Matthew P

I have the YD and do like it, I was looking to cut something from the budget and had 1/2 the people saying I didn't need it and the other 1/2 saying I will wish I had got it, figured i'd get it....flew a few cross country flights with it on and then flew back with it off...GLAD I got it.

While the engine mount is out, get the steel gussets welded in so that you can eliminate the reoccurring engine mount AD..

Yes, there is a licensing agreement between Mooney and Lasar to provide the gearsets, but it will take a little time for everything to transfer over, Lasar hasn't given me a time as to when they think they will start taking orders.

Aircraft in for annual, thought I only had to do the 100hr lube on the Duke Actuator based on the previous AD Compliance Sheet and previous logs...Come to find out that the last shop that conducted the AD failed to do the 200hr inspection, yet annotated that they did..they did the 100hr lube and annotated that next inspection was in 200 hours. So, tomorrow the actuator will be removed so they can do the inspection, I can only hope that the gears, only being 15 years old, have been properly maintained and lubed over that time...because as you know, if they need to be replaced the aircraft is AOG. On a good note, Don Maxwell was the last Service Center to do the teardown and inspection. Come on Lasar, time to have some gear sets manufactured...had hoped, since we have been working the gear issue for almost a year now, that we would have resolution prior to needing the inspection.. V/r Matt

No I haven't...while doing my annual, one of the A&Ps mentioned it as they have only worked on newer mooneys with the switch...So that sparked my interest

Good Morning, On the newer Mooneys they have an electric gear override switch that allows them to raise the landing gear in the event of aircraft pitot static issue. Has anyone with a Pre-J aircraft modified their aircraft with this type of override switch since the manual retraction is not to be used to raise the gear ? V/r Matt

Great idea, thank you

Thanks guys, I see it now, not sure how I missed it.

Good evening, I found the switch shortly after buying it as the alarm would go off randomly regardless of throttle position, removed switch, cleaned it then readjusted it...was just looking for info about it as I couldn't find anything in the poh other than the witing diagram..was wanting to see if it mentioned a specific MP setting so when I change out the throttle cable I can make the proper adjustment..

Good evening, I found the switch shortly after buying it as the alarm would go off randomly regardless of throttle position, removed switch, cleaned it then readjusted it...was just looking for info about it as I couldn't find anything in the poh other than the witing diagram..was wanting to see if it mentioned a specific MP setting so when I change out the throttle cable I can make the proper adjustment..it's mentioned in the 20J and 201 poh but not the 20e poh, and the MP settings are different between the J and 201

Looking for information regarding the Gear Warning Buzzer that is tied to the Throttle Control that goes off if you pull the throttle back below 13" MP, looked in the service manual and POH but don't see it addressed. I do see the information about the buzzer tied to the air switch that will go off if you try to raise the gear below 80 mph. TIA Matt

Go to this link, I recreated the charts so they are legible

Then by all means, show how it's done and if you aren't willing to put in the time and effort to do such yourself then you are part of the problem.

You are more than welcome to run your suggestion past the FAA, I can provide you all of the contact info to see if they tell you anything different...just let me know

Thanks, but this has been an exhaustive effort in futility when dealing with the FAA and Mooney, although Mooney has come through and agreed to license the gear sets to LASAR so we will have more options than we do now...as far as if it's a good thing or bad thing that it was licensed to LASAR is still yet to be determined...I've spent 8 months dealing with Mooney, the FAA, DARs, DERs, MROs and so on and so forth, I honestly don't know how ANYTHING gets done, the FAA is lacking in so many areas across the board, medicals are another issue, they are 20 years behind on what meds are used to treat various conditions, meds from 20 years ago are not used today to treat the same things that they were 20 years ago. But that's a different fight...but that's the problem, everything with the FAA is a fight..sorry if I came across as terse, nothing personal, I let my frustration get the better of me... thank you for your time