Scott Ashton

I just had my dual mag exchanged with a Kelly dual mag after 750 hours time in service with the old dual mag on my 201 . The First flight or two after the exchange were great and the Savvy flight test profile that I ran showed everything well matched regarding the in-flight mag check. went to go flying this morning and on the run up, the left mag showed little drop and the right mag dropped over 400 rpm, though it continued to run. On the second run up the engine was backfiring during the run up. is it plausible that the timing on the right mag “walked”. The mechanic who did the install will look at it on Monday but I’m curious as to what’s going on…. thanks Scott

Try Southern Cross in FXE. Was just there and they have shelves of them. I’m headed there in the morning to pick one up coincidentally after leaving my master switch on (long story) and it was time for a new one anyway….

Welcome Scott. I’m in Naples and there are quite a few Mooneys down here, and several Acclaims.

If you remove the screws, the lens should slide off of the wingtip exposing the strobes. The back of the incandescent light has a rectangular spring clip that you have to work out so you can slide the light out through the front. Cut the wires, splice in the new light, and reinstall and put the clip back onto the back of the new light. - make sure you run the wires THROUGH the spring clip!

I have had my J for over six months now. Just flew it today and stood in the hangar door just staring at her after I put it away. It’s a great feeling and a great airplane. Congratulations and best of luck! (get an account at Aircraft Spruce…you’re going to need it!)

Steve I’m happy to help you off line and can go through all of your options to get you what you need. Feel free to call my cell tomorrow - 860-866-6750 scott@aerox.com

@81X that was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

My too….we need little mooneyspace stickers to put in the booth somewhere small…iykyk kind of a think….

Does anyone have a G5 installed as their HSI while keeping the King AI above it? I’m considering going that route to get GPSS with my KAP150 and IFD540 and would like to see what it looks like if anyone has a photo…. thanks, scott

Yeah I see that now. What a crappy situation all the way around for everyone involved....

THe shop probably feels that you conspired with the avionics manager to defraud the shop out of a rightful sale and their earned 20% commission, and sees you as complicit in the fraud against them. You may not have realized it at the time, but you effectively bought stolen property from the manager in a back door transaction - a situation you created by agreeing to circumvent the avionics shop in the first place. I’m actually surprised the shop haven’t held your logbooks or your plane until they got paid for the unit. You will probably have to end up paying the avionics shop for the full price of the unit in order to get clean title to it, and move on. Maybe you can initiate criminal action against the shop manager, but that will get messy because of your involvement in the transaction to begin with…

Thanks everyone….I’m going the paint match route and will let you know how it works out….

I am trying to get some touchup paint for my 85 M20J. The paint codes I have are Rosetone White (570-649), Crimson Maple 579-607, and Autumn Spice - 579-611. Does anyone have a source for matching touchup paint? Scott

Hopefully we’ll get to see Anomaly on Saturday!!!!

They use it for their IRS Form 990, to value the non-cash contributions that pilots make to the organization. For Skyhope, I use the fully reserved DOCs with no fixed costs, which I would incur with or without my volunteer flying.

Rick, give me a call this morning and I can walk you through all the options we have at Aerox/Skyox… scott 239-405-6106

It was great to meet you last weekend! I’m talking with JJ tomorrow and will tell him we met! scott

Is the altimeter still available?

Yeah I guess my point is that even in a decline, the Mooney stings less than a Cirrus or a newer 182 as the market retracts. I agree with you that as long as you aren’t paying stupid money, if you need an airplane, then buy it. I figured if not now, then when would it be? I’ve been flying since I was 17 and if I own the airplane for 10 years, I probably would never remember how much I had paid for it. now, the 200 hour private pilot spending 1.3MM for a new cirrus? I think they are in for some hurt….

I bought my 201 in august after shopping for both 201s and 182Ts. I probably bought at the top of the market, but got a really good plane what was well taken care of. Every time I park the plane, I look back at it and think “I love it more than even the last time I flew it!” I am not sure I would be doing that if I had bought the Skylane. And a 20% drop in the 201 value is a lot less than the same percentage in a 182. Plus with the bonus depreciation this year it made waiting for the market to drop a non issue.

I heard they were scheduled to be at sun n fun coming up. Basic med now accepted….

I'm going to the one in LAL in January..."Frost on the wings" isnt in my vocabulary anymore!

Anyone planning to go to breakfast Sunday morning? Maybe SEF or VNC?

Williston is today? I’m going to see if I can make it up there….

Thanks everyone for their hard work in putting the summit together. I enjoyed meeting everyone this weekend! Scott