Seth - Thank you

[mrjones30]

This could've been a PM but I just wanted everyone to know that I spoke to Seth on the phone and he has a WEALTH of information

for a newbie like myself. Very knowledgeable and also an all around nice guy, great to talk to.

 

Thanks Seth for giving me a few mins of your time to speak about Mooney's

 

After the family is gone I will go and check out a few Mooney's local and then I will let you know what I find.

 

Thanks!

[rbridges]

Everyone on this forum is really nice.  I had someone offer to send me his old audio panel when mine was acting up.  

[testwest]

You got THAT right! FlyDave and Peter Lyons sent me pictures of some details for my instrument panel upgrade, KSMooniac gave me a tour of his M20 when I was in Wichita, and on and on. Thanks to them and everyone else....this is a great forum with some really generous and knowledgable folks.

[Seth]

You are very welcome!

As you are aware, any of us can talk about airplanes for hours.  Glad you too have the avaition bug.  Like Rob and the Howells stated, this is a great forum and people here are pretty nice to one another, even when we don't agree on a subject - and it is okay to disagree.

Some topics that push hot buttons, so you are aware when you start to learn and ask about them, it's not you they are upset with, just the differing opinions are:

1.  LOP / ROP ops (lean of peak vs rich of peak operations - how much fuel is in the engine vs the hottest temperature and pressures internally - you'll learn more about this)

2.  Bladders vs Reseal (Mooney's have an issue with the wet wing tanks beginning to seep and leak over time - you can fix it with bladders or resealing the tank - there are strong opinions on both sides for the positives and negatives of both repairs)

3.  Politics - amazing how everyone has to get in on these when they are sometimes off topics

I'm sure someone will go ahead and mention number 4, 5, and 6.

Keep us updated on your flight milestones, ask any questions you need to as you fly more and more, and let us know when you get into the purchasing phase and do find an airframe you're thinking of purchasing - we'll let you know every issue that we notice - for all you know, it may be a plane someone here has owned or looked at during a prebuy.  Make sure to pay for a good prebuy inspection.

Take care,

-Seth