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Agree 100%. You pay for your company to indemnify you (guarantee to make you whole again should something happen). They will pay and then subrogate (recover from the shop's insurance company). New skin would be the only option I would accept.

On December 7, 2015 kmyfm20s said: Did you do the Bravo conversation while in annual? The temperatures were good on the way back. The compressions were good on the pre-buy and annual. When it comes time for a top on the engine I'll do the Bravo conversion.

It just came out of an extensive annual and I'm in the process of having Hector at Aero Comfort work on the interior.

Call Tim McCandless and ask him about it (319)232-1234. He had it for sale for almost a year.

Garmin Pilot has SV on the iPad or iPhone and probably Android phones too

McCandless Aircraft in Iowa had this airplane for sale last year with 140TT. They upgraded the King GPS to a GTN650 so it would sell. They had it for sale for $169900. If I remember right I think it spent its life in Iowa.

Get the 15, since they are are rated at 15 amp hours, rather than 11. Since you had vented batteries before, get the 15M since "it features a manifold to facilitate direct replacement of the originally designed manifold vented battery." Both the 15 and the 15M will fit and they are the same price. The "m" is a few mm bigger but will still fit. http://www.concordebattery.com/aviationbattery-volts.php The 15 & 15M are both rated for exactly the same performance. http://www.concordebattery.com/aviationbattery.php Then if you want to always have plenty of starting power and get max life out of the batteries get one of these: http://www.batteryminders.com/24-volt-aircraft-battery-charger-24041-AA-S5 It exercises the battery when not is use and desulfates it. I have both of mine hooked up to the batteryminder with this: http://www.batteryminders.com/multiple-battery-connector-210-AY With 2 concordes and the batteryminder and Y adaptor you'll be into it for about $1300, but they should last 7-10 years rather than 2 Gills at $800 every 2-3 years. When I had Gills I had them on a Gill Specific Battery Minder and still got only a little over two years. Plus when they go it's never at the right time - a huge hassle.

In the parts catalog I can't find 880102-001, but 650256-001 is part number 26 on the attached pdf, so normal scat won't do it for this part. Maybe it could be repaired. DUCT M20M .pdf duct page 1.pdf duct page 2.pdf duct page 3.pdf

There is already a WAAS upgrade path for G1000 airplanes with the Garmin GFC700 autopilot. It's very expensive but it can be done today. The tougher situation is a WAAS solution for the G1000 airplanes with the STEC 55 autopilot. The likelihood of Garmin and whoever now owns STEC cooperating is unlikely. Mooney is the one who has to make this happen. Regarding the separate issue of ADS-B, Garmin has already said they will use the GDL-88 to do that. https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/in-the-air/avionics-safety/weather-solutions/gdl-88/prod63471.html Look under the paragraph "Expand Your Options with Industry Support" UPDATE 2016 - with the new GTX335 and 345 transponders that's the solution Garmin is using

The Aera 796 linked to a GDL39 3D has AHRS.

Paul Kortopates is a Mooneyspace member, a 252 owner and an A & P. He may know of someone or be able to help with the pre-buy. http://mooneyspace.com/profile/7862-kortopates/

Last year for the Bravo was 2006 I believe. It was replaced by the Acclaim.

Yeah XM Music is turned on this weekend trying to get people to come back. On my Garmin 796 I have the Mariner plan also, but no radar - it keeps says that it is loading but never happens. I already called & switched XM antennas with XM and that didn't do the trick. All I get are local forecasts, METARS and cloud tops I think. Anyone else with a Garmin 796 on the Mariner plan?

The best solution IMO for recognition lights are LED landing/taxi lights that you leave on during taxi and flight. They use almost no power - so virtually no heat to melt lenses, are super bright and have a life of over 10,000 hours.

Standard rate is 20 degrees. Just do the turn a little past the 15 degree markings on the AI.

The Garmin 796 mounted to the top of compass post with a RAM U-bolt paired with the GDL-39 3D works well as a backup. Hard to beat it for readability in direct sunlight. Synthetic vision, XM radio, ADS-B-in weather and traffic, etc, etc, With its battery and the battery for the GDL-39 3D you also have backup in case of an electrical failure. It's hard to justify spending a lot more for a panel mounted backup that doesn't do half as much.

The higher end LED like the Teledyne Alphabeam or the Aero LED are super bright, run cool and take almost no power. (I had the original Whelen Parmetheus and they weren't as bright as my GE incandescent.) They drop in as replacements and require no additional wiring. Aircraft Spruce has a promo code all most of their stuff of "Thanks15" through December 1.

Does anyone have a source they have used for a Fuel Selector Placard (this comes off of a '93 M20M)? The factory wants $119

Ok, it's a sickness. I think in 20 some years there was a also 231 in there to begin with. Then it progressed from there. Thankfully I've never caught the Acclaim flu.

Glad I searched for and read this post - perfect procedure for seat removal.

That would have been my first choice but they aren't making them anymore. http://mooneyspace.com/topic/15696-replacement-cowl-flap-and-rudderelevator-trim-indicators-not-available/#comment-217635

My trim indicator does not work. Anyone know of a source for these indicators?

I used to live in Minnesota and North Dakota before moving to Texas. Pre-heating the engine makes the start a lot easier and is a lot better on the engine since the oil flows right away. Many airplanes up North have Tanis or Reiff engine heaters on them plugged into a thermostatically controlled power outlet. When it gets below a certain temp the pre-heater comes on. http://www.sportys.com/pilotshop/thermo-cube-for-heater-35-degree-f-set.html Or they have a device called a Switchbox which has a sim card and you call the number a couple hours before you go to the airport and it switches on the heater and makes life easier. http://switchboxcontrol.com/the-switch-box/ Keeping a Battery Minder trickle charging the batteries helps too. For Gill: http://www.batteryminders.com/24-volt-aircraft-battery-charger-24041-AA-S2 For Concorde: http://www.batteryminders.com/24-volt-aircraft-battery-charger-24041-AA-S5 Charge both batteries at the same time: http://www.batteryminders.com/batteryminder-accessory-model-210-rt-smartechnology-2-multiple-battery-connector-w-ring-terminal-connector/

It's me that gets confused. I used to laugh when people would be off by a decade - now I'm doing it. It's a 1993 with an '89 Paint scheme. Serial #0150. I owned #0007 and #0209 now I'm in between with #0150.

Ok, it was me : ) The more I kept thinking about it I realized that this might be a good plane for me. I am saving up for a hangar/home and will be selling my 2000 Ovation (glass panel, air conditioning) to help fund it. This will still give me a great airplane which I can gradually turn into the airplane I want it to be. I had a pre-buy done and went and looked at it myself. It was a one owner with all the records, hangared since day one, 574 TT, etc. Everyone I talked to at the 3 shops that had worked on the airplane said what a great guy that the owner Jaime Fontane was and that N134JF was his baby and he took good care of it. (One example: the logs showed that he had never gone over 25 hours for an oil change, usually about 15 hours.) I got a chance to get to know his widow Lynda and she really wanted it to go to someone who would appreciate it. They had many good trips together in the airplane and it was definitely part of the family. I wish I had known Dr. Fontane. From what I hear he was an incredible guy. (Picture of him below.) This was his third Mooney. His second one, a 252, was lost in hurricane Andrew. So he ordered this one the way he wanted from Mooney and took delivery in January 1993, with the same paint scheme as his 252. The compressions were great, all in the 70's, even though it hasn't had the Bravo conversion. I ferried it home non-stop yesterday, and the temperatures were all good. The only way I made it non-stop is because it has the Monroy Long Range tanks, which is an option I had on the other Bravos I owned. They help make the airplane a true cross country machine. Even with 25 kt. headwinds I had plenty of reserve.