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  1. Moonfly201

    Single engine IFR

    The no auto-pilot, ill-equipped crowd of single pilot IMC flyers are better than me. IMO a wing-leveler should be considered as minimum equipment before any true nasty weather flying is conducted. Punching buttons on the GPS, writing down amended clearances, reading approach plates ... normal...
  2. Moonfly201

    XM Radio MyFi - cockpit questions

    I've been flying the PS Engineering Audio Panel with intercom (PM7000) and stereo input jack. The front seats are wired for Bose, and I use the Bose X. On long trips I had been bringing a battery powered CD player, and it worked good, but fussing with CD's gets old. This past Christmas I...
  3. Moonfly201

    The purpose of "takeoff trim" durring a decent???

    Think of the trim wheel as an "airspeed" adjuster. Any action (whether it's a change in pitch, power, or flaps) that causes the airspeed indicator to register a different airspeed, will most likely require an adjustment of trim in order to relieve control wheel pressure. Go faster, trim down...
  4. Moonfly201

    LED flashlight recommendation wanted

    Surefire's are great, and the Lithium CR123 batteries are getting more common. They last forever, so you don't have to shop for batteries very often. If you will be using the light around the inside of the cockpit, use green LED's. Even one LED is plenty. I find green does not hurt night vision...
  5. Moonfly201

    Noise Cancelling Headsets

    Maybe you have the wrong ANR headset. Or possibly you're sticking eyeglass frames through the sides breaking the seal or applying pressure to the side of your skull. I routinely fly 8 to 12 hour days in an average noise producing single using a Bose X headset, and also pipe-in XM stereo music...
  7. Moonfly201

    Ever screw up an approach?

    Back in the late 80's I was flying a lot of single pilot IFR with one VOR/ILS, a DME, a loran and a wing-leveler in an old Mooney that had the car-jack type hand-pump flap actuator handle sticking out of the bottom of the panel. Every now and then, instead of the usual 3 or 4 pumps to get full...
  8. Moonfly201

    Plane lands on highway in TN....pilot killed

    keep'em flying I'm with EagleRJ. Until the world is down to a couple of museum quality samples ... keep'em flying. Tens of thousands more people see them at airshows than will ever visit a museum. Just hearing the sound they create during a low-pass at an airshow makes it all worthwhile.
  9. Moonfly201

    Plane lands on highway in TN....pilot killed

    The weather in that part of TN was low, and deteriorating at the time of the crash. If it wasn't an aircraft problem, my bet would be scud running over the interstate towards better weather further west of the mountains, and hitting a power line. AWG and total speculation. But not an unusual...
  10. Moonfly201

    Hangar Ettiquet

    I grew up in New York. An urban frontier.
  11. Moonfly201

    Hangar Ettiquet

    No intent anywhere in this thread. Just speculation and fond memories of "frontier justice" ... days when lawyers were not needed to equalize injustice.
  13. Moonfly201

    Hangar Ettiquet

    I just spent an hour with the airport manager who assures me something will be done. He feels the dollys are a solution, and there is a paved pad close by where these guys can operate without obstructing the taxiways. He also says in his opinion, rotary guys are overconfident and an accident...
  14. Moonfly201

    Hangar Ettiquet

    Question for the pilot population. I keep my plane in a t-hangar that shares a common taxiway with another row of t-hangers, parallel to mine and directly across. Next to my hanger, there are two small Bell turbo helicopters, and directly across from the Bells is an old Bell 47 located in the...
  15. Moonfly201

    Toronto - Cheap Approach Plates?

    With close proximity to the CNN Tower (and other highrises), it will be interesting to learn what minimums are used at City Centre A/P. I always thought this airport was strictly VFR ... the minimums might make that true. I may as well use Niagra Falls as the alternate, and drive into Canada...
  16. Moonfly201

    Toronto - Cheap Approach Plates?

    I will be headed for Toronto late next week. If the weather is good I will use the lakefront airport right in the City (VFR only), but will need an alternate if the weather is crappy. Anyone know where I can get Canadian plates cheap & fast? And what would be the best airport to use if I need...
  17. Moonfly201

    Recommend an FBO at PBI, FLL, or FXE..

    No doubt about it, Falcon Trust Air is awesome. I was there earlier this week parked for four nights. The first night was free due to purchasing fuel, the other three nights were charged at $10 per night for my single. The overnight fees are worth it, as this place is a pilots' country club...
  19. Moonfly201

    P.D. helicopter over crowded beach ?

    And I always assumed you guys were on the lookout for sharks!
  20. Moonfly201

    Lean of Peak

    Roger that. The hardest part is figuring out what is "slop", and when an 1/8th of a turn is actually moving some lever on the other end of the cable. Setting up LOP during cruise takes time and fingertip finesse. During my level-off, I slowly ham-fist the red knob out with the plunger until the...
  21. Moonfly201

    Lean of Peak

    I give up about 7 to 8 knots indicated airspeed to operate LOP, when compared to the ROP power settings I formally used. LOP, my IO-360 is burning 7 to 8 gal/hr, and the Mooney's TAS is 140 to 148 kts., depending upon altitude and load. I can cross the entire country (in both directions) with...
  22. Moonfly201

    Lean of Peak

    Keep in mind, it is not hard to keep power levels under 75% ... even full throttle at sea level, when operating LOP. You are literally choking off the fuel supply to the engine, and power settings are easy to reduce below 75%. In my case, I confirm this with indicated airspeed readings. If I was...
  23. Moonfly201

    Lean of Peak

    Absolutely correct. Deakin is right. You need GAMI's and a four probe EGT/CHT gauge to do it properly. I have been running my GAMI and Insight GEM equipped Mooney Lycoming IO-360 lean of peak for about 650 hours. Saving fuel, babying my cylinders, valves, valve guides and piston rings. And...
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