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An investigation was launched because an MSC complained, not because it was warranted.

Can anyone provide the definition of quality control in regards to owner produced parts? The FAA is yet to provide the definition in all of the regulations, AC’s or legal opinions that they’ve sent me.

The owners have complied with at least one of the OPP requirements.

These parts were made IAW the FAA OPP rules as they are currently written.

You’re killing me Doc!

Hi Chuck, I replied to your message. I have sets of them available. Thanks, David

Pretty straight forward with the right parts. Going off what you originally posted was going to be interesting. Sounds good though now.

I wonder what the logbook entry for this maintenance is going to look like?

I think the J’s should now be moved to vintage. It’s about time to include all the 4 cylinder Monney’s into Vintage.

I’d hold on to them as I may be able to help you get the degree marks and get them aligned. David

I don’t see any degree marks on these. Is it just the pictures or are there no marks? Thanks.

The IO-360 I’ve worked on and did my mods to pretty much never see above 375 on CHT’s when it’s hot out. I attribute that to the IO cylinders being bigger and more cooling fin area along with the better burn of fuel injection versus carb. The O-360’s that I modded seem to do better with the tighter baffles along with the same air inlet area as the J model cowling has. That’s what I’m doing with my cowl for the C & G. It will have the same air inlet area as the J. Still trying to decide the best and most cost effective baffling for the C & G. The IO baffling is the same as the J and I have a complete set to make patterns off of. I’m going to do some research on the Husky that I have access to as it’s a 180 horse and pretty much identical to our C & G engine wise. We don’t see that hot of temps in it as seen in the carbed Mooney. Thanks, David

Hi Don, I’m pretty certain I won’t use Vans baffling going forward. I could only really use the back and aft two cylinder portions of their kit and had to build the rest to fit the Mooney cowling. The Vans parts are too short for the front two cylinders. They did help me get patterns made to do the other couple of modded airplanes. Cowling project is back to making progress. I’ll have two different cowlings as a result of the issue I had with the prototype. I now have a full forward fuselage along with an engine to fit parts in my shop. That was a big set back when I sold my C to Don!! David

Let me dig back through my photos and see if I took any of that area specifically. I didn’t end up using the cover plate as I had a whole new lower cowl skin I riveted on after removing the aluminum skin. Thanks, David

One other thing you might check before cutting through your baffle and adding their doubler is to check the clearance of the oil cooler to the engine mount. I did one and found the cooler was too close to the engine mount for my comfort. Had to do some more modifying it to get clearance. I can’t really fault them for kit fit as each one of these birds was hand built and none are the same. David

Incorrect.

I had to laugh when I read this. No offense to you and your thought process as I agree with it. As things are currently being applied, McFarlane should be receiving a letter as well. I’ll leave it at that for now.

What part of the OPP rules is McFarlane complying with? I know plenty of vintage Mooney owners who’ve called them up and ordered a cable and then installed it via OPP. What did the owner do to comply with the rules of OPP in this case? They didn’t! Are the rules being applied the same to everyone? The answer is no.

No others outside of the group were produced or sold.

Whatever.

I was trying not to reply as it’s a sensitive topic that has not been finished. I asked Mooniac58 to take them down for now as to not offer anymore free information to those who are looking for it and reporting it to the Friendly Aviation A. I don’t have anything I’m willing to share on this public forum as it is being monitored and I know by who. When it’s come to a satisfactory conclusion, I will tell the story. Thank you,

Even though I’m done with the flying part of life, I’m getting more involved in the Mooney maintenance side of aviation. Looking to expand into new things Mooney related. Adding some more parts into my over due cowling project that will give it a good kick start again! David

I’ve thought about retuning to flying and it’s just not in me anymore. The fun factor has been killed by the cost. I’ve returned to old muscle cars and am having a blast.

I tried to get BasicMed and none of my doctors will do it. They would on their own but the system they work for had told them absolutely not. That was just another part of me getting out of owning and now flying. David

Hi Don, Plan is to retire from full time work in a little over three years. Then it’s on to the fun Mooney stuff on my schedule. Not planning to open a shop full time, but will be doing cowlings, and other neat Mooney things I can get into. Thanks, David