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    Give David Wright a call at the Avionics Place in Rockford IL. I've used them on a number of airplanes I maintain and they do good work. David
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    I might be interested in them except for the fact that they have to be installed at an authorized service center. I'm an A&P and if I can't install them in my own airplane, then I'm probably not that interested. David
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    I have the X grip and it wobbles around when the ipad is installed. Anyone else have this problem? David
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    I subscribe to very few magazines anymore. I do get the MAPA Log and Sport Aviation. The rest of my reading is by searching for articles on the web that I'm specifically looking for. That way I get to read what really interests me and not the majority of the fluff in aviation mags. David
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    Condolences to the families. I told my family that if I die in a plane crash, that is NOT the way I wanted to go! There's lots of things I love to do and I can't think any of them would be the way to go.
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    Really? There's nothing said by the OP that the work wasn't done correctly. The discrepancy is the time billed. Even MSC's and Mooney mechanics have trouble billing sometimes. David
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    Hi Troy, Seems anywhere from 5-8 hours would be acceptable for replacing the biscuits. I doubt it would take 28-30 hours to change the nose parts. Unless their labor rate is about $20 hour for the 36 hours charged, I'd be inclined to ask for a detail of the time on the job to justify the charges or an amended bill. David
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    I'm an A&P and work full time in aviation for a living. I just did my landing gear disks/biscuits on my airplane. I've never done it before and I was finished in 6 hours or less. I did not paint anything, just R&R'd the disks. I'm certain I could do it in less now as I know what all is entailed in the job other than reading what the manual says to do. I haven't done my nose truss yet but will be changing bushings during my upcoming annual. David
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    The paint colors are listed in the back of the IPC but not the scheme or color layout. At least not in my 1966 IPC. A good contact is Joe Schmerber who worked at Mooney for years and he can research your model, year, and S/N to see if they have it in the record. He can be reached at schmerb at ktc.com. I'm pretty certain I know what mine looked like and have found a picture of one a few S/N's after mine in the stock colors and scheme. I'm studying it and not completely sold on 100% original, but looking at something nearly original with a custom flair to it. David
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    Now reading that you weren't making full throttle movement to the external stop, changes my original thoughts. Good call on sending it out. David
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    Hi bonal, Is this really a problem? If you're making static RPM and all the other numbers for this engine, then why fix something that isn't broken? Just a thought or two to think about before spending money and possibly no change in the end. David
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    Ok. I have a better understanding now with your description being the dents from over towing. I thought the failures may be further up in the nose gear structure in the wheel well area. Thanks much, David
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    Hi USAFHaynes, Do you have any photos from the 2 unfortunate nose gear incidents showing where the breaks occured that you would share. I'd like to understand exactly where the breaks happened so I can look at mine closely in those suspect areas. Thank you, David.
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    I'm going to work up the numbers of what it would cost to make these and then put it out there to see if there's enough interest to make a run of 5 or so. At a minimum, my rough looking prototype would be available to use. Thanks, David
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    I did the modification to the gear tool and then finished changing the main gear disks today. The tool worked as advertised and made the job easy for 1 person to accomplish. Here's a couple of pictures of the job finished today. David
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    I'll 3rd that!
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    I tried this method before making my own tool and found it uncomfortable to keep tightening. Something didn't feel right so I backed it off and built a tool like in the manual. As much force as it took to compress the front disks with my tool, I'm not sure this would have worked on the nose. David
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    I had the opportunity to talk with a person in the know at the MAPA convention about the change in the jacking procedure for the older Mooney's. I learned that there is concern about the hardware used in the tail tie down (on the aircraft). This isn't in Mooney's SI nor do I expect it to be changed or updated to reflect this information. I'm satisfied with the explanation and would jack my airplane by using a tail tie down after inspecting the hardware. David
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    My thoughts are to make this available to anyone who needs to use it for the cost of shipping both ways. I can also make a much nicer one than my prototype and sell it to anyone who would like to purchase it. I hope to be done with my gear this week and then it would be available if someone is in need. Thank you, David
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    Ops check on my tool for the nose is good. Did one of the mains today and have a minor change to make before I do the other side. I'm a little surprised how much force is required to compress both the old disks and new ones to get the collar bolt removed and reinstalled. It works easily using an impact gun to turn the threaded rod. David
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    Hi Jim, The reason I posted what I did, stems from the myth that somehow a Mooney is so different than any other plane and requires a level of expertise only found in a select few people or only at an MSC. I'm not an expert, have plenty to learn, but am confident in my abilities and so are Most of the A&P's actively engaged in aviation or we wouldn't be doing what we do day in and day out. Byron's statement might be true, but yours follows the Mooney myth which drives me nuts. David
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    . Do you have data to back this statement up? It's kind of offensive to most A&P's. I had zero Mooney experience when I bought mine and did my own pre-buy. No major corrosion found. David
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    I don't automatically do anything with mine at 500 hours. I run them until there's a problem and then address it. I've experienced mag problems within 7-10 hours after overhaul far too may times to see justification for automatically doing maintenance on them at 500 hours. This is just what I do and by no means a recommendation to anyone else. Just something to think about. David
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