Glad to be here - been lurking for a bit, but bought our J35 on my 40th birthday... Wife wanted more seats than my LongEZ - which I'm keeping...

3016C is getting a few things from the PPI cleaned up (flaps too tight, a few rod ends needing love, etc...) then heading up to get my BPPP training and checkout next weekend.

A couple of questions... The prop has 120 hours since new, but 22 years old. She is an oil filled sealed McCauley and everything inside the engine (via boroscope) looked excellent - no evidence of any corrosion... The plan is to fly for a bit, then get an overhaul or re-seal done on the prop when I've got some downtime - no more than a year from now. Thoughts from the group?
Any thoughts on the exhaust tip silencers by Beryl D'Shannon (STC# SA884SO) - Performance hit? Any difference in cabin noise? EGT effects?
What's the best upgrade path from an Insight GEM602 EGT/CHT gauge?

Looking forward to flying her Saturday. Glad to be here!

Happy Flyin'!

Andy
meyer f sixteen(the number) at g mail...

Andy,

Welcome to BT. Glad to see the pic, looks like a nice plane. What about a few pics of Long EZ?
In terms of the prop, I would probably do an IRAN and a reseal. For my props at least there is a limit to how many times you can overhaul them. So make sure to check out that aspect.

Tim

welcome aboard and happy flying with your J. agree on IRAN.
gary

Replace the Insight GEM602 with the new Insight G2 or G3.
They have a trade in program and you can reuse your existing CHT & EGT probes and harness.

Welcome Andrew. Beautiful bird...now about the Long EZ....

Alright... The EZ... Built in '82 - not by me - and flown from Honolulu to Oshkosh that year. 125 gallons, 4497 miles, and 32 hours - before GPS. The story is here - about 1/4 of the way down: http://www.ez.org/t/cpc-034

Still a fun traveling machine solo but a little tight in the rear seat for my bride to stretch out. I'm still chasing after knots on it - new exhaust going on now with a prop extension. low drag wheel pants and a gear leg mod next, then to hide the antennas and bury the lights.

If all goes well, I'll be bringing the Bo home this weekend - checkout and BPPP flight part of BPPP Online+Flight is on Saturday. Now to see if she can share a hangar with the EZ or not...

Happy Flyin'!

Andy

Andy, welcome aboard
The long easy is impressively economical

And now I understand...
I finally got my first flight (and 6th) in this weekend. Craig Bailey gave me a very thorough and educational checkout on Saturday and the folks at Poplar Grove couldn't have been better. What a great place and helpful friendly people.
Sunday, the wife already had me flying her around for her business. I didn't complain one bit.

Glad to be here and have already met several other Bonanza fliers - all so welcoming.

Happy Flyin'!

Andy

And I finally got my little guy up for a flight on Friday... Just about 20 minutes... He didn't want to wear a headset - no amount of convincing - even playing with his headset at home beforehand could get him to wear it. At home, he's wear it for a few, in the airplane - didn't want anything to do with it. Then, after about 15 minutes, his stomach got the best of him - never had a problem in the car... Any thoughts on curing either of these? Thanks in advance.

Happy Flyin'!

Andy

Andy,

Welcome to BeechTalk!

Our newly 9 year old suffered mightily with motion sickness. High, smooth and cool is better than low, hot and bumpy, whenever possible.

Eating something before flying tended to work well (Cheerios = good... Chocolate = bad). Many people swear by ginger cookies or other ginger products, but the 9 year old never wanted to eat those.

At some point, Seabands become an option. We are now at an age where Dramamine is viable, and has proven pretty successful over the last year or so.