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I believe there is a movable (vertically) weight rigged to a bellows of sorts. When you climb or descend the force of vertical acceleration compresses or expands the bellows and provides an instantaneous increase/decrease of pressure vs. the delay caused by the calibrated leak in the case.

27-0183? Are you kidding? That's my plane. I always knew I just barely missed the crossover to the newer interior, but (#@*#@. https://www.flightaware.com/resources/registration/N222HM

Perone’s disease? (Sorry, Rich, but I couldn’t help myself.)

Welcome, bradcarr. Sorry you’re having these issues, but the longer you own your plane, the newer it will be… someone here (I think) says that. The gouges on the aileron rod look pretty fresh. If the wing-to-body fairing were removed during the annual inspection (or prebuy), and then reinstalled with the screw that’s too long, that would be an explanation. The drag on movement might be negligible and not heard in a noisy environment. It’s still not right by any means, but putting panels on might be the job of the less experienced mechanic’s helper. The damage should be checked for depth within tolerance, any burrs removed, and some primer applied. and the correct length screws installed. The fuel leaks on top of the wing should be (should have been) investigated. It doesn’t look like ‘normal’ fuel stains to me anyway. Generally they are either blue streaking/stains or if very, very slight seepage, brown stains. It almost looks like someone rubbed some type of oyltite product on the surface as a (temporary) repair. The ELT antenna broken… very unfortunate. I’m no expert in avionics, but I don’t know if I’ve seen an ELT antenna mounted on the top of the fuselage. And the skin in the area has been touched up, poorly by appearances as it’s now peeling paint. It looks like there’s a blade antenna in the ELT/DME frequency installed behind the exhaust, on the bottom of the fuselage (blurry in the picture of the wing-to-body fairing) in the more traditional ELT antenna location… I’d investigate what the broken antenna is hooked up to. As far as the throttle/prop cables… I’d recommend replacement. It would have been nice if the prebuy and annual would have made a note, but I think it’s time. McFarlane is the place I’d go for cables. The oil cooler hose on the firewall behind the prop cables support looks suspect, too. Check the logs for install dates on all the hoses. Where are you based? Post some pics of your new to you bird. You’re asking the right questions and that gains you the knowledge to be an experienced owner. Stay involved with your airplane and you’ll be fine… keep us updated on your progress. There’s a lot of really smart people here so don’t be afraid to ask the questions. Wishing you good luck in with future ownership challenges.

These things all look pretty obvious to me, and I would expect a competent shop to have noted them on the annual.

My often repeated trick was unbuckling my belt when I lowered gear. My wife got good at rebuckling me while I flew the plane.

Ok I am going to do my best not to call anyone out here, point fingers or anything. I am very new to plane ownership. I'm going to post what has happened and then ask for advice for my future Annual/repairs etc. An annual was done as part of the prebuy for my plane. Things were found that were not airworthy issues and everything found weas repaired based on what was listed. Obviously I couldn't tell you anything as I'm just now learning about my plane, its parts etc. Had the guy told me my flux capacitor needed replacing I'd have probably written a check. No doubt I want this to change and it has already just in the last 2 weeks. Now to my main question/issue. The plane was bought and immediately taken to another shop for avionics upgrades. I don't know this shop from adam either, but I will say the owner has been nothing but communicative and helpful with any question i have had about anything. So my question is was my plane just "glossed over" at the annual or is this normal. Avionics shops first message was "were you having trouble with the aileron being tough to turn? I had no clue as my CFI had to fly it. Pics he sent had a sheet metal screw dragging against the push pull rod on the left side. Next was, "did they say anything about the left wing leaking? Sent the pic of the top of the wing, said it isn't dripping on ground but wanted me to know Next was the pic of the uncovered throttle cable, said it suppose to be inside that rod but isn't Then came the "you need an ELT antenna its broke off" Lastly was the prop governor cable with much the same issue. He said "someone used safety wire to hold the sleeve up in the past" I'm asking because none of these things were mentioned on the annual. My question is 2 fold. Should they have been? if they shouldn't have been then how on earth do I ever find these types of things I'd prefer not to have on my plane. If they should have been then my 2nd part of this question is how on earth do I go about finding a shop for an annual where this wouldn't happen? I mean i'm not gonna know unless i go to taking a plane apart (which I can't do nor should do) and finding these types of things (which i wont do as I don't have a clue yet what is right or wrong" sorry for this long post I've got a year to learn more and get it to the right place. Just looking for guidance from all you pros here. Thank you for everything.

It works very well, thank you. It was in the Mooney when I bought it.

They generally lag 6-7 seconds. I've had my Mooney with IVSI since 2007, I cannot go back!!

I have worked 4 accident in 2 months on this one little section of a FM road. My faith in drivers continues to erode. This one is the easiest sections of straight Farm to Market road. rise up a hill big fields on either side. So some people should not drive and some people should not fly airplanes. Like Mike Rowe says If you want to see why following your passion is bad advice just watch some of the Want to be a Star shows. Just because it is your passion, does not mean you have the talent. Bonus round. Not the drivers fault. Truck got hit by lightening. shorted out some of the computers. guess F150s are not hardened.

I put an item on my before takeoff checklist for this: floor..... clear. I put it there after a similar moment!

The passenger seatbelt is a regular as well…

Impressed I have never seen one on a non transport cat aircraft first plane I flew with one was a 747-400 how does that work without inertial nav?

He did. Mine has not been as dramatic as Patrick’s, but Brian has been getting me dialed in as well. Especially if you have a Bravo, I would highly recommend Brian.

I’m in the middle of Brian Kendrick tweaking all the little things that everybody else seems to miss. I’ll get something up eventually.

Sectional chart got me in the C.

Had mine covered in leather. Turned out great!

That looks great! This was the Great Southern Haze Layer last weekend, coming from NC back to Sweet Home

Yep, bent it into a bit of a U.

Thanks for that. I was just about to say that my VSI lags a bit.

Did the Johnson bar nut-cracker it?

Flew to our place in CO for Labor Day weekend. Mt Humphrey's by Flagstaff High Desert Ship Rock KPSO landing in light rain

When I had my M20F, I had one of those Sportys E6B electronic calculators. I kind of missed that thing.

Had one of those moments only a Johnson bar owner can appreciate….ALWAYS check the floor before raising the gear! I relearn this about once a year. Today could have been ugly, gear wouldn’t go up…..WTF?? Look down and realized I had smashed an errant port-a-john. LUCKILY it was empty!!!! Quick gear cycle verified bar was fine and time for a new urinal. Johnson Bars and Port-a-John’s are not compatible, despite their names.

Affirmative. Negative. Have WAAS GPS.