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My A&P would like to replace the microswitch does anyone have a part #?

Well 'um- do I dare say- don't use Siri? (She's a Trollope anyway :-)

BAS Parts has got an M20M in for disassembly. This would be a good source of encore parts. But get the drawings out and make sure everything matches. The only parts I had to get from the factory were the gear doors. That might be a showstopper nowadays. Aerodon

@N201MKTurbo https://www.starlink.com/na/support/article/07621adc-9a6f-8f94-6f27-361a78cce37d says "Both Starlinks are electronic phased array antennas, meaning they can track the signal from satellites overhead without the need to physically move." https://portal.powertec.com.au/equipment/it-networking/network-devices/starlink-mini-dish-rev1#:~:text=Like its predecessors%2C Starlink Mini,ethernet reduces the weather rating). says "Starlink Mini is a satellite transceiver which uses digital beamformers and an Electronic Steerable Antenna to track and maintain connectivity with LEO satellites" I don't know if there is a difference between 'electronic phased array antenna' and 'electronically-steered beam' or 'steerable antenna' but in my mind these are all basically the same thing.

Never owned an MG for that very reason!!!!

I would like to look into how the manufacturer sells the part and the middleman markup BUT I presume the manufacturer sets a high price because - He has to trace the part from the metal composition in the sheets he punches the bands from all the way to final inspection and be able to go back and trace any issues that come up. Traceability and inspection along with record keeping are what separate aviation parts from commercial ones. We can also blame the airplane manufacturer for specifying that ONE part with no alternatives. @MikeOH My point being that its a closed box that we are locked into with no way out but what we see. Small market locked into declining suppliers on legally binding rules. Its easy to see $$$$$$ in that environment. There is no alternative- pay to play Unfortunately this is why our segment of aviation (mid 60s to 80s) is going away. What will happen in 25 years when we have a few thousand LESS Mooneys in the field due to attrition? What will the supplier market look like then? As I've said before- "We wreck'm faster than we build them (cause we ain't building any more). The market will only get worse as time goes on and we try to keep antiques flying. Just a point of reference- there are auto shops charging $250/hr to work on 60s to 80s cars just because of the parts supply issues. I also know of one very well known aircraft shop that raises their rates high enough just to lower their exposure to "complainers"- read that "cheap bastards". Its just the way our world is. I know of good honest shops at a fair price but even they don't control the parts pricing. Unfortunately we are stuck with what we have. Complain all we want but it won't change the dynamics at all.

I'm agreeing with you here, but adding more emphasis. It's not just 'suspicious', it's an outright falsehood. You can't 'generate' or 'create' cold using energy the way you can make heat. All you can do is concentrate heat somewhere else. There is no way to provide power to something in an enclosed environment and have it cool the whole environment. You either move heat to somewhere else, or you generate heat.

could I get one too?

The problem is that there were so many spam posts it made it annoying to find the real posts. There isn't anything in the spam posts for us to click on, they are not trying to scam us. They are trying to scam the AI, so when you ask Siri to call Ethiad Airlines to change your seat, it calls their scam number and not the real one.

As was said in the movie "My Cousin Vinny" - "so what's the problem?" You want free-you watch ads (some of them bad) You don't want ads (and want to support a good website) you pay the freight. So - what's the problem! :-) :-) Likewise, spam ads are really not too difficult to see. I'm careful what I open and I haven't been hit by mass spammers in a long while. Could happen sure but again I don't open things I don't recognize. Don't respond and give them a live email to sell. Got an email from a broker in a city I have never done business in just this week wanting to go over accounts. You think I called him on the number he emailed - hell no. I called the main office in another state to verify who he was even though he used all the right brokerage names in the email. Turns out he was working for the correct brokerage and was assigned to do the call but I verify everything on stuff like that.

The 12V receptacle in my plane is placarded 5A max and gets uncomfortably warm at that load. The battery pack removes the issue and makes one less cord slung through the cabin. It also charges phones and ipads in the back seat and was less than $100.

It’s certainly easy to open the connector and look at it. However, the CPC connectors are high quality and Mooney uses the solid machined 4-way crimp pins. I had the Kulite fuel pressure transducer fail (read zero) and verified it with resistance measurements. The EDM uses a different transducer.

That make sense. I always had a great experience with Mike as well as his team at Savvy. But it was kind of puzzling to me why he (or Savvy) had said anything. We know GAMI does not allow anyone involved in the process to disclose any information publicly.

I spoke to Mike a while ago when we ran my engine through his software while I was using G100UL. He helped GAMI test the fuel so he needs to be careful on what he discloses....his words. I personally don't have a problem with Mike he has provided great service to me sometimes for free.

Why is that plug wet?

What exactly are your damages?

A little teaser on what to expect at Mooney Summit X - Listen to Summit Keynote Speaker Mike Ginter, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Liam Hawkins, The Mooney Anomaly and Alex Gertsen on the August 23, 2025 episode of Just Plane Radio.

A little teaser on what to expect at Mooney Summit X - Listen to Summit Keynote Speaker, Mike Ginter, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Liam Hawkins, The Mooney Anomaly and Alex Gertsen on the August 23, 2025 episode of Just Plane Radio.

The blades should be against the fine pitch stop (inside the hub) unless the governor sends pressure to the hub to increase pitch.

17gph is lean for full power and full rich..

Hey all, thanks for the replies. I looked at the ignition and power theories after the suggestions here. I realized I could download the engine data and that helped out a bit. #2 cylinder is definitely off... I can't tell if it's just the "weakest" cylinder and loses power due to getting bogged down by a higher pitch RPM or if the cylinder is lagging at higher power settings and that's preventing full power. Previous flight had much closer EGT and CHT spreads, this attempted flight had #2 about 25 degrees cooler and CHT about 50 degrees higher than other cylinders. Before pulling the prop, I pulled #2 plugs and the bottom one was a little dirty and had a close gap. We re-gapped and tested, good spark all around. I'll try running it before I pull anything else. Guess I shouldn't have been quick to assume it was the governor again after all the problems it gave us... Thanks again and I'll post back with results... 21 Aug.pdf

I am interested in buying a control yoke from an E if anyone does the upgrade, I like the vintage look, and would like a spare. I just need the control, no pc valve or clock. My pc valve is long gone, and clock still works. No cracks please.

When I was looking into this, there was no real way for the propellor blade angle to "get out of whack". It's all bolted together. If your engine just didn't sound good, but you didn't push it to full power, you might want to just do some more testing on the ground. Run it up to full power. Report back on maximum MP, RPM, and fuel flow while at full throttle. Do some high speed taxis down the runway, pulling power before rotation speed, and let us know what it's doing. Bonus if you can download the data from an engine monitor and post it here. You have a fuel flow instrument in the panel. Let us know what it says during full power run up and high speed taxi down the runway. We'll be able to check it against your factory service manual for your engine and let you know if it's correct. At 1200' density altitude you should be making full power, no question. Make sure you sump your tanks well so you can rule out something like water in the fuel, which can cause stumbling and momentary loss of power on the takeoff roll.

The antenna uses an electronically-steered beam, which has to be tightly integrated with the modulator/transmitter, and the receiver/demod. There's not much else there other than the network interface and power supply, so there's not much that can be separated out from the antenna. The entire thing might get smaller, or at least thinner, but it probably doesn't make sense to separate the electronics from the antenna.

This is the correct answer for these V-band clamps!