First flight after annual

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Myrtle came out of an overly long and extensive annual (waiting on parts…imagine that). There were no repairs necessary, just preventive maintenance stuff. Had all the engine hoses and landing gear biscuits replaced. The delay was due to a pesky, difficult to find leak in the oxygen system. We had to purchase the altitude compensating pressure regulator. Apparently mine had developed a crack where one of the fittings screwed in. Anyway Myrtle is doing great with good compressions at about 1000 hours. (Don’t remember the exact number) 

 

For the first takeoff we just stayed in the pattern and did a full stop landing…..which I didn’t bounce by the way. Everything was working great, so we flew down to Springfield and I hand flew the ILS for practice. Saw a couple of Mooneys on the ramp.
 

The remodeled FBO for Midwest Premiere Aviation is wonderful. Borrowed the courtesy car so we could run down to Buccee’s. Gotta love some Buccee’s. Better than the $100 hamburger.

Made the trip home and everything was good. Knocked some of the rust off and now we are ready for another year of aviation.

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45 minutes ago, hubcap said:

Myrtle came out of an overly long and extensive annual (waiting on parts…imagine that). There were no repairs necessary, just preventive maintenance stuff. Had all the engine hoses and landing gear biscuits replaced. The delay was due to a pesky, difficult to find leak in the oxygen system. We had to purchase the altitude compensating pressure regulator. Apparently mine had developed a crack where one of the fittings screwed in. Anyway Myrtle is doing great with good compressions at about 1000 hours. (Don’t remember the exact number) 

 

For the first takeoff we just stayed in the pattern and did a full stop landing…..which I didn’t bounce by the way. Everything was working great, so we flew down to Springfield and I hand flew the ILS for practice. Saw a couple of Mooneys on the ramp.
 

The remodeled FBO for Midwest Premiere Aviation is wonderful. Borrowed the courtesy car so we could run down to Buccee’s. Gotta love some Buccee’s. Better than the $100 hamburger.

Made the trip home and everything was good. Knocked some of the rust off and now we are ready for another year of aviation.

Awesome! Glad you got her back!

The altitude compensating reg scares me.  Where did you get one, was it hard to find, and how much did it cost?

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3 hours ago, Ragsf15e said:

Awesome! Glad you got her back!

The altitude compensating reg scares me.  Where did you get one, was it hard to find, and how much did it cost?

The altitude compensating pressure regulator was $2.8 AMU. Honestly, if I had it to do over again, I would consider just buying a portable O2 unit. It would have been cheaper. My IA got the re-built regulator from an O2 .parts supplier but I’m not sure which one. There are no new ones apparently. I will ask him who had it.

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3 hours ago, hubcap said:

The altitude compensating pressure regulator was $2.8 AMU. Honestly, if I had it to do over again, I would consider just buying a portable O2 unit. It would have been cheaper. My IA got the re-built regulator from an O2 .parts supplier but I’m not sure which one. There are no new ones apparently. I will ask him who had it.

Thanks.  It seems weird that there’s no easy way to use some other (newer/better) regulator with our existing oxygen system.  Say one from MH for the O2D2.  There are multiple options, i guess it’s just that nobody bothered to get an stc?

I really like my built in system after having used a portable one in my F.  Typical trips are 2 adults and two children.  The portable was a mess.  The built in system with 2xO2D2s and a 115cf bottle is great!

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6 hours ago, Ragsf15e said:

Thanks.  It seems weird that there’s no easy way to use some other (newer/better) regulator with our existing oxygen system.  Say one from MH for the O2D2.  There are multiple options, i guess it’s just that nobody bothered to get an stc?

I really like my built in system after having used a portable one in my F.  Typical trips are 2 adults and two children.  The portable was a mess.  The built in system with 2xO2D2s and a 115cf bottle is great!

The built-in system is very convenient. With the O2D2 from Mountain High a tank lasts a long time. Unfortunately the original equipment is getting difficult to replace/maintain.

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There are people out there that are very good with maintaining out scott 2 stage regulators; namely C&L Aero.
When the day comes, Mooney already has an improved installation with the Precise built in system, but it will be more expensive than replacing the altitude compensating stage on the on our Scott regulators. The main stages are very repairable now.

I prefer the Precise demand conserver - works like the O2D2 but no electronics or power to fail but more $$.


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