What a Beautiful Piper Warrior Bird. Ps your shop is just a filthy mess :)

Borzasztó hangja van! Egy ilyen elegáns autót elrontani egy traktor motorral…

Great pre-flight . Thanks

I take the pleats and wash them in a varsol bath in a Ziplock container, then move a neodium magnet from an ID badge all though the varsol and across the interior surfaces for several minutes to draw any ferrous particles. This collects absolutely everything. When the magnet dries off I get a tiny bit of microscopic fuzz or just a small amount of ferrous mud stuck to the magnets. Lyc allows up to 9 pieces of significant size metal particles. I then agitate the varsol and dump it into into a black plastic shallow tray, let it settle, then drain off the varsol leaving behind varsol/oil residue and any non-ferrous metal, like panning for gold. Non ferrous particles are visible against the black plastic. I usually get some random tiny speckles of what look like aluminum, probably wrist pin plug wear. Pretty much the same result every time.

Thoroughly enjoyable. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.

I've got a 1987 300sdl myself, currently putting it back together, cant wait take some videos of it!

I am happy to have seen this video. I'm close to purchasing the same Mooney in the1998. This was very valuable info. Can I get you to come down to Ft Lauderdale soon to fly with me and give me some more info?

How much did u pay for the Mooney?

Nice landing! Is this program still ongoing? The web site appears to be down and I can't find anything else online.

jeez. Maybe fly it by the numbers. Jets 'float' because of their laminar flow airfoils, like a Mooney. Just because SO many G.A. airplanes are dump trucks with wings in comparison, doesn't make Mooneys bad.

No crosswind inputs on the ground? Clear runway first and then checklist? Lights off while on rhe runway?

Hey I fly on a piper cherokee (similar to the one your flying) as well. When turning base should I keep an 80 knots?

New student here, thanks for making this, very thorough.

Wow I'm convinced!

Waiting for the next video :)

Thanks for posting your video. We did a trip to Bald Head Island also.

I am a CFI who flies a 201, currently giving transition training to a new 201 owner and I sent the link for your video to my student. You have an excellent grasp of landing these fine aircraft and explain things well. Looking at becoming a CFI?

First solo at Person County

Too bad we had to look at the back of his head.

Camera position was a huge detraction in an otherwise informative video. Thanks.

NICE VIDIO OF THE BACK OF GUYS HEAD IDIOT

FLEW MOONEYS FOR 40 yrs air speed is to high float just wait be cool till energy is gone

Great video and a beautiful aircraft!!

I'm using a PA-28 161 for my PPL training. Your video has been very instructive for me and during my lessons I was very confident and impressed my instructor. Thank you for this video

Very simple answer to that question: keep your airspeed right. I loved to fly M20J 201s when I was active. Never had difficulty controlling speed and glidepath. However other memebers of the flying club owining two examples did not think the same, so just a few of us flew the Mooneys, so few, that when rationalizing things, the club sold out the Mooneys, to my sadness.

What was the loose plug under the right cowling? Seeing an electric plug hanging loose inside the engine compartment was...slightly disturbing.

After 10 hours SMOH when you did the oil change did you out mineral oil back into the engine or did use put the XC in at that point?

THIS SDL SERIES ARE THE FATHERS OF ALL MODERN CARS 300SDL TURBODIESEL = LEGEND

Great video!

we need episode #2

You cannot float far if the airspeed is right. Floating means too much speed. Simple.

What a beast! Ran perfect

Thanks! Very informative. Now I understand!

Loved my M20J…. Your pattern speeds are just like mine. Always got 1900 & 70 on final with occasional tweaking depending on wind. Best things I ever added besides my IFR ticket were radar altimeter and speed brakes. Flew several times to Ocracoke. Great little airport for a day trip. Trip home (W00, outside DC) was always half naked with sand in inappropriate places. Try flying to Chesapeake Bay’s Tangier Island for crab cakes. Better hurry before the runway disappears.

Awesome video!!! Your plane is immaculate!!!

80 over the threshold. Then hold the nose up, cut power. Your welcome.

What's the oil tyor

Im a pilot from NC aswell. Would love to go flying in it. I will even pay for fuel.

Is there another episode?

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Thanks for this video man! I'll be flying one of these for the first time with a cfi on Monday. This video was really helpful in preparing me for the transitioning from the 172s that I normally fly.

Can you add some info as to cost break down. Please 🇦🇺

I live in person county. Next time you guys go to Florida please take me lol. I hate flying but I love Florida.

I am considering purchasing the upswept for my arrow II. Do you think its worth the money? Also it looks like you went with the LED vs old school. Thoughts on the difference as the cost is rather substantial. Thanks

Ditch it. A landing without floating.

6:20 no reason not to turn on the pitot heat there with the lights and check it

I finally pinpointed the root causes of my floating issue. Of course, it was higher-than-proper airspeed, but that was being caused by how the Mooney _feels_ so tail-low at landing speed (compared to Piper or Cessna). That “leaned back” feeling, in a Cessna or Piper, would mean you’re in slow flight, just a few knots above stall. In the Mooney, that’s just how it feels when you’re going slower than 90kts. I have to constantly reassure myself that this is the speed the POH calls for and keep glancing at the amount of white arc still remaining.

Audio gave me cancer. Pre flight checklist is similar to those used in flight training and CFI. Nice👌🏽

Right on man. Speed control is paramount. Mooneys can get in and out short runways if a person flies at the proper airspeed. When I first moved the plane a 1966 m20-E to Fallbrook (L18) airport in California I found it quite the challenge as it sat on top of a hill with drop offs at both end and a 2160 foot runway. After about a year there and continually slowing the plane down I found I found I could consistently pull off half way down the runway. Next conquest? Lake Wolfort (8CL1)(with a 1,344 foot runway also on top of a hill with sharp drop offs at both ends of the runway. Being light on fuel and only myself onboard I decided to go for it. I came over the numbers with the stall horn blaring but I made it. Made it out without a problem as well. What a confidence builder. If you can poke a Mooney into a 1,344 foot runway, you can go almost anywhere. Point is, with proper airspeed control, a Mooney can get into very short runways. I now live on an airpark in Arizona and daily I see planes coming in so fast they look like they are making a high speed flyby. So silly and my current runway is 5,500 feet long. Get proficient with proper airspeed control and you can get most aircraft in very short runways with safety.

Q: is the static port on the pitot blade the only one on the aircraft? is there not a separate static port on the fuselage? somewhere?