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It shouldn't be that much. Some sealant and two caps and hardware.

FYI, the $600 toilet seats and hammers was due to procurement rules at the time. And due to those situations, systems have been setup to handle these. At the time, the only way for the gov to buy something was to put out a Request for Proposal Request to Bid to supply a toilet seat or hammer. It cost several thousand dollars to run the paperwork to put out an RFP or RFB, accept the proposals or bids, evaluate them, award the contract, place the order, get the item, confirm that it need the requires, process the invoice, pay it, and close out the paperwork. So what happened was the gov asked a contractor that had at least part of their contract for certain things as cost plus. Cost plus is cost of the item, plus cost of processing, plus profit. So gov asked Lockheed for a toilet seat. Lockheed does certain work, and passes the request to a subcontractor, who does the same. Finally, some small contractor goes to Home Depot, buys a toilet seat, and send it to the next higher level. And bills their cost plus. Never higher up does the same, and so forth. Finally the toilet seat is delivered to the gov and a final invoices of all the costs plus at each level. Now realize, this is still cheaper than the paperwork for an RFP/RFB. Now, offices have office credit cards. So if you need a toilet seat, you fill out a simple internal form, you supervisor and maybe their supervisor signs it, and the admin person calls and orders it. And finally, realize, the Government discovered the problem and worked out a want to deal with it, BEFORE the story ever broke.

AWESOME. Thanks.

Well, when you have a lot of features, it can seem complicated at first.

Exactly what are the two bonuses for using nitrogen? The main reason they use it in race cars is that in the pits, tanks are easier to deal with than a compressor.

Too quick and too soon to arrange and do a trip. Bummer. Good luck going forward.

The Yaesu aircraft hand held I have is not the best user interface. And I am a Yaesu fanboy, with at least 8 Yaesu ham radios around the house.

Hmm, I used to pop a window on takeoff with a student close to solo (Cessna). If you want to try to close it in flight, 1) CLIMB, 2) a nice full left rudder slip may just about close it. When I did my helicopter rated, if the weather was nice, the doors were not even installed. And I have a few hours in Super Cubs, and on nice days, the door/window was open.

Hmm, when will it close? Sounds like a good excuse to fly a bunch of Mooney to Kerrville for a dinner meeting.

Are you sure? Looking at the lip on part 12, it is hose 18.

Faulty plastic fittings? Where did they come from?? How did your airspeed diaphragm become damaged? That normally happens with someone applies excessive air pressure to the pitot system. You might want to question the bill for some of the work. Maybe consider Savvy assistance. But bottom line is, DON'T EVER GO BACK. And tell us who it is.

Maybe they should start making Mooney parts.

Do you have a contact at Thrush for the modified clevis? Mooney quoted 4 - 5 weeks for the part. Not a bit rush to me. It may be threaded, but it is inserted into the tubing and welded. Another option is to pull one link off my airplane (or buy one of the fixed links) and cut it in half. Two short pieces of the proper thickness tubing (3/8 OK, threaded 14-28 inside and two rod ends, and I have two adjustable links.

I got one of the mentioned parts from Lasar. But they only had one. This link is adjustable. It has a fixed clevis at one end and a threads shank rod end at the other. The minimum length is 5.15" hole center to hole center. Loewen's thought they had one, but it is a fixed length one (clevis on each end) that is 6" hole center to hole center. Which appears to be what is currently installed. The good news is, Mooney has the parts and can fabricate one. The bad news is, about $600 EACH. WTF?! It is a rod end ($34.50 from Aircraft Spruce), a clevis ($19) and about 4.5" of 4130 tubing (maybe $1). And 30 minutes labor, not including painting. It does look like the modify the clevis slightly, which is the only thing from stopping me from making one. I have a TIG welder and know how to use it. Oh well.

It seems they are the same.

Historically, in all areas, about 1% of mishaps are unavoidable. So called Acts of God. The rest are the result of unsafe conditions (about 15%) and unsafe actions by people (the rest). The issue is, strangely, there are not enough GA mishaps. If there were more of them, they would not be news, and no one would notice. There are 6 MILLION auto mishaps per year in the US. That is almost 16,500 PER DAY, or 11 per minute. About 100 people die each day in the US in auto accidents, or about 1 every 15 minutes.. How often are there news stories about auto mishaps? Not one every 6 seconds.

Thanks for sharing. Good luck on both of your recoveries.

From the OP, he bought the full cover set as he could not get a hangar. He used it once, and then got a hangar. When he bought the plane, it came with a cockpit cover, that he included with the plane when it was sold. He sold the airplane last summer. So has no need for the cover set now.

I got one of these from here on MS. AWESOME. My hangar also has a lip that makes it hard for one person to get it into the hangar. But even without a lip, it is SO easy to move the airplane in or out. I need to get the bag to carry it when I travel.

Ahh, ok. Makes sense. BTW, do you have the plugs for the vent NACA ducts? I have the cowl plugs and the one for the cowl side, but not the ones for the other vents. YES, LOVING it. And I keep looking to see if another one I would prefer to have is for sale, and so far, I think I got the best one.

Yeap, nothing but a mag compass is fine IFR at night. NOT.

Local FBO is still at $6.32. I bet that the higher prices were last filled a while ago. I know that the price went down to that price with a delivery in August.

Mike Busch recommends replacing the rotator if you have to lap a valve.

I decided to get a custom model of my plane made as a present to my Dad for Christmas. I found Factory Direct Models online. I ordered the model and sent them a series of pictures of my plane. After a while, I got an email with a link to pictures to the actual model for approval. And once I approved it, about 2 weeks later, it showed up. Super well packed to avoid damage. AWESOME. The paint scheme and colors are spot on. They even have the antennas, flap hinges, pitot tube, step, exhaust pipe. And even the McCaully logos on the prop. The model was $395. They also offer to make it with a full cockpit.

WTF?! Those are pictures of MY airplane. At least its mine NOW. You must be Jason. Terry here. My GF says you should just send me the covers for what I paid. Do you actually have the extended cockpit cover? There is a cover in my baggage compartment.