Matthew P

Received an email from LASAR this morning, they are working with a few vendors trying to get the lead-times down and have created a "Waitlist." Once they get a firm (reasonable) lead-time they will start reaching out to those on their waitlist for orders/deposits. As of this morning, they still do not have an approximate price for the gearsets, won't know until they lock-in a vendor. (LASAR did not give a timeline as to when they might be reaching out to those on the waitlist.) IF you would like to be placed on their waitlist, email Sales@lasar.com with the qty you are requesting. Looks like there will be a secondary vendor option at some point as an individual, already making gearsets for other aircraft, is looking to make the 40:1 gearsets as well, he already has a few items PMA'd and working to do the same with the 40:1 gearsets, the good thing is, he's the vendor and a Mooney Owner, more info as it becomes available, but it will be good to have a little competition for LASAR to hopefully keep pricing relatively reasonable. But for now, if you are interested, reach out to LASAR and get your name on the list. V/r matt

I reached out to LASAR yesterday, waiting to hear back from him...did find a machinist that currently makes a few PMA parts and NASCAR gears that owns a Mooney that is looking to make them, but unsure of the timeline.

Looks good

Posed the question to Frank at Mooney and his response was: "Not sure, but probably looking at Material: MIL-B-5924B Type 1." OR Owens-Corning PF334

Thanks, hopefully he can get you resorted soon

Thanks, tied into the aux...

Well, finally painted and installed, extremely happy with the results...going to do the back vents next to blow air forward...very low profile considering, got a buddy at work to print them up based on the file I received on this page then bought the vents off of ebay...

For those of you that are waiting for your slot with Paul at Weep No More, it's well worth the wait...Just picked up my aircraft from Paul this morning couple of things to consider if you make the trip and decide to fly back on a commercial airline. Wilmar is about a 2hr drive from Minn/St Paul airport, Paul introduced me to Geri (320) 979-8818 and she took me to the airport and picked me up 2 weeks later, very nice individual and cheaper than Lyft or Uber, IF you can get anyone and there are NO one-way car rentals. She also has rooms for rent that are very reasonable, and if you chose to stay at a hotel, the Super 8 is reasonable and actually really nice rooms, just DON'T take the rooms next to the stairs..made that mistake. I know Paul has a long wait list, but he does have cancellations, he booked me 18 months out but had a last minute cancellation and texted me to see if I could make the short suspense to get there so overall, I waited 6 months. He gave me a quote, stuck to it completed the job when he said it would be done for LESS than the others charge..now I can look at getting it painted. Also, Paul is co-owner of the MSC there on the airfield so if there is other work you need taken care of, just ask him about it.

Form, fit, function...been around a while, especially with older aircraft....haven't heard on one instance where it's been an issue and neither has Cygnet with all the ones they have sold to Mooney drivers

Thanks, I will forward to A&P to verify as the left magneto is a Surefly to make sure it can/was adjusted properly.

is your engine timing at 25 degrees or has it been set to 20 degrees, there is a SB out on it that is suppose to help with difficult starts....experiencing a similar issue with mine, seems the only way I can get it started is to intentionally flood it, wait 10 minutes and then it will fire right up, hot starts aren't an issue...only cold starts...never had issues until we went from 25 degrees to 20 degrees but that doesn't make sense.

That's right, forgot about that..., gotta slot it then.

You could always make a template and have what you want made, just remember that you need to leave room for the defrost from heating, if you look at your current glareshield, there is about a 1/2 gap to allow airflow.

I have the official Mooney Drawings and materials list so these will be build to print and they will have (2) holes for the pedals, that are marked but not drilled which will satisfy the OPP requirements....a friend of mine is looking to fabricate them, waiting on prices for both 1.5" and 3". IF you want/need them sooner, there is an individual on this site that currently makes them for $300-ish a set, I'm sure he'll reach out to those interested.

Anyone interested in either the 1.5" or 3" pedal extensions?