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More isn't always better

No there is a debilitating medical issue called "Flicker Vertigo" first encountered by helicopter pilots when going west in a setting sun with the blades causing a flicker of the available light. Much akin to epilepsy in its affect on humans. Real dangerous if one is susceptible. I would think that a pulsing light shinning fwd in a low vis condition especially at night would also cause the same affect.

Just a question about the ":strobe" function- If faced toward the direction of flight was its influence on "flicker vertigo" in humans assessed when reflected back into the cockpit from clouds or haze? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flicker_vertigo The light assembly looks very nice and IS bright Can you verify the approval status for installation on Part 91 airplanes and if you the requisite PMA approvals to manufacture for certified airplanes? I don't see it on your website (I could have missed it)

Might have some issues with heat both on their plug and wires and the bulb itself if one tries to install same in the cowl nose bowl with its close proximity to the exhaust stack especially in short bodies

You learn in this game by studying what the other guy did wrong and not doing the same thing! As I've said before here- You're not a safe pilot until you have been "tempered" and you get tempered when you do something in an airplane that scares the living crap out of you and YOU know YOU did it to yourself! As for me in my 50+ years in this game I have personally known many who have made smoking holes in the ground- One in C-150 taking off of a sandy beach overloaded at a density altitude of 7,000+ feet and never getting out of ground effect Another taking off at night in low IFR right after getting the IR and rolling into the ground Another doing low altitude aerobatics in a Corsiar and doing a loop too low Two others trying to get into a night IFR landing in the mountains by going below mins in Jetstar Another going into the Florida swamp at the speed of sound with a fire on board in a DC-9 Another by not being current in a Connie and putting it into trees at the end of a runway These are just 7 of the many I have known Sometimes you can avoid the sword by doing things right and sometimes your ticket gets punched even when you did it all correct. Its all part of life and trying to do the best you can every flight. Anything short of trying hard every flight only increases the chances of a poor outcome. As Dirty Harry once said- "A man's got to know his limitations!" Pay attention to what you are doing as ALL the regulations were written in someone's blood.

I just flew from Utah to Sun n Fun in Florida and back and again last week from UT to OK City and back. Do the trip you'll love it and park in the desert with a cover The plane will do fine for 3 months.

90 days isn't going to hurt it at all Get a cover to keep the heat out of the cabin and don't worry about it AND you might find you have a chance every couple weeks to actually fly it. Where in So Cal will it be?

Try looking at windy.com about 5 or so days out Windy gives pretty good info on what might happen Easy to learn how to manipulate the controls

OK a firewood Mooney :-)

Seems to be some discrepancy between this post and Skates97 2 above or are we talking wood wing earlier? That I could believe

What cool looking lines!

Yes I'll go along with that Very simple stuff on a Mooney compared to a Rolls but still the specter of deferred maintenance raises its head every day. I've gone the Mercedes bit before (even to overhauling 3 auto trannys) but a JAG? And 2 no less? You're a glutton for punishment! "If you can't afford to maintain it- you can't afford to have it!" Basic, simple mantra.

If you ever drill acrylic windows make damn sure you know how to grind the drill bit properly before you drill !! If you don't you WILL ruin the window.

ALL vehicle manufacturers price spare parts at the ratio value of today's NEW vehicle pricing ALL manufactures see follow on parts sales as a Profit Center Can you buy a door handle for your 64 Ford Fairlane from Ford for the price it sold for in 64? No! They don't even make it now. To be able to have a company who made a vehicle 50+ years ago be willing to make a part for that antique today is a luxury - at what ever the price! ALL parts sold by an airplane manufacturer - whether they make the part or buy the part from someone else - have to go through QC with the airplane maker. There is a cost there to do that. They can't just say go to Rockauto and buy this part. The rules don't work that way even if the Rockauto part is identical to the one the factory is selling (unless it qualifies independently as a standard part or other legal qualification, but that's for another time as it always opens up a can of worms here). Why can't you "legally" go buy a Motorola car alternator at Rockauto and install it as its the same shape as the one on your airplane? Specifically to the point of the OPs part in this thread- its another example of A&Ps NOT doing what A&Ps were taught in school and should be able to do- repair simple parts. This part is nothing more than a simple 4130 steel tubing weld project, A simple jig to line up the hinge points correctly and welding the crack WITH a reinforcing strap (double up the other side also) is all that is needed. Even if it took 6 hrs its still in the $600 range even in high priced labor areas of the country and its done in a day. Basic A&P work for something "non-obtainium" LASAR is only doing basic A&P stuff here. There is always the used parts avenue to go down. Bead blast, repaint, done in 1 hour. BTW the crack most likely should have been visible at the last annual IF the seats had been looked at properly. We have antique airplanes folks and deeper annuals need to be done Yes these are ANTIQUES! By every measure of the word. I find it very interesting that what we see here system wide on deferred maintenance on our Mooneys has a direct parallel in the high end classic car arena - specifically on Rolls Royce and Bentley cars. Exactly the same issues of high priced repairs needed on newly purchased old cars even to the point of how some have bought Mooneys only to be "surprised" with annuals the first time, that cost many AMUs just to make them right. Its no different with a Rolls Royce of 35 years old or more. The EXACT same scenario played out in another arena! Its the differed high cost of maintenance on an old vehicle. Like it or not.

Sure rub it in!

Looks like I have to talk to the big G in a week or so :-)

If it was bent in flight and hanging down it would be bent on jacks also :-)

Ya I use to do a 10,000' downwind into ATL in the 727

Another very good guess

Glad to see you back Well if your gear was up "tight" on jacks then its nearly impossible for just one leg to hang down due to the mechanics of the system. Could the report be that a "gear door" was hanging down and not the wheel itself? This is a much more probable thought. If the gear door was not checked to see how tight it was holding closed when on jacks then it can be forced slightly open by wind (airspeed) I see this as your most probable issue There are two rods that control how tight the door is pulled up and they probably need adjusting AFTER verifying that the gear leg itself is up and in its normal position. Hope this helps

I saw tonight that there is a forum set up at OSH something like "So you don't have an autopilot?" The forum speaker is Andy from TT/BK I wonder if he is ready for the audience that might show up?

I heard last week from someone connected with the Caravan that the Monday nite OSH con-fab was a go along with the Mooney tent Maybe he's wrong

There is two sided carpet tape :-)

Don't all or at least most Class Bs have VFR transit route right through the B area? Seems a controller "could" vector any one across the airspace roughly along those routes Now if one is crossing obliquely through the Class B that might not work out. I just had Las Vegas "guide" me across their airspace twice in a day even when they were busy. It can be done because the main airport traffic does have to go down and come up leaving a valley in between to pass thru. LAX has great VFR corridors for crossing. Crossing shouldn't be such a difficult proposition most of the time. If Class B is closed MOST of the time I feel its an ATC issue that needs to be addressed. Maybe a phone call to the Chief to set up a meeting to come to a better solution is in the offing? If they won't discuss it then maybe its time to work it up the chain of command The top of the Chain of Command might also be the House Rep or the Senator. All depends on how egregious you feel it is. Crossing through ABQ territory has always been my Achilles heel They don't play nice any time.

Just another example of the decline in A&P services over the years to just be parts changers As noted by M20Doc, its simple sheet metal work that any A&P was trained in, going through school