vorlon1

@$266, it's too late...

Bump

It's my understanding that Textron is again producing some...

Bump!

Now that parts are shipping, I will soon start a poll for compliance costs, just for the record...

Oh, OK.

But you're gonna' get some anyway: I like it.

Wait, what?

I'm glad to see more responses of late.

Anything on the 650? (Sorry, I don't do FB)

It's clear some shop's charge more than others!

Glad to see that for the most of us, this isn't costing much.

Taking a poll on the cost incurred if you did NOT have the weights in question.

This was one of the most fun threads to read/watch in a long time. Nicely done videos. Updates along the way. Felt like I was there!

Pics please...

Necro post, but WOW! I know, necro post, but WOW!! (my first time hearing about this fellow. Would LOVE to buy him an adult beverage and discuss his experiences...

I am looking into what it would take (and even if it possible) to make this a two dimensional panel for my 67C... @cliffy, would you post a pic of the transition area of the two panels?

I talked to these folks at OskKosh last year about the earlier Mooneys, and at that point they were expecting to see them approved 'any day.' However after checking their website a late last year and finding it still unchanged, I contacted them. This is their reply: "There are very few older aircraft that had the battery forward of the firewall, the Mooney’s earlier models being one of them. The FAA believes the LOCATION of the battery somehow makes the charging system different and are requiring us to do a completely new STC and process, of which they are still “thinking” about what would be different. We have been pushing them for almost a year on this subject matter as we must play by their rules, yet they have not provided any rules yet. That being said, we do not have a time line for you. I am sorry. MAYBE you could get a Part 337 Field approval by referencing the Mooney M20E-K STC on the books." So there you have it.

Many thanks. Concorde is sending two.

Follow up: After looking all over the interweb, I called Concorde, and they indicated that these are hard to find by design to discourage those with a "do-it-yourself' attitude. As indicated by Mike Elliot above, Concorde with send you some if you call them.

I talked with these people this summer at OshKosh, and they have STC's for those of us lucky enough to have the batteries in the back. Not so with the others. The company (confirmed again just this week) indicated the FAA were slow-rolling them because they (the FAA) didn't know how to deal with those planes with batteries in the front. At about 5lbs., these are light indeed.

Yeah, I was looking for copper. I had looked at the Concorde site, but missed that call out. Thanks.

Nice. Thanks. Still.... source for replacements other than concorde?

Thanks Mike. Looks like you hit the send button before I did...

PM sent. Still though, it would be good to have a source if anyone knows of one...