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I know it’s overly simple but the helo could have had a bad baro setting. Or both aircraft could have for that matter. Even so, not sure why the controllers would have allowed them to get that close in an approach corridor.

Based on that question, I would take someone who knows a little about mooney’s, or at least airplanes to look with you.

Your batteries are directly beneath the hatrack and very easily accessible. get a stool and prepare to contort and scrape some knuckle but it’s very straightforward. The charger lines come with an inline fuse and both ends are finished to fit battery lugs and charger cord. the battery minder seems to work well for me.

Installing the cables for the batteries is about as easy as it gets. you can run the dongles to the tks door, or the hat rack with a grommet. the parts usually come with the chargers and takes less than two hours to install everything. the gauge of wire to the cigarette lighter is pretty small, I would be very suspect of the efficacy of that method, or the safety.

Is that something you could forward so I could help Brian K figure out how do this for everyone?

That task is so specialized, I would be very hesitant to try someone that doesn’t have the history of those two shops. I think someone said that WW only does mooney’s. that is a pretty important detail for me. I am scheduled there for April, and have seen the shop, as well as examples of work. It’s top notch.

Well, only one of these is sort of really related to the G1000, but I agree with the other posters, I’m very dubious that all of these things failed like this, it sounds like something may have happened to affect these components. I have owned more than a few g1000 mooney’s over almost 10 years and I have never had any autopilot issues. I did change one magnometer as well as one mdf. But in all honesty being able to swap out a display or an lru in a one or two day repair is worth the cost for the convenience, at least to me. I would also believe it’s arguable that if it was Johnny’s old plane, it is probably one of the best maintained planes in the fleet.

Thoughts?

I always loved that paint scheme. After you reposted your picture, I asked them to mock up a black roof. Let’s see what it looks like.

Updates on development….

While i realize that over inflating the seal could possibly damage the door hinge. I have used these systems in a mooney before an it is not hard to keep from over inflation. just get to altitude and pump till the noise stops. The seals are very flexible and will not cause harmful pressure on the door. I have tried all the door seals available, tweaked endlessly and added supplemental weather-stripping and had improvement, but nothing like the inflatable seal. I am installing one in my plane in two weeks.

I had this issue on two different planes. Both times it was the indicator sensor, not the actual door opening. Adjustment fixed it both times. I did not do it myself however. Brian K fixed the last one for me. mine was only failing in the initial phase of take off and climb. It usually self corrected before reaching 3k

Mr Braley posted his personal cell phone number in this thread, and offered to speak to me. I took him on his offer. He answered my call today and spoke to me very candidly and cordially for a little more than 30 minutes, and would have spoken longer I am sure. I got my questions answered, some food for thought, and understand he is a busy man and wanted to respect his time. My description of the the conversation was this… He was well informed, direct, and willing to discuss anything openly and honestly. He will talk to anyone who wants to have a civil conversation, and while ours didn’t get close to anything else, I certainly got the sense from the man that he would engage that way to a point as well if requested. Overall, I would say if you really are curious about this situation, and want to get the answers directly from the source, or at least really listen to the other side of the story, he will likely take your call and share what he knows.

Great, because I have an Aerostar with wet wings as well! I do not have borescope pictures but it is going in for some significant maintenance shortly, and will include changing the style of fuel caps, so I will have a pretty large section open for inspection. Paint isn’t happening until the summer.

I don’t want to make assumptions, but it sounds like you are suggesting that tanks that have not leaked yet with 100LL have issues that have not manifested until g100UL was introduced? This may well be true, but if the wrong sealant, or poor workmanship was sufficient for 100LL, why would gami push it over the edge? I suppose I am resigned to the reality that this issue will likely be pushed on us prematurely, regardless of the challenges, so I would think most of us just want to know what the issues actually are. I am getting ready to paint my Mooney. I have zero evidence of any leaks this far, and my inspections of the sealant show it to be in very good condition. The plane was likely sealed around 2006, given it is a 2007 year model, and given that it’s been 20 years with no issues, no repairs to be suspect of, I see no reason to reseal my tanks prior to paint. I also have no reason to believe the Mooney factory would use the wrong sealant. What I have done is ask scheme designers who is helping me write a paint specification, and they contacted Gami for help tailoring the paint spec. This is to ensure I don’t use “substandard”, products and methods, and to avoid having paint failures if I have to use gami’s fuel in the future. There has been so much discussion regarding wrong paint, bad sealant, improper materials etc etc. I would hope you guys can provide some guidance so if I do have a paint failure, so it won’t be a result of the interaction between my work and your fuel. Bottom line, what is the “right” sealant, paint, primer should I use to avoid adverse reactions with your fuel?

This looks like it’s modeled after the original ultra scheme, but you sharpened it, and made it look better. that looks nice.

Any way you could send me an example of that?

That’s almost as bad! LSU!! But no way I’m painting my plane purple!

Definitely wanted the orange to be copper/rust vs orange. interior is going to be a caramel brown with black headliner and carpet.

Can’t do blue and orange bc I am not a gator fan!

Oh. I did both. It’s in writing. I’m still covered, just with the nice beefy deductible. best part is I’ve paid 100% of the repair and they have yet to reimburse. But it’s only been three months.

I like the looks of a while cowling, but enjoy the less reflection you get with a darker color. I like the belly dark, but the wings to be white.

It is broken in every single way imaginable. It’s over regulated, unaccountable, easily gamed, widely abused, under capitalized, and under managed. But of course it is not just insurance companies exacerbating the situation, it’s just a completely broken system.

Unfortunately insurance coverage quality can never been really vetted until you have an incident. My experience has never been good with anything but car insurance. I had a policy for my Aerostar from a top rated insurer, I actually paid extra to get them on the recommendation of my agent. I had to move my airplane for an annual prior to sept 30th. The shop I moved it to happened to be in the path of a hurricane. I called my agent and informed them of my planes status. I told them I would find a way to move the plane if necessary and they assured me that my coverage was solid and I needed to do nothing. Well, it was damaged in the hurricane and they then informed me that I had a 10% deductible because it was a named storm. I appealed this and was denied. My recommendation is buy the cheapest possible option you can find in any situation because they will move heaven and earth to avoid paying any claim. My commercial building insurance went from 16k to 89k in one year with a 250k deductible. I finally had enough and told them to pound sand. It is a necessary evil for many things, but that entire industry across all markets and purposes is broken beyond repair.

The solid colors are deep gray and black. The accents are really what I’m noodling with. it’s modeled after the picture below. I just want to play with accents.