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While there have historically been some landing fees at big airports (think Los Angeles or Atlanta), our taxes to airports are generally paid through fuel tax (or some other fees like on land for hangars). Landing fees at small (or medium) airports have been almost nonexistent which has always been a great thing for aviation here imo. We do (all benefactors and users) obviously need to pay for the airports, but user fees really rankle our senses - especially if they are imposed for touch and goes, low approaches, and are using our faa mandated adsb data for a commercial company to profit from. In the end, we need to pay for the airports, but the fuel tax is a little more invisible and the landing fees offer a lot more to complain about.

It is indeed pretty simple and the instructions are good (if you read and follow them). If you have the time and can remove the interior required to provide access to run the power wire back to the battery (or positive terminal), that will help a lot. I had an early SF version that has been awesome. *setting the proper timing and dip switches requires reading the instructions well and thinking it through as it’s a little different than standard mags but not hard.

Thanks very much for your time and effort. Couple thoughts… if Mooney did go under, it doesn’t necessarily mean the parts license is released. These parts don’t fail often (at least the 40/1 gears), so we might have some time. I really think it could be done just like Lasar has done the ducts recently. The parts are likely more expensive, but owners and MSCs might want a set on the shelf, so we might be able to order enough to satisfy Mooney. I would think Lasar could use the same approach as they just did? Thanks again, Drew

Excellent, thanks. I will let you know. Not sure I need it yet.

Sorry to dredge up this older thread, but does anyone still use Coastal Valley Aviation at SMX? Still happy with it? thanks!

I’m really sorry to hear about this happening to you. Surprised as well, because others that have ended up with bent rods had the motor circuit breaker popping as the motor tried to run the gear past fully extended. Nobody else has mentioned the gear alarm, but I guess it could have something to do with a failed limit switch as well? I don’t know. That parts weird because you shouldn’t be able to get the gear alarm with a high power setting. Be careful with the airplane now. You don’t want the gear to collapse.

Yes, I agree. It’s also different on the later gear systems that have some kind of stop built into the actuator. The early ones just count on the limit switches and the little tabs being adjusted correctly.

I think they can also get bent if the tabs don’t hit the downlimit switch properly or the downlimit switch fails as thats the only thing stopping the actuator, no?

Another option is to repair /replace the screen. It use to be pretty common. Id think there are still shops that do it?

Yeah, that’s a good one, and surprisingly accurate…

Ahh, there it is, Stallings aircraft propeller, wynne, Arkansas.

Not sure exactly where @Cody Stallings shop is but it’s that way and he’s a straight shooter. If it ain’t leaking, there’s a school of thought that say leave it be…

God point. If i look very closely, my “bubble” ball and the g5 electric version are slightly off when sitting on the ground. I would think installation would have to be almost perfectly aligned to make them extremely accurate.

To answer your ice question… there are lots of factors dictating which clouds put ice on the airframe and which don’t. It’s very hard to know them all, but it’s most conservative to just assume all visible moisture below freezing is going to yield ice. However, there are a lot of clouds that meet that definition and don’t have ice. It can depend on humidity levels, airspeed, type of wing and other factors. Basically it’s really hard to tell before you try it. So, although the inadvertent systems never really made sense to me, maybe they do to some degree? I have launched in my non fiki airplane through a ~1000’ overcast below freezing after getting a pirep from a landing Pilatus that there was no ice. I had a good “out” if I did find ice and felt ok about it, but it would have been more conservative to just cancel. It can be a grey area.

Excellent! When you do check it on a smooth day, check it with the ball centered and different speeds/power settings. The rudder required changes over the speeds and power, and even with the ball centered, I could see it making some roll difference if you’re looking for it.