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Not sayin' your calculations are, but you can decompose the path of the bullet into horizontal and vertical components. Ignoring any lifting effects or air resistance and treating it like it was in a vacuum, it can only go sideways until it falls to the ground. I mean, The air is thicker down...

Apparently the high school mascot is Bearcat. // got nothin'

I don't think it was them Duke boys this time, sheriff. It was a rifle and you know since they was on parole they've been usin' dyn-o-mite duct taped to arrows...

10k feet sounds like the "dead stop, start falling altitude". I'm curious at what point it loses enough energy to not go through my airplane. Or me. That's interesting though. It might be that it goes somewhat less fired more horizontally. straight up takes it into thinner air as fast (heh) as...

Can't do that in a Mooney. Well, I can't do that in a Mooney, and you probably shouldn't. :) /me goes off to price aerobatic tailwheels..

I miss mine a lot. But before she left us, I made sure I spent time with her to learn how to cook my favorite thing she made. And now, when I make it, it's a little like she just stepped out of the kitchen.

Above what altitude are we safe from most civilian rifles? Would 5000AGL do it?

the OP probably IS a mooney fan and avoids the group think that dominates mooneyspace. (touch and goes considered dangerous. gtfo.)

if??? Post that puppy. :D

Interesting idea. :) Would never have thought of that. Thank y'all, for all the commentary so far. This wasn't just about confirming a pre conceived idea...lots of experience on here and I'm happy to benefit from it. No easy decision for sure.

Currently alanta area, but Huntsville, AL.

that's awesome. Using those numbers, I'd save (3500 - 600) + (1200 - 220) = $3800 a year.

Don't misunderstand the post... What I'm trying to say is, my fixed costs are $8k. I've flown lots this year. :) But fly or not, the plane costs $8k just sitting there.

This thread has been very helpful. When I bought, I went immediately for as much speed as my budget would allow. I completely ignored the lower end. Between the AA1, the chief and the pacer, it's obvious I don't have to quit flying completely and I can still have some fun.

I fly 60-70 hours a year. The mission has been to fly to see family, which happens a couple of times a month and it's a ~200nm one way trip. That has been the major reason for the plane... I can have lunch with the parents and be back same day (It's a 6 hour trip in a car). The two mechanics I...

Maybe. It's been a long time since I looked into it. Back when I was thinking about it, I don't know how common the "come to the factory and we'll help you build it in a few weeks" options were. I think it's time to go to an EAA flyin and talk to some people.

It's not a bad suggestion, but I rented for 20 years. It sucks... aircraft availability was a huge issue. I'm thinking something like the chief or champ above, or maybe turn the mooney into a partnership.

I wish I could find a mechanic like that. I've tried two different places, one a known Mooney guy in the southeast. Both are expensive, and the mooney guy had the added cost of having to travel to take the plane over. I just keep thinking... this has been with nothing wrong. Well, one year I...

That's pretty.

It may in general, but it does not in my case. The airplane has been as inexpensive as I could have hoped for. That's a $3500 annual with NOTHING WRONG. Nothing. Just regular maintenance items. Nothing deferred because "cant it wait until next year"? As for insurance, I'm with Falcon. I don't...