Bob Matlock

Hello Mark. Contact Dave Smith at davesf17@yahoo.com.

Photos of Hugh Mattern’s throttle modification

If you have pics of your new project, sure we’d all love to see them, Dan. Make a new post with them?

Hey John. Emailed you pics of the throttle rigging and the proper safety wiring.

Ashley, shoot those over to me for upload to the site maintenance section. Thanks!

Hello Mark. Just saw your post from TWO YEARS AGO. Sorry. we move slower here in LA than you guys do in CA. Ever figure out what that was? I frequently have to change out my stater (not battery master) solenoid at $100 a pop from Aircraft Spruce. Your theory about it being a capacitor makes sense. Spruce has what looks like a little diode…[Read more]

Hello Thomas. Yes sir, the Kool Scoop fits and works extremely well. Live in Louisiana, so this scoop is a must.

Well Dan, you just cost me a bunch of money. I’d seen your original post back in 2016 and thought to myself that if Cee Bailey ever started production on the windows again that I would jump on them. Mine are in good, but not perfect…[Read more]

With this post I know the proper radio, now I just need to buy the Captain’s OTW for Miss Karen…

Good morning Joe and Thomas. Hugh Mattern was kind enough too pull his 200 into the hangar for the maintenance session at the 2017 fly in. This is always one of the highlights of the fly in. So much to learn from these guys. Some are A&Ps, some have rebuilt numerous planes, some have owned their girls for 30 plus years. None of them are just…[Read more]

Thanks Greg The bonanza bunch sure can get frustrated with the Meyers Im particularly excited about the 550 birds coming up and running hopefully we can see some real 200ktas speeds 230mph for us pre ’66 guys The plane i would be interested is the Mooney Ovations with the Big engines They are probably gonna be the plane to beat Will try to…[Read more]

Hello all! would like to get all these different models of 200s, with different engines and props the 470/520/550 , and meet up to have a race together and really have some fun tweaking these lil ferraris of the sky. Check out the sport air racing league and sign up, John and I have had a few runs, at race settings 259M will turn 2750rpm at…[Read more]

My 200C which I also race has the IO-520A with Gami’s and setup to cruise at 2350 RPM and what ever MP I can get which is obviously dependent on Altitude and other. Also run ROP. On average though, I cruise at 9 – 10,000 ft and avg. 21″MP @ 2350 @ 14 GPH which typically gives me around 186KTS True Airspeed. CHT’s are generally around 350 and EGT…[Read more]