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This is the best insulation/sound deadening money can buy: http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/soundex7.php?clickkey=23792 The 7/8" sheets are 36" x 48" and have a radiant barrier, dense insulation and then then black mat material sandwiched together. It is very lightweight, good temperature and sound barrier. I just finished doing the ceiling and baggage compartment of an M model with it. The rolls are $129 through aircraft spruce. I have brand new two rolls left if you are interested, $110 each shipped, otherwise I'll return it.

Here's the price list Hector gave me in December. It is dated May 2015, so you should check to see if it's still current. 2016-02-15 08-16.pdf

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I have standard Mooney visors on a 1993 M20M and am looking for ideas on how they can be repaired.

Chief is even cheaper on this item: http://www.chiefaircraft.com/jm-repair-kit.html

I have a sun visor problem also - the clear plastic strip have broken that hold the rod to the visor Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Trying to move or bend the copper tube is what caused mine to fail

The most recent price list I have (from May 2015 which Hector gave me in December) shows $2966 to cover all the panels in ultraleather. It is very thin but covers well. I don't have the weight of just that, but Hector could tell you. www.aerocomfort.com 2016-02-15 08-16.pdf

Mooneyspace is a great resource!

If they had 1/8" Swagelok high pressure compression fittings, I'd be going to the Aviation Dept. at Home Depot today.

Here's what the M20M Parts book shows - Part #46 is the fitting. Then if you google that part number (B-200-8-2), it shows that it's a Swageloc.

Sorry - the KLN90B and KMA24 are both sold. I updated the listing.

While re-installing my interior I was gently straightening the line going to the gauge so I could re-install the gauge to my side panel. I heard a hissing and before you know it, the line shot off and of course my oxygen depleted. Any ideas on how to repair this?

How much for the re-seal?

I removed the interior panels, etc. I was going to paint them but since I'm in San Antonio decided to take them to Hector at Aero Comfort. He covered the panels and headliner in off white (very light gray) ultra leather. The ultra leather really makes the panels a lot more durable. After 20+ years they get very brittle. Mine were in great shape with no cracks, but yellowed. I have seen some that he has done that come in all cracked and in pieces - they repair them, cover them and they look brand new. aerocomfort.com

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Not that I remember a lot from my physics class other than p=m*v (momentum = mass times velocity). A 3 blade takes a greater bite out of the air which is nice for take-off and initial climb, but the additional mass up front which the engine has to turn must pay a penalty somewhere, and it looks like you see it most in cruise when you are set up for greatest efficiency.

E-mail aerohec01@hotmail.com. This is Hector with Aero Comfort in San Antonio. He will send you the latest price list.

Be careful not to get enamored with the price you're paying vs. the price on the Vref valuation tool available for AOPA members. The Vref tool is always high and in some cases by a huge amount. Missing logs are also a way for an unscrupulous seller to hide previous damage history, thinking that the missing logs will be less of a hit on value than the damage. You will also sell the airplane someday. Buying this one will make his problem your problem.

http://www.continentalmotors.aero/TBOExtension/ The catch is that TBO is only for engines that are flown 40 hours or more per month.

AOPA August 1997 Out front, the Encore uses the same McCauley two-blade propeller found on the 252 — much to the surprise of the engineering staff. After 3 months of testing four other propeller designs from a total of three manufacturers, the engineers concluded that the original prop delivered the best performance. When I flew the Encore prototype in March, engineer Bowen was testing the three-blade MT composite propeller from Germany (see " Waypoints: Mooney Gets an Encore," May Pilot). All white, the prop looked great and undoubtedly had the nod from the marketing staff. However, it delivered the worst cruise performance and had the lowest TBO and highest price. A Hartzell two-blade and two other McCauley two-blade variants all turned in respectable performance, but the original McCauley design won the heat. http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/1997/August/1/Mooney-Encore A similar phenomenon with the Ovation. When the Ovation was introduced in 1994 it had a 3 blade prop. Later when the Ovation 2 was introduced it had a 2 blade since extensive flight testing showed that the 2 blade was 7 knots faster in cruise AOPA JUNE 2003 Let's take the airplane's speed profiles first. Running wide open at 22 inches of manifold pressure and 2,500 rpm, with mixture set at 50 degrees rich of peak (this turns out to be 16 gph), the Ovation2 will turn in a very respectable 190 KTAS at 8,000 feet under standard conditions. This is some seven knots more than the Ovation2's predecessor — the Ovation, built between 1994 and 2000 — thanks to the 2's switch to a more efficient two-blade McCauley propeller.

When Mooney brought back the M20K as the Encore in 1997 the articles in Flying and AOPA that introduced it talked about all the testing that had been done with different props (3 blade, MT, etc) and what all of the tests conformed was the best top speed was the 2 blade from the 252 so that's what they went with. Tom Bowen who is back with Mooney was the one they quoted in the articles.

In an emergency evacuation, nice to have two doors with which to exit. (an extra step might cost a couple knots though )

Finally the backup instruments are in the middle instead of way over on the right side.

Wow, pilot's door also, nice.