It’s a GoPro using a baseball hat clip mount.

I’m pulling on the tow bar more. There is debate on it. You can google it to read about it. Some say don’t do it. Some say the entire weight of the aircraft is pulled by the prop in flight which is more force than I can exert on it on the ground. When I did it I always used the inmost part at the hub and I tried to exert more pulling force on the tow bar. There are some props you definitely can’t do this for like composite props. I now use a motorized bar.

It was a Garmin G500 replaced with a G500 TXi now.

It’s not mixture or throttle. It’s the prop lever. The Mooney has a variable pitch prop. The prop lever controls the pitch of the prop to set a fixed engine rpm. Pulling the lever 3 times during run up flows oil into the prop hub.

Rmag Ah, I see. Thanks. Beautiful plane.

Same plane... same engine and prop, maybe prior to a dynamic prop balance. On my other videos I reduce the volume of the engine as well so it doesn’t overpower the dialogue. You are also hearing wind noise on the run up as I have the window open.

@@RMAG OK. I know that your videos 'improved' by using cockpit voices through sound reduction on the 'sea to sea' trip. Also, the camera's were hard mounted (well, compared to strapped to you head at least). I'm sure that you are sick of hearing how gorgeous, wonderful & beautiful your M201J SE is, so, I'll refrain from babbling your ear off. Love your Registration number- friggin' awesome and I can't imagine that another owner wouldn't get it right away! P.S. Great trip recording, and, you & your dad traveled well together (not always that easy with father/son engagements!)

Flying War Banana, paint interior and avionics was done at SureFlight. www.sureflight.com

Very nicely upgraded. I didn't mean did you do the work yourself, but rather did you purchase it in a vintage state and have all the upgrades done...or did you buy it like it is? I would love to see what it looked like previously, and maybe what it cost to do some of the cosmetic upgrades. I have an M20C with great avionics, but it's dated cosmetically.

Flying War Banana, for the full story go here: mooneyspace.com/topic/22154-better-than-new-the-full-refurbishment-of-n205j/

Wow! That's really cool. I would love to do that to my plane, but by the time I was done I probably could have bought an Ovation 3 haha! I don't have a way to justify it like you do.

That bird is Beautiful! What year is it??

Mooney N205J is a 1987 M20J model “205 Special Edition (SE)”. It differed from other M20J “201’s” at the time in that it incorporated a few changes: 1. Fully enclosed gear doors 2. Rounded window lines 3. 28 volt electrical system 4. Electric cowl flaps with infinite adjustment 5. Upturned wingtips with forward facing recognition lights and aft facing position lights 6. Gear extension speed increased from 132 to 140 knots The 205 SE came right as the general aviation market was in decline, so only seventy-seven 205 SE’s were built spanning two years. To read more see this link: mooneyspace.com/topic/22154-better-than-new-the-full-refurbishment-of-n205j/

loveguitar2x yes if you come in a little fast it will. I come in about 5 knots slower now than on these landings.

Huh? If I didn’t do a GUMP check I would have landed gear up. See 6:12 and 9:30.

My very experienced instructor would not have signed me off if I didn't go max RPM on the prop on short final, what if you had to do a go-around? Oh well, just a matter of opinion I suppose...

It is not a matter of opinion. Max RPM needs to be set for landing. My Prop is set to max RPM when I configure the plane for landing when I enter the pattern. Like I commented above, watch the video at 6:12 and again at 9:30. This is the initial GUMP configuration. For a better understanding, see my video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9R4pdSC1tOvf4U.html and jump to 31:50, it has cockpit audio and I walk through the GUMP procedures. I want to preconfigure the plane for landing (including max RPM) well prior to short final for two primary reasons: 1.) Short final 100% focus needs to be on landing the plane, not messing with landing configurations. 2.) I rather make a max RPM setting when I have pattern altitude in case it causes any problem. I don’t want surprises on short final. In the twin turbine world, for certain aircraft, there are procedures to go max RPM 10 miles out from landing.