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Is that a typo or are you saying that a 3 blade MT prop costs $15,000 to overhaul???

As others have said it is a good idea to have an electronic copy of the logs regardless. That said, the physical original logs on my plane have always gone to the shop with the plane over the last 45 years. The shops/mechanics that I use store the logs in a vault - I trust those shops and mechanics. I have never had a problem. I am sure that there are some horror stories out there. It's your choice.

@MikeOH said above and in 2024 that Top Gun's shop rate was $145/hour. A topic last year noted shop rates running from $95/hour to $145/hour with the average around $120/hour. Here in the Houston area I just paid $115/hour for Annual. That means you may be looking at about $4,900 for the basic Annual at Top Gun plus parts and repairs. Perhaps Top Gun gives a discount on a flat rate for the Annual to get the repair business at full rate.

Many hangars (most? - especially municipally owned hangars) do not allow battery charging unless you are present. Their insurance carriers are also paranoid about the risk… https://www.wtae.com/article/hangar-fire-planes-damaged-westmoreland-county/61762122 https://www.wrdw.com/content/news/Airplane-hangar-burns-at-Barnwell-airport-damages-five-planes-445844383.html?outputType=amp https://www.whiterivernow.com/2025/01/21/batesville-firefighters-respond-to-fire-at-airport-hangar/ https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2024/09/02/fire-destroys-hangar-building-lansing-airport-capital-region-international/75045975007/ https://ktul.com/news/local/2-injuries-reported-after-fire-at-claremore-regional-airport-hangar-collapsed-aircrafts-removed-firefighters-damage-building-emergency-response-water-transported-hospital https://bakersfieldnow.com/amp/news/local/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-tehachapi-airport-hangar-amid-heavy-snowfall-kern-county-california-fire-safety-hangar- https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/officials-investigating-private-hangar-catches-fire-at-east-texas-regional-airport/501-5119deed-d8ee-4417-8646-9b416d64633b

I am sure there are some A&P's and shops that will not spend time researching further if they see "PCW". But here is an article by AviationPros that highlights how an expected "clean Annual" turned into an "Annual from Hell" when they actually looked that the "PCW" AD's. I like the title - Previously Complied With Are you sure? Previously Complied With | Aviation Pros "in the interest of safety, it is a good idea to at least look over the AD listings in the logbook, or that may be in the form of a computer readout, with a view to finding something that may bear further investigation. Not too many years ago, hand written AD listings contained very little detailed information as to exactly what was done in compliance with the requirements specified in an AD. In fact, "All ADs complied with" as part of an annual sign off was a fairly common notation. And the PCW that so often appears in an AD listing, is very often an assumption based upon a very scant entry made some years before." "Based upon the experience with the (plane in article) mentioned above, and a few similar instances encountered over the years, I have found it a good idea to reconsider all the ADs that apply to an aircraft at inspection time, whether previously complied with or not, and taking just a moment of time. Consider the possibility of the subject matter of each AD once more requiring attention" Like many here the OP's plane is 45 years old. The old handwritten logs many times err on the side of extreme brevity. I know of a shop that is iron-ass about this - they are a combined training center and maintenance facility. They are not going to sign "All AD's complied with" in the logs unless they "are sure"....

In reality just having the digitized logs may be sufficient. In my experience when you start using a new shop for your plane's Annual, it doesn't matter if you have an "AD Compliance Document" from the previous shop or not. The new shop is likely going to charge you shop hours to check each AD and create a new "document". There is no standard FAA form for logging AD Compliance. The FAA only has a "suggested format" - see Appendix 1 in this link. AC 43-9C CHG 1 I have at least three (3) different "AD Compliance Logs" that I can find in my records, all different formats, all completely filled out and all with entries individually signed. I am sure that I (and prior owners) have paid for this duplicate review/record keeping over the years. The new shop is not likely going to simply trust that any existing list that you hand them is complete or accurate. I suspect it is a liability thing.....

Timothy Theodore Coons appears to be alive and well in Florida. Spokeo, WhitePages, Intelius and TruePeople Search list his age as 63. Spokeo and Intelius even list his old email addresses with "@modworks.com" Timothy Theodore Coons, Matlacha, FL (33993) - Spokeo Tim Coons, Age 63 in Matlacha, FL, (941) 204-4102 Timothy T Coons | 60s | World Plaza Ln Ste 1, Fort Myers, FL | Whitepages People Search Tim Coons - Background Report, Location & Phone Number | Intelius He appears to live here.... 11923 Island Ave, Matlacha, FL 33993 - Get Owner Info Here is his LinkedIn page - he has a "Foreign Tax CPA" business". If you belong/have access to LinkedIn you will see that his resume lists that he worked as a "Test Pilot" for 22 years but he has expunged his troubled experience with Mod Works. (26) Tim Coons | LinkedIn His company webpage: Home - Foreign Tax CPA

If you look at the screws on your other curtain rods, you will see that they are threaded into an aluminum threaded grommet that was bonded into the Royalite (ABS) Obviously the fastener for your rod has been broken/pulled out previously. You call that fastener a "Molly bolt" but it almost looks like someone did a "shade tree" repair with a plastic drywall fastener. If you are going to build up the broken corner per the guidance above you need to make a decision Either bond a threaded grommet back into the corner like the original Or maybe just remove the curtains completely and rebuild the corner back smoothly

@redbaron1982 also, where it asks for “estimated value“ just use the price you originally paid for it. The first time I filled out this Texas form for the county was in the early 2000’s. I use the price that I paid for it used in the 90’s. During the past 20+ years, the county has only adjusted the “appraised value” upward once and it wasn’t much and certainly not anything close to market value

Wrong. You need to fill it out. It will go onto the County Tax roll as "Personal Property" which is tax exempt. I am in the same county. If you don't fill it out it they will assume that it is income producing and you will be taxed.

Exactly. It is the original "Poor man's Ovation". N9136B | 1991 MOONEY M20J MSE MISSILE on Aircraft.com

Probably to close an easy loophole in the flow of Fentanyl to the US. Just like in the days of the rise of use of marijuana and cocaine, "cowboys" smuggling by air has been a favorite of Americans. "Hunting Trip" - great cover..... And with Fentanyl it is so much easier. CBP posts seizures that show that just one (1) pound of higher potency Fentanyl pills (5,000 - 1 gram pills) can have a street value of $100,000.

This was already a topic on Monday

At first I wondered why an heir to the Wasabröd fortune would be flying a 2005 Ovation or why the higher cost to fly in Europe would really matter to him - why wasn't he flying a pressurized turboprop or Visionjet? But digging deeper I see he filed for bankruptcy in 2009, served time in prison for corporate copyright infringement, financed ultra right wing efforts, was a Holocaust denier on Facebook and was still pursued by Sweden for about $13 million in unpaid debts. He lived in Switzerland to try to shield himself.

So you say that your ammeter is discharging at low rpm. Is this all the time or only after starting? How old is your battery and has it been tested recently? (Is cranking speed/sound the same or is it noticeably slower?) When in cruise, if you shut down everything that you can, does the ammeter go to zero? - ie not discharging and not charging because the battery is fully charged. When you turn some load back on in cruise such as lights or pitot heat, do you see change in ammeter charge/discharge and also a change in voltage?

Apples to oranges. You have a K with a Continental that uses a "coupler". The OP has a J with a Lycoming that uses a V-belt.

The design is foolproof. If you reverse polarity on your auxiliary power source by accident, then the solenoid will not energize the relay and there will be no connection with your airplane’s battery. It’s just like jumpstarting your car – the auxiliary power will first flow to the battery adding whatever charge is left there and then onto your starter. I’ve used it once that way and it worked just fine. Many years ago while I was heading for an engine conversion. My Lycoming was on its last legs and on my final refueling stop the engine would not restart. The only way to get it started was by hooking the cables up to an FBO truck while it was revving its engine. Since then, I’ve only used the auxiliary port to charge my battery from time to time.

@Ragsf15e That is good advice - while there is still someone at Mooney that can address this. (and put it in writing from Mooney). Otherwise you may have trouble selling it as a true Encore conversion.

As I mentioned before, I have the Missile 300 J conversion with standard single puck brakes but rated to 3,200 lbs GW. When landing heavy (and maybe a bit too much speed) standing harder on the brakes does not add additional stopping power. Their stopping force plateaus. You can stand harder and harder on the brakes and it still slows at the same constant rate - and you better have enough runway. It is rather unnerving. I have to believe that the Double Puck brake is superior.

Here is the Double Puck brake. You have the lower arrow - Single Puck

When you look at your POH (should be on the W&B) and other documents is your plane rated to 3,200 lbs. (like the first M20M with single puck and like the Rocket 305 and Missile 300 conversions with the existing single puck brake) or is it rated to the full 3,368 lbs like the double puck long bodies (including later M20M)?

That is the traditional single puck brake cylinder.

@Dustoff49 Seriously, whoever did the most recent Annuals and the "Pre-Buy/Annual" is incompetent. You are lucky that you didn't have a gear collapse. At the very least you should report them to the FAA. And it would be helpful to inform unsuspecting Owners here of the identities so they can stay away from those shops. Given the inept prior Annuals, you might want to consider having Sarasota do a complete inspection of your plane.

And this wasn't noticed during the Pre-Buy? I hope that you didn't pay anything for that Pre-Buy. Did they even open up the plane and drop the belly panel?

Rocket Engineering certified both the Rocket 305 and Missile 300 mid-body conversions to 3,200 lbs. GW with the original single puck brakes. Braking is not great when heavy and/or too fast. You can feel them fade - pressing harder doesn't make them stop quicker. I can see why Mooney went to dual puck brakes on long bodies certified to 3,368 lbs. (The first TLS through serial number 27-0107 had single puck brakes but were also rated to only 3,200 lbs. GW)