Andy95W

There's more than one way to skin a cat. The right way is any way that it doesn't interfere with anything else under and behind the panel, particularly the flight controls through their entire range of motion. This issue definitely needs to go back to the installer because it isn't correct and they will know it. They probably won't want to make it right, but they should. I'm sorry this doesn't answer your specific question, but routing cables/lines/wire bundles is a bit of an art form. They don't have to be the same to be acceptable.

At least that was a four seater!

6-32 screws and rivnuts.

That's a great point about the iPad and finding VFR weather using ADS-B. I'd forgotten about that. I'd still rather have the second Com radio. If nothing else, I can still file and fly IFR with only a single Com radio.

Of course not. But with a second Com radio I can get radar vectors to VFR conditions, or at the least to 1000' ceilings where I can use my portable Garmin to shoot an approach. But if you only have a single Com and your antenna starts to break down, you're just screwed.

Totally meant it tongue in cheek- wouldn't trade mine for one of those 21 year olds either. But I also wouldn't take my 54 year old M20C to a Gulfstream fly-in.

Taking your Tiger to a Mooney fly-in is like taking your middle-aged wife to a college bar that has 21 year old coeds. You should know you're probably going to leave disappointed to at least some degree.

Yeah. From everybody who thinks, "I read it on the internet, it must be true!" When did we become so gullible?

Sorry, Alan. Mooney did make at least one aerobatic airplane: (But you're right, it wasn't a production model, and I get your point. I personally trust the Bonanza wing and attachment bolts.) The M20T Predator, a canopy-equipped version of the basic M20 design powered by a Lycoming AEIO-540 engine, was Mooney's entrant in the USAF Enhanced Flight Screener competition. The prototype, built in 1991, displayed in a tiger-stripe paint scheme. The sole prototype, registered N20XT, was flown in the Experimental – Market Survey category and was still owned by Mooney Aircraft in 2013, although its registration had expired November 30, 2013.[36][37][38] The competition for the Enhanced Flight Screener program was finally held in 1992, and the Slingsby T67 Firefly was chosen instead of the Mooney EFS.

Yeah, it's my 3rd airplane and I've been feeding that same insanity for each one. As you know, it always starts with, "I really ought to..." and then turns into, "well, while I'm back here..."!

Same here. Before and after:

How about a lever that comes down from above to give a bit more leverage on the button, and a bit more length as well to actuate it?

It seems to be a problem when we try to digitally monitor systems that were meant to be analog- and designed 60 years ago, at that.

With the ziplock bag and Snapple bottle, you're doing one better than José's pee tube.

Thanks for posting, Bob. I'll definitely give FltPlan.com a try since I already use the FltPlanGo App.

I'm with John and Dan. Granted, I've been using DUATS since about 1992, I will say the thing I like(d) most about it was the flight planning portion. Fast, effective, and useful. Plus I could print it off in a format that I like(d) and was comfortable with. (I get ForeFlight for free from work and still preferred DUATS. I wouldn't pay money for it.)

This doesn't really surprise me, actually. The reason that air flows through the cylinder fins is actually the pressure differential between the top of the cylinders with air pressure coming in the front vs. the low pressure area underneath the cylinders caused by air being pulled out the cowl flaps. Your leaking boot put high pressure air below the cylinders, which lowered the pressure differential.

To paraphrase something a bit more biblical, "MooneySpace helps those who help themselves." Edit- And I'll add: "I'm washing my hands of this topic."

How can you not be sure whether or not the vacuum pump needs replacing? It's a pretty obvious failure mode with multiple indications. If you're not interested enough in your airplane to do even a basic amount of legwork yourself, you should expect to pay top dollar to a good shop. Or you should be asking your friends around your airport that also own airplanes what they would do. If you haven't been interested in making friends at your local airport, you should expect to pay top dollar to a shop. Instead you're giving Anthony a hard time even though he's trying to help you from New Jersey. You should be looking for help locally. Joe was a lot nicer than me when he described your attitude as "haughty".

I put one on my first M20C. It was better than the SoS. For a fuel injected airplane that was having start issues and the SoS box was starting to die, I would definitely get the Slick Start. For my current M20C, I'll buy the $25 worth of parts and repair the SoS box.

Didn't you get your tires for free, Alex? Of course your price per landing went down!

Why not just contact Jimmy Garrison at All American Aircraft? He's located in Spring Branch, TX and often deals in higher end Mooneys. In fact, they as a rule try to only deal in Mooneys.

Oh crap. Here we go again.

You should definitely let the shop know. Not in order to get someone in trouble or fired, but so a more experienced mechanic can pass along the knowledge to the more junior one. If nothing else, the shop will be glad to know. They're missing out on a fairly lucrative profit stream with their mechanic not knowing to check the air intake rubber boot.