TTaylor

Second generation, what is currently available.

Mountain High Pulse-Demand is the only system worth looking at. The other systems cost less money up front and then you spend more money and time in the long run.

I use a SPOT Gen 3 and you can register it with Flight Service. Mine runs in tracking mode so it sends out a location every 5 minutes. I place it on the glare shield during flights and it almost never misses a point (maybe 1 in 200), so very reliable. The nice thing is that if you crash and are incapacitated there is a bread crumb trail of where you have been. You can manually also hit the emergency button as well as just send updates to friends or family. If you register your spot with Flight Service they can check your trace if you are overdue.

After consulting with my mechanic we decided to go with a more modern sealant. We used Dow Corning 795 that others have used on MooneySpace. That was about seven years ago and has been good so far. This is not officially called out in the repair manuals, so work with your mechanic. The 795 comes in different colors so you can match it to your paint or window tint. It is single stage, so much easier to use.

Some critical questions include where is it located and how was stored? Southeast is high humidity and engine corrosion. Near an ocean can add air-frame corrosion. Why did it never come out of annual? Usually they are just left and go out of annual, not start one and never finish. That is a red flag in itself. Good points have already been made. Do you have the funds available to fix issues (easy 15 to 20 AMU) and rebuild an engine? Then add at least basic ADS-B out? Now you likely still have a panel from the 80's to upgrade. Does the price reflect this? Paying for a already flying airplane starts to look more reasonable.

LASAR, WagAero, Loree Air, Aerospace Welding Minneapolis, (AWI) are a few.

There is an optimum point, not just farther back is better. Too far forward CG and you are pushing the tail down, too far back and you are pushing the tail up, ideal is where the elevator does not have to do work. I was racing gliders this summer in France. One of the teams had a sensor on their elevators to detect where neutral was on the elevator position. They would use this to adjust the GC for optimum flight. Gliders have water ballast in the wings and tail. They would start out near aft CG and dump tail ballast until they got to optimum. Might be an opportunity to add a sensor to our planes.

I haven't had it in the Mooney, but have had the controls on my glider get sticky in conditions above the freezing point. Similar to what you experienced, if they have not been moved for a few minutes it can take force to break it free.

Does it have shoulder harnesses? If not, that would be my first upgrade.

Actually it was factory, but it did not match the bulb type called out in the parts list.

My 75 F had an odd base that was not standard. I could not find a matching bulb so the elves had to get involved.

Hangar elves have been known to replace the bulb with a high brightness LED and correct resistor for the voltage, soldered and glued into the original base. This Elf Incorporated upgrade is visible day and night.

I have images in my Photo Album from back in 2013 for the same subject. Quart Slider Zip-Lock bags with a Depends maximum pads. The pads absorb the liquid and make it solid so it does not spill. I use them in my glider, but carry a few in my flight bag as well.

It is between the Salt River Range and the Wyoming Range, 20 miles NE of Afton. It is about 4 years old and not on the sectionals. Definitely out of my price range. https://www.renegadewyoming.com/

Now you just need to get enough funds to buy over the mountain at Renegade Wyoming . A little out of my price range.