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Quote: Bnicolette Wow guys. Those interiors are some of the best I've seen.

Oh man!! All these nice, helpful Europeans are making me think about European travel plan$$! I would love to go back again, but this time see it by Mooney!

Quote: jetdriven I use the Armstrong towbar method. Mooneys are easy to push. an A36 is not.

Quote: n74795 The top prop is closer to 11k and you cant get it right away

Quote: fantom Until then there's always:

Quote: Hank But we are all vulnerable to the Mooney-equivalent of PEBKAC--what would that be? PEBPAC??

Quote: AustinPynes that is scary

Quote: N9154V Austin From Memory, on my 69F. The AD year to year is not much money, just lube the motor. When inspcetion time comes, take the plane to a MSC to remove and inspcet the gears. I think it was $500.00. My gears were bad, I had a choice of 20:1 gears stock for $500.00, or the 40:1 gears $1000.00 plus laber to install, another $500.00. All told about $2000.00. Tom at Top Gun did mine, Laser would be another great shop to get them. I have had my plane at both shops for work or parts. Don Maxwell in Texas has a great rep, as does Wilmar in Minn. The 40:1 gears are a little slower, 6 or 7 seconds instead of 3 seconds, they don't slam into the gear wells, just seems to be less stress on the system. I am very pleased with the 40:1 gears. Ron

Congratulations! I almost bought an E too. I eagerly await the pictures. Does yours have manual gear and flaps? Speed mods?

Quote: Parker_Woodruff Surely the Hartzell 2 blade Top-Prop can be installed for what...$8000 new? As Scott said, thanks for keeping your bird flying!

I know that my tug doesn't jive with the spirit or intent of this thread; ie: budget power tow options, but I thought I'd post anyways and say that it works awesome! I love it.

You want one that broadcasts your GPS coordinates. Many do not. It really speeds up the time it takes for them to find you. When I looked at them a few months back, I felt the ACK E-04 was the best for the money. I layed in the wiring for this unit, but I have not yet bought it. In the mean time I fly with a PLB that can also broadcast my GPS coordinates.

Quote: Urs_Wildermuth Dave, might well amount to it. Peter Garrison sais 50 USG usable in his book. what do you calculate with your "F"? 64 USG?

Quote: cb310 I know that I look through all sections regularly and sorting through the same information is akin to spamming or screaming for attention in my opinion.

I did all my IFR training and most of my IFR flying in carburated airplanes. I did a lot of IFR in the Cessna 182 and it too has a rep for being an ice maker. I think your C would be fine. However, if you are concerned and want to change planes, I have to wonder, why jump all the way to a Rocket? If you are happy enough with your C and the ony thing bothering you is the carb ice issue, the logical jump seems to be to an E. Pretty much the same operating costs, no carb ice and a bit faster. If you're thinking a little extra back seat space would be nice then an F or J would still keep near the same expense to your pocketbook that you're used to. This board has really gotten turbo fever lately and that's all good, but consider that your C is probably the most economical of all Mooneys (with the exception of Sven's D) to own and operate. I think that in jumping to a big bore turbo, you will see your fixed and variable costs going up significantly. Just check the cost to overhaul the engine alone, then factor the insurance differences. Annual's going to be more too. The firewall forward Rocket specific parts will cost more and you will burn a lot more gas.

I guess you might have to fill a tank up, run it dry and refill it to be really sure how much is usable.

I'm sure Parker will be along soon to give his opinion. He used to fly a relatively high time 201 and was just fine with it. I think it might be all a matter of how it was cared for.

Welcome to the forums! You will enjoy the Mooney experience for sure. Pictures please!!

In your state of Georgia, probably no difference at all. Just try to use the same brand, it'll make it a bit easier to match. In the state of California, auto paint shops are required to use the water based paints (for environmental reasons of course ) that require a clear top coat. I have heard that they make an exception for aircraft paint and so airplanes can be painted with the older systems that don't require the clear coat. I could be wrong as it is just what I have heard. Maybe the guys from Artcraft could come on here and set the story straight. In any case, I'm in the same boat as you. My paint isn't bad enough, or offensive enough to warrant a total repaint. It does need a lot of touching up though. As this is my first airplane, I'm sort of glad that it doesn't have a pristine new paint job. I can learn to live with the plane without the added stress of worrying about every little scratch. So far, the avionics upgrade and annual have resulted in minor damage to the paint and if it were a new paint job, I would be freaking out, but as it's an old job I can let it slide.

Quote: kurtsnyder Thanks for the info fellas! These forums can sure keep one from getting into some major trouble!

Quote: galt1074 Please, I'm not an expert in these airplanes so tell me how I'm wrong and tell me how I'm right. I'm trying to get back into GA but the mindset is very different from what I am used to and I need to learn.

Damage history is just like any other parameter when buying a used airplane. How much do you care about it in relation to the other features the plane has, like avionics, mods, hours, paint, interior, etc. If you are considering a vintage Mooney damage history just comes with the territory. Sure it'd be nice to have one with NDH, but you have to weight it against everything else. Even in todays market, if you're strict on the NDH, your eliminating probably over 50% of the vintage market. Of the three MSCs I spoke to, all said gear up damage is no big deal if repaired according to the book. This is why it's good to get a pre-buy done at a MSC because they can tell if it was done and done right even without log entries or photos. Mine had a gear up in '87. I loose zero sleep over it. My resale may be lower, but I also bought lower. If you're a first time, inexperienced buyer, take it to a MSC for the pre-buy. You'll be fine.

Quote: Vref ...my 2 eurocent's on the topic Luc

Ooops. Didn't read the post just above mine. Glad to hear you're moving on. Plenty of legit birds out there, so you'll find "the one"

Kurt- I know of this plane. It was for sale when I was shopping last year. Stay far away from it. It's repairs are sub standard. It is a well known bird in the TX Mooney service community. Call Russell at SWTA, he will tell you what he saw when it was in for repairs years ago. In his mind, it is completely unairworthy. The seller seems like a nice guy, he's just stuck with a parts plane that he has wasted a lot of money on. He has this problem because he failed to get a pre-buy IIRC. He trusted the A&P that sold it to him as "fresh out of annual and good to go!" This A & P has a rep in Texas...