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I received my boots early this week, shipped very quickly and included manufacturing certificate and instruction page for boot replacement. A very pleasant experience all around. Hats off to @M20E for me for a well executed group buy.

Randy Korte…dm me if you want his info. He is often willing to travel within reason. He’s done pre-buy inspections for me when I was out shopping from Placerville to woodland and out to paradise too. Very reasonable guy and prices.

Well I would buy @George Braly a beer. I sure think he has earned it. Thank you George for investing time, effort and thick skin into helping keep aviation going. I think if our Mooney’s keep drinking fuel for 10years we will look back and say - Thank goodness we are still able to use our anti-gravity machines;)

@Jon M whoa! I grew up in Cameron Park:) Very neat to hear there’s another active Mooney flyer over there. I’m in and out of O61 to visit with my folks. The m20c I’m flying now actually spent a good portion of its life before me based at O61. Is Tim Carr still working in that area?

This is a fun question;) I’ve had the good luck to run into a very useful document from a fellow up in Oregon who has been kind enough to allow me to share. tso_pamphlet.pdf

Thanks! I was trying to figure that out;) @Fly Boomer

Mike Peavey did my time and check out with me -m20c. He’s based in Chico. His rate is very reasonable. If you are interested I can send you his contact info in a direct message. @ Zorro

So…what happens if a set of gears are made to the current in hand drawings and hardness spec by a willing manufacturer, cycle testing done with appropriate load. Could we then just look at the data and drawings and promise left right and center not to make any more? If we lived in Europe would there be a path forward with the EASA?

I suppose a few REALLY good datapoints would be…who has actually had to USE their insurance? How was the experience? What happened afterwards?

I use avemco, service has been as good as I could hope for. I’m <100hrs on my m20c, hull value of 75k $1770/year. I also have a Cessna 150 insured with them for a whopping $890/year. Seems like a decent enough deal so far. I had a quote done by BWI earlier this year when I was looking to add the m20c and it was nearly double.

I’m in for at least 2 @ the 10pieces price and if there is enough interest to get the price down I could bump that up to 4

I could be interested in a few….with 6 servos does that mean you have the elevator servos installed? I’ve been trying to track one more down for myself…I’ve only been able to find one out in the wild so far.

If they are there they are in the tail section I believe, I think you can spot them from within the battery access area - connected to the elevator control rod. There are usually two - one with a blue vacuum line and the other with a yellow. The pitch servos are the lighter color(not black) as far as I have seen. Picture added from other user with pitch servo in plastic bag. Mounted near the rudder servo.

Do you have a pair (or even just one) of pitch servos? I’d take those:)

You don’t happen to have a pair of pitch servos in there?? I’d take those:)

Anyone throwing in a set of rollerblades? Im actively looking into this for my m20c….my last mile is actually 7 miles… I won’t be bringing along any rollerblades but I am interested in the robo-skateboard and folding/tiny bike options. Anyone able to fit a standard road bike in? Wheels off? I keep my hat in the barrack, I suppose I’ll need to keep a helmet of some sort in there too. I might wear a helmet after this post;)

Beware of Melvin!!! Lol nakanomelvin

I think the 430w, 2x g5 + gad29 & gmu11 combo is great! Add the flight stream and foreflight and it’s a very convenient setup. I don’t fly ifr yet so I can’t add any input from that perspective. Good luck with whatever upgrade path you choose!

Yup! I got the same exact phishing message today too…

Hello, I’m hoping to track down those elusive pitch servos for the brittain pitch/altitude hold systems. Anyone have a pair rotting at the bottom of a storage bin or collecting dust on a hangar shelf? Even better if someone has a pair that need to be removed for upgrade:)

Not to hijack the thread;) May I call too? I am in the same situation as the OP.

I removed the motor from the system and with no load the motor pulled over 10.5amps from a 14v bench supply with current measurement.

Hello, I have a 1971 m20c and recently had an issue with my flaps. Very similar symptoms as what has been described. I can confirm the older electric flaps do not have any limit switch. Not an ideal design. Overtime the motor will increase current consumption to the point it pops the 10a breaker. I just posted an alternate part number for our motors in a new post. If you have trouble tracking down a new number you may be able to find it under the textron number. Take a look at the Cessna 150 flap actuator assembly….seems mighty familiar from a very quick visual inspection;) Good luck!

So like many others I have had some issues with my electric flaps. I have the no limit switch flavor of electric flap configuration that uses a Commercial Aircraft Products motor. Needless to say this motor began to pull more current than my breaker wanted to allow. Replacement was required, fortunately I found a unit from BAS. Along the way to tracking the replacement down I discovered an interesting bit of info I thought I would share here. Textron part number C301 002-01-03 is the same CAP motor as used in the m20 flap system but rebranded with a Cessna label. These are still available as a new unit, not cheap but they are available. It is used in the Cessna c150 flap actuator assemblies….

Thanks! I’m in paradise California:)