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That is why I want at least 1 GPS and at least one VOR/LOC (preferably with DME) and TWO comms. What I have is 4x GPS (750, 650, G3X internal, iPad), 2x com and 2x VOR/LOC (750 and 650). And I plan on installing the new Garmin DME which gives me both DME for the VOR/LOC and also, once they release the 750 update, DME/DME navigation.

While 3D print file is great for other people.... For one off, I would have hit the nearest plastic shop for a scrap of 3/16" plastic. A Dremel and 15 minutes would have one.

And exactly how does this get signed off in an certified airplane?

NX was the very old way to ID experimental. There was also NC (Commercial) and NR (Restricted) in those days. From AI: An "NX" tail number indicates that a US-registered aircraft is an older, amateur-built aircraft that is an antique, and it allows for the aircraft to display a smaller "NX" registration instead of the "Experimental" placard. While the FAA no longer issues new "NX" prefixes, this designation is still applicable to qualifying older aircraft. The actual registration number is a standard "N" number (e.g., N123TX), but the "NX" is applied to the aircraft's markings to signify its experimental, antique status. What NX means for an aircraft For amateur-built aircraft: It is used on amateur-built aircraft that meet the criteria of having an external configuration of an aircraft built at least 30 years ago. Replaces "Experimental": The "NX" prefix is a special mark for antique aircraft that allows the owner to use "NX" in place of the larger "Experimental" placard that is typically required on experimental aircraft. Paperwork vs. markings: The "X" is not part of the actual registration number on the aircraft's certificate. The paperwork will show a standard N-number (e.g., N123TX), but the owner applies "NX" to the tail of the aircraft.

I don't have a tailwheel endorsement, but that is because I am grandfathered. One perk of being old. I have seen that program and thought it looked like fun. Even though I am qualified to fly tailwheel, and even own one, I have thought about doing that course. I really liked the idea of training to the WW2 syllabus

From what I recall from the times and reading various things over the past couple of years, that was the issue. It was OK, but needed some tweaks to make it better (a bit more power) and Porsche bailed.

3 inch would also be perfect, one seat hole back when you adjust.

FYI, the price of the PucSavers does NOT include the 3 bottle jacks. They do not include them as they said (at MooneyMAX) that it would cost more to ship than to run to the nearest Harbor Freight and just buy them

And housing costs

Well, part of the issue is in the 90s, they removed fuel and food from the index. WTF?!

That looks pretty simple to make out of a flat piece of plastic. Most cities have a plastics store to buy the raw materials. Most can probably make it for you if you take them the part. Remembering that it is a part for your race car.

But the primary has VHF nav. It would be very unusual to have BOTH a GPS System problem AND a Nav 1 failure at the same time. So a GTN primary with a 355 GPC/Com as second is not a bad setup.

Taildraggers rule

They changed how the cut was made, leading to the overheating at the edge of the hole. Original setup was to start the cut inside the hole, the spiral out to the final cut. Somehow it got changed to start at the edge.

You can always run a tank dry and see how much fuel to start seeing it. In my M20K 252, if I can see fuel, I have at least 7.5 gallons. Which is fine by me as I am not taking off with under 7.5 gallons.

IT can be the photo cell. I had the issue with the 297 altitude select. I think had an avionics shop replace the photo cell. IIRC it was Sarasota Avionics, the one at Sarasota.

Yeap, prices double for most everything, and the CPI goes up by single digits. REALLY????

My Dad told the story of him doing an NDB approach in an SNB (Navy Beech 18). The procedure was to fly over the NDB, configure, go outbound on a course, turn to the inbound course, all while descended. So he comes out of the null over the NDB and drops the gear and flaps, and gets the null. So he cleans up to go missed, and he comes out of the null. He did this a couple of times to figure out that with the gear and flaps down, his TAS was lower than the windspeed and he was going backwards.

FYI Grumman/American AA-1 series are similar with fuel in tubular spar from root to tip. Fuel gauges are clear tubes in the wing roots. Very accurate.

From what I remember, before the training people were NOT using CAPS. That training was to get people to actually use it and THAT reduced the fatality rate.

There is a point that in most cases the meter 0 is set to ambient air. And ambient air could have up to 1 PPM CO. So your 0 reading on your meter is not really ZERO CO. When I did this for a living, we used two tanks of gases to CAL and SPAN our meters. One was REALLY 0 PPM CO, and the other was some level depending on the range you were expecting. In that case, 0 is really ZERO. But for all practical purposes, 0 on your portable meter is at or below the ambient air. SO unless you turn it one in a location with high CO levels, the number is close enough to 0 to be treated as 0.

There is a difference between what you can sell your plane for and what you should insure it for. Remember, if you have a mishap, if the repair cost is over about 70% of the insured value you will have a check, not an airplane. And with current costs, a gear up could end up with your plane being totaled. And you get to start looking for a new plane.

But it was considered "normal" to have steam gauges fail or the vacuum pump fail and have to be replaced or repaired/rebuilt

Comments I have heard indicate that Mooney did not have the cash to buy the raw materials to produce parts.

The engine can't be overhauled by Western Skyways and be Zero Time. Only the factory can Zero Time an engine. Or did you put in a Zero Time Factory Reman and then had the prop strike that Western Skyways did the IRAN? Well, technically the could designate a shop to do so, but they don't.