Arthur

Love to fly, Love my Mooney, but Father Time has set the limit. https://www.hangar67.com/aircraft/1980-mooney-m20k-231/34315

Examining the light jacket the zipper metal end is gone and the teeth are apart at the same distance as the marks on the hull. The jacket is so light that it didn’t stop the door from closing or create any excessive noise. She just mentioned to me when she opened the door. Thanks again

Absolutely correct. My wife’s grey light weight jacket was caught in the lower corner of the door during the flight. In never crossed my mind when she told me the jacket was caught in the door. Thanks

On a flight from KCQX to KRMI 10,000 ft. At some point my wife asked did I hear a noise. I hadn’t. Landed at Rocky Mount and left the plane to be refueled.. on returning to the plane I noticed this damage just aft of the door. Black smudges that would not rub off and a chip of paint gone. There is no physical damage to the hull. I cannot say if the damage happened during the flight or on the ground during refueling. Opinion of a couple of people is tha this might be caused by some type of electric discharge. Any thoughts? https://share.icloud.com/photos/030Fay8B0Yc8R99gqewODjSmw

I have a KFC 200 autopilot with a KI256 Flight director. Cruising along in altitude hold, for no detectable reason, my gnarled will start hopping and the plane will try to follow. Result pitch up down up down. Turn ALT OFF THEN ON, issue stops, some time for hours Flight director problem or brain problem?

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I had the exact same problem in November. Pitch servo has been in avionics shop (well known for King Auto pilot repair) since Feb. They can’t seem to find the problem. Servo works but under load draws too much current and overheats. My servo is the KS270-065-0027-04 Not the upgraded K207A. Difficult to find a servo under $3000

Any one have one to sell?

First I was reading the meter wrong. Second I removed the in line fuse and the draw dropped to zero. Third I will have to find the exact culprit, but at least I can fly again without disconnecting the battery ground after every flight. Thanks again to all.

First I’d like to thank everyone for their response. I still haven’t figured out the problem, but I did find a floating switch behind the panel and I have the fuel flow system referred to in some replies. This has been like this since I bought the plane 3 years ago and never had a problem even if I didn’t fly to 2 or 3 weeks. At the present time I have found a 9.Mili amp parasitic drain no matter what I do. All switches off. All breakers off doesn’t change anything. I’m going to try mounting the found switch and remove the dalton clock to see if that changes the draw. Does anyone know what an acceptable parasitic draw would be?

The starter was rebuilt in December at engine overhaul The repair on the starter stated found screw attaching the fields to the battery post was loose. The battery exchange was started when another mechanic tested the original battery trying to diagnose the starter problem and said it tested at 56%. I now have the envious task of finding the leak that ran this battery down in 8 days will all switches off.

Another little tip I’ve used is a quick glance through the pilot side window to determine height above touch down.

On further tests this morning I am now the proud owner of a fully charged battery with reverse polarity.

1 New battery placed in aircraft 2 Starter would not turn over. 3 starter removed and failed test sent for warranty repair. 4.battery was tested for voltage and load at this time. 5. Decided to have pitot static test while waiting for starter return 7 days after battery installed 6. Battery would not supply power to transponder for test 7. Battery removed and charged by mechanic overnight. 8. mechanic said battery would not charge and would not operate his tester.. He demonstrated the tester on two other batteries and it worked properly. 9.Took battery and after leaving I decided to test on multi meter. Showed -12.5 10 . Talked to person who did the pitot test. He didn’t believe reversed polarity. Used his multimeter and got the same result. 11. based on my search and. Comments below I now believe the mechanic accidentally reversed the positive leads on his charger. 12 Still doesn’t explain how or why battery discharged. Master off and all other switches as well.