Mark89114

I had a 430W screen repaired by them. No issues. He can also repair the buttons if they aren't working. I have another 430W will need to be repaired as well, will be sending it in.

I just had one replaced, that price seems about right. My buddy had to have one replaced as well, he may or may not have used the experimental version.

Recently imstalled new carpet and am attempting to get the floor mats installed and secured.... Instructions and guidance non existent. I get the supplied clamps hold onto the floor mat and then the pointy end sticks into carpet. This whole thing is loosy goosey, i.e. too much movement. I guess i dont like it, but dont see how how else it is supposed to work? Anyone else done this? Am i missing something obvious?

My friend has an ovation Eagle, I have an ovation from same time frame, 2000. His is unpainted and mine is painted. Unaware of materials on either one. Not a terribly helpful post. and corrected for the difference if anybody cares, his is unpainted and mine IS painted

was wondering the same thing....I just see flaky paint...... I am just an internet expert.....

Of course they say every 2 years….regardless of fluid pumped through it. Like my new refrigerator, not but 3 months into ownership the damn computer is telling me I need a new one at $55/ea. That annualizes out to $220 year for filters…..absolute BS.

Are they custom making this or buying a commercially available part and putting a new sticker on it and marking it up 1000%?

This is the right hand exhaust manifold, the 90 degree turn heads directly into muffler. I don't know how they bend these, but I suspect this is where the material is thinner as it was stretched on the outside radius. I bend tube and we get wrinkles, our parts are no structural, non cosmetic so we don't worry about it. My question as just curiosity more than anything. A64pilot just provided some more data points.

So when I bought my Ovation 9 years ago from a gentleman in Canada, it had a fresh inspection, brought it down to the US for yet another inspection and DER signoff. No major issues. Approximately 4 months into ownership, brought to my local mechanic to show me how to change oil on an IO-550, during the oil change, he looked over the whole engine and found the left exhaust manifold was worn through, pulled it off and was inspecting the muffler and I guess the screens inside were loose, sent them off for repair. (details are foggy, going on memory as I haven't dug up paperwork yet). Little bit irked went through 2 annual inspections in 2 months and no exhaust damage was notated, but that is in the past. Here I am at annual and we find the right manifold worn through, dutifully pull it off for repair and we peek inside the muffler and the screens are clearly all out of whack, should have taken a picture, but I didn't. Attached is picture of exhaust manifold, thinking it is 25 years old. Again will check the logbooks. My question is....what is life of a muffler? I have had backfires vary rarely on some conditions where I can't see what I did to cause but I am guessing it caused the damage? Or are these things just fragile?

Mine failed....would like to just put "new" one in versus the expense of LED's....yeah i know upgrade but that is not my nature until i absolutely have to. Sent email to gallagher for quote on LEDs as i am only sort of stubborn. Whelen A413AHDA-CF-14/28

The reason I had a question was one of the fields I didn't understand, as I didn't think it was necessary... Related to who did the inspection, DER and some other alphabet group I didn't recognize, and none was an option, so I picked NONE. It went through, didn't cost me any money as all of the AD's that were mandatory and didn't allow special flights were complied with. Was briefly concerned as the mechanic said the FAA guy wanted to come inspect the plane, which I thought was a waste of taxpayer money, thought in my own mind anyway. All done airplane back and waiting for annual.

My airplane is finally being put back together from the nose strut towing event....... I am doing my best google searching, FAA reading, etc. but there are a lot of opinions and nonsense out there. I have the portal set up and it leads me to 8130-6 which requires a mechanics signature, fine. My "new" mechanic at out airport says the FAA used to allow him to do them and get permission but now it is on the owners to do the legwork and he isn't 100% sure about the process. He is asking his inspector. Seems like the form is asking me for signatures on airworthiness, well that is the problem and reason I need the ferry permit, to get it back to where I can get the annual done. It isn't technically airworthy.

I think the wide variation is whether airplane has TKS and 310 HP upgrade. Supposedly the 3 bladed prop costs a knot and I have heard 7-9 knots for TKS. Based on my experience seems reasonable. My airplane is also slightly out of rig and have an engine approaching high time.

There is a well written thread on here somewhere where poster does it himself. He built a spray rig, etc. My mechanic says if you want to hate your airplane do this yourself. I am going to say something stupid and based on what I have read on the internet and seen in my own tank. The application doesn't look hard, as sloppy as my factory stuff it must not be mission critical. YMMV

I am 29-0243 Ovation. I was just trying to provide some info, which may or may not have been of value.