Hank

That's what most of us are. But it's impossible to keep bots from searching and reporting back to lowlife imbeciles like this one, so he can try to squeeze in between seller and buyer. Know who you're sending money too, don't just fling it at some weird email.

I have both, too. AccuFlight follows the heading bug, great for straight-line flight. AccuTrak follows whatever I program into my WAAS GPS--straight lines, turns, instrument approaches, etc. But neither one does anything with the elevator, you still have to watch and manage your altitude.

Many of mine are riveted in, so I remove all of the ones with screws. I keep one unpainted screw in each; it is loosened, the painted ones are removed, and the panel swivels out of the way. Then I can never mix them up during reinstall, and cuss because the screw holes are not all perfect matches. Seems like I remove about 4 panels per wing.

Bah humbug. Our politicians are mandating electric motors for everyone anyway, then during summer telling us to not run home AC or charge the electric vehicles they so badly want us to buy . . . . It's all about control, same as G100UL vs Swift94 vs 100LL. We will likely all end up paying more to use the fuel pushed the hardest by the most politicians . . . . Whether it works in our engines or not, it will be the only thing whose sale is permitted. Control!

Sounds like you already are! Mine's not too bad . . . .

Wow. Broke out of the clouds ~1000 agl, in a 4.8g spiral; two seconds later, passed through 8g and broke the wing spar at both main gear mounts!

I don't think an auto shop has ever damaged my vehicle when working on it. And I don't drive "high end," just basic stuff like Honda Accord, Ford Ranger and now a base model Nissan Altima. Fortunately, the A&Ps / IAs that I have used on my Mooney have not caused cosmetic damage that I've noticed. It was painted two owners ago, sometime in the 90s, and I think it looks pretty good still. I have had to ditch one shop due to quality and quantity of work, doing unapproved work, and stupid rates [we took your wheels off, decided your bearings are bad, then put it all back together. We want to charge you to jack up your plane, remove, clean and disassemble the wheels, replace & lube the bearings, then put everything back together.] After that experience, I needed a Ferry Permit to go to Joey Cole's and have the plane rerigged; he said I was lucky the gear came down to land, to say nothing of how out-of-whack the elevator was. [dumbass replaced the tie rod ends when I told him not to, because he didn't have rigging boards to make sure everything was right.] So far, four good ones and just the one bad apple.

Welcome! Hope you enjoy your new Mooney as much as I enjoy mine!

Hey Hank. Edison did a great job on my C back in 2011. Recently had a tiny leak in the bottom of my left wing--tightened two screws about 1/4 turn each, and it's gone. He did the work on time and on budget, and even drive me to the other airport to catch my cheap flight home when I dropped off the Mooney.

If you use wingwalk compound from Spruce, the good looks last, and no overspray.

True, but I've landed after 90 knot instrument approaches. It's a little different, flying the plane onto the runway. Typically I ignore the steady state wind and add half the gust factor. But a strong steady wind makes for a long approach since groundspeed goes way down. Then again, rollouts are pretty short too.

I had good results using a Rustoleum garage floor kit at home. It's 2-part epoxy with color chips to sprinkle on as you go, and was available in gray or beige. It even came with cleaning powder, which I think the water turned into muriatic acid to mop the floor with. The mop was fairly destroyed when I was done. The whole thing took a couple of days, with the door cracked and a fan blowing on it to dry. Paint adhesion of any kind is all about surface preparation, so be thorough. I lived in that house for nine years, parking on the surface every day, with no problems. Think the kit came from HD, but most big box stores should carry it. A hangar is much larger than a 2-car garage, so calculate the square footage and buy multiple kits, and don't expect to clean the floor in one evening after work. Good luck!

I have a separate PTT on both yokes, similar but different. My PC is still functional. But it's amazing how few cockpit and panel shots show either yoke. I'll find a photo (may be on my tablet at home) and upload later.

Sounds like you have the low drag model! Mine is almost the size of a coke can.

Here's one of my main gear legs, with the fittings circled. Yeah, it's dirty and greasy, mid-annual a few years ago. Some are obviously pre-greasing, but some look post-greasing. Happy hunting!