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Since you're going to have to paint it anyway, any baggage door from a long body should fit: M20L, M20M, M20R, M20S or M20TN. I would give these guys a call - they are great to deal with. https://baspartsales.com/ Also you might "save" a search on Ebay where it will e-mail you any new items in that search every day. There's one from an Ovation 2 on there now that may have less damage than yours and may be more easily repairable. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313&_nkw=mooney+baggage+door&_sacat=0

I would never consider doing a pre-buy evaluation until I had thoroughly combed through the logs. If this is your first airplane pay someone a few hours of their time to go over the logs compared with the FAA records, ADs, Service Bulletins, etc. People who have looked at many logs will pick up on things that an enthusiastic potential buyer will miss completely or justify. What's in the logs sometimes isn't nearly important as what isn't in the logs. You'll also see trends - such as the same person doing a minimal annual after just a few hours year in and year out. When you get to see it in person you can get a good idea if recent annuals have actually been done or if they were logbook annuals. If it has had meticulous maintenance that's worth paying a premium for, even though there will still be some things you have to catch up on in the first year or two. If it has had minimal maintenance it can very well be a money pit and turn into a project instead of a flying airplane. If the logs pass the smell test and you go to see it and have a pre-buy, while your mechanic is looking for showstoppers, just evaluate how much pride of ownership there was, how they cared for it. I never get in the mechanic's way, but I'm there so he can point out things as he sees them. If the exterior and interior are ratty you can be reasonably sure that pro-active maintenance was unlikely. There are exceptions to that, but very few. People who cut corners usually do it across the board. The nicest airplanes sell fast and for a premium for good reason - they will be the least expensive to own in the long run.

My bet is wiring is incorrect. I've had two of the LHS in two different airplanes and they both worked fine.

It really depends on the application. The IO-360 would do fine with the one you have, rebuilt. Personally I'd send it to Aero Accessories in Van Nuys and have them do it. I'd always had better results with mine rebuilt than an overhaul exchange. If this was a TIO-540 in a Bravo I'd say go for the 149-NL/EC since it will help a lot with hot starts.

Are you displaying that on your G1000?

I imagine he was commenting about transition training since you mentioned the airplane had been sold just last week.

While it's running on the ground the first thing I'd do is start pulling one breaker at a time to see which breaker makes it stop.

The WX-500 and other similar devices show you what is going on right now - what is building, even trends to show you what to expect a few miles ahead. ADSB and XM show history - what happened 1/4 of an hour ago. How far will your Mooney Bravo go in 15 minutes? 50 miles. Read the WX-500 AMFS in your POH (https://www.seaerospace.com/documents/bfg/wx500pg.pdf) and anything else you can get your hands on to learn how to use it. The information on other newer models of the Stormscope (WX-1000, WX-950, WX-900) use the same principles. By no means is the WX-500 redundant to the ADSB and XM. They are all critical pieces of the weather puzzle. I recently installed a WX-500, obtained from someone who foolishly paid a shop an hourly rate to take theirs' out. They got rid of 2 pounds of weight with the two components plus wiring. As I've mentioned before, they could have done much better with a $20 colon cleanse

Welcome to Mooneyspace! Best of wishes on your transition training. You probably noticed that a previous owner was on here for awhile: https://mooneyspace.com/profile/6895-n57039/ https://mooneyspace.com/search/?q=N57039&quick=1

They didn't have a kit for the M20M, but even if they had, I wouldn't have bought the "kit" from SoundEx since they ask way too much for what you get. The 3/4" material I bought from Aircraft Spruce works in every area. It can be cut slightly larger, maybe 1/4" larger than the opening, and be press-fitted in between the tubes. I used small pieces of the tape on most of the pieces to secure them, but to still allow them to be removed for inspections.

The first thing to shop for is for insurance. @Parker_Woodruff is a good resource. He has a lot of Mooney time, and has worked the underwriting and broker side of aviation insurance..

I did two long bodies, both were M20M (serial number 0007 and 0150), neither of which had the later fiberglass interiors. I did own a Bravo with the fiberglass interior (serial number 0209)and don't think I would have seen much difference in sound and temperature . . . however if I spent all of the time to take the interior out and had the time I would probably still do it for even a marginal improvement. The Royalite interiors really benefit from this the most. It doesn't really lower the sound but muffles it, if that makes sense. The Royalite plastic panels "rattle" and this improves that a lot. The biggest benefit is it moderates outsides temperatures. Any Mooney owner with Royalite panels that is going through an interior upgrade is foolish not to upgrade to Soundex while they are at it. You can do it while they shop is working in the panels and you don't lose any time. I bought 4 of the 3/4" 36X48 sheets from AircraftSpruce and had some left over. With my discount these were each $116 back in 2016. With better planning I could have done it in three sheets, and I would do that now since they presently list for $238.75 each. But since I was investing a lot of time in it I didn't want to run out. On a C if you are careful in planning, you could make two sheets work. One thing I can recommend for sure is using an electric knife to cut it. I went to Walmart and bought a $20 knife that you would use to carve a turkey. It saved many hours. Also I bought some sheets of poster board and while was in the airplane I would cut patterns for what I needed to cut for the Soundex. Getting all of the patterns done ahead of time would save material for sure.

Also if your nav lights are on your gear down light will be dimmed.

@PT20J Paging Skip!!

Very nice, I had always wanted a 252. I ended up owning #12 of the Encores for while when they re-introduced the K model in 1997.

As much as i can sympathize, as has been mentioned, there is virtually no upside for the company. In addition to that, while it's true you may save a few hours, but by the time it's all said and done, when you have to drive to the airport, pre-flight the airplane, get transportation from the airport to the jobsite, etc., there isn't nearly as much savings as we would like to justify. And then if weather changes it can throw a wrench into your outbound or return flight plans. Single engine airplanes are great fun and a great means of personal leisure travel, but when you absolutely have to be there, they have their limitations. As the old saying goes . . time to spare, go by air.

Beautiful 1990 Mooney 252, second to the last 252 built.

I bought a new pair of Hubba Hubbas because I had them on a previous Mooney and really liked them. The problem is that they don’t fit on the Acclaim - one of them rubs just a little bit. PM me and I’ll make you a deal on them.

It's been 2-1/2 years since i flew behind an Aspen. I remember changing the font size, it seems to me it was on the 2nd or 3rd page of options. @Marauder has flown behind Aspens for a long time. He will probably know.

On final if he got too slow that would be helpful. On the dreaded "too low-too slow-overflown" tight base to final stall-spin, it happens so fast by the time he would have heard the warning he would be in the spin. I don't have one on my present airplane, but an angle of attack indicator with audio may have been helpful.

No wonder it works so well

There's nothing magic about Plexus. In fact I think you would throw rocks at Plexus after using Klear-to-Land. https://dwdavies.com/product/klear-to-land https://store.dwdavies.com/content/klear-land Shipping is high on their website so it's probably just easier to add it to a Spruce order. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/dwdavies08-12390.php Or just get it in a gallon jug and put it in a spray bottle. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/dwdavies08-13475-8.php I've used a lot fo different things and got a deal at one of the airshows on Clear View. It was good, probably about the same as Plexus, but not as good as Klear-to-Land. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was only commenting on the ability to change the font size. I had two Aspens in an Ovation that I owned and three in a Bravo, which I upgraded to MAX units in 2019. I always just used the markers on the AI for my turns (20 degrees roughly standard rate).

On the of the improvements listed in the MAX improvements is "Font and Window Enlargement capability"

E. I. came out with a better resolution screen and better refresh rate around 2018 I think. @oregon87 could tell you how much it is to upgrade to the newer display.