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I had trouble when I started learning in a 150, I switched to a 172 with adjustable seat and had no problem. The mooney is also no problem for me sight-wise. Seeing out the front is over-rated anyway. You can look to the side, but it is harder for sure to know when to flare.

My "Fabricator" is an A&P that is currently restoring a C140. Pretty sure he'll have what I need.

My neighbor said he can do it. If you have hard copy that would be awesome. Also, As I said, this is outside my experience, so maybe Im just stupid, but for the life of me I don't see anything on there that says what materials to use.

I pay roughly $2k a year for a $350k house and hangar on X05, no flood but covers hurricane

https://m.youtube.com/results?q=gear up landing&sm=1 let me know when you find one that was a touch and go......

I'd bet the majority of gear up landings have nothing to do with touch and goes, so I'm not sure this is even relevant.

For those that are against doing them, do you include Johnson bar equipped mooney's in your objections or is it only for models with a gear switch?

I'm 5'5"

I'm not sure if I need hardcopy or not. I'm not sure what to do with them either way. I have no experience with fabrication or machining. I have a neighbor that probably has the necessary tools. I'll ask him.

I heard a rumor this morning of an alteration (STC maybe) that you can convert your back seat to a folding version. Am looking for more info on that.

You have mightily slain that strawman, my good sir!

Good rant. Doesn't apply to the post you quoted though. He was actually saying the opposite of what you think he was saying. Context is everything.

I think you need to read for comprehension before you hurl insults

Hey bklott, you're just one airport over from me!

It's not about being in a hurry. In a given amount of time and energy, I can get more useful practice in with touch and goes. Again, when I'm flying a lot I don't do them. When it's been awhile they are useful.

And more approaches and landings in a given amount of time spent. Again, if I didn't have a Johnson bar I may feel differently. Everyone I know personally with a j bar mooney including my transition CFI who owned one does touch and goes in it. Sorry, but I'm not learning anything practical while taxiing at 10 mph for 4000 feet. Complete waste of time and gas, not to mention absolutely miserably hot in Florida for 9 months of the year. Staying adept at flying a stabilized approach on speed does not require a full stop. That's where I get value from touch and go. Maybe when I have 2000 hours I won't need such practice anymore. Then again, maybe all the bouncing and prop strikes in mooney are because people are not getting enough practice because it takes 15 minutes per attempt to do a full stop.

I hate those wavey runways. Learn how to grade a surface before paving it for crying out loud.

https://mooneyspace.com/files/file/8-rudder-pedal-extension-drawings/

When over gross and an expired annual?

The drawing is uploaded here on the site, but not being a machinist, I'm not sure what I would do with it.

I land, slow down a bit, spin the trim 3 times, flip up the flap switch, push in the carb heat and throttle and take off. I don't do them very often, and pretty much never when I'm flying a lot. If I've sat out a month or two, I like to brush up on the landings, and I can get 5 or 6 t-n-g's in about the time I could do 2 maybe 3 full landings and taxi backs.

Not the back seat

About that.

Maybe there's a tie between mooney drivers avoiding touch and goes and all the stories about how hard they are to land?