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1. Phil has put together a short questionnaire that will hopefully discover some answers to these questions Your help is highly coveted and appreciated And it will create jobs for a great group of former employees who know and love Mooney airplanes as much as anyone If you have the time please answer the questions and give us your thoughts It would really be appreciated Click Here to take the Poll on The Future of Mooney Aircraft Co The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 How Do I know when my Mooney is rigged Correctly ANSWER Most airplanes need to be re rigged from time to time By Paul E Loewen I A A amp P Chief Inspector Lake Aero Styling amp Repair Annual Inspections and 100 Hour Inspections usually include a check of the flight controls and the travel limits of the moveable surfaces i e ailerons flaps elevators rudder and stabilizer trim This is done with a travel board a Mooney GSE tool that is required to easily measure the travel to Service Manual specifications When the Mooney is raised on jacks you can see the affect of the inter connect of the ailerons and rudder and nose gear steering as if in flight There are interconnect springs and centering bungees that neutralize the flight control s static while servo tab adjustments of the ailerons and rudder trim the airplane dynamically in flight The static rigging can be adjusted and set to specifications in the shop and dynamicall2. went silent We glided noiselessly down for a landing with one prop blade standing still at the one o clock position coasted down the runway and onto a taxiway Losing momentum we slowed to a stop about a hundred feet from the runway congratulated Greg on the great landing The tower called to congratulate him on an expert job of airmanship When I opened the door to get out realized we were celebrities The fire department in a huge truck with a water cannon on the top was bearing down on us with lights flashing and siren blaring The fire fighter checked out the plane and arranged for a tug to come move us off the taxiway About fifteen minutes later the tug arrived accompanied by another fire truck While we waited Greg reloaded his camera and took a couple of pictures one of me kissing the ground They pulled the plane to a tie down spot ona lonely portion of the airport The fire fighters then took us to the terminal so we could sort out our options It was clear that we were not going any farther in that Mooney 11 The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 Greg s Wrap Up The final leg of our trip was via car to Las Vegas and airline to San Francisco This unplanned diversion to get home gave me about 8 hours to devise a plan to rescue my beautiful Mooney The next day called my long time maintenance shop LASAR at Lakeport Ca After telling my story LASAR s owner Paul Loewen immediately had some good news
3. 5 Do you use local landmarks for position reports Mayberry traffic Mooney 32 Victor is over the red barn for downwind The transient pilots are thinking Huh Position reports should be based on distance and direction from the airport The airport aliens will thank you 6 Do you use IFR fixes at a non towered airport Slim Pickins traffic Mooney Acclaim 7 Kilo Whiskey is over PAYED on the RNAV approach Wonderful you re a handsome and or beautiful Instrument pilot We get it Base your reports on the runway and distance so the little people can understand you 7 Do you modify the phonetic alphabet SoCal approach Mooney 6 Sugar Pop at 7 000 Don t make up cute stuff What s next Xylophone for X ray Un cool Skippy 8 Do you ask others if they are in the traffic pattern Any traffic in the area please advise This is not a capital offense but dang close Just monitor CTAF on 2 and get an idea of what s going on Ss 13 The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 Upcoming Fly Ins VMG Fly In and Lunch Santa Catalina CA HAYS Pri as 3 The Airport in the Sky rior permission ts SATURDAY AUGUST 18 2012 required via CTAF 122 7 Unicom for landing and departure ASOS 120 675 or 310 510 9641 SoCal 127 4 TPA 2600 MSL Calm wind runway is 22 Rwy 22 right hand traffic it s ashort 26 mile over water flight to a mountain top landing 1 602 MSL The runway has been freshly resurface
4. Traffic information from other aircraft Traffic Information Services Broadcast TIS B o Weather and NOTAM information F light Information Services Broadcast FIS B The data received with an ADS B In system is dependent on the ADS B link and the capabilities of the receiver Equipment Required To participate in ADS B you ll need a GPS so ATC can read your position vector altitude and speed Portable GPS units don t qualify The GPS must be panel mounted and the USA has mandated that the GPS have WAAS like capability such as the Garmin GNS 430W shown here ig ECE or the GNS 530W There are also newer Garmin market entries like the GTN 650 costing about 11 500 installation and the larger GTN 750 starting at about 17 000 installation Both are WAAS capable 11735 ADS B option 1 Install a 1090 MHz extended squitter ES transponder Squitter is nota word would have imagined to have entered my aviation vocabulary Yet there it is with all the distasteful images The Garmin GTX 330 transponder with Mode S fits the bill It s designed for ADS B The GTX 330 costs about 3 500 installation The 1090ES is ADS B Out and somewhat In capable That is it will receive traffic information TIS B but it will not receive weather FIS B The 1090 MHz ES link data ADS B In 1090ES 1090ES allows you to broadcast the data from the Required Cla Ss A desis GPS
5. comparing the left or right side controls may detect a warped or bowed flap or aileron Some control surfaces have even been manufactured in a slight warp which makes it difficult to rig using the aid of the travel board and really giving you a false reading on one end A warped flap or aileron can be detected by viewing the surface by standing in front of the wing If it appears evenly visible it s probably OK and can be reconfirmed by sighting down the trailing edge viewing from the wing tip In the case of a warped flap a compromise of rigging could be obtained by adjusting the flap by trial and air Nose wheel rigging to prevent yawing or darting left or right on touchdown can be corrected by clamping the right rudder pedals to neutral and sighting the nose wheel from the tail of the Mooney Adjusting the Heim link to the rudder pedal torque tube arm and nose gear longer or shorter will center the nose wheel This is a good time to check the rudder neutral position and travel limits with a rudder travel board placed on the side of the vertical stabilizer and with the nose wheel raised off the ground a check of the neutral position is verified to be O degrees 0 1 degree right and that the travel limits left and right are equal and correct Often someone has misadjusted the visible Heim rod end on the rudder horn which makes the travel limits uneven This Heim must be readjusted to correct the travel limits and a push rod in
6. control to full pitch switched the magnetos changed fuel tanks turned on the fuel booster pump all with no change All this happened in maybe ten seconds but it seemed much longer The engine was stumbling screeching and coughing out its guts The prop had slowed to the point where I thought I could see individual prop blades instead of the invisible blur under normal power We were losing altitude and shaking like rag dolls Greg said We re turning back Now My the pilot Perspective Continuing to the west all was good until that sound that you never want to hear at any altitude First it was just a shudder with some vibration My training kicked in and I willed myself to be calm and rational I went for the throttle full then the fuel tank switch to the opposite tank now the fuel boost pump 0n PrOp fUll magnetos check left and right and back to both Nothing changed The shutter and vibration grew worse The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 GLIDE SPEED Weight Lbs aya MAXIMUM GLIDE DISTANCE We were 17 miles northwest of ee a oe the Bullhead City Laughlin pate m Oe EA PER a A Airport KIFP The closest 10 e a eee Ai airport Searchlight 1L3 was r a Li Giai Pisa Cluged Ae directly ahead about 10 miles Wingeser n nn Nove FH However 1L3 s elevation was Hf higher 3 400 feet versus 701 _ feet at IFP and th
7. enforcement action It also allows pilots to seek Federal district court review of appeals from the NTSB That means pilots can introduce evidence and get a new review of the facts 3 The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 BALABALALALALY Mooney Mail N lu N y ao N Another hit This is an awesome publication hope the vendors listed MOONEY MA L BAG are paying for the ads They are getting great coverage and the display is better than some high cost magazines N N Dave Rubinger N1357W N Very nice newsletter like the interactive forms especially the BWABVABRABABABLAYS valuation one Well done Jeff Schlueter Well done guys have enjoyed both issues immensely Bodie Bell by Tom Rouch Founder of Top Gun Aviation How Long do the Landing Gear Biscuits Last There are three things to check for when determining the condition of the shock discs 1 Look for cracks in the rubber indicating they are getting hard from age 2 Jack the aircraft and see if the discs expand to keep the gear tight When first jacked try to move the a main gear fore and aft It should be solid and not movable If you can move the gear then wait a few minutes and try again If the gear are now tight then the discs are too slow to expand and should be changed If the discs do not expand you can now imagine the shock on the wings on landing with a gap between the discs and the disc collar The shock can over time induce
8. for me They were within just a few weeks of completing the rebuild of exactly the engine would need to replace my damaged engine Paul also knew a good mechanic in Kingman Arizona He would ask him to take the short drive to Laughlin with his tools and remove the damaged engine from my Mooney and do the replacement of the rebuilt engine The final engine evaluation concluded that my engine failure was due to a valve separation elected to drive from my home in the San Francisco Bay Area to Lakeport pick up the new engine deliver it to Laughlin Bullhead City Airport retrieve the damaged engine and take it back to Lakeport The plan worked just as scripted About 2 months after the incident took a commercial airline back to Las Vegas and a one way car rental to Laughlin and brought my Mooney home All ended safely and this experience gave Bob and a story to tell over and over to anyone who would listen am grateful for my long range glider mean Mooney that got me there safely Don Maxwell Aviation Services Inc we chosen the beat aircrall now protect your investment with the best maintenance Here s a new service for us Mooney owners With Repair A Plane you can post your repair or installation job and receive quotes from repair amp avionic shops It s new but probably worth a look East Texos Regional Airport KGGG Click Here to go to their website i i ma n Registration is FREE 903 643 9902 or
9. fuel leaks 3 When jacked depending on the model you are allowed a gap between the collar and top disc Check your Service Manual for the gap allowed on your model There is no gap allowed on the nose gear on any model 4 On the heavier long bodies we have had to change some discs in as short a time as two years The lighter the models like a C can go quite a few years Hangering and heat are the variables affecting the discs What is the correct method to perform Corrosion Maintenance We recommend a treatment every few years Needs may vary depending on the local conditions whether the aircraft is kept in a hangar etc However a good look inside the wings fuselage etc should give a good clue as to need The inspection should be done by someone who can determine types of corrosion We use Boeshield and have the equipment different spray wands etc to properly spray For years we used Corrosion X which is very good but tends to seep thru rivets making the wings unsightly The Boeshield has a wax base so it does not weep The average cost is about 250 and of course varies by the size of the aircraft and how much we access A C 210 for instance is a lot of work This all should be done just before closing at Annual to mitigate the time The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 The Future of Mooney Aircraft Corporation by Bob Kromer Mooney Executive Vice President and General Manager 1986 1991 Mooney Engineering Test Pi
10. is not pulling you through the air then it windmills as yourmomentum pushes it through the air which diminishes the airplane s glide ratio If the engine is not turning the propeller then the propeller is turning the engine against its will quickly leading to more serious engine damage It felt like we were dropping like a brick much faster than any normal descent We were no longer flying an airplane but a nose heavy inefficient glider So far though it looked like we could still make it The distance to the airport which we could see on the horizon seemed to grow farther as time passed We were in some strange kind of parallax distortion It must have been the adrenaline playing games with my mind Intellectually knew time was passing and that we must be getting closer to the airport but with every minute it seemed ever further away My life was flashing before my eyes After eighteen years attendance at the Reno Air Races have witnessed probably a hundred emergency landings and seen pilots in much more dire circumstances than we safely land their planes knew Greg could handle this landing just had my doubts that we would ever get to the airport As it turned out we arrived over the threshold of the airport with too much altitude Greg performed a 360 degree spiral to bleed off some height then made a couple of S turns and side slipped towards the runway as the propeller stopped turning altogether and the engine
11. like new A 12 month spinner to tail warranty would also be included We didn t execute this refurbishment strategy in the late 80 s and early 90 s because we were still building new airplanes Frankly the refurbished airplanes would be too much competition for the new ones The refurbished airplanes would have identical performance and features at one half the price Say goodbye to new airplane sales But the factory today is idle It doesn t build new airplanes Its doors and floor space are open for a new business direction The time has never been better for executing a factory refurbishment program In the majority of my time in Kerrville we built the M20J and the M20K 252 Two wonderful airplanes As Mooney s engineering test pilot from 83 86 always felt these two airplanes represented the optimum combination of Mooney airframe and engine size Flight test data always confirmed this More powerful engines are always nice but with fuel prices high and going higher there s a lot to be said for those super efficient 201 and 252 models have been discussing this M20J and M20K factory refurbishment idea with Phil Corman He is enthusiastic but questions remain What s the best but realistic price point for a factory refurbished like new M20J How about an M20K Are these in fact the correct models for the factory refurbishment program Glass or mechanical instrumentation and avionics New or overhauled engines
12. source to both ground stations and lt ii ER other aircraft in your vicinity If your aircraft flies outside the USA or flies at or above FL 180 18 000 feet MSL the FAA will require you to use the 1090 MHz ES link Mode S transponder The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 Aircraft and pilots that fly below FL 180 or remain in the USA can use either option 1 the 1090 MHz ES or they can Choose option 2 UAT Install a dedicated 978 MHz Universal Access Transceiver UAT With a compatible UAT you will be able to fully participate in ADS B In That s because the transceiver will receive data linked weather FIS B and traffic display TIS B displaying the data on your GPS screen The Mode S just doesn t have the bandwidth for FIS B too busy squitting about suppose If you choose the UAT option NavWorx produces the ADS600 B a remote mounted UAT that transmits ADS B OUT information and receives ADS B IN information This will cost about 2 500 installation ADS B Coverage as of Feb 27 2012 NOT A 2020 ADS B REPLACEMENT A new product aiming to take advantage of the ADS B data linked weather FIS B is the Stratus It s a lightweight low profile battery powered up to eight hours on a charge ADS B GPS receiver that connects to the iPad completely wirelessly and provides extremely accurate GPS position in addition to ADS B weather It s essentially a Wi Fi 17 The Mooney Fl
13. vist www conmaxwell com 12 The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 What Would Steve Canyon Say By Jim Price When I was in pilot training in the early seventies we all thought we were Steve Canyon pilot and adventurer see en wikipedia org wiki Steve Canyon All new Lieutenants wanted to be the swaggering pilot who saves the bright and beautiful girl while sounding so cool on the radio Perhaps we take the swaggering a bit too far when we key the mike Here s a little self evaluation quiz for ya 1 Do you say With you when switching to a new controller This wastes airtime and most controllers don t like it think there s a 12 step program to help you break this habit 2 Do you say Roger Responding with gt Roger doesn t make you sound cool any B more than wearing an adult diaper makes y me an astronaut Roger is not a readback yr and it invariably results in an ATC correction It wastes valuable frequency time 3 Are you the guy who thinks he s an airline Captain and starts every transmission with ah or and Forget about waterboarding If we want results from interrogation just make prisoners listen to this stuff on the radio 4 Are you a TMI pilot too much information At a non towered airport nobody needs to know that you re taxiing from the ramp to taxiway Alpha Ask yourself How will this next radio call affect other pilots If it won t zip it
14. M20 E Locking it with the key prevents opening Pro The M20J POH says to lock the door before flying Con would never lock my baggage door as doing so would prohibit the use of the emergency release fabricated for the inside of the door Dan at LASAR told me that if you lock the baggage door you can still get out by using the emergency exit thingamabob on the inside Said it unlocks and opens the latch at the same time The POH for later C models has this line Effective S N 20 1240 amp ON if desired for any reason the baggage door can be opened from the inside even though locked Con While realize that locking the baggage door may be the prescribed method have often wondered if that might be an issue for emergency personnel trying to gain access Hence never lock the door Pro flew to Chicago from AZ and back this weekend Baggage door flew open on takeoff in Great Bend KS after a refueling bladder stop Stayed in the pattern landed keeping airspeed below 100 to avoid needless damage to the door Didn t work too well aluminum creased near the hinge and one end of the piano hinge was sheared am SUCH an idiot for not rechecking the door before departure Fortunately still lockable secured for subsequent flight but nasty blemish on my plane and it s sort of a LOOK AT ME I M A MORON badge of dis honor Won t happen twice Will lock it in the future Top Gun Aviation airplane 2 Slow down in an attempt to S Spec
15. The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 VIAITAGCE MOONEY GOMLID r i P TAA TO Kii PRA Ao tht a Pe aA y Oormiacs www vintagemooneygroup com Table of Contents Engine Trouble over the Nevada Desert From the Editor What Would Steve Canyon Say Mooney Mail Upcoming Fly Ins Ask the Top Gun ADSB The Future of Mooney Aircraft Garmin aera 796 Review Mooney Rigging Classifieds From the Editor Welcome to our 3 Mooney Flyer Newsletter Thanks for all of your wonderful feedback to our second edition It s what makes the entire Mooniac community fantastic We are already listening to your feedback providing original articles that are relevant to us Mooniacs Last month we created online interactive versions to provide the value of your vintage Mooney using Jimmy Garrison s model It will be kept up to date each time Jimmy revises his estimates This past month got the opportunity to host a camping fly in to beautiful Columbia CA 022 We expected 3 4 Mooneys to show up Many co pilots think of camping as staying at a Holiday Inn Express instead of a Hilton But we had a dozen 12 Mooneys participate from California Nevada Oregon and even a Mooney from North Carolina Editor note They were already in California The camaraderie was fantastic We had a BBQ on Saturday and then enjoyed the historic Gold town of Columbia shared a few rounds while an old timer played the piano and then told ghost stor
16. as water damage to Get yours at www JDPriceCFl com or starboard wing needs recover on right side as well The prop was www Amazon com also balanced at Sullivan This is one smooth and true flying M20A Sadly we must part No reasonable offer refused Asking 9 000 00 or b o redodge yahoo com The Biennial Flight Review Study Guide provides the right amount of information to help you prepare for your flight review It enhances your ability to deal with abnormal and emeraencv situations MedxXPress is mandatory beginning October 1 Effective October 1 2012 pilots must use FAA MedXPress to complete an electronic application for an Airman Medical Certificate or Airman Medical and Student Pilot Certificate FAA Form 8500 8 One of the significant enhancements will establish a tracking program so that pilots and AMEs can query the system and electronically determine the status of applications Why wait for the October 1 2012 deadline We encourage you to begin using Med XPress today Click Here to Send us your caption MedxPress is located at https medxpress faa gov 24
17. d Bring your camera beeauSe it s beautiful We will have lunch at the airport s Runway Caf featuring indoor and outdoor seating and their famous Buffalo Burgers 10 VMG Cafe discount Caf is open from 8 30 am until4pm daily Hours and Fees AVX landing hours 8 am 7 pm Landing Fees 20 20 VMG discount Overnight tie down charge is 5 payable each evening No fuel available every 2 hours startmp ae AVX leaves Avalon at 5 30 pm 6 pm on 20 VMG Avalo Shuttle discount VINTAGE MOONEY GROUP August 18th at Catalina Island KAVX Hosted by Paul Kortopates July 2012 Mooneys and Proper Airspeeds A Mooney will not take off before it achieves the correct airspeed and it will not land until it hits the correct airspeed Cessnas Pipers Beech etc are all more forgiving Mooneys need to depart and arrive on the airspeed numbers On takeoff if you don t apply a little back pressure you may wheelbarrow a little That s because the center of lift is moving to the back of the wing as you gain airspeed Come over the numbers at less than 1 2Vs no gusts Full flaps are generally better than partial flaps If you are too fast on landing you will most likely bounce and if you re not careful you will enter a porpoise The safest thing to do on a porpoise is to go around because you are more than likely to ding the prop on the third bounce How do you slow a Mooney Slip it Soeed Brake it o
18. e runway was A shorter 5 040 feet versus IFP s 7 500 feet Within the first mis minute knew the Mooney would make Laughlin so elected to go where the services were better the runway was longer and the pavement condition was new With the RPM significantly reduced the vibrations were much less The Laughlin airport elevation is about 700 feet and I m at 8500 feet From the chart above you can see that could glide about 16 miles The wind would be at my back aiding the glide distance and the airplane had some momentum because I had maintained altitude while slowing the airplane to best glide speed The glide to the airport was calculated to be about 10 12 minutes It was the longest 10 12 minute of our lives a 1a f z f a 2 r f 2aO0 ante HEIGHT ABOVE TERRAIN FT X 1000 F a a 9 i ia al 14 T i E aD 39 i GROUND DISTANCE NAUTICAL MILES By the way on my old hand held Garmin 195 GPS the engine out location was permanently marked with a Glider Icon After turning to the airport and stabilizing the airplane I called the Bullhead Laughlin tower and told them about my situation It had to have been much longer than 10 12 minutes to the airport but we finally arrived with an extra 1000 feet of altitude told the tower was doing a 360 to lose altitude and would call back upon completion of the 3600 As I turned back onto final the tower directed another airplane off the runwa
19. ey s Value using Jimmy Garrision s valuation Jimmy is from All American Aircraft the country s largest Mooney reseller We have implemented the models for M20C M20E M20G M20F amp M20J Click on your model to simply complete the valuation You no longer need paper and pencil Just another benefit to our subscribers These forms are currently Beta test quality Please send errors to us f updated June 2012 Pilot Bill of Rights Passed in Senate Senator James Inhofe s Pilots Bill of Rights passed the Senate Friday The bill includes protections for pilots who become the subject of FAA enforcement proceedings and also requires the FAA to take actions regarding NOTAMs and the agency s medical certification process Regarding NOTAM s the bill requires the FAA undertake a NOTAM Improvement Program That program requires simplification and archival of NOTAMs in a central location The idea is to ensure pilots can easily acquire the most relevant information through the system Regarding medicals the bill requires that the GAO review the FAA s process and forms with the goal of creating greater clarity in the questions and fewer allegations of intentional falsification against pilots The effort will be accept advice from an advisory panel made up of non profit general aviation groups Details about the pilots bill of rights include requirements that the FAA grant a pilot relevant evidence 30 days before deciding to proceed with an
20. ey Model Chronology Did you ever want to know the differences between each Mooney We also have alittle fun with What Would Steve Canyon Say This light hearted piece deals with things that pilots say on frequency that just might not be correct This is all in fun Please feel free to send us any of your personal experiences Model differentiated by serial number Here s a cool link that enumerates every change Click Here In keeping with Mooney Baggage Door folk lore there is an ongoing discussion or debate about whether or not you should lock your baggage door before departing Stories have been told of the door opening in flight separating from the fuselage and doing signficant damage to the empennage We cannot verify these stories but provide you with some facts and information on the pros and cons of locking your baggage door The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 Do you take advantage of Flight Following Some Aircraft Oil Stuff ai Laa Aircraft engines don t wear out Poll Results they rust out Dark amp opaque oil represents blow by Mineral oil suspends particles Gg better and seals better than synthetic Use 2 3 of oil capacity to reduce E blow by When you open the filter if the particles crack in your hand it s carbon not metal Oil lab analysis is only useful after establishing trends Results for Flight Following Poll Don t forget about our cool new Appraise your Moon
21. ializing in Mooney and cirrus inimi 209 983 8082 hie oamage ang 3 Bannedss008 For Service and Maintenance ask for Mark or Tom as possible to close it FAX 209 983 8084 6100 S Lindbergh St Stockton CA 95206 orvisit our website at www topgunaviation net OT E A NY e Geile Best Things for your Mooney Engine Il Keep your CHTs below 380 Change your oil amp filter every 3 months or 35 50hrs Why Acids build up Stay out of the Red Box Click Here for more info Cut the filter and perform oil analysis Avionics Repairand Installation Services now available on site thru regularly 50 The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 Heading Line Setup gt Wear a TAAA M IR M ral By Jim Price es gcu usu iu uuu Nee ee Whether you have a 396 496 aera or the big 696 you can set up your Garmin Portable to display a line on the map that will project where you ll be in 1 to 20 minutes or miles your choice Some units allow 1 to 5 This feature can save you a great deal of thinking 396 496 set up e Press MENU e Highlight Setup Map e Select Line e Choose the type of line I recommend Heading e Choose Time or Distance I recommend Time aera 550 560 set up e From Home Screen touch MAP gt Menu gt Set up Map Touch the AMA buttons to display the Line Category Touch Heading Line Touch the EBB buttons to
22. ies that evening over a rip roarin fire We apparently were having enough fun that several other camping aviators joined us Owning and flying a Mooney is about as good as it gets But the camaraderie with other Mooniacs just makes it that much more enjoyable The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 We ve added a couple of new Columns which will be regular features in the Newsletter The first is Ask the Top Gun In this column Top Gun Aviation founder Tom Rouch will answer your Mooney questions Tom is regarded as one of the most knowledgeable individuals in the Mooney community Take advantage of his expertise Send us a question and we ll do our best to post the answer The second addition is a Mooney Classified Ads section If you are a subscriber your ads are placed for Free for the time being Just send us the info In this issue we have some real interesting stuff for your consumption We kickoff with an analysis of a scenario for the Mooney Factory to come back to life entitled The Future of Mooney Aircraft There have been many sentiments that Mooney should bring back the M20J And as has been said many times anew J would cost almost as much as an Acclaim to build But what about a crawl walk run strategy for the factory where Mooney refurbishes old J s with a new engine new paint new interior and new panel and sells it with a factory warranty Bob Kromer writes up this possible scenario and then we solicit you
23. ips as well as the aileron rigging described here Flaps should almost always be rigged equal at 33 degree 15 degree and O degree settings Ailerons should be rigged static to 2 degrees down from neutral and checked to reach O degrees by lifting up on both sides together as aerodynamic forces cause them to in flight Wing heaviness is corrected by proper adjustments to the ailerons and rudder trailing edges or tab not the asymmetrical rigging of flaps settings Sighting the trailing edges of the rudder and ailerons should be done to confirm their present conditions Aileron trailing edge should be at neutral or only the left or right bent down only i e a condition of both ailerons trailing edge bent down would not be good as it would 6 The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 cause the control pressures of the control wheel to be very stiff to operate This might be confirmed visually by looking at the ailerons in flight and seeing both raised above neutral A trailing edge bent up is not effective or proper A slight bending of the trailing edge of the outer 12 or so is done with a set of wide jaw vice grip pliers and is very effective Bending down causes the aileron to raise which causes that wing to lower bringing the heavy side up So you must determine which aileron to bend iiias Another difficulty may be encountered if the flaps or ailerons have had damage or have been poorly repaired A trained eye
24. lot 1983 1986 Mooney Aircraft Pilots Association Executive Director 1997 2000 It is with great interest that those of us with passion and loyalty to Mooney airplanes have followed the status of the Mooney factory in Kerrville Not only from a vested interest in the need for spare parts but also from a perspective of Can the factory make a comeback It might be tempting but making a return by building new Mooneys with price tags well north of 500 000 seems to be the wrong strategy That market is saturated and expensive Unfortunately those prices are a reality in today s world of building selling and supporting new high performance single engine airplanes Can t there be something better than this for the Mooney factory to return from its current state of inactivity There might be During my tenure at the Mooney factory we looked very closely into the idea of refurbishing existing Mooney airplanes to like new condition In the back door would roll a 2000 3000 hour Mooney and out front door would roll a like new Mooney Everything would be new on the airplane done at the factory by the very same people who built it New paint interior glass avionics engine propeller resealed fuel tanks and numerous systems updates The only item not zero timed would be the airframe but it would be carefully inspected and any structural discrepancies would be corrected Except for the time on the airframe the airplane would look smell and fly
25. ntly XM has national coverage and the resolution is quite good ADS B does not have national coverage and the resolution is quite low As you would expect weather can be overlaid on the topographic and navigation maps Other Capabilities Garmin has copied the additional functions provided by ForeFlight on the iPad namely Documents and a Scratchpad Documents enables you to download stuff off the internet such as FARs the AIM etc The Scratchpad enables you to write directly on the screen with your fingers This can be useful for copying clearances Expansion Capabilities The 796 has 2 serial ports which allows for simultaneous connectivity with other hardware With an optional Garmin GTX 330 Mode S Transponder Interface you can access Traffic Information Service TIS alerts where available right on the device while also sending frequencies to a Garmin SL30 40 radio or relaying position reports to other devices GP XM o 3D Vision No Attitude aif E pios 2440 A E PHOENIX iGO Sim Wx gt Bis LO I WPT info Weather Terrain 30 Vision Charts The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 Mooney Stuff for Sale 1959 M20A have a 1959 M20A fair paint l LO linshh Aitra ss AION ronuency Check z nice original seats headliner c i Kev Ey needs help But it has less than Penge 50 hours on the prop and 0360A1A is around 1650 SMOH Old Narco Radios and a nicer than original panel handheld GPS H
26. other units 3D Vision does not have attitude input only GPS so it s not quite the same but very useful pictured left We like the split screen capability with the 3D vision in the top window and the weather overlay in the lower window Altitude is also driven off the GPS so it s not good for precision flying but is a very useful situational awareness tool By combining this behind the airplane perspective with the terrain map you get a 3D view of terrain and the usual red yellow green color mapping to indicate higher terrain cautious terrain and above 1000 AGL default terrain respectively Data is updated every 5 seconds which is only a concern to us Mooney pilots and not those other C amp P types A very cool feature is the ability to rotate your 3D view Simply slide your finger across the touchscreen to rotate the view and show land and water features obstacles runways and airport signposts in relative proximity to the aircraft 22 The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 Weather Just as with most other recent Garmin models the aera 796 is equipped with a GXM 40 giving you XM weather with all the usual goodies including METARs TAFs NexRad Satellite Winds Aloft etc The subscription for this is separate from everything else Currently XM has 2 plans running about 30 and 55 check with XM for the latest ADS B see article elsewhere in this issue will be providing weather for no subscription fee Curre
27. ou ll notice is that the 696 had a lot of buttons and 3 the 796 has none except for the Power on off This model Terrain 3D Vision continues Garmin s direction of context sensitive touch buttons If you get lost hitting the Back Key will bring you back to the Home x X x XA Screen pictured left Like an iPhone or iPad the aera 796 works in Profile or Landscape mode The 796 is not an iPad killer and costs WPT info FPL List Active FPL quite a bit more than the iPad Our review suggests that the iPad 5 with ForeFlight Mobile is still a much better buy Not only is the i A J b 3 aera 796 more expensive to purchase but the database costs are aere ee also prohibitively more expensive than ForeFlight Currently Foreflight does not have the 3D Vision capability covered below Ig oe but is in the works The screen is plenty big enough at 7 and Ol are seemed bright enough for reading in a sun drenched cockpit i eee me The aera 796 has all of the features that you would expect ina Map WPT info Weether Terrain IO Visitow Charts Garmin portable It has VFR sectionals IFR low and high enroute charts terrain approach plates AOPA s safe taxi and AOPA s Airport database that shows FBOs Airport Diagrams Hotels Restaurants etc We like the fact that the approach plates are geo referenced which makes flying approaches that much easier 3D Vision The unit also has 3D Vision which is different than Synthetic Vision in
28. pliant until January 1 2020 As we come closer to that date we might start thinking about saving for the trip to the Avionics shop am not advocating that everyone run out and install the equipment this year but don t recommend that you wait until December 2019 Can you imagine your Avionics Shop s workload backlog then In the meantime anyone who needs to replace a transponder would be a bit silly to choose anything but a Mode S capable unit like the Garmin GTX 330 If you decide to take advantage of ADS B weather broadcasts now and purchase a Stratus or Clarity take a look at the coverage map If you fly in the areas currently without ADS B coverage you ll find yourself a bit broken hearted However next year the coverage will have improved significantly Click Here to track NextGen and ADS B progress 19 The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 The Mooney Baggage Door by Jim Price If your POH does not mandate that you lock the baggage door before flight mostly the Pre J s the official Mooney stance is ambivalence That s defined as uncertainty caused by the inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things Here are a few choice comments and stories from MooneySpace com that illustrate the ambivalence What s the bottom line Should your baggage door open in flight 1 Fly the Pro have had the baggage door open on takeoff three times 1965
29. r input via our interactive polls This month we add an article by Paul Loewen founder and owner of LASAR The article is called How do know if my Mooney is rigged properly Who is better equipped to answer this question than Paul It was a good day to fly It was a bad day to fly The pre flight and runup went well but things were not well We have a first person story from Mooney owner Greg Jacobs who suffered an engine problem over the desert in Nevada It s titled Engine Trouble Over Nevada He glided 17 miles from about 8000 AGL with two souls on board A great read In this issue Jim Price gives you Everything You Need to Know about ADS B This emerging technology is starting to be deployed There is limited weather which will not have any subscription fee and traffic information There are some devices becoming available that let you tap into traffic and weather today Read about it in Jim s article If we didn t answer your questions send us an email to the Editor and we ll do our best to get those answers in the next edition l This month we reviewed the Garmin aera 796 the so called iPad Killer Well it s a cool device but it is no iPad Killer The unit is very cool but it is significantly more expensive than an iPad and the database subscriptions are also significantly more than iPad subscriptions from ForeFlight Nonetheless it has some very nice features which we have tried to present Moon
30. r pull the nose up Don t know any other method Also in August we will be revisiting the San Juan Islands up in Puget Sound northwest of Seattle This is a weekend fly in but if you are local we will have our usual ramp time together on Saturday morning followed by lunch at the airport Make your reservations now as it is prime season on the rN ae San Juans Some of us plan to camp at the airport W on Orcas Island Let us know if you would like info August 24 26 at Friday Harbor KFHR Hosted by Jeff Mirsepasy 14 The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 ADS B What Should You Know By Jim Price The Basics ADS B is an acronym for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast In the future ATC will track aircraft using satellites and ADS B It s part of the Next Generation Air Transportation System NextGen which will replace our aging radar system with a satellite based system NextGen is more concerned with the increasingly congested flight levels and delays at major hubs but GA must still participate GPS and NextGen technology will be used to shorten routes save time and fuel reduce traffic delays increase Capacity and permit controllers to monitor and manage aircraft with greater safety margins Planes will be able to fly closer together take more direct routes and avoid delays caused by airport stacking as planes wait for an open runway NextGen will be implemented across the United States in
31. select Off Time or Distance e Touch the buttons to select the desired distance or time if applicable 696 set up e From the Map Page press the Menu key Turn or move the FMS joystick to select Set Up Map and press ENT key Turn the FMS joystick to highlight the Line options from the horizontal list Move the FMS joystick to highlight Heading Line field Turn the FMS joystick to select On Off Distance or Time and press the ENT key If necessary move FMS joystick to set the desired time or distance and press the ENT key e Press the FMS joystick the CLR key or the EXIT Softkey to return to the Map Page Practical Use The Heading Line is especially useful when approaching MOAs or Class B C D airspace You may want to fly over or under it but when should you start a climb or descent Using the Heading Line you can easily calculate the rate of descent or rate of climb needed to avoid the airspace If you re 2 500 feet too high and five minutes out then a 500 600 FPM descent should do it It s also helpful as one approaches the traffic pattern for judging when to start the deceleration process Do you need a full minute to decelerate below gear extension speed Use the Heading Line 21 The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 Garmin aera 796 Review by Phil Corman The new Garmin aera 796 is the follow on to the aera 696 The first difference that y
32. stages between 2012 and 2025 With that in mind the United States will require the majority of aircraft operating within its airspace to be equipped with some form of ADS B Out capability by January 1 2020 The rule does not mandate ADS B In capability l Il discuss more about ADS B Out and In later What No RADAR ADS B 1090ES 1090ES will not be replacing radars Required 7 zy na gt P Required see Uo I l ek a a anytime soon The FAA plans to keep all long range radars but decommission many of the terminal short range radars at smaller airports after the 2020 ADS B mandate goes into effect We ll still need radar 1 Asa backup in case of GPS failure and 2 For national security mee SL Gulf of Mexico The ADS B rule like current transponder operating requirements requires operators to have at a minimum ADS B Out avionics installed and operating in order to fly their aircraft almost everywhere but in Class G airspace What is the difference between ADS B In and Out ADS B Out systems are Report Only They automatically broadcast an aircraft s GPS position to ATC about every second The 2020 mandate is for ADS B Out 15 The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 ADS B In systems not only broadcast report an aircraft s GPS position but they also receive broadcasts from e Other aircraft and e FAA ground stations These FAA broadcasts include o
33. the forward belly adjusted to set the neutral position A check of the rudder travel should be rechecked with the wheels retracted Be sure to jack up the airplane before retracting Often there could be problems encountered with the assembly of the steering horn on the top of the nose gear that could limit full rudder travel in flight It s best to find these problems on the ground The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 Obviously what have described should be accomplished by a qualified Mooney mechanic who isusing proper tools travel boards and a Mooney Service Manual Your flight evaluation may determine your need to have this rigging procedure accomplished Unequal fuel loads or pilot only really have little affect on these flight test procedures A correctly rigged Mooney wing may result in one aileron flying higher than the other to compensate for heaviness and that may be normal for that airplane A Weighty 100LL Fact We were all told that 1OOLL weighed 6lbs Well we found out Try a thing you haven t done that it actually weighs 5 82lbs So three times Once to get over what Well for a 50 gal tank the fear of doing it Twice to that s 9 Ibs of useful load and 18 time to figure out whether you gt i ketoro impressed Well just don t tell Virgil Thomson my wife American composer and critic LASAR Celebrates 35 years in Lakeport CA EXPERIENCE is We re here for you for instant access to o
34. ur experience Staff Phone or eMail for prompt delivery of the Parts and Mods you need 707 263 0412 Parts Mods lasar com Serving your Mooney Needs Since 1966 Mooney and Lycoming Service Center FAA Repair Station Parts new rebuilt used STC Mods Service Avionics Plane Sales The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 Us Engine Trouble in the Nevada Desert by Greg Jacobs A good Mooney friend of mine told me that nobody knows if they are a good pilot until they are tested Well on October 19 2003 I was tested My good friend Bob and I departed Sedona Arizona for the final leg of a 10 day cross country trip We were looking forward to our final landing at Hayward California after a very long trip covering many miles and flying hours Our departure from Sedona was uneventful We were westbound at 8 500 feet and the Colorado River was off in the distance with Bullhead City Arizona south of our course on the east side of the river and Laughlin Nevada on the west Shortly after crossing the Colorado River things were no longer uneventful An Excerpt from Bob s Personal Journal We had the charts spread out across both of our laps and it happened Without warning the engine stumbled and banged and emitted a woeful stuttering clanging noise The whole airplane was shaking In one motion Greg swept the chart from our laps into the back seat He slammed the mixture control to full rich pushed the prop
35. y and gave me clearance to land Still a bit high did a few S turns followed by a few side slips to assure making the runway We touched down smoothly only to watch the propeller stop at the 1 o clock position shortly after touch down We coasted off the runway at the mid runway taxiway Bob s words It is not that things happened very quickly It is that things happened instantaneously At one moment we were humming along happily through the air the next moment we were faltering and shaking and knew we were in serious trouble At one moment we were peaceably content knowing we would be home in a few hours the next moment we were flushed with adrenaline not knowing what the next few minutes would bring us 10 The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 Greg radioed Bullhead City that we had an engine failure and requested a straight in approach In our favor we had nearly 8000 feet of altitude under us Bullhead City was seventeen miles away We had enough altitude to make the airport if nothing else went wrong The tower appreciated the seriousness of our situation and approved a straight in approach As we got nearer they would cease normal operations so that we could make whatever maneuvers might be necessary to save our butts After the initial engine failure the engine continued to make diminished power for about thirty seconds After that there was nothing except unholy clanging noises and vibration If the propeller
36. y rigging is adjusted incrementally after a series of flight test by bending the trailing edges or servo trim tab on the rudder and ailerons The goal to be achieved on airplanes is to cruise hands off autopilot disengaged with the wings level and the ball centered in the turn coordinator Banking left and right with the use of the rudder pedals alone and returning to neutral proves correct rigging Extension of flaps should not cause the airplane to bank either although it might want to momentarily as the flaps move off the up stops due to the flexing of the flap torque tube interconnect in the fuselage The Mooney should continue to fly hands off wings level with the flaps in the 15 degree take off position or 33 degree landing position Touch down at landing should occur with no adverse yaw as the nose wheel makes contact with the runway no crosswind condition The stall strips fixed on the leading edge of the wing are positioned at the factory during flight test to assure that the wing stalls correctly straight ahead without falling off to the right or left These strips are there to fine tune the wing from variations of fabrication I m told the same fine tuning could be achieved by shaping the left or right wing leading edges with a rolling pin kitchen item This is a difficult procedure and not a very practical method on a production line A wing that has had some major repairs may require adjustment and repositioning of the stall str
37. yer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 hotspot for your iPad and ForeFlight The Stratus costs about 800 with NO monthly fees Click Here to read Flying Magazine s review of the Stratus NOT A 2020 ADS B REPLACEMENT A newcomer to the Wi Fi ADS B weather market is the Sagetech Clarity ADS B Receiver It s not on the market yet but seeks to offer an alternative to the Stratus Click Here to read more about its features Projected ADS B Coverage by the end of 2013 Tower Site _ Coverage at 1 600 feet GoMex Coverage at 1 800 feet Coverage at 28 000 feet wk lanl ASTEEN Tower Puerto Rico Guam and Hawaii will be fully covered in _ Coverage at 1 500 feet GoMex 2013 Coverage at 5 100feet Note the lack of coverage below FL180 in parts of Coverage at 18 000 feet Nevada Arizona New Mexico Colorado Idaho Kansas Wyoming Montana South Dakota and Coverage at 28 000 feet Oregon The Bottom Line For the Class B C and E phobic you re in luck there s always uncontrolled airspace Class G There are a few Class G airspace areas shown below in tan mostly in the west can t envision anyone having a great time flying in a little Class G patch 18 The Mooney Flyer Volume 1 Number 3 July 2012 P 1 2 N e nA D A rt CALS q F e a gt VA P 7 SE EN AENT ae SN NZ YNY GA aircraft don t need to be ADS B out com
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