sbflyer

Do you still have the sun visors?

Hello everyone, I’m looking for a middle gear door for our Ovation. A couple partners were flying a maintenance flight to break in our newly rebuilt engine when they experienced a think upon lowering the landing gear and the circuit breaker triggered. They lowered the landing gear by hand and flew over the tower to ensure the gear was down. After landing it was evident and the metal near the two screws at the front of the middle gear door on the right side had broken through the screw heads. The middle portion of the middle gear door has a fold in it now that allows for some additional flees in the rear portion. Our mechanic has repaired it and certified the repair but we’d like to find another right middle gear door (part #550089-9508) and maybe the outer and inner doors as well. I’ve called all the major aircraft salvage companies listed in this forum and online to no avail. I’ve also attached some photos of the new gap in the rear of the landing gear. The left side has no gap in the front or back. The right side we now have very little gap in the front.

There is some very minor spalling/corrosion. Just needs a little attention to that and a refinish. Here is a photo of the spalling/corrosion.

Hey all, we're in the middle of an engine rebuild and removed the engine frame. We were quoted $6000 to clean it up. There is one weld that looks like it may need attention. It seems a little high. Any recommendations here on a shop you've used? We're in SoCal.

I never said their requirement didn't make sense... I simply answered the question about transition training that @carusoam mentioned.

Insurance is requiring 10 hours in the M20R but I have over 30 hours in an M20J. Hoping the pre-buy goes well on Wednesday! Just shuttled it to the inspection facility this morning.

Thanks for the responses. We put a deposit on a 95 Ovation and we're having it inspected by a Mooney Authorized Service Center here in So Cal.

Thanks @carusoam and @StevenL757. My previous 201 had major corrosion and that's why it's no longer airworthy. We will definitely be doing in intensive pre-buy inspection. I was hoping to know more about the long term gremlins or quirks that have popped up in the Ovations over time so we can be properly aware of them. I gather that the arm rests fail and that's an easy fix. Thankfully, this is a two-owner, hangared, all logbooks, no damage, regularly flown O. I'll be flying it next weekend after going to look at it last weekend.

Hello, I flew a 1977 M20J for a couple years and now I'm interested in an Ovation less for the speed and more for the newer airframe and increased climb rate. There is one I've seen and will have inspected that does not have TKS or AC, which is fine with me because we're more interested in UL. This particular Ovation has about 2500 hours on the AF and a mid-time factory rebuilt 0-time IO-550G from 2013. We had issues with the fuel tanks in the 201 leaking constantly, but other than a fuel pump, nothing else. I became very familiar with the landing gear in the 201, so I know the donuts need replacing frequently. What are the areas to pay particular attention to on the O? Any surprises? Thanks in advance!