N201MKTurbo

Humm… that seems like an external leak, more than an internal leak. When they leak internally, they just fill the turbo with oil and it makes a big blue smoke cloud when you start the engine.

I would clean it up real good and reattach it with tank sealant. Just be careful not to plug it. You could put some 0.020 lock wire just behind the bead too.

The lead bromide is a gas like steam. It condenses on cold things. Like your pistons and valves if they are not hot enough to vaporize it. It will trap any carbon That happens to be there. If you run hot and LOP, it will eventually vaporize all that and blow it out the exhaust. In reality, it is harmless, so don’t lose any sleep over it.

They are probably using an automotive radar sensor. Most new cars have them for cruise control and collision detection.

I believe it is an Air Mods one piece belly. All the image links for it are broken. There is talk on Mooneyspace that describe the two strakes.

I sure felt safer before ADS-B. I used to fly through the airspace south of KCHD just looking out the window with my head on a swivel. If I didn't see any planes, I felt safe. Now I fly through there and see all the planes on the IPad and it's terrifying! (-:

Are you talking about the gap between Falcon and Gateway class D? That thing is only 1/4 mile wide. They should put lead in and lead out waypoints. There is a waypoint right in the middle, but there are no good waypoints that get you to an angle that keeps you out of the class Ds. Or are you talking about flying over the top of the CHD class D? Where there is a 300 foot gap between the top of CHD and the bottom of PHX Class B?

As of right now, there are 7 airplanes in the stack...

I have been flying approaches at the stack for 30 years. most of that without ADS-B. The stack was as busy back then as it is now. I'm not aware of any accidents there, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were. As far as near misses are concerned, when in the stack, you are in a constant state of near miss. Back in the day, there were more position reports then there are now. Now you get yelled at if you make too many position reports. I think in some ways the modern navigation tools makes it a bit more dangerous. When your only guidance was the inbound leg, compass and clock, planes were more scattered around. now everybody flies the exact same patterns. I think this increases the risk a bit. The most dangerous thing at the stack is when a non-participating airplane flies through the stack. not on the frequency and probably unaware that there is anything special about this airspace. It happens all the time. It is at a VOR, so it is not unusual to fly over a VOR in uncontrolled airspace. They should put a big red box around the area. There is a small note on the chart that there is intensive student activity in the area, but it doesn't do justice to the situation.

Their website says they have a LIDAR model and a RADAR model. They were developed for seaplanes. I can see where that would be valuable. For us, not so much.

Around here, I’m more worried about what is in front of me than what is below me.

My experience is that polyurethane paint keeps getting harder for a month.

Unless you are away for months, It doesn’t really matter. These airplanes are tough.

You are absolutely correct. they have mostly been replaced with newer technology so they don't have to maintain those ancient cables any more.

In all cases it is much cheaper to install a fiber than replace the old multi conductor cables. the old cables are abandoned in place. In a past life I worked for the phone company or with the phone company for six years.