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    Imagine a French speaking guy from Quebec arriving there in a Mooney... I did a few years back. Landed in Long Beach though. Yves
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    It really looks like you wanted to patch a hole with duck tape! Very nice video thanks. Yves
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    Mike, what is that taped hole? Yves
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    khedrei, I don’t want to spoil your motivation to build such a kit, however my opinion is that if you stay south of the mid 40 degrees parallel , the odds of needing you kit are very very... did I say very? low... For your flight to Maine from Toronto, you can stay with ATC all the way if you fly high enough if you do this VFR. If you have 121.5, there are a multitude of airlines going over your path and they all listen to guard. I have been doing a flight from Ottawa to Casey Quebec 1.5 hours a few times where I am at least 30 minutes without ATC contact and even there my wife keeps telling me she can see cottages all around lakes.... if I get an engine failure around there I would ditch in a lake near a cottage (mountaineous so no straight roads to land on) and possibly find human beings around. If you plan to go way north of Canada where there is no controlled airspace at all then it is a different story. Yves
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    We finished the job today and really happy with the results. We used snaps as suggested by Byron. High five to SCS interiors: We managed last week-end to destroy one piece by cutting the fuel selector hole at the wrong place. After a phone call to SCS, they got a replacement piece to us in a few days for a reasonable price, squeezing our special order between normal runs. We highly recommend them. Yves
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    Been watching airplanes for over 50 years now. The M10 has the smallest vertical tail section I have seen for the gross weight it supports. Compare the surface with the one from a Cessna 150. I have doubts it would provide sufficient yaw stability and spin recovery margin. Yves
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    Tail is too small on the M10. I can bet they could not get it out of a spin in the required mandatory time. Yves
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    Some told me this is what they use (for gear): https://www.digikey.com/products/en?keywords=sc628p Yves
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    There are lots of Canadian travellers that are "very" upset because it took some time from our government to get things arranged for retrieval. My opinion is that this is hurricane season: people took a risk which materialized. I would never plan a trip in the lower Antilles this time of the year unless I provide my own transportation and can control my destiny. Yves
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    Hector are you flooded? I hope all is fine with you. Yves
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    I think this one is PMA approved: https://www.aircraftspruce.ca/catalog/eppages/sts-12m24m.php?clickkey=1836482 Go to "documents", then "Download the PMA Eligibility" and the M20C is included Yves
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    This series is the reason I went back to flying in 1997, after doing a few hours in 1979. Yves
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    Thanks a lot Byron. The carpets have been ordered and I found a local marine shop that has the snaps and tool. I ordered a dark carpet and now hesitate if I should keep the snaps as is with their metallic appearance or should I paint them with a matching color. Zinc plated snaps can be painted... stainless steel not so much I think. What color are yours? Yves
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    Piehler is on MS: https://mooneyspace.com/profile/12811-dave-piehler/ Yves
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    Thanks folks for the advise. The aircraft is not sitting in hot temperature except july and august but I had issues like this with Velcro. If the snaps are risk free I will go with that. Is the floor thick enough so that metal screws can be installed without Tinnermans on the other side? Do we have to be careful not to drill into something we don't want underneath the floor? Thanks. Yves
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    I am about to redo my carpet in my C. I have ordered from SCS. I am hesitating between Byron's snaps trick or Velcro. Any comments on what would work better? Questions: 1. For Snaps, how many do you put per large carpets sections? Is one per corner sufficient? 2. How do you secure the snaps on the floor and on the carpet? Any special tools needed? 3. Are the snaps (or hardware required to hold to carpet) visible? (after carpet installed of course) 4. For Velcro, is the glued type sticking sufficiently for long time or will this get off eventually? Thanks Yves
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    Thanks Lance. I am the last Mooney on your last video arriving. Yves
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    This could be prevented if a visual approach would be monitored by approach gear saying "go around", "go around" if the aircraft is not properly alligned with the target runway when reaching DH. Anyone knows if the equipment allows this, a visual approach mode safety feature? Yves
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    I just remitted the $302 to Craig. Here is the receipt. Yves
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    Thanks for all that attended. Thanks to Van Allen Airmotives. Thanks for all donations. We received a total of $604 in donations. This was counted by me and Alan Millet who is member of MooneySpace. As discussed before, the money is being split equally and remitted to the Mooney Caravan Safety foundation and Mooneyspace. I have remitted $302 to Robert Davis, CPA for the Mooney Caravan Safety foundation. I will send to Craig of Mooneyspace $302 as soon as I am back home and will post the receipt here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgcbE4WYI1Q Yves
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    All right folks... The Mooney Caravan landed around noon yesterday with 51 aircraft... all safely. If anyone took pictures on the ground it would be nice to post them here or somewhere. The Mooney Caravan tent is installed at row 555. All Mooney pilots are welcome to come say hi. The Mooneyspace gathering will be held tonight at 6:30 PM as planned. We are very fortunate one of our MooneySpace member DVA through his aircraft maintenance business Van Allen Airmotives is sponsoring the event and providing funds to buy pizza, beer and other drinks. We will like last year accept donations. These donations will be split evenly between the Monney Caravan safety foundation and the MooneySpace web site. Yves
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    The Mooney Caravan is preparing for the flight from KMSN to KOSH now. 51 Mooneys will me touching down around 11:30 CDT on runway 36 this morning. If anyone on the ground could take pictures :-) Yves
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    Name tags are ready. In color this year.
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    Current List: yvesg + 1 Ned Gravel + 1 Bob_Belville + 1 DVA Amillet KSMooniac + 1 kpaul + 1 JohnB + 1 BDPetersen SabreMech Marcopolo + 1 Oscar Avalle DanM20C StinkBug + 1 orionflt + 1 Wildhorsesracing + 1 Hector + 1 Yooper Rocketman + 1 exM20K supercop0184 + 1 cliffy + 1 mooneygirl + 1 (BFF Cat) 170driver DaV8or + 1 Lance Keve + 1 C-GHIJ Southernpilot Merrja Allen Osbourne Mooneyman + 1 Brandonwalker + Jim Danb + 1 Dave Marten Lotsofgadgets + 2 BDPetersen + 1 Bob + 1 N9201A Greg_D + 1 Headcount = 62
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    Updated list: yvesg + 1 Ned Gravel + 1 Bob_Belville + 1 DVA Amillet KSMooniac + 1 kpaul + 1 JohnB + 1 BDPetersen SabreMech Marcopolo + 1 MooneyMitch Oscar Avalle DanM20C StinkBug + 1 orionflt + 1 Wildhorsesracing + 1 Hector + 1 Yooper Rocketman + 1 exM20K supercop0184 + 1 cliffy + 1 mooneygirl + 1 (BFF Cat) 170driver DaV8or + 1 Lance Keve + 1 C-GHIJ Southernpilot Merrja Allen Osbourne Mooneyman + 1 Brandonwalker + Jim Danb + 1 Headcount = 53 Note, If you are on the list and need to cancel, let me know. If I missed anyone, apologies and let me know. Yves
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