Greg Ellis

@mooniac58 Seems like the spam is back with a vengeance at least in the general forum.

To get my airplane back in the air as quickly as possible, I just ordered two new Superior Cylinders from Aircraft Spruce and received them the next day. Didn't even have to ask for next day shipping since they have a warehouse locally. Mechanic installing them this week. They have them in stock at least for an O-360-A1D.

Wasn’t quite sure where to post this but any tricks on separating parts of the exhaust at the various joints? I’ve got one that is stuck together and cannot seem to get them separated. It is at the joint where the horizontal part of the exhaust curves up to go into the #4 cylinder (O-360). There is a joint there but it is stuck together tight. I tried to see if some mouse milk would wick in the joint but no luck. Any thoughts? Thank you.

They do have the option this year of requesting the North 40 or the South 40 by the use of a sign with either an N or S on it. But as @KSMooniac stated there are no guarantees and the earlier you arrive the more likely you are to be granted your request.

As of this morning they completely fill the first page of the General Forum.

When I purchased my 406 ELT it came with the registration information on how to register so I did and I get a renewal notice every 2 years and it is dirt simple and free to renew online. Then a letter shows up in the mail a few days later confirming the renewal.

Just out of curiosity, what has to stay in tact at Mooney in order to keep the Type certificate valid, or does that even matter? If they transfer all parts, etc to Lasar, they still have to keep something going for the TC, correct? And just a side note, I have owned my C model for 17 years now and the only thing I remember coming directly from the factory was a door hinge for the passenger door. I do recall my mechanic that ordered it saying it was the last one Mooney had on the shelf and that was about 15 years ago.

Maybe for Part 91 but what about for Part 141....

Mike Busch does recommend the Vividia. But if you go that route make sure you get the one with the highest resolution. There are probably a few of the low resolution ones still floating around. The high res ones give a great image.

If any of you are going to Oshkosh this year, Dave Pasquale, the king of the borescope, and works with Savvy, is putting on 2 hands on borescope classes as well as another talk on the borescope and analyzing images. Just FYI.

Their website says they are not taking on any more work until their backlog of over 50 units are finished. Busy place like everyone else.

I just saw a news story that Hartzell got STC approval for its new Outlaw prop for the Mooney M20 series. It was a pretty vague news story but is this new news or old news?

As has been mentioned, make sure you have all the parts for the Doghouse. I can see that you do not have the inter cylinder baffles as @@N201MKTurbo has mentioned. They are quite important for proper cooling. If you had them we would see the the hook that hooks from the top of the cylinders down through to the underneath side where the baffle is. Also, make sure you have the connecting tie rod along the bottom. It holds a front piece of the baffling to a rear piece of the baffling and keeps them tight around the cylinders. It is amazing what a difference it makes in cooling just to have those tight around the cylinders.

Beverly plane crash leaves 1 dead, 1 injured – NBC Boston

Accident Mooney M20F N9573M, Thursday 19 June 2025