TaildraggerPilot

How many accident scenes have you been at? Have you been on any Part 121 “Go Teams”? Have you actually talked to the NTSB regarding / during an open accident investigation? These ADSB data farmers have little to no actual factual knowledge that isn’t available to the average armchair “investigator”. Nothing coming out of a real, official investigation is a “best guess”.

Who are these DTSB clowns?

I’ve got a set of the flanges and caps in serviceable condition from my 67E, and an extra cap as well:

I have some clover compound. IYKYK

I just want to get them out, asses the condition of the nut plates (in this case) and then replace them without the impact wrench-style torque used previously. Some of them are stripped (not by me).

As someone who learned to fly with round dials, foggles and cranked out a LOC BC with NDB radials as step-down fixes/map for my commercial multi rating, I say ditch the “wild mix” and old, obsolete radios (standalone DME, etc). I did something similar like what you are suggesting to my old Comanche and I still regret it to this day, over 15 years after selling it. If you are truly starting from scratch with a completely new / cut panel, forget round holes, for anything.

The Aspen units don’t hold a candle to the Garmin G3X. Couple that with a G5 (sorry 275 fanboys) and a GFC-500 and you’re done (Except for actual radios / navigators / audio panels / transponders)

Why the deal with the small, maybe #6 countersunk screws on the belly just behind the nose gear well. I’m going to have to drill them out. They are really in there. Does anyone know what behind them?

Dimmable LED’s that fit the torpedo lights (even better than what I have) https://www.aero-lites.com/product-page/ge-89-led-replacement-12vdc-dimmable Select the 12V version to be able to use your existing aircraft dimmer.

I ditched the overhead torpedoes and put in red LED lamps. Not dimmable but they bring a nice “submarine warfare” vibe to the cockpit at night.

Feel around the tops of those seats. I bet you will feel the tubes to insert headrest posts into. Finding actual Mooney headrests might be tough. Self-Fabrication is probably a better route. Oh, and btw, Mooney used at least two different sized tubes over the years (of course). Talk to Hector at AeroComfort in TX about yoke covers. You can swap out the map light lamp for a red LED one, but you’ll lose the “high / low” ability. I’m thinking this is for a night flying panel flood and it will do that job brilliantly. I have two above my head and they just turn on and off with no dimming. I can look for a part number when I’m at the hangar tomorrow. CB ’67 E

You might want to check with the status of any FAA grants to your airport. They can sway fees such as tie-down’s and hangars.

I’m curious if the airplane of issue has manual or electric gear….

Triple W has reopened, and they might be actively evicting those storing anything but airplanes in the hangars.

I removed the fragile step seal faring when cracks and edge chips started to occur. I replaced it with baffling material that is rigid, yet flexible. It provides a great seal.

If you are in cruise and you are reading anything over zero, there’s something up with your exhaust. On the ground, with some tailwinds and a door open, you’ll usually read something.

New MOSAIC rules may save the M20 type from early extinction.

Here, f’n here. Exactly. So many on here think lift is what makes an aircraft fly. It ain’t lift. It’s MONEY. You gotta pay to play people.

Bad idea. Very bad.

External ELT antennas are not only very common mounted on the upper fuselage, that is where I would expect most owners would want them (unless you would prefer landing inverted off-airport).

90 hours? Jeesh

It’s worth every penny, as long as the pennies don’t add up to more than $425

Joey Cole is fantastic (KDNN)

I’ll just leave this here:

The footwell tubes (foot warmer vents) originally came with butterfly valves actuated by a simple thumb lever. I don’t have a picture of that specifically, but I can take some the next time I’m out at my hanger. My ‘67 E has the big fresh air vent and it’s glorious: (You can just see part of the thumb lever for the left footwell heat vent on the left side of this picture - the zip tie is to reduce stress at the tube seam)