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My IfD540, 2G5’s and GFC500 work excellent together.

Nice video, I really like your new Mooney.

A vibrating saw works really good too, pretty fool proof and if you ever have to cut / trim I highly recommend that one does NOT cut / trim in a cold environment. I heated my shop up to 72 for good part of the day. The picture below is after I cut (using a vibrating tool) the bubble for my RV separating the sliding canopy and windscreen portion, after trimming I highly recommend sanding and polishing edge's.

I used MEK and scrapers, worked the best for me.

Side windows are not difficult to replace. Remove screws, mark / number retaining clips if you have them, break old sealant and remove windows. Clean up old sealant, pre fit new windows, match drill holes with a high quality drill bit for plastics / acrylic's, cleco in place after each holes is match drilled, mask off exterior very close to window skin edge, apply sealant ( I used fuel tank sealant ) to surrounding interior frame, set windows in place, install clips if you have them and screws. lightly snug screws then final torque. Labor times will vary depending on skill level, my side windows took about 20 hours with clean up. I would buy the best bits since there are many holes to match drill, don’t want to crack one.

Another option that works really good. Schauer JAC25

Looks awesome!

Very nice!!!

Thanks, I still feel like a kid at Christmas time.

Great! Looking forward to it.

Thanks!

Thank you! Over the years my wife and I have really enjoyed watching your amazing videos too.

It’s nice watching your Mooney transformation. Wishing you and your wife the best with many more great years to come, modern medicine is a miraculous thing…….

A long long time ago i got my pilot cert and I said some day I’ll get a hanger home, well it took over 30 years but better late than never. I’m posting this to anyone who has the dream of living with their plane.

I added my Hartzell 3 blade a while back during overhaul and also added the flap gap seals. I like you wanted better takeoff / climb performance. For me it was worth it performance wise. It did make me me a bit nose heavy but I installed a light weight starter to off set.