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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.

Short for variometer another name for VSI, but the type used in gliders is more sensitive. An IVSI is a VSI aided by a mechanical accelerometer to reduce instrument lag.

You have a IVS?! Do you have a INS?

I thought you said large aircraft

antenna length = wavelength = speed of light / frequency. So a UAT antenna: 299792000 / 978000000 = .3065 meters or 306.5 mm or 12.068 inches. quarter wave is then 3.017 inches. That's why those transponder antennas are so short. Apparently quarter wave antennas perform well omnidirectionally and are easy to make.

Before you start tearing into things, try getting a large Gats jar and push up all the way to fully open the valve and get lots of fuel out. Do it several times. There may be some gunk under the seal which will clear out with a substantial draw. I've found most people don't pull enough fuel out to fully flush the valve on a regular basis. Do it several times to see if you can clear any gunk under the valve seat.