BigTex
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Man, someone needs to introduce you to American craft beer. You are drinking crap!
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I believe Don Muncy uses Dugosh for his annuals. PM him and I am sure he'll provide any information you need. -
When were they last replaced? The Lord shock discs should be good for 12 years. Some had the original Firestone discs and those were shot after 5 years.
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I installed an EDM 700 in my C and I consider it the single best upgrade I've done to my plane. I prefer the 700 but you can't go wrong with either unit.
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We have to be super careful taxiing. This same exact thing happened to Jerry Johnson a couple of months ago where his noise wheel fell into a crack and caused a prop strike. If it happened to Jerry, it could happen to anyone.
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Thanks. They're on their was to Don Maxwell to be installed. Can't wait. -
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Had the side panels reworked. Removed ash tray and had them add a leather insert and arm rests. -
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Hector with Aero Comfort worked his magic with my front seats. -
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Finally will be replacing the existing ratty carpet. -
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Aero Comfort re-covered my glare screen. -
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New covered yokes from Aero Comfort. -
This has the same look and feel of that Chinese website that was mocked up a few months ago.
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+1. I like to listen live as well... I just forgot it was the first Wednesday! Guess I didn't miss it. He's speaking several times at AOPA's Summit next week so that might be why he didn't have his usual webinar.
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What's the closest you've come to landing gear up?
BigTex replied to 201er's topic in General Mooney Talk
Some pat on switches... Others yank on Johnson Bars... -
Deer Strike @ KFME - need some help
BigTex replied to mschmuff's topic in Vintage Mooneys (pre-J models)
Call your insurance company and they'll send out an adjuster to look the plane over. They'll also ask that you get a couple of estimates for repairs. Scheduling an adjuster and obtaining repair quotes can be done in parallel. -
I'd also recommend uploading it to Savvy Analysis and trend it there. It's a free service that I actually like better than EZ Trends. Here's the website: https://savvyanalysis.com/home
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Mike, If you look at your maintenance manual, page 6-15, figure 6-11, you'll see a picture of the flap pump and valve assembly (assembly no. HE-626. On that picture, you'll see the screw that you'll have to adjust. The drawing state "turn the screw clockwise to slow the rate of the bleed off of fluid 8-12 seconds." Unless you have Don's Hangar elf, you'll likely have to have your mechanic adjust it. Let me know if you need this drawing.
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Interesting... Maybe some of our Mechanical Engineers out there that understand strength of materials can comment on if there a difference between rapid cooling and rapid heating on the metals.
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Now THAT is funny!
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Unfortunately Hector and Don is still working their magic so I'll not have a plane for this weekend. Guess I'll need to head down later in the month.
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Actually, I did something very similar with a temp fence along a taxi way. My scratch went right along the seam between the two outer panels. It also put a pretty good scratch down the underside of the right aileron. So the quotes ranged from $10k - $12k to replace the two panels and re-skin the bottom of the aileron including paint. I can itemize out what each panel cost and labor associated but my larger point really is don't assume that the repairs will be just a few hundred dollars especially is there's any re-skinning required.
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Yes Really. I didn't say there wasn't other ways to fix it but if the answer is to have it re skinned that's what you'd be looking at.
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1965 C Model Headliner Picture Needed
BigTex replied to BigTex's topic in Vintage Mooneys (pre-J models)
Thanks... It looks like Hector was able to figure out that the holes are for so I think we're good. Thanks. -
Recently I forgot a chock on the nose wheel. Pretty embarrassing to have to shut down, get out remove the chock and climb back in. Ever since I did this I adopted a final walk around looking over the plane for items like covers, tie downs and chocks before climbing in into my new SOP.
