mcstealth said:

Cool looking Executive in Dugosh today. 

The sad looking Darter in the back that I fly. 

I believe that the Hartzell manual says to never support anything by the blades going so far as to say removal, disassembly and internal inspection is required.  A costly add on to a normal Annual.

[PT20J]

9 minutes ago, M20Doc said:

I believe that the Hartzell manual says to never support anything by the blades going so far as to say removal, disassembly and internal inspection is required.  A costly add on to a normal Annual.

Must be a Texas thing. Maxwell uses a hoist and a couple of old alternator belts on the blade shanks.

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, PT20J said:

Must be a Texas thing. Maxwell uses a hoist and a couple of old alternator belts on the blade shanks.

Always a controversial subject around here

[Hank]

40 minutes ago, M20Doc said:

I believe that the Hartzell manual says to never support anything by the blades going so far as to say removal, disassembly and internal inspection is required.  A costly add on to a normal Annual.

Mooney says to not pull down on the tail.

Lycoming says to not lift the nose of the airplane by the engine lifting points.

Hartzell and McCauley say to not lift ir support the nose by the prop.

So all short- and mid-body Mooneys need to be jacked using either levitation or telekinesis, 'cause there's nowhere to jack or to lift . . . .

[bonal]

14 minutes ago, Hank said:

Mooney says to not pull down on the tail.

Lycoming says to not lift the nose of the airplane by the engine lifting points.

Hartzell and McCauley say to not lift ir support the nose by the prop.

So all short- and mid-body Mooneys need to be jacked using either levitation or telekinesis, 'cause there's nowhere to jack or to lift . . . .

Use the force Luke

[Hank]

7 minutes ago, flyboy0681 said:

I have a related question, when a friend is helping you push the plane out of the hangar, where should they push from?

I'm on the towbar, my wife pushes on the wing ahead of the flaps.

[PT20J]

1 hour ago, M20Doc said:

Always a controversial subject around here

Texans or jacking? 

Actually I've got a new idea -- airbags. They don't take up much space in the hangar when deflated. 

[Fly Boomer]

2 hours ago, M20Doc said:

I believe that the Hartzell manual says to never support anything by the blades going so far as to say removal, disassembly and internal inspection is required.  A costly add on to a normal Annual.

I noticed that, but it looks like there may be something holding the tail down (not supposed to do that either).

[Hank]

16 minutes ago, Fly Boomer said:

I noticed that, but it looks like there may be something holding the tail down (not supposed to do that either).

Add a cherry picker to the engine hoist rings, and he'd have the trifecta!  

"Rules are made to be broken," right? May as well break them all!

[Guest]

3 hours ago, Hank said:

Mooney says to not pull down on the tail.

Lycoming says to not lift the nose of the airplane by the engine lifting points.

Hartzell and McCauley say to not lift ir support the nose by the prop.

So all short- and mid-body Mooneys need to be jacked using either levitation or telekinesis, 'cause there's nowhere to jack or to lift . . . .

Or just lock the gear down permanently!

[Guest]

3 hours ago, PT20J said:

Texans or jacking? 

Actually I've got a new idea -- airbags. They don't take up much space in the hangar when deflated. 

Should be able to get them filled around here

[rbp]

on the ramp at KPMP

[PT20J]

Must have been at night  They really should light that ramp.

[patrickf]

Not a great photo but was stoked to spot this M20R (G-BVZY) a couple of years back while stuck in the big lineup of traffic crossing from Slovenia to Croatia. Airport is Portoroz. A great part of the world.

[Canadian Gal]

On 1/9/2023 at 3:22 PM, Hank said:

Mooney says to not pull down on the tail.

Lycoming says to not lift the nose of the airplane by the engine lifting points.

Hartzell and McCauley say to not lift ir support the nose by the prop.

So all short- and mid-body Mooneys need to be jacked using either levitation or telekinesis, 'cause there's nowhere to jack or to lift . . . .

 

Keep Yoda nearby and all is well.

[carusoam]

Wingardium Leviosa…

[carusoam]

Patrick,

Driving across Slovenia… I wished I had my O with me… Modena Italy to Ljubljana Slovenia…

From the home of the most modern machinery to the deepest farmlands of Europe….   
 

Via rented Mercedes…

Best regards,

-a-

 

[JayMatt]

[Canadian Gal]

4 minutes ago, JayMatt said:

I think that they look better without paint.

 

Just polish it, and go.

[EricJ]

21 minutes ago, JayMatt said:

Those are some good techniques for increasing UL.

[JayMatt]

31 minutes ago, Canadian Gal said:

I think that they look better without paint.

 

Just polish it, and go.

Have you ever polished a plane? You can see spots I attempted it towards the cowl. I had a couple issues that made me scrape polishing it. I had a lot of surface corrosion. Nothing deep fortunately but still plenty of it. Cleaning all of that and getting it to match the clad portion is impossible. I spent and insane amount of time trying to do that before I just gave up. If it couldn't be mirror finish I didn't want it. I'm also in Galveston and 1 mile from the beech. The saltwater dulls a polished plane fast. I agree it's beautiful but I had to come to terms with reality. I'm doing a pretty extensive Corrosion protection process. There won't be one spec of it on my plane or the ability for it to come back for a very long time.