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Questions asked Questions answered Tribal knowledge says 40 pounds on the shelf As to the push/pull rods - that's way out in the future for engineering to look at BUT big thanks to Frank for getting back to me so quickly Great support response!!!! Thanks for the lead also !!

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I'll give it a try BTW Some time back I asked the factory about a Letter of No Technical Objection to use the spring push rods on the nose gear of the manual gear Mooneys and they aid they'd talk about it and I never heard back I'll bring that up also. Thanks.

Do any of you remember what it took for Mooney to recertify the fuselage for "just" adding a second door and a composite "fairing" on the forward fuselage? It took so much time, effort (with the FAA oversite), and money that it killed the company Making changes to a "certified" aircraft is a very costly endeavor because its the FAA on the hook and not just the manufacturer. The wording is- FAA CERTIFIED They don't stick their neck out for anything or anyone. But of course Mooney also never did market well to their customers or come out with marketable ideas- they just spent money on losers- M22, M10, Porsche, MU-2, D model, and quite possibly the 2 door model But most abysmally, was their marketing to the flying public. All one had to do was go to OSH and visit the Cirrus booth and then go by the Mooney booth and it didn't take a rocket scientist to see which one knew how to sell airplanes - THE MAIN purpose of being in business. I personally saw them lose a brand new sale (right near the end) to an overseas customer who came all the way to OSH to give them money and no one at OSH, from the factory, would even talk to him. Don't get me wrong, I love my Mooney but one has to sit back and smell the roses.

How? I have never talked with him The brain trust around here hasn't ever seen the limits either? 60 years in the field and no one knows the limit number? As mentioned I've seen many different installations on those shelves but never gave thought to a weight limit before now.

Someone who doesn't post here anymore used the red/brown D shaped foam weather strip from the aviation isle at Home Depot with good success years ago.

A Photon Torpedo cannon! Its a loose end of missing information that I want to find. Have seen many radios mounted back there but nowhere can I find the shelf load limit Inquiring minds want to know

Has anyone ever seen a weight limit published for the radio shelf aft of the cabin in the hell hole? I've been searching and if there is one I have missed it somewhere. Its probably hiding in plain sight an I have my eyes closed ! :-)

What other single engine complex airplane is/was built similar to our Mooneys? (steel tube and aluminum shell) With 285 HP it would cruise at around 180+ kts

Proves that just because it legal it may not be a good idea! The LAW of Unintended Consequences The charlie weights that I have seen seem to run about 6 pounds each.

The Dynon HDX does NOT have VOR/ILS capability. Its built in GPS is NOT IFR certified SO--- For IFR GPS work it needs to be fed with an approved GPS signal (GPS 175 ?) One would need to have a separate Com/nav for 2nd com and VOR/ILS capability with an indicator in the panel (I use Dynons com radio and xponder connected thru the HDX). I choose the HDX as I didn't need IFR capability (no other GPS installed) It cleaned up the panel to only 2 screens total. No more problems with old engine/fuel gages either. Compatible with the Aerocruze 100 A/P (installed and working fine). It works for me and my flying YMMV

Well they could have come here and I could show them most every model and tell them what they need to know !! :-)

YUP Moved west with the migration :-) Glad we did Didn't have any coffee houses in Page :-) :-) Nor doctors!! Im here until Im drooling in my soup.

We have so many coffee places it boggles the mind Many stand alone drive thru coffee stops that seem to always have 8 or 10 cars in line for what? Coffee? Who the heck drinks that much coffee at per gallon prices that go 10 times beyond avgas per gallon? I'd rather buy avgas :-)

They've already beaten you to it Both St George and Kanab have booze stores just over the line south in Mesquite and Fredonia AZ 1st town south of the border