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I could see if it was bud light…..

We are not but he was la gang member... Also this is the plane that you helped me identify

https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2025/september/04/swift-earns-astm-approval-of-100-octane-unleaded

I've never seen something impounded over a misdemeanor. Most forfeitures I've seen in Florida have been for drug trafficking or RICO.

This is *very* confusing, why Vne would be given in TAS. Perhaps someone with serious aeronautical knowledge can explain? I thought the amount of lift (for example) on the wings would be the same at the same IAS, not same TAS. Wouldn’t then stress on the airframe also be a function of IAS?

It’s like getting a parking ticket, and they confiscate your car because you used it to commit the crime.

I would buy a used electrical component only as a last resort - who knows how much life is left in it? The Safran catalog still lists the 6041H53 (p 26). I might contact them. I replaced my 28v 6041H220 relays with Safran parts. SE&P_Relay_Catalog.pdf

at some point just destroy the removable panel for access and replace with a new one?

+1 for Peerco 321. It was a little slow acting but did not eat or damage any paint and mostly smelled like oranges and I felt no need for a respirator or filtering mask.

lol I don’t think he’s listening. Maybe if you say it a third time.

The hardware is the same in both wings, top and bottom. The last tank re-seal in the logbook was the left wing in 1989. Nothing noted for the right tank. The biggest problem we're having is just getting access. You can't pull the panel if the hardware just spins. That's our main issue. Other than that, I agree with your assessment.

Food for thought, I had an intermittent issue with gear going UP. I tapped on the contactors and voila! It went up! I replaced both for good measure. And then, it still didn’t work right. Long story short, the light tap of a hammer in the general area created enough vibration to break loose the real problem, that turned out to be a limit switch actuator. YRMV.

But a $95,000 forfeiture on a $6 purchase??? Seems a little whacked to me.

My TAS is usually in the mid-140s, and I plan my descent at 500 fpm; coming down from 9000 msl to pattern at 1200, I may start down ~50 nm out, depending on my groundspeed. So 7800' would be 15 minutes, plus 2-3 minutes to level off and slow down; at 145 knots, 18 minutes is 43.5 nm, so winds aloft will make a difference.

Seems consistent with typical civil forfeiture over the last forty years or so. i.e., bad.

Also look for crosses to other part numbers, or a MS number or such that might expand the part search. Also, if you can find a manufacturer name and PN on it, sometimes that can help.

If the old one was fun to fly the new one is more funner. dialed back I was doing 165knots. still makes me nervous getting her slowed down coming in. Some where between 20 miles out and 15 miles out is when you want to start down. Texas was hot today bumpy at 5500

I'm still used to you posting about your F, not a shiny "new" S . . . .

I had one go bad. Found a new old stock of the OEM part number. There are plenty of Chinese knock offs.

I am still not exactly sure where that fuel leak is. If it near the empanage wing root, it may just be a) the rubber fuel hose that connects the tank to the hard line. b) a leaking fuel sender. Remove the side panel and have a look. These guys have the fuel sender gaskets order 4, just call them the Mooney ones are a bit thicker. https://www.brownaircraft.com/aviation-seals-s/22.htm You can get by for a little while just by tightening the screws on the sender and maybe the clamps on the fuel line. Fuel line can be from the Auto Parts store, I don't think there is a special Aviation fuel line. NAPA will probably have Gates Brand. Make sure it is fuel line. And you don't need high pressures stuff.

It's a little crazy. I like to say "25 years newer than the old one, but still 25 years old"

I’ve been to Singapore twice for a total of 3 weeks. You can get anything you want in the alleys of Geylang.

I think that my Mooney ages like Tom Cruise! Although I think his surgery budget far surpasses the Mooney’s.

I would think it got that way by cranking the crank further than it was meant to go. As in demand as those seats are, finding used parts is not likely. I would find a good TIG welder and have it repaired. My step dad (rip) could straighten that out like it had never been bent. I probably could too. He taught me most of his secrets.

That’s why WVI is a better data point.