Flyler

Private sector yard. We built mostly work boats like tugs and ferries, and large yachts. One of the yards did build a few Coast Guard cutters with deck guns though! My composites experience was outside of the shipyard and for a really interesting, but niche special project run through a high performance sailboat component manufacturing place. I learned so much there, it was such a cool place. Unfortunately they went under, and I hopped ship early as the writing was on the wall.

Ex-machinist and shipyard guy here. Stainless fasteners just sorta stink to begin with, IMO. The galling or "snowballing" is a real problem. SS and aluminum are far apart on the galvanic scale which accelerates corrosion. We used to use a product called "TefGel" when we couldn't isolate Carbon from SS very well. Typically, though, we would bond a glass sleeve into the carbon fiber and use a glass washer, to keep the direct Carbon to SS contact low. Of course with carbon fiber, Titanium just happens to be close on the galvanic scale. A hassle to machine/fabricate and super expensive! At any rate, that galvanic scale pictured is the gospel. If you have dissimilar materials, you want them to be next to eachother on that scale. The further apart they are, the more they will corrode.

Do yourself a favor and have someone who is *knowledgeable and experienced* about Mooney gear check the rigging.

A 70 year old German machinist who taught me everything about materials, machining, engineering, CNC programming (even though he couldn't use a computer), how to hunt, how to be a man, never to back down from a fight but still remain humble, and when I should not make a sarcastic comment! Mike is still kicking today, over 90 years old. They simply do not make people like him any more. All hail the old timers!

Collet Chuck and a parting tool... I can hear that delrin singing now. It makes such a unique sound.

Did you ask about the overly expensive Mooney factory rollers? I was waiting on them, and seat rails, for a few months. I spoke to Heather at LASAR and I thought she mentioned that they had put in a big order of Mooney manufactured rollers and were expecting them soon. That was probably over a month ago, though.

I stopped by the hangar and took some pictures of the one I have. I saw that two holes appear to have a crack. I could not see any part number.

Sounds like a grand adventure already. Just think how much faster the trip will be when you can *fly* the Mooney instead of drive it!!

It may be worth losing 20hp for some IO-360 pilots as (and I'm just assuming here without reading tech specs) you get that 20hp back pretty quickly at altitude due to the turbo. My pipedream here is that MOSAIC gets expanded to allow "decertification" of our Mooneys and we can use experimental engines. The Deltahawk concept looks great to me.

Yes, just the spinner. It is in my hangar but if you're in need I can take some measurements and pictures. I don't know much about it. I'm a bit too tired to make this statement more eloquent- I bought the plane from a dead guys brother. It had the SWTA cowl and spinner on it, came with what appears to be the factory spinner in the back seat. I promptly totalled the plane after purchasing it. Still have the original spinner.

Unfortunately mine does not have a part number that I could find. I assume it's for the factory 2 blade McCauley, but it does not have a bulkhead.

I'm so sorry to hear about your sticky plane situation, that sounds rough! I've already found and purchased a 201 since making this post. Thanks so much reaching out, though, and good luck finding the new owner.

The Turtle Wax "Hybrid Ceramic" line is pretty dang good too, and really inexpensive. Worth a try. It doesn't get as much junk embedded into it as the traditional waxes, IME.

OK, maybe it isn't what you were expecting but it is still accurately described. Glad I was in a car... Coincidentally I took the Piper rental up to Great Barrington, MA today. Great Bearington... Ha....

If you just had the paint correction done, with zero coating/wax on top, the plane still would've looked amazing. The coatings, whatever type they are, will add some depth to the shine but also protect the paint so it looks amazing longer. They certainly make the surface more slippery so dirt and water don't stick. More importantly, Mooneys are supposed to be slippery. I think if you keep up with the re-application as per PermaGard's recommendation, your plane is going to look way better than most others on the lot, for a long time coming