Mark89114

Where is the diversity????? Just kidding people relax. Bring the gear up first.

Owning 100% of what is the question? Let's face it the production line won't be reopened. As previously mentioned part sales are $6 million, not a lot there at the end of the day. My guess is that Meiijing has already written off their investment. They wouldn't want it back. They wouldn't want to open their checkbooks to continue to finance operations. I am not sure who LASAR is in terms of finance and deep pockets, my guess is they thought this was an opportunity to add marginal revenue without a lot of work, I suspect they are wrong as somebody who has bought a company that needs work. Never again. Probably the reason Don Maxwell passed, that would have made more sense. Just internet speculating.

Found this listing on line. Don't know timeline if before/after the LASAR announcement. I think it is going to be a tough business. mooney.pdf

I get the point of the TFR, I guess my complaint wasn't clear. The TFR posts no useful information, i.e. what are the restrictions without referencing the CFR which basically says all aircraft are forbidden, unless they are approved.

I assume this is silicone based, Lowe’s sells something that breaks down the bond between the silicone and the surface. Can’t remember why I have it or if it worked, nothing will break down the silicone itself.

never mind, I looked up the CFR reference. Usual banning of all aircraft with a list of exceptions. Be nice if they would make it easier to understand.

Just south of Afton Wyoming. I get there is a fire there, but there are no restrictions, immediately obvious. I really don't feel like cross referencing other sources. Can't they just tell me to stay out? As mentioned before the NOTAM system is a disaster.

Don’t call bendix king for it…..suspect they want $500 for it

Me and an associate replaced them in about 4 hours this morning. Wasn't terribly difficult, wasnt easy either. The engine was moving too much, the crushed tube, broken exhaust hangers and i noticed a small wear mark on the spinner cooling interface. They needed to be replaced, they were original to the airplane in 2000. You can see from these pictures the wear/compression on them.

All noted on the type of tube and crushing. Will consider better ways to make work. I am more interested in the engine mounts and installing new rubber donuts in there. Do’s, don’ts, what I need to do to make my life easier. The engine was replaced in 2011 and there is a specific note that says mounts (I would assumes rubber pieces) were not replaced. That puts age of rubber mounts at 14 years, have not gone farther back than that in logbooks. This last annual both exhaust hangers were broken, again they are 25 years old, that tube was worn, replaced it, came back from first long trip and it had worn through again. Worse than before. Which led to looking at mounts in more detail.

Has anybody every gotten water out of either drain? I haven't.

Haven't broken out the MM yet but wanted to get some input on excessive movement of the engine, which I can't tell when engine is running, maybe only slightly during start. I have owned the plane 9 years and it had an OH engine installed at some point in time previous 4 years. I will verify with logbook, my mechanic said 10 years is pretty good lifetime..... This SCAT is getting crushed at some point in time, and looks like it is sitting up against the exhaust long enough to get it really hot. I looked up the parts, at a high level and spruce has them for almost $700 apiece? Is that right? Seems steep. Assuming this is the problem, how involved to change them? I will get to manual this evening. Thanks, Mark

I have an ovation so same but different. I was pretty close. Don't have the POH in front of me but found this reference online. Not even sure how accurate this is as I am serial #243 and it isn't even listed.

My lights seem to be very accurate. I don't rely on them obviously. Per the manual they come on around 7-8 gallons, which seems about right to what the fuel gauges say. My stock gauges also seem very accurate as well. I have run down to 2 gallons on the digital readout and then got nervous and switched tanks.

There are other threads on this. Basically gets replaced with an omegadyne part based on a mooney service bullet. Relatively pain free. I replaced mine based on info found here. Send me a PM with email and I will send you the info I have.