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My 1964 Mooney has a factory installed ARC Nav-o-matic 300 autopilot. It was working properly 5 years ago when I bought the plane, but only in warm weather. This unit has a dedicated gyro behind the baggage compartment for roll and yaw control and I figured the grease in those bearings had...

I was taught to turn base at about 700 feet with the numbers about 45 defrees behind you. Turn final to line up with the runway, that puts you at about 500 feet.

The last annual on my Mooney came in at $1850. The flat rate is $1350 plus parts. They had to add a front tire this time for almost $400. The last couple of annuals were more but only because I added upgrade work to the annual. I closed up the "guppy mouth" two annuals back, and I needed new...

I used to insure with Falcon, then the big blow hit sun n fun and a lot of airplanes were damaged. The next year my Falcon quote was way up, almost double! AVEMCO was more reasonable so I went with them. The agent told me their rates had not changed. He said their rates were proper in the...

Have you tried a different breathing technique? Air has the same percentage af oxygen at higher altitude, but the pressure is lower and your lungs don't work as well at low pressure. Try building pressure in your lungs after inhaling by restricting your exhale through your lips while building...

SkyVector also allows you to save your routes for future use and save flight characteristics of multiple airplanes. It is a good tool and it is free.

If you are new to flight planning I highly recommend SkyVector. It is an on-line flight planner with a lot of capabilities and it is free. You register for an account then open it on your computer. It doesn't work as well from tablets or phones, but it does work with most functions. I use...

No Delay applies to more than just taxiing. A lot of pilots were taught (or developed this bad habit on their own) to position and hold on the runway while they make final adjustments to their flight instruments. I have seen them tie up an active runway for more than a minute after positioning...

I may have solved my problem. Somehow the filter to show only unread threads got armed. It is fixed now.

I agree that my post is there, #20. But the thread no longer appears on the new posts list. #20 was posted yesterday, Saturday at 6:53 am. It should appear on the new post list on page 2, near the start of Saturday. That thread is not being updated to the new posts list. That means people a...

This morning I posted a reply to sport pilot training questions. For some reason that thread has not been updated on thread list has been updated and when you look it up it shows 19 replies but my reply is number 20. It looks like maybe you have a glitch there

When I got my PPL I suggested going for a sport pilot instead. The arguments in favor of a PPL over a sport pilot are sound. If you can get a 3rd Class Medical, than you can go either way. One limits you to one passenger, limited airplanes, and limited navigation. Now some of these limits you...

Most retract gear airplanes have more drag with the gear down than a fixed gear airplane because the fixed gear has some streamline components to improve airflow around the gear. Retract gear is not streamlined creating more drag and poorer performance in climb and cruise. I would reconsider...

If you are thinking along those lines you should add older Mooneys to your list of possible airplanes. I have a '64 M20E super 21. It is very similar inside to a Cherokee 140 but has manually retractable gear, external top loading baggage door, and a faster wing profile. With the IO-360 it...

The quick answer is no. Avgas is not an agressive solvent compared to automotive gasoline. Avgas will not dissolve a Styrofoam cup, but automotive gas will.

So, since reading this thread I have been looking at the various flight tools and have loaded ifly on my android tablet. Will ifly talk to the GTX345 ? Does anyone know this for sure?

I have an AERA 760 and a GTX345. Those two are the only modern type avionics in my bird. Initially they were communicating through Bluetooth but the traffic kept dropping out periodically. Traffic stops working for about 1 min for every 3-5 minutes of operation. So I had it hard wired...

I own a 3/8 and 1/2 micrometer click type and a 3/4 split beam click type, and a 3:1 torque multiplier. I don't use them every day but I keep 3 of them on the truck all the time.

I agree, they had a really good weather tool and they just ruined it! It's like they don't care about us at all.

That is good advice. A prebuy inspection will give you a good idea of what you have and let him tell you what shape it is in. Turning the prebuy into an annual would make that airplane marketable and possibly desirable even. Look up similar airplanes on trade a plane. 1967 was a good year...