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I agree completely. Would also need a good drill press and skills to center the hole. You laugh, but those “simple” machine skills are above a lot of us! I checked with a machine shop last time and they wanted something like $400 to do a 1’ section of delrin.

Shop at a my field is installing one in a F. The shop contacts the company and they issue a Letter of Authorization to install in THAT aircraft. Later, it would be covered by the updated AML for the STC.

Hopefully a small antenna that can be mounted outside.

Especially in the bar.

For a Mooney, I would seriously consider a turn table setup. Where the tow device lifts the nose wheel off the ground onto a turntable so that nose gear stays straight.

No, but not all of us have a lathe. And hard to justify buying one for a set of 8 rollers.

Earlier this year, I replaced the main gear tires with Goodyear Flight Custom III. This tire provided 10 years and 100's of hours of worry-free service. The inner tubes were from a vendor I couldn't find anymore, so I purchased Aero Classics Butyl Leakguard tubes because they were the only inner tubes with a 70 degree bent stem. The valve stem doesn't touch anything, including the dust cover. And yes, I cried when I wrote the check.

Thanks for posting the Type Certificate excerpt. A caution to the early short-body owners, your IPC may show a 4-ply tire on the nose. When the F/G models came out in ‘68, the IPC showed a 6-ply tire on the nose and a 4-ply tire on the C/D/E. The 6-ply tire is listed in the last version of the vintage models IPC, Manual 205. The 4-ply tire was removed altogether.

More thread drift alert My engine rebuilder told me that it's worth the hassle of retorquing the through bolts and then everything else linking the case halves about 1000hrs into the life of the engine since the bolts do stretch a bit over time . Supposedly it reduces risk of events like this in addition to a preventing oil leaks and case fretting? Any insights on best practice on this?

Was Delrin the material used by Mooney? It appears it is readily available and not too terribly expensive. It looks like anyone with a lathe and halfway reasonable skills should be able to make them. Am I missing something?

$1800

How much?

Correct, it can be used with their autopilot, but it isn't "only" for the autopilot.

With my limited Dynon experience, that panel isn’t for the autopilot.

How did you get a Dynon Autopilot installed in a C model? I thought they were approved for just for J & K.

I can't keep up. First, there was no restriction, then there was a speed restriction requiring a much higher-priced plan, now there is no meaningful restriction (again). What's next?

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J models don't usually exceed 450 knots . . lol Edit: I was beat by a few seconds by @mhrivnak

See my post above. It's been gone since some time in July.

What about the speed restriction?

Hey all, recently redid my panel. I replaced this switch panel with the vertical one. Let me know if interested!

Just redid my panel and have some things becoming available. First up, the iCom IC-A220T (TSO). I replaced this radio with the Dynon SV-COM. It worked great for me, never any issues. For reference, Spruce sells it new for $2150: https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/avpages/icom11-14551.php

I bought some from @Yetti a few years back for a previous Mooney.

Replacing the rollers when they were 35 years old was one of the easiest and best things I ever did. That was several years ago and I did get them from LASAR. While you are at it, consider swapping the pilot and passenger seat locations to even the wear on the frames. While you are at it, clean out the holes in the rails with a hand held drill bit. Good for another 35 years.

BOLO. I’ve always wanted to find an “I’ve Got PC” button which we had when PC came out in 1965. It was red, about 21/2” and I wore one like the dork nerd I was while in college.