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Oh good…you got my age wrong too. I’m just an oldish 35….

Damn, I’m not THAT old. lol. I consider myself “kinda old”. It’s funny, my mother is 86 and she sometimes mentions what “the old people” are doing. I guess it’s all relative. As a side note, that 17 year old did a pretty good job!! I’m envious.

I agree. The only problem with the owner produced group buys is that it happens in spurts and the person running the group buy is typically AOG and will not be around for the next one. If I can get it on my PMA it might provide for a continuous source for the ones and twos that folks typically need. The PMA would not preclude owner produced parts from happening. I still have a ton of work to make it happen so it’s not certain. For example, many Brittain installs are STC, so not clear to me that there is a clean path to PMA on top of and STC.

For what it’s worth, I’m starting discussion about PMA boots with FAA, but even under the best circumstances it will be months. Was planning elevator boots first, since they are even harder to get than the roll. I’ve got most of a test fixture set up to show equivalence. It will depend on what hoops the FAA throws my way beyond my basic plan. Constant turmoil with FAA funding won’t help.

@Kevin Westbrook may recommend a source. He is the Brittain guru.

You can make use of equivalent quality lines. They are hard to find but pop up occasionally or you find a workaround for ordering through Parker. Color coding was to make installation easy, so as you suggested, alternate markings may be acceptable.

They will literally ask what the application is and if you say airplane they will not sell it to you. That actually happened to me and others at the local store. So, ideally you would have a tractor at home with the same color pneumatic lines for the huffer blower thingy control valve. Or if you are a politician you could simply lie.

As I recall, you can get it from a Parker Hannafin store, with a Catch 22…..you can’t buy it for an airplane….

My 64E was retrofitted with it around the time of delivery…. I suspect your 63 is similar.

I’ve been looking for a while. One popped up here some time ago but I was too slow. LASAR waiting list is about 30 deep and they said they have 10 on order. Ugh. Maybe someone will reach out to you with one they have on the shelf.

Are you talking about the Mooney trim or Aerotrim. Looks like Aerotrim still made and I’m pretty sure STCd for Mooney’s. Pretty easy install, but would require routing wires through the airframe, so most labor would be there. aerotriminc.com/id2.html

Based on thread on BeachTalk, sounds like disagreement with the board of directors. On the surface it seems to be related to work from home, but likely goes deeper.

Same folks as LASAR from what I can tell.

Hard to say. Replacement of the stub spar, if done correctly may not even be a major repair if using factory parts to factory standards. Only a pre-buy can tell you if it was localized or more extensive. If you move forward, I would be sure my prebuy mechanic understands Mooneys and that you want extra time spent on corrosion inspection and the spar replacement. With some shops it might be as good as new.

Oh…and double check the valve cover gasket and the oil return line. Oil has a strange habit of migrating…