I see that Dave put the cowling against the hangar door, leaving it laying nearby and it can be blown most anywhere. I remember having to change the oil on the 0-360s once a week on the PA-18 Towplanes at Black Forest Gliderport.
The hardest part is pulling the pick up screen. Really hard to get your hands there when the engine is hot. Larger pieces get picked up by the pick up screen and don't pass to the filter.
Looks like a little oil leak from the oil temp sender on the front right @ 0:35 into the video. And the prop looks like it's leaking a little oil around the seals.
It's hard to say. When you own a plane you don't really calculate it that way. There's the cost of owning the plane and the cost of flying the plane. Whether you fly or not, you still pay the cost of keeping it (insurance, tie down, annual, upgrades, etc). So given that I pay to own a plane, hourly costs are just gas, oil changes, and maybe overhaul. Fuel is typically 10 gallons per hour at whatever the cost is, $7/hour for oil, $15/hour toward overhaul. So around $70/hour or $70/160miles traveled to fly it plus the cost of owning it.
Some people calculate a total hourly cost. You take the total fixed costs for a year, add the DOC's for the year, and then divide it by the number of hours flown. There are several different ways of calculating your operating costs. Check out my video I did (after dozens of requests) for the ownership cost breakdown on our Cessna 414A.
@@Mooney201er Hey Michael. Just wondering how much oil your engine uses. I just bought a 1978 Mooney M20J (VH-NWF) and flew it across Australia to its new home. Along the way it used a quart every 6-7 hours. Is yours similar to this? Thanks, Jim.
@@sactu1 Depends. When I had the engine overhauled, it was like a quart every 12 hours. With over a thousand hours since factory reman, it's going through a quart every 2-3 and needs jugs.
Well there you go - didn't realize you could screw the oil container into the oil filler tube! Thanks for posting.
I see that Dave put the cowling against the hangar door, leaving it laying nearby and it can be blown most anywhere. I remember having to change the oil on the 0-360s once a week on the PA-18 Towplanes at Black Forest Gliderport.
Jim Foreman Jim you're right but it was a dead calm day. Cold, but calm. I think if the weather were different then it would be a different concern.
The hardest part is pulling the pick up screen. Really hard to get your hands there when the engine is hot. Larger pieces get picked up by the pick up screen and don't pass to the filter.
What’s your cruise speed and range on this airplane ? She’s a beauty. I learned in a Ryan Navion at Manville airport.
Do you ever send a sample to Blackstone for analysis?
Looks like a little oil leak from the oil temp sender on the front right @ 0:35 into the video. And the prop looks like it's leaking a little oil around the seals.
how to own a mooney with all the annual inspections all??
After owning this for a while, what is your hourly operating cost?
It's hard to say. When you own a plane you don't really calculate it that way. There's the cost of owning the plane and the cost of flying the plane. Whether you fly or not, you still pay the cost of keeping it (insurance, tie down, annual, upgrades, etc). So given that I pay to own a plane, hourly costs are just gas, oil changes, and maybe overhaul. Fuel is typically 10 gallons per hour at whatever the cost is, $7/hour for oil, $15/hour toward overhaul. So around $70/hour or $70/160miles traveled to fly it plus the cost of owning it.
Some people calculate a total hourly cost. You take the total fixed costs for a year, add the DOC's for the year, and then divide it by the number of hours flown. There are several different ways of calculating your operating costs. Check out my video I did (after dozens of requests) for the ownership cost breakdown on our Cessna 414A.
@@Mooney201er Hey Michael. Just wondering how much oil your engine uses. I just bought a 1978 Mooney M20J (VH-NWF) and flew it across Australia to its new home. Along the way it used a quart every 6-7 hours. Is yours similar to this? Thanks, Jim.
@@sactu1 Depends. When I had the engine overhauled, it was like a quart every 12 hours. With over a thousand hours since factory reman, it's going through a quart every 2-3 and needs jugs.
@@Mooney201er Thanks.