mike20papa

With the gear down & locked, crawl under the wing and in the wheel well, find the long linkage actuating rods that connect the overcenter truss at the gear with the bellcrank in the wing. If the gear is way over preloaded these will be impossible to rotate with your hand back and forth within the limits of the Heim ball joints. But really, put the airplane up on jacks and resolve the problem on the ground.

Russ, I fly a '59 A model and really enjoy it. If you are looking at one of the Webe's aircraft it's probably in excellent condition. If you get the opportunity, ask one of them about the woodwork they use to offer - especially wing skin replacements. Ask them if they have any specialized jigs or tooling, methods, pictures, etc. I am currently thinking of buying another woodwing for a long term project, but would want to strip, inspect innerds & reskin the plywood. I have a 1981 AOPA article on pre-J Mooneys, performance comparisons, etc. The woodwing maybe now the blacksheep of the breed, but - well, just go fly one! Love the woodwings (builder CP328/Super Emeraude) Joe

When I approached my IA about a panel up-grade, he told me to draw it up and submit thru local FSDO - the pre-approval process took me about 18 months of back and forth. I spent HOURS researching FAA documents, writing specifications and CAD dwg.s. True, I replaced the engine controls with McFarlane units, and engine gages with EI units (all STC'd, but they wanted to see copies and install dwg.s) I ended up with three seperate 337's. The favorite request was always for "Instructions for Continued airworthiness" I would never have deleted the shock mounts. I even put my engine gauge sub panel on them... After replacing all of mine, I was amazed how much movement they absorb, especially taxiing. Well, anyway, I'm always known for doing things "the hard way". pic.s on my gallery

I might be interested. Any work ever done on it? By "flying", does that mean you are parting out an existing airworthy A model? Any photos & where located? Joe