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Lucky me, I don't drink Coffee...

The actuator works fine as I know of. Spring has ~1650h and as I know after 2000h it's time to change it. But there are no springs available...

I got a quote from LASAR for a NEW Eaton actuator for $35000 !!! Any other suppliers that might have have them for sale, at lower price ?

I know early Bravos might have Plessey around 1990.. Not sure then Ovations came around.

If I buy an Mooney with Plessey gear actuator, and there is 350h left on the spring. Is the only option today to replace whole gear actuator with Eaton. Any estimated price for gear actuator and installation? Can Eaton supply them without waiting 1 year ?

So landing overweight ain't generally a problem as long you don't land to hard? And what is a too hard landing? Is a too hard landing in a Bravo/Ovation a too hard landing in a J or K for example. Or the long bodies are more sensitive/fragile ?

Instead of creating new thread, I hope it's OK to ask it here. You Long Body Mooney owners, how do you handle MLW (Maximum Landing Weight) restrictions? MTOW is when I do some quick calculations not a problem for my situation, but the MLW would be a issue to consider not being over 3200lbs when landing. It's very easy if you have an TKS Mooney with ~900lbs of Usefuel load to have 100lbs over MLW. How do you do if you need to land "over weight" In the manual it says it's OK to do a smooth landing, but how hard is to hard?

I was not thinking of removing all TKS Fluid, but getting it down from 6.5g to 3 or something. Is it possible to pump it out from the filler hole?

Hi all, You guys/girls that have TKS installed, is there a simple way to remove/drain TKS Fluid from the tank for summer use or when needed for W&B? Sure why fill it up to max when not needed, but I've noticed that TKS get filled up on the annual, that's why I wonder if there is a simple way. Instead of running the system and waste the fluid, would like to save it for another time.

This more or less what I did when I bought and sold my Arrow. Now I'm in the market again, and there are many sellers that don't know how to sell an aircraft. I get the feeling that they think it's like buying an car or something. I had one seller and broker that got pissed when I asked for the logbooks, and wondered why I did want them... They were missing from 1982 - 2008... But then again, there are some serious sellers out there that do what it actually takes to get an aircraft sold. One of them is willing to fly 6h to have it pre-buyed at maintenance firm I requested. Also recommend that it's stated in sales agreement who pays for what etc.

If you have POH-003303A For: 25‐2013 thru 25-2017 (-SB) - (Encore) 25‐2018 thru 25-2032 (-SB) - (Encore)

Thanks, Just needed the Encore POH

Thank you very much!

Looking for a POH for the 252 Encore 1998 model. Tried Google it and search here with no result. Would be most happy if someone has it and can PM me.

So when Garmin drops support for G1000, then only old stock from other Mooney is the only option. Else I like G1000 setup, but since it's lots of money to buy an aircraft you want to be able to sell it in future too.