She was well aware of the low manifold pressure when she was taking off at Reno Stead airport, field elevation 5,000 feet. My wife asked what a turbo-normalized engine was and would it solve our mountain flying turbulence problems.
I had always loved the look of a Cardinal, so sleek and low to the Then we came across 48H, a turbo-normalized RG Cardinal. I shuddered at the added costs involved, maintenance and fuel burn for just two of them. It seemed that a Turbo C-210 would fit the bill. We never had any close calls with mountain tops, just uncomfortable rides. It was all too easy to lose 500 to a thousand feet and it took a long time to get it back the engine just did not have the performance at those altitudes. But 13,000 feet on a summer day and typical turbulence would cause us much grief. The only problem we had was in the mountain crossings which demanded higher altitudes of up to 13,000 feet. We had owned a fixed gear, normally aspirated C-182.
This entails lots of mountain flying since we must cross the Sierra Nevada mountains both ways - such a beautiful sight. My wife and I do a lot of flying between our avocado/tangerine ranch in Southern California and our retirement home in Reno, Nevada. Replaced all main & nose gear hydraulic lines with long life Teflon hoses. Overhauled the main gear retraction and extension cylinder. Recent maintenance: Replaced swivel brake line fittings inside both main gear struts.ELT has "Activate" button on instrument panel.Plug-in for hand-held radio to use outside #2 radio antenna for greater range.Stereo Music Mixer with volume drop if ATC transmits.ADI with near instant "OFF" flag for loss of vacuum.BAS Shoulder harness, front seats, with self locking inertial reel.Garmin MX 20 Multi Function Display with terrain data base.Apollo SL 15M 4 place intercom, Marker Beacons, Radio/Nav selector.Apollo SL 70 Digital Transponder with Altitude Hold.Apollo GX60 IFR GPS/COMM (Instrument Approach Certified).checks and early warning of impending magneto problems. EI's Digital Tachometer for precise mag.A red flashing light comes on if a parameter is exceeded, either too high, or too low. Has user warning parameters that can be set for high and low limits. Cylinder heads, EGT, oil pressure, oil temperature, voltage, amp load, TIT. All new ignition harness and new fine wire spark plugs all cylinders.Interior done in leather 15 years ago.Not much for the amount of travel she has had. There are a couple of chips here and there. Airframe hours 5,150 - always hangared.
Replaced all exterior oil lines with Teflon long life oil lines and fire sleeved.
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