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Mooney M20C Questions
On 19 Apr 2007 09:22:44 -0700, Greg Esres
wrote: Don Tuite wrote: brushed-aluminum pushbuttojn on left horn of yoke? Yes extra knob on turn-and-sllip? Hmmm, I don't think so. There is such a knob on the yoke itself that is aileron trim. I don't think the system uses the panel turn & slip; it has its own internal equivalent of a turn coordinator, according to the documentation I've seen. OK My recollections are nearly 40 years old. Don |
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Mooney M20C Questions
" have) from causing vac failures. Up until 1977 Mooneys were certified with full-time autopilots (maybe the only plane so certified). And they need one. The Mooney has to be the most unresponsive airplane made. It flys like a truck! Karl Bought new 201 in 1977 |
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Ok - I'll accept the wing leveler (which you overrode with a button on the yoke if you didn't want to fly a Mack Truck). However I've never seen it called Positive Control before - might be a different year model.
-- Jim Carter Rogers, Arkansas "Greg Esres" wrote in message oups.com... the pump handle position didn't matter. (I always unconsciously pulled it back to the top stop whenever I used it however.) That's how I read the POH. However, the flaps seem to creep up sometimes. I never saw anything labeled "Positive Control" on the bird I flew. I thought they all had this? Probably no label....built-in wing leveler. Thanks |
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Gosh Karl - I thought the M20 flew pretty nicely when you release the wing leveler. Nothing like a C182 or C206 - hell during the preflight I think we are supposed to check the delivery chute on the tail to make sure it hasn't clogged from the last load of concrete it hauled.
-- Jim Carter Rogers, Arkansas "karl gruber" wrote in message ... " have) from causing vac failures. Up until 1977 Mooneys were certified with full-time autopilots (maybe the only plane so certified). And they need one. The Mooney has to be the most unresponsive airplane made. It flys like a truck! Karl Bought new 201 in 1977 |
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If you're not having to add fluid, and you're probably not then the issue is the flap valve leaking through and relieving the pressure that keeps the flaps extended. We had that problem one year and a quick rebuild of the valve during the annual fixed the issue.
-- Jim Carter Rogers, Arkansas "Ron Rosenfeld" wrote in message ... On 18 Apr 2007 19:16:58 -0700, Greg Esres wrote: Yes. That's how you retract the flaps. No, the retraction mechanism is a little flap-like lever *above* the silver handle. Lifting it up releases the hydraulic pressure. When it's down, the pressure should remain. The silver handle I'm talking about is the pumping handle. Oh, I misread. It shouldn't make any difference, but I've always left it fully down (out of the way). On occasion, during pre-flight, it might be in an intermediate position, though. I'd suspect a leak in the hydraulic system. The flaps are coming up some times when I'm not looking and I haven't established a pattern yet. ;-) On Apr 18, 7:47 pm, Ron Rosenfeld wrote: On 18 Apr 2007 08:10:13 -0700, Greg Esres wrote: On the hydraulic flaps, does the position of the silver pump handle have any bearing on whether or not the hydraulic pressure leaks out of the flap, once they are extended? (The POH doesn't say that it does.) Yes. That's how you retract the flaps. There is some mechanism underneath the instrument panel that has some adjustment for the Positive Control. What does it do, exactly? I don't recall anything at all like that in either the '68C or the '65E models with which I have experience. --ron --ron |
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On Apr 19, 7:28 pm, "Jim Carter" wrote:
Ok - I'll accept the wing leveler (which you overrode with a button on the yoke if you didn't want to fly a Mack Truck). However I've never seen it called Positive Control before - might be a different year model. I think its always called "The PC system" in every Mooney I've instructed in that had just the wing leveler. I think it even has a (TM) next to it. -Robert |
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karl gruber wrote:
" have) from causing vac failures. Up until 1977 Mooneys were certified with full-time autopilots (maybe the only plane so certified). And they need one. The Mooney has to be the most unresponsive airplane made. It flys like a truck! We like to say they are "stable". Dave |
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