Martin S.

Got a little follow up question. I have the Whelen legacy A625 strobe/nav lights. Which LED version of the Orion line would be the best replacement for these? It seems the Orion 650 and 650E are replacements for the legacy 650 series and there is no Orion 625E product. Are the Orion 650/Es compatible with the legacy 625? Greets, Martin

Thanks - I would appreciate!

Thanks a lot - that explains!

Evening everybody, My 1978 M20J has the wing tip stc with strobes. One of the strobe bulbs broke. I am therefore considering to go with LEDS. I thought the 650E series LED strobes were STCed for the M20J. However, the STC does not mention the J. Am I overlooking something here? Greets, Martin

Evening gents, during annual, I realized this outer nut (see circle in foto) on the bolt holding the flap control cable. It does not look correct, because the bolt has not enough thread to carry the self lock nut. At least a couple of threads should "look out" the nut. Something must be wrong here. The IPC (see attached figure) mentions only one nut. Is it maybe possible that the outer nut should be completely removed, and the inner nut should be shifted outside (towards the cable) to clamp the cable against its hole so it is blocked? That way the outer nut would be obsolete. Onl thing, the bolt might be able of "swimming" a little in the axial direction. Has anobody by coincidence a foto of his cable fixing or knows whether my interpretion is correct? Thanks, Martin

Thanks, I'll be careful if doing it.

To the experienced mechanics (and everybody who has tested it), Is there any changes of damage to the control rods and/or electric devices and/or skin by the propeller wind and/or exhaust stream when temporarily (ca. 5min) running the engine with removed belly panels? Has anybody first-hand experiences? Greets, Martin

Clarence, good thoughts, especially with the screw diameter. Thank you!

Evening gents, Heard rumors that on certain Cessna models its possible to mount new seat rails with screws and nuts instead of rivets. Anybody an idea whether this would be legal on a Mooney? Seems to be a rather convenient way of reducing the installation effort. Regards, Martin

Thanks for sharing ur data gentlemen! @Igor_U Was your case welded, or did you exchange it?

Evening everybody, I recently stumbled over this crank case crack thread. Did some research and it indeed turns out that the IO-360s are prone to cracking in this area. Does anybody know whether this holds for all IO-360s or only for specific types e.g. the A3B6D cases? Trying to collect some statistics so that the day my engine goes in for overhaul I can better estimate whether it might from a crank-case point of view be worth upgrading from an A3B6D version of the IO-360. Thanks, Martin

Thanks everybody - really appreciate all your input. Found it interesting to see that the Cessna AD indeed tolerates more than one crack in the rails. Greets, Martin

Yes - took a picture. Crack does not go through the entire cross-section of the profile. Question is whether this justifies a replacement of the track? Greets, Martin

Evening again, and thanks for the answers so far. One of my rails seems to have a super thin crack. That’s why I was asking. Would you suggest replacing all rails, or just the cracked ones? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Evening gents, anybody an idea if the factory is still selling/producing the seat rails. If no, are there any other companies selling these profiles new for Mooney aircraft? Anybody recently replaced them? Greets from Germany, Martin

Thank you Rich and Anthony - that should help! Greets, Martin

Good morning, Does anybody know the length of the black pan head screws that hold the Klixon rocker switches to the panel? Should be an MS35215 - but I am not sure with the length and the thread size. I have no access to my plane right now - so I can't measure myself. Did not find them in the IPC. Greets, Martin

Thanks everybody. Was already guessing it originates from the intake - but not sure.

Evening everybody, Reviving his topic. Can somebody explain me what the small rubber tube in the above photo is for and where it comes from? Thanks in advance, Martin

Thanks for the info. Will consider overhauling it. Its not even necessarily the price, more the fact of grounding the bird for moody seventies electronics - haha.

This little unit has its phases. Went flying yesterday. It worked during the check, with master on and engine off. But I realized the function is quite lazy: It takes like 0.5 sec after pressing the button, until the lights go on. Forgot to test it again though during the flight.

Roger - will play a little bit more with it and see if I can find an error/failure pattern, before considering to remove/overhaul.

Yesss - getting rid of 70s electronics/avionics is always good :). I don't see a test function for the gear down lamp in your new setup. Didn't you have to find a replacement for that functionality. Slightly off topic: It looks like you replaced some of the switches/switch covers. If yes, are these 3D printed ones? Very interesed in these - one of mine just broke today - arrrrg.

Thanks - very helpful! Maybe a stupid question but is there any possibility the test function reacts differently, depending on whether the engine is running or not?

Good point, yes - varied both pressing force and duration.