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OK hear me out. $10K for a desktop water jet machine..... could probably cut the smaller belly panels along with the wheel covers. https://wazer.com/

Holy crap I have a bag of those I cut from some Derlin rod. I am sitting on a gold mine.

Had 2 friends that had a stumble. Oil control ring went away. Had to use blasting media to clean up the cylinder and get the coking off.

See if you can contact @Cody Stallings He is the mooney Prop guy

See my note about providing annuals along with upgrades. I think the factory just offered annuals. Cirrus has an upgrade path on their panels. There needs to be a cash cow before airplanes are built. The Factory added capability of carbon fiber in building the last versions of the M20. That would go a long way in the Air Taxi builds.

OH and Factory training program. When I flew over a couple of weeks ago there were 3-4 trainers in the pattern at Kerrville. While your bird is getting an annual, how about getting some brush up on the your Mooney skills. Or maybe run through the Mooney Safety program. Also Transition training(I would have paid for this since my two Mooney guys were busy when I needed them). It's all about developing an eco system for the Mooney Vroom.

Other than the TX-1 platform to drones, I don't think building airplanes should be the focus. I would take the existing fleet and make it better in quick turn items. Clearly we know that shops can make money on Annuals. I would have the Annual Plus program. Spec out your fabrics before you come for your annual and get an annual and a new interior in a couple of weeks. OR annual and overhauled brake system. Or annual and overhauled trim system. or annual and new panel. Or annual and new engine or annual and replacement Moritz gauges. This would fund the parts inventory process, because you would be selling parts with the annual. The factory has the patterns and capabilities to swap out seats by just building a few more. Most seat frames need some sort of repair anyways. New tail jack screws could just be swapped in and the others sent to rebuild. Other than color of fabric everything needs to be standardized and comoditized. Yes you can have a new panel but it is going to be a Garmin Txi and Auto pilot. No you cannot suggest how it is going to be laid out. Since the software configuration is standard it would save lots of programming hours. Just load it and test. If you look at Cirrus they have a upgrade panel program. Kerrville is a pretty good vacation spot. So set up some package deals with local vendors. Where people could stay the week then fly their annual and upgraded Mooney home. Then as cash is coming in, the standardized items panels, interiors, and such could be pushed out through the MSC network for local install. This is a proven approach that has served me many time in the IT world. If your IT world is struggling, it is because it is not standardized. I would reach out to JOBY and Archer aviation and see if they want to rent factory space to build their air taxis

The right size Adel clamp should fix you up.

Pretend we are buying assets out of bankruptcy. Clean slate.

Ya but I am only a 45 minute Mooney Flight away from the Factory so I can pop over there and be THAT shareholder. Remember several rounds ago when the new buyers bought it and then started asking what to do. https://generalaviationnews.com/2015/10/13/mooney-launches-certified-pre-owned-program/ The G1000 Factory Refresh program would be some pretty good income along with selling the drones to Ukraine since they are just going to blow them up and need more.

A factory installed autopilot would also be a hot ticket item

Yep I saw that and that would be discussion with the appraisal board. I would suggest they zero out the improvements for some period of years because if they don't the City/County/School District is going to have a bunch of empty buildings that are just sitting there with no chance for tax revenue forever.

I think it could be done if some cores were bought and supplied to the Lycoming and Continental people and we signed up as a volume dealer. the point being that people want this as a service. There are a whole bunch of Ovations that are original engines. Doing as a assembly line vs. one off brings economy of scale and would put you first in line with the Engine Manufacture. I would have too guess Textron and Cirrus don't have airframes sitting around waiting on engines.

Oh the contract would be written such that we are just a warehouse for the engines and they get paid when we hang it. O360 IO360 IO550 Would have to think about inhousing of the Rocket Manufacturing support.

I would also take the Mooney TX-1 design turn it into a crop spraying drone. Also put some hard points on it then sell a bunch of copies of to Ukraine. Then use the proceeds to bring to market as a trainer. Training schools are paying $150K-$250K for a clapped out C172

Well since I am the Majority Owner right now. First thing would be go to Kerr County and ask for Tax Abatement. 1. create a supply/upgrade of needed parts Cowl Air boots (redone in silicone) 2. upgrade the Moritz gauges with a Single board Computer and TFT screen 3. Factory program with Garmin to replace/upgrade the G1000 systems. 4. Look for Space X contracts 5. Factory refresh program to existing air frames. Interiors by Hector, have a supply of engines so you could fly in and have a new engine in a week. Paint not sure about.

Depending on how much you put in vs. how much all the others put in, you could be the majority owner.

depends on how much you move things around. There are two metal tube that run fore and aft from the centerline behind the panel that dictate what can go in some spots.

y'all are killing the straw dog. apparently the factory is only worth $5,000.00 so far.

How about we go with the factory is worth what any given group of people will pay on a given day. I am rejecting the current owners need to make a profit on their investment model. If the straw dog can come up with a million, then that is what the factory is worth.

New company will be formed in the Newco Mooney Company that will buy the factory and extinguish all existing shares in the company. The total amount of shares authorized and issued for Newco Mooney will be equal to the amount of dollars received in this first round.

If you were to receive 1 Share of Mooney stock for every Dollar you put in, how much of your hard earned dollars would you put in. I will start with $5,000.00

I would ask your mechanic. But that is what mine usually tells me. Just some seepage on the blades is not that much of an issue.

Here is the value of the factory in a picture.