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Jason, I attended Jerry's class two years ago and found it to be quite valuable. You take away a notebook of mx manual excerpts with some of the more common items that need to be addressed. I leave this notebook in the plane and I use it just about every time I open a toolbox near the plane. I'm somewhat considering upgrading to a K model so I would certainly be interested in learning a little bit about them beforehand. Scott

Quote: 67M20F Ok I have heard to do your runup at 1800, and full power, we are only talking about leaning, I fly out of fields that are above 5500 ft, do you lean out at 1800 or 2100 or full power(not sure that I will get more out of the motor but it's been a month since I have flown, much more than I like), I am climbing to 10.5-11.5-12.5K, I have heard to run at peak EGT, heard to run at 50 ROP, heard 50 LOP, Mooney's are slick don't want to ruin all of that. I only have about 200hrs in airframe, and would like to know what the best way to run this motor and airframe! NOT A LOP QUESTION! NOT WANTING TO RUN LOP. NEED LOT MORE HRS!!!!!!!!!!!

George, count me in! The down side is that there's a mountain flying course in Denver that same weekend that KSMooniac and I were planning to attend, but I'm sure they hold more than one class per year. Any chance Tom will be back from deployment during that time? I've chatted with him a couple times about E models, and would really like to get him to help with the rigging on my plane.

Well, I've already got the LP windows and vent window...all I need is the latch and hinges. LP makes one for Piper that I can get for $49 through Airparts, but I might just see how well mine clean up before spending any more money. It's not an obscene amount of money in absolute dollars, but for two plastic hinges and a plastic latch, it's still a bit absurd. More so that Aircraft Spruce gets $124 for them, and Great Lakes' Beech kit is $185 for the same thing. This "rich aircraft owner" concept is really starting to hurt!

George, I called LP directly and they said they don't have anything for Mooney at all. They do make them for Piper and Beechcraft...was yours the Piper part, by chance? Aircraft Spruce's part says "Piper and Mooney", but they don't say that it's an LP product. Unless I find something slick and cheap in the next week or so, I'll probably just try blast and paint my old ones. PS - George, I'm having my seats reupholstered right now and I printed off a picture of your interior as the model to copy. The front seats will be sculpted entirely out of the Confor Foam, but the back seat will just be standard aircraft seat foam. I'm in the process of cutting out some nice new wool carpet on the living room floor tonight too.

Those of you who have replaced windows yourselves....what kind of hinge did you use for the vent window? My old hinges are cruddy and rusty, don't want to reuse them. Aircraft Spruce sells a "Piper and Mooney" hinge kit for $124. Give me a freakin break. They're plastic hinges. LP Aero does not offer a hinge kit for Mooney specifically, but using their Piper part number, I can get that for $49 through Air Parts Co locally. Might actually be the same one that Spruce sells for more than twice the price? Are there any suitable home grown hinge/latch recommendations? The windows are stock thickness LP Aero windows, so there's a 1/8" step from window surface to vent window surface, necessitating an offset hinge line (or a washer/filler).

Craig, Can we get some region-specific forums for posting fly-ins and lunch gathering type info? A couple of us are trying to coordinate a club/group in the Kansas area. ...or maybe just a single forum for $100 hamburgers.