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I sure would like to have that GNS-480!

I am looking to pick the 'Hive Mind' for ideas on how y'all are tracking maintenance requirements, i.e. Oil, Prop, Fuel Injector Fuel Lines, inspection / maintenance intervals etc. What are the masses using to track the calendar and flight time intervals? Spreadsheets, Apps, Google calendars? I am up for all ideas. My formative years were spent in a large part 141 school and flying Uncle Sam's green whirly birds where I always had a good maintenance tracking system in place. My first thought is the ubiquitous dry erase board but I think a nice spread sheet in the flight time log me and my partner use would be more applicable. We might go several months and not see each other as our schedules are pretty much opposite. I am worried that we'll possibly miss something and would like to see how the rest of the pack is capturing this data Thanks in advance Matt

Thanks! Please let me know. We've contacted McFarlane and I think that is the route I will go.

We need the whole cables. Seems the inner wires are binding

Thanks! I’ll reach out to them.

Thank Robert, I gave them a call. No luck this time but now I know another place to look in the future for other parts

Does anyone here have a spare set of flap and pitch trim indicator cables? Or have an idea of whom to contact in my search for them? I’m looking for #43 & #46 in the attached picture Thanks!

Thanks

How much is FCI charging? PHF is currently $250 for a smaller hangar with manual doors and I think $450 for the larger/newer ones with an powered door. I was at Harnett County last week and the FBO manager told me that he thinks the airport charges $125. I about fell over and wanted to start looking for real estate nearby.

I was flying -64’s from ‘98 to late ‘03. I was in 1/2 Attack at Camp Page, Korea and then to Fort Bragg for the rest of my time. Well, my stuff was at Bragg but I was usually not there with my stuff. It was a busy time for us all.

I have very early memories as a 'little one' of climbing into the back of our station wagon (well before seat belt laws and when kids freely roamed vehicles) with my face pressed against the side rear window as we drove by the local airport hoping I would see an airplane taking off or landing. I have had the bug since I can remember. Airplanes are just cool. People who work around them are even cooler. I guess I am just Pink Floyd's 'Earth Bound Misfit'. My journey started with Tamiya remote control cars which were great and a whole lot of fun. After I learned to assemble, operate and rebuild them, I figured I should tackle Remote Control Airplanes. Flying was my first true love of course, so why not?! I started in middle school with a 3 channel off brand airplane and then was on to Carl Goldberg's 'Eagle 63', a Great Plane's P-51 (sweet Bird), the Great Plane's Tiger 60 (souped-up with with retracts and a Big Ole 4 stroke swingin' a huge prop) etc. When I started R/C flying, my R/C Instructor wouldn't solo me. So after a while I decided to solo myself while my dad was at work... in our front yard and over our horse pasture. I was successful the first few times. Thank God I didn't hit one of my sister's horses... Sheesh, this story would have ended very abruptly! Shortly thereafter, my Dad and I began repairing and building RC planes together. It was a great way for us to bond and share a common interest in spite of my exuberant teenage year's dramas. He loved the craftmanship of the kits and I loved to fly them. We still have 7+ surviving R/C planes hanging up in their house which always remind me of how aviation saved the relationship between me and my Dad. My Dad still to this day, 30+ years later will stop everything and ask me questions about flying and listen for as long as I can talk. What is just 'work' to me is an adventurous story to him. To have my Dad hang on every word about my travels and experiences is still shocking to me.... I was the twerp that broke all his stuff while I was growing up and here he is hanging on my tales...?! Flying gave this bond to us. I solo'd in a C-152 (N65427) my junior year of high school and I basically gave up everything for flying. I was hooked! High school ended and I had to do something. I was very fortunate that my Mom and Dad sent me to a small aviation university in Florida. I still think they were more surprised that I got into a university than I was. I got an 'Airline Pilot' degree and.... took it to the Army and learned to fly Attack Helicopters. My poor parents! I always wanted to serve our country, I was a Pilot at heart and the Army (unwisely) took me in and taught me to fly AH-64's. What an experience. The Army is really, *Really* good at training - I am proof. The instructors & mentors I was lucky enough to encounter there are national treasures in my humble opinion. The Apache will always be my true love. She was a veritable Magic Carpet Ride. Fun, honest and always brought me home. Special place in my heart for Her! After active duty I have flown my old Thorp T-18, Twin Comanche's, Seminole's, EC-120's, Bell 206's more General Aviation (my therapy), Regional Jets (CRJ-200's & ERJ-145XR's), OH-58's, UH-72's, Army King Air's and a Boeing 73 for my current beLUVed civilian job. During college, I flew M20J's and earned a few of my certificates in them. Comm ASEL, INST rating, and CFII. I was always amazed at the grace and finesse of a Mooney's handling during precision instrument flying. Aerodynamically they are amazing when you consider their engineering, efficiency and craftmanship. It was only a matter of time before I got back into Mooney's. Apache's will always have my heart, but Mooney's will be my therapy. Part of the reason to get back into Mooney's is to travel our Beautiful country with my daughter. When I logically assessed the airframe needed to do this, Mooney's were the only choice. Their safety (4130 Chromoly Tubing Frame), efficiency (NM/gal), and my sentimental attachment made it an easy choice. [Ramble Switch - OFF]

Please don't tell any of my Army buddies that I regularly reference the 'Squid Book of All Things Aeronautical Stuff'! (We'll just keep it between us -- Shhh!)

I appreciate all of your replies! Good Google Search hack , Thanks! I will have to look into Air Wolf's model, heck if an Apache pilot thinks it's good... it's gotta be worth it. I had not thought of the extra scrutiny I'd be afforded in the filter at oil change time.

I have spent several hours looking into (...and using the MooneySpace search function...) the oil filter add-on. I have not specifically found write up's with respect to the Lycoming adapter vs After Market/Non-OEM devices. There is a significant cost difference from what I have been able to ascertain, and I am wondering if there is a benefit to proceeding down the Lycoming route. Thanks for the link, I will look into those threads. The PVC no spill technique looks great. --Professional Pilot thoughts, not a well trained A&P or computer sleuth