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Touchdown! Greaser!
Since we're talking about it... I figured I'd post this again:
1997 Mooney Ovation, $159,900/offer or looking for partners in Milwaukee area.
Hangared at KMWC, Milwaukee, WI
Performance:
* I plan on 170 KTAS at 12 gph. It'll do 175 up around 9000 feet. You can make it go 10 knots faster, it'll cost you another 5 gph to do so, so I don't.
* Full gross on a standard day, you'll climb to 10,000 feet in under 10 minutes at a 120 KIAS cruise climb speed. Full gross yesterday (cold), I was getting 1600 fpm. Myself and full fuel in the cold, I've pegged the VSI (>+2000 fpm).
* Range: Slightly over 1000nm with full fuel - You can climb to 10,000 and go for 6 hours at 170 KTAS with an hour reserve.
* Useful Load: 1011 lbs. Good for full fuel and 493 lbs, or enough fuel to climb to 10,000, go 500nm, and carry 703 lbs.
Airframe:
1450 total time since new
N97ST
S/N 29-0101, the 6th 1997 Ovation, came off the line in Dec. 1996 (and is thus registered as 1996)
Latest annual completed July 2013
Latest Pitot/Static ("IFR") and Transponder checks Oct. 2012
Engine:
280hp Continental IO-550-G
1450 TTSN
Compressions 66,68,70,64,68,70
Full Reiff heater system (sump + cylinders)
Insight GEM 602 engine monitor
Shadin Miniflo fuel computer
Prop:
Hartzell 3-blade metal constant-speed prop
De-iced (hot prop)
1450 TTSN
Equipment:
Electric Speed Brakes (Precise Flight, factory-installed by Mooney)
Built-in factory Oxygen system with retrofit upgrade Kevlar tank. Next hydro due in 2016, replacement due in 2026
Wing-mounted fuel gauges for easy partial fueling (yes, there are gauges in the panel for use in flight too!)
Recognition lights, 4x landing/taxi lights (1 replaced w/LED so far)
Dual batteries (switchable on panel)
Electric Trim - both Pitch and Rudder
Pilot & pax reading lights
Baggage compartment light (w/switch in back, works with master off, wonderful when unloading on dark nights!)
100-amp alternator
Standby electric backup vacuum pump
Modifications:
Artex 406MHz ELT
Challenger reusable air filter mod (no AD)
LASAR nose gear mod
Two cigarette lighter-style outlets mounted in baggage compartment "hat rack" and connected to the two batteries to facilitate easy connection of battery minders. (And yes, we'll throw two 24V battery minders in with the plane.)
Avionics:
King KFC150 Autopilot & Flight Director system with vertical speed and altitude preselect, fully coupled with GPS.
King KCS55A HSI
King KLN89B IFR GPS
BFG WX-950 Stormscope
King KX-165 Nav/Com #1
King KX-155 Nav/Com #2
King KMA24 audio panel
DRE Communications Symphony 468 4-place intercom with 2 music input ports (one in panel, one in right rear seat)
Dual Bose panel-powered headsets
Panel-mounted digital clock/timer
Garmin GTX327 transponder with pushbutton entry
Argus 7000/CE color moving map display and electronic RMI tied to Nav1, Nav2, and ADF
King KN64 DME with remote tuning switchable to either Nav1 or Nav2
King KR87 digital ADF
Interior:
Original gray leather in great shape, 9.5/10.
No tears, cracking, or other cosmetic issues on seats, glareshield, panel, carpet, or plastics.
Really nice.
Exterior:
White over tan with maroon stripes, really gleams when it's clean!
8.5/10, one spot each on leading edge of right wing and left h-stab that could use touch-up.
Pictures:
1. Exterior
2. Exterior
3. Interior
4. Full panel (Yeah, there's headsets and stuff in the picture. This plane actually flies. That's a good thing.)
5. Lower left panel. EGT, autopilot VS/altitdue preselect, master switches, Shadin Miniflo fuel computer, switches for remote DME tuning and RMI
6. Lower middle panel. Bottom of 6-pack, Nav2, Stormscope, electrical switches
7. Upper middle panel. Engine gauges, gear controls, Argus moving map/RMI display, trim/flap indicators
8. Main radio stack. From top: Annunciator panel, nav annunciators/switching, HSI controls, KMA24, KLN89B, KX165, KX155, KFC150.
9. Oxygen/reading light panel. On left sidewall just in front of pilot's armrest.
10. Overhead switch panel for all light switches. Landing and Taxi light switches are split to allow individual control. (And overhead switches are cool.)
11. Rear seat armrest/control panel. Headset jacks, music input, light switch.
12. Engine compartment prior to Reiff install.
13. View under the glareshield from when Pitot/Static check was done.
14. Pic of inside of right wing. You're seeing the capstan on the autopilot roll servo.
15. Another pic inside the right wing showing part of the autopilot roll harness.
16. Inside of tail. O2 tank, one of the batteries and the top of the pitch trim servo.
17. Inside the belly - Landing gear linkages.
18. More of the belly innards - Control and gear linkages, gear motor, etc.
19. In flight panel shot - Climbing through 13,200 MSL at 120 KIAS and still getting 650 fpm.
Logbooks: Complete since manufacture, Adlog system, scans available upon request.
Hopefully this gives at least some sense of how nice a plane this is.
Email through this site, or call (414) 305-2447 if you're interested. If you want to partner with me and a couple others, even better!
1997 Mooney Ovation, $159,900/offer or looking for partners in Milwaukee area.
Hangared at KMWC, Milwaukee, WI
Performance:
* I plan on 170 KTAS at 12 gph. It'll do 175 up around 9000 feet. You can make it go 10 knots faster, it'll cost you another 5 gph to do so, so I don't.
* Full gross on a standard day, you'll climb to 10,000 feet in under 10 minutes at a 120 KIAS cruise climb speed. Full gross yesterday (cold), I was getting 1600 fpm. Myself and full fuel in the cold, I've pegged the VSI (>+2000 fpm).
* Range: Slightly over 1000nm with full fuel - You can climb to 10,000 and go for 6 hours at 170 KTAS with an hour reserve.
* Useful Load: 1011 lbs. Good for full fuel and 493 lbs, or enough fuel to climb to 10,000, go 500nm, and carry 703 lbs.
Airframe:
1450 total time since new
N97ST
S/N 29-0101, the 6th 1997 Ovation, came off the line in Dec. 1996 (and is thus registered as 1996)
Latest annual completed July 2013
Latest Pitot/Static ("IFR") and Transponder checks Oct. 2012
Engine:
280hp Continental IO-550-G
1450 TTSN
Compressions 66,68,70,64,68,70
Full Reiff heater system (sump + cylinders)
Insight GEM 602 engine monitor
Shadin Miniflo fuel computer
Prop:
Hartzell 3-blade metal constant-speed prop
De-iced (hot prop)
1450 TTSN
Equipment:
Electric Speed Brakes (Precise Flight, factory-installed by Mooney)
Built-in factory Oxygen system with retrofit upgrade Kevlar tank. Next hydro due in 2016, replacement due in 2026
Wing-mounted fuel gauges for easy partial fueling (yes, there are gauges in the panel for use in flight too!)
Recognition lights, 4x landing/taxi lights (1 replaced w/LED so far)
Dual batteries (switchable on panel)
Electric Trim - both Pitch and Rudder
Pilot & pax reading lights
Baggage compartment light (w/switch in back, works with master off, wonderful when unloading on dark nights!)
100-amp alternator
Standby electric backup vacuum pump
Modifications:
Artex 406MHz ELT
Challenger reusable air filter mod (no AD)
LASAR nose gear mod
Two cigarette lighter-style outlets mounted in baggage compartment "hat rack" and connected to the two batteries to facilitate easy connection of battery minders. (And yes, we'll throw two 24V battery minders in with the plane.)
Avionics:
King KFC150 Autopilot & Flight Director system with vertical speed and altitude preselect, fully coupled with GPS.
King KCS55A HSI
King KLN89B IFR GPS
BFG WX-950 Stormscope
King KX-165 Nav/Com #1
King KX-155 Nav/Com #2
King KMA24 audio panel
DRE Communications Symphony 468 4-place intercom with 2 music input ports (one in panel, one in right rear seat)
Dual Bose panel-powered headsets
Panel-mounted digital clock/timer
Garmin GTX327 transponder with pushbutton entry
Argus 7000/CE color moving map display and electronic RMI tied to Nav1, Nav2, and ADF
King KN64 DME with remote tuning switchable to either Nav1 or Nav2
King KR87 digital ADF
Interior:
Original gray leather in great shape, 9.5/10.
No tears, cracking, or other cosmetic issues on seats, glareshield, panel, carpet, or plastics.
Really nice.
Exterior:
White over tan with maroon stripes, really gleams when it's clean!
8.5/10, one spot each on leading edge of right wing and left h-stab that could use touch-up.
Pictures:
1. Exterior
2. Exterior
3. Interior
4. Full panel (Yeah, there's headsets and stuff in the picture. This plane actually flies. That's a good thing.)
5. Lower left panel. EGT, autopilot VS/altitdue preselect, master switches, Shadin Miniflo fuel computer, switches for remote DME tuning and RMI
6. Lower middle panel. Bottom of 6-pack, Nav2, Stormscope, electrical switches
7. Upper middle panel. Engine gauges, gear controls, Argus moving map/RMI display, trim/flap indicators
8. Main radio stack. From top: Annunciator panel, nav annunciators/switching, HSI controls, KMA24, KLN89B, KX165, KX155, KFC150.
9. Oxygen/reading light panel. On left sidewall just in front of pilot's armrest.
10. Overhead switch panel for all light switches. Landing and Taxi light switches are split to allow individual control. (And overhead switches are cool.)
11. Rear seat armrest/control panel. Headset jacks, music input, light switch.
12. Engine compartment prior to Reiff install.
13. View under the glareshield from when Pitot/Static check was done.
14. Pic of inside of right wing. You're seeing the capstan on the autopilot roll servo.
15. Another pic inside the right wing showing part of the autopilot roll harness.
16. Inside of tail. O2 tank, one of the batteries and the top of the pitch trim servo.
17. Inside the belly - Landing gear linkages.
18. More of the belly innards - Control and gear linkages, gear motor, etc.
19. In flight panel shot - Climbing through 13,200 MSL at 120 KIAS and still getting 650 fpm.
Logbooks: Complete since manufacture, Adlog system, scans available upon request.
Hopefully this gives at least some sense of how nice a plane this is.
Email through this site, or call (414) 305-2447 if you're interested. If you want to partner with me and a couple others, even better!
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