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Yes, the riveted clamps still need to be replaced after two retorques, and as @Rick Junkin mentioned, that's the only clamp allowed since 2004.

You really don't want to go up to FL280 in a Mooney. Although it was legal once it was certified, it would never be certified that way today and it just isn't smart. It's a very inhospitable environment up there. You have 10 minutes of useful consciousness at FL220 and only 2.5 minutes at FL280. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_useful_consciousness Foolishly, 30 some years ago in a 231 and then a couple years later in my first Bravo I used to go up FL250 all the time with the onboard oxygen with no backup and pulse oximeters weren't a thing back then. Then in 1999 the Payne Stewart accident turned the spotlight on the challenges and risks of flying in the flight levels and I began to re-evaluate on whether what I had been doing was a good idea. From that point on I had always had backup oxygen. Realistically, flying the the teens gives you a great place to fly very little traffic and your options to get down safely are greater. Higher can be done but you really have to be aware of all of the risks and take it very seriously.

I put my battery minder on a timer so that it comes on twice a week for an hour https://www.amazon.com/BN-LINK-Programmable-Weatherproof-Accurate-Christmas/dp/B07G9RK4VV/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xmIgUacps-NYwm7JGZofOqdxSwNo6Hyd26Dx_6Jrl05bStha_OCuDfbY_RvejYhqRWW2LPusNY9r2_pFCcwf2HgJBmMG_ZkWstsG6HmCNGjaqpWqQm2GPDEMuAyzpYzY3qD-iqC0aceSUI128j_NoEdG6_lcjGzHSQartt57v1oPHObD_4Dc_5yuzmlg-ph0RMS9bKjOs8aMOG0KiTM5TPPrt5xKvVhUX9rhcj4uAacFKNOXzfvAW9kVP6MXEqYwVSlwRNj9NWFmM-msg_gfE47J2RwKwRraN_WAmvudUcM.Nd4fW-yo13J5Gr3TiJ3FeQBAYMcTrwOpGPCKuy3cnyc&dib_tag=se&keywords=BN-LINK%2B7%2BDay%2BOutdoor%2BHeavy%2BDuty%2BDigital%2BProgrammable%2BTimer&qid=1743095660&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

You can send in your Battery Minder and they will convert from an S2 to S5 (or vice versa) for $75.

If you call Don Maxwell he can tell you what they're doing for a fix on these.

2019 - I did, one especially for a Gill Sealed battery. Don't waste you money on a Gill. Friends don't let friends buy Gill.

Same here on a Gill 7243 and even though it was still in "warranty" Gill offered me a little over $100 toward a new one. Not a chance.

Looking at it more closely, as the A/P wires travel further away from the servo it's very close to the battery cables. I can't imagine that for reasons of electrical interference that would be good.

One other thing I notice is that if that was my autopilot wiring from that servo I would want it in spiral wrap to protect it. Nothing worse that chasing down an intermittent problem caused by a chafed wire. (https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/elpages/spiralwrap.php?clickkey=14760)

G5 didn't come out until 2016

If you have altitude pre-select you most likely have a KEA-130A. It will say “Encoding” on the face of the altimeter. If you don’t have pre-select then it’s probably coming from your altitude encoder (box). But that may not be why it’s not holding altitude. It could be the board inside of the computer.

@DonMuncy I PM'd you Don's contact info

They made them through 1982. @icurnmedic's V-Tail is the second to the last one ever made.

One of our forum Supporters, @tomgo2 now owns the STC.

That's one of the many problems with assuming something. You assume since I mentioned the legal motor for the Bob Fields Inflatable Door Seal, that I see value in it for a Mooney. I don't. You must have missed the rest of my post: "The manual bulb works great and is simple and weighs virtually nothing and has universal parts that are easily replaceable. This looks like a solution in search of a problem." Clearly I see absolutely NO value in an electric inflator for a Mooney, although others may. I think if you own a Mooney, just reach over, the length of your arm and squeeze the bulb a few times. If you don't want to reach buy the Deluxe Manual version and mount the bulb closer to the pilot. (https://aerocessories.aero/collections/mooney-collection/products/mooney-all-variants?variant=31403794071618). But if you really want an electric motor for the Mooney there's a legal option - just go with that one. That's the only reason I mentioned it. In other airframes there very well might be some value if you can't reach the door from the cockpit, but still just go with the one that's in the STC rather than coming up with an unproven, unapproved solution. That's what I meant about looking for a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. On the subject of your claim to be a Supporter, you're not one. Beneath your name it says Basic Member - that's what you are. Spreading your opinions on here, whether you're seeing ads or not, doesn't make you a Supporter anymore than wearing spandex would make you a ballet dancer. If you ask the administrator which they'd rather have: your opinions or your donation, they'll be happy to have your donation every time. Here's the only way you become a Supporter on Mooneyspace:

Interesting, you're not even a supporter of the forum, and yet you post an idea for a product you want to sell to members of the forum. You're not open to any contrary ideas about your product and then when you get one, instead of defending your product you attack the person by name-calling (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_(slang)). Sounds like your customer service would be amazing. Sign me up for two.

Or you could just buy the STC’d inflator from @tomgo2 and have a legal installation. The manual bulb works great and is simple and weighs virtually nothing and has universal parts that are easily replaceable. This looks like a solution in search of a problem.

You definitely need 401.37 to install the Flightstream 210.

I think he meant "It"

From what I understand they haven't updated their website yet with the new info.

Supposedly what they announced yesterday via e-mail to existing customers is that on the new Local (meaning within your country) Priority plan, speeds will be allowed up to 350 mph. The new plans are supposed to take effect in 30 days, so as @Pinecone mentioned, if that's the case it will be $65 for up to 50GB per month. Existing customers will be switched to those plans automatically in 30 days. New subscribers after the plans start will be on the new plans. (Global (outside your country) plans stayed the same or went up a little). If this all proves to be true, someone who was paying for a basic or higher XM plan plus XM music could pay about the same or a few dollars more and have a lot more capability. It wouldn't be integrated into panel avionics yet, but getting a faster update on the weather on the tablet would be great.

Take it to a Garmin dealer. They can read the fault.

They mentioned specifically on the no-back springs, a very expensive part, that they didn't want to hold that much of other people's money with the uncertainty that existing at that time. Personally I think at the time of MooneyMax they were already working out the deal with LASAR to take that on. I have a picture, which Im not going to share on here, of the whiteboard in the Mooney office showing the parts, the backorders, the minimum order amount, etc. They are continuing to ship out parts 5 days a week, not all of which they are manufacturing. So they are ordering parts.

Rochester only sells to Mooney, not Mooney Service Centers. Mooney owns the drawing for that part and Rochester makes it to their specs. Gone are the days when most shops carry inventory. 36 people work at the factory, producing parts as needed and keeping the fleet supported in other ways. This subject has been discussed ad nauseum on here. You can spend all of your time and energy wishing things were different or you can get in line, place your order, and eventually get the part you need.