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I have come to the same conclusion. A Mooney is fast enough for me. Are planes are more that twice as fast as you could ever hope to drive safely, and 1/3 to 1/2 the speed of an RJ depending on how much Mooney you have.

Dear webmaster, As a relatively new MS member I occasionally see resurrected threads that provide some really good information. If edited, these old threads could form the basis of a section on various topics that represent a valuable summary of discussions. For instance, I just discovered this jackscrew thread. The entire thread is certainly not necessary, but it could be edited down to present some very valuable info in a concise manner explaining how to remove the jackscrew for cleaning/lubrication and repair if necessary. https://mooneyspace.com/topic/21024-trim-jackscrew-binding/ If someone hadn't resurrected it, I wouldn't have seen it until I searched for it. But I think the essential information there is really valuable, coincidentally because I've noticed the jackscrew in my bird getting a little sticky lately. If MS had a section not unlike a FAQ, where you or some editor can post a summary of an old thread that is not editable, but readable by all, that would be fantastic. It would help reduce redundant threads that rehash material that has already been discussed ad-infinitum. We could get away with this in part because we all have different variations of the same model of aircraft. New/similar or overlapping threads that include information not in the 'FAQ' section could be added. You could ask members to nominate prior threads for status in the FAQ section. There is so much here, and some real jewels in the rough that with a little work could be great summaries of different issues folks have addressed with the M20 series. Anyhow, this is just a thought. Given that MS administrative salaries are so high, perhaps I ask too much

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That is exactly what I did. Then, I encapsulated the LED elements with a thin film of clear silicone to provide some electrical insulation. A lot more robust feeling when inserting into the bulb socket. Not necessarily brighter, but definitely cooler running light for the torpedoes.

I've had my right knee totally replaced due to an accident in 2013. I cannot kneel on it, so getting on my knee isn't happening. Entry: I use the "down elevator" approach. With the co-pilot seat fully aft, I put both feet inside the aircraft, and slide my back down the aft portion of the door frame until sitting in co-pilot seat, then I shift to pilot's seat. Exit: With co-pilot seat fully aft, I put right foot on floor in front of co-pilot's seat, then simultaneously lean towards the door and stand up. I find getting up out of the co-pilot's seat much harder because I have to do the "up elevator" vertical rise from a sitting position, using the aft door frame for stability. My advice: don't do anything that will cause you to need a total knee replacement.

The improvements noted by @M016576 are impressive. My friend did PRK about the same time I did LASIK and his pain was severe for about a week as the cells on the outer layer of his eye regrew. All I had was dry eyes that required drops for about a year. I woke up the morning after and all was blurry in the bedroom. Then I looked out the window- I could see individual leaves on trees 1/2 mile away.

I love the way that instrument looks. Sadly, my present budget limitations force me to consider lower cost options. Thanks though- I'll keep it in mind.

Lagniappe.

Yes, but. This requires funds I don't presently have to spend.

@Andy95W gets full credit for reading the problem statement completely. Thanks! Your answer is the kind of thinking I was looking for.

The attitude indicator in my a/c has an airplane silhouette rather than the more traditional dot and bars, which all the brand C and P's that I used to fly had. The amorphous blob of an airplane makes it hard for me to interpret nose angle because I cannot see the horizon at the nose of the airplane! See the photo. Looking at eBay I see that AI's are plentiful and relatively inexpensive given the rush towards glass panels. What do folks recommend? I like the look of the Sigma Tek model 5000. Anybody make strong recommendation for a different model? Remember that in the past year I've redone the panel, sealed the tanks, and put on a new governor so I am presently in wife-audited CB mode, and I'm not talking circuit breaker or cumulonimbus. Please recommendations to a 3-1/8" AI. Thx. Fred

In short- yes. If you spend an afternoon searching and reading this forum, you will learn much. Good luck.

Put a brand new NVidia GTX1070 graphics card into my machine, and it purrs at about 40 fps. Now trying to solve the problem with the inner radio tuning knob not working. I submitted a question to Carenado.

Hi @ZuluZulu I had LASIK for on my 40th birthday in 2004, for my 40th birthday present, and haven't looked back. Of course when I turned fifty-ish I had to get reading glasses. Nothing related to distance vision improvement is going to change that. Go for it. My distance vision is still 20/15 and 20/25. In the past I've done a lot of field work in tropical settings. That is why I really wanted to get rid of glasses- they always fog up in the jungle. My eye dr. just told me "Don't get stuck in the eye by a stick", which I successfully avoided- not for the lack of trying... The eye flap from LASIK can be lifted/torn by sharp impact to the eye of the kind that would probably not do a normal eye any good. Good luck.

@Andy95W you just used the past tense to describe something that does not yet exist...

Thanks @carusoam I'll look at the center of that plastic shaft- I suspect you are correct- it feels different in the middle. Replacing the switch is most certainly the way to go it seems. On a related note- I luckily had my headset on when this big honkin' thing fell off the ceiling and hit me in the head. This knob extends/retracts the dorsal air inlet, and is machined out of a 1" thick piece of solid aluminum. Pretty heavy for what it does. I'm starting to look hard at how to improve the interior... It looks pretty tired.

Does anyone else have the rotary style switch? If so, please tell me how far the shaft protrudes down from the fixture? Oddly it doesn't seem that this is broken, rather it looks like it was intentionally made too short... I'll take the plastic headliner down and see about installing a replacement, or retrofitting with a pwm dimmer as @carusoam suggested.

The dome light switch in our '67C is the type that you rotate between thumb and forefinger to turn the light on/off. As you rotate it about 1/2 turn it clicks. As shown in the photo, the switch is too short. It does not protrude beyond the fixture so is impossible to use. I took the fixture off yesterday for a look, and the tip of the switch shaft is rounded and smooth, as if it were made that way. Now I know that this cannot be the case. The shaft seems to be made of plastic, and is about 1/4" dia. Has anyone (1) had this problem and (2) come up with an elegant fix? Of course, I would like to extend the shaft 1/2 and make it a target for a passenger to hit their head on Other options will be considered. Please no hijacking this thread to discuss Star Trek "Force Fieldz" and "Tractor Beamz".

That's a crazy idea that conjures up some vivid mental imagery. I could see Bill Murray involvement. There are better and less dangerous ways that don't involve somebody with a hose in the back of a pickup truck spraying large drops of water into sub-freezing air while being chased by a spinning meat grinder. There are several icing wind tunnels in the US- that would be a great place to do some controlled testing. Demonstrating durability for products with environmental exposure is a very challenging task because of the huge variety of conditions our aircraft operate in other than icing conditions. What about bug splats, sand hits, super hot hangars, UV exposure, humidity, condensation, frost, dust, raindrop impact at high speed, washing, detergents,... I guess I would want to know a lot more about the environmental durability of this stuff before trusting my life to it. Often with claims of durability are true with regard to one or two environmental factors, combinations of more of them usually result in steep declines in product durability. It's a fascinating problem.

That is a fantastic story Erik. Given the thin aluminum skin between crew and hot lead and the extremely cold temperatures, I can easily imagine that WWII bomber missions could extinguish the love of flight pretty quickly. Two of my uncles were WWII pilots and I was honored to take them both up different times in a rented Skyhawk back in the 1980's, which they probably thought was pretty quaint after flying B-24's over the hump loaded with gasoline and torpedo bombers off carriers.

There are fewer than 500,000 U.S. WWII veterans still with us. Here is an article that is very touching about one of those veterans and how a German researcher sent him back some bits of his B-24 with a note. This is one hell of an aviation-related read. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/military/sd-me-found-plane-20190114-story.html

As an owner of one of @KLRDMD's former aircraft, I agree. He knows how to pick them.

@jetdriven from your photos it looks like you put vent windows in both sides. Just curious why did you decide to go with 1/4" instead of 3/16" and save the hassle of all that milling?

I keep my eye out for interesting and applicable scientific breakthroughs. Here's a candidate: Some researchers at the University of Houston have developed a polymer coating that ice doesn't adhere to. That isn't unusual, ice doesn't stick well to a lot of organic materials. Here's the big deal- you spray it on, and according to the demo in the online article, the effect persists for years. If it does that, isn't toxic, and doesn't damage paint, I want some! If it does damage paint, I want my a/c painted with it. Spray on passive deice boots! See online article here https://phys.org/news/2019-01-breakthrough-ice-repelling-materials.html

The NASA competition this century for a heavy launch vehicle led Rocketdyne to estimate how to re-fabricate the F1 engine using contemporary construction practices. To do that, they took one out of the freezer and disassembled it. The originals required several person-years of labor to construct each engine, and today most of the manufacturing would be done using automated techniques. They did build and test a 'gas generator' which is a huge turbine that runs the fuel land oxidizer pumps. That worked- see video on Youtube. Now, according to what I've read on AVWeb, Mooney is way and above the most labor-intensive production certified light single aircraft today. Something like 40% more person-hours of the next large competitor. @steingar reported above that when Mooney re-started production, they brought workers out of retirement to show them how to build Mooney's. Maybe they would have done themselves a favor if instead of bringing back the old way, they went out and hired some recent graduates in engineering and mechatronics. and maybe pilfered a few experienced manufacturing folks from the automotive industry. I could be a consultant...