Doing the first annual now... wowza!!

[carusoam]

If you guys could find a way to package up your positive attitude...

I know that it would sell easily!

There are always going to be unexpected costs.

You guys just handle it admirably well!

Focused on the issues and the resolution. No F in the title of this thread...

[Marauder]

If you guys could find a way to package up your positive attitude...

I know that it would sell easily!

There are always going to be unexpected costs.

You guys just handle it admirably well!

Focused on the issues and the resolution. No F in the title of this thread...

Best regards,

-a-

Is Timmy getting to you?

[carusoam]

Chris,

It is the 'F the FAA' and 'my C is junk' threads...

Three pilots with similar challenges with an array of different responses.

I'd rather hang out here than with the other two.

Timmy just needs a friend or two that will be patient and lend an ear...

Best regards,

-a-

[Marauder]

Chris,

It is the 'F the FAA' and 'my C is junk' threads...

Three pilots with similar challenges with an array of different responses.

I'd rather hang out here than with the other two.

Timmy just needs a friend or two that will be patient and lend an ear...

Best regards,

-a-

My approach Anthony has always been the same on the threads; if I can't offer help or tell really bad jokes or share photos of really beautiful women, I won't participate.

The only exception is when Peter Garmin shows up. Can't help myself then

Life is too short to get your thongs bunched up...

[DaV8or]

I'm not sure that I would support the nose of the plane with the engine lift ring. It's not meant to lift the plane. Someone posted a picture of a nylon strap around the engine tubular structure, much stronger if its even required.

Clarence

 

Agreed, use the nylon straps around the motor mount and then add a tail stand for greater stability. It's an ugly situation if the plane slips off one of the wing jacks.

 

[DaV8or]

I'd love to learn the story of that ADF behind the panel. Made me laugh out loud.

 

Me too! What the hell?? It's a spare you can yank out in an emergency? Laziest avionics tech ever?? Needed extra nose weight? ...??

[DaV8or]

TIn any case, I don't play the blame game.  I take a vast majority of the responsibility.  Did I get taken?  Maybe, but outside of the few systems that required repair, she is a corrosion free (as much as an aluminum airplane can be), straight bird with a strong, healthy engine.  

 

I am HUGELY thankful for my IA that is willing to work with me for a small cost.  I have had a great time working with him fellowshipping, learning and fixing my airplane!  I know EXACTLY what I have now.

 

Don't feel bad at all. The first annual is always a rough one so I'm told. Actually some say the next two will be too. It certainly has been in my case. Then, as the plane begins to settle down, you start thinking of upgrades you want to do at annual. So far for me, the invoice at the end of the day hasn't gone down at all... yet.

[DaV8or]

Chris,

It is the 'F the FAA' and 'my C is junk' threads...

Three pilots with similar challenges with an array of different responses.

I'd rather hang out here than with the other two.

Timmy just needs a friend or two that will be patient and lend an ear...

Best regards,

-a-

 

To be quite fair, these are vastly different problems. In guitarmaster's situation, it's just relatively easy bolt on parts replacements. In the other two threads, it's about major (EXPENSIVE) airframe surgery. A world of difference IMO.

[HRM]

I did not do a pre-buy at all. The plane had been annual'd at Maxwell's for ten years prior to my seeing it. A phone call to him was all it took. The first annual after I bought the plane, no squawks. In fact, I haven't had a repair since then that I did not induce 

[carusoam]

Dave,

Differences noted.

Similarities as well... Source of PPI has been pointed out above.

Randomness too... All of the challenges of the threads are different.

Somebody pointed out earlier, a 15 AMU isn't much to him compared to his 40 AMU surprise.

My point is solely our OP here has a very positive attitude for a surprise that is measured in AMUs.

How do we get the word out on the topics of what a proper PPI is to meet the needs of an individual?

Is that even possible?

-a-

[bonal]

I did not do a pre-buy at all. The plane had been annual'd at Maxwell's for ten years prior to my seeing it. A phone call to him was all it took. The first annual after I bought the plane, no squawks. In fact, I haven't had a repair since then that I did not induce

(Said with a snobbish British accent) Lucky bloody you!

[carusoam]

Even with DM doing the annuals...

A cursory PPI is still a good idea.

Best regards,

-a-

[HRM]

Even with DM doing the annuals...

A cursory PPI is still a good idea.

Best regards,

-a-

 

Cursory yes, full-blown annual level, no. There are two important things to look for. Maintenance records and who did the annuals. You can get an excellent sense of the health of an aircraft by knowing what it has been doing and what has been done to it for the last decade.

 

In this case, I think Matt knew what he was getting into--and he's had a great time with it.

[scottfromiowa]

Chris,

It is the 'F the FAA' and 'my C is junk' threads...

Three pilots with similar challenges with an array of different responses.

I'd rather hang out here than with the other two.

Timmy just needs a friend or two that will be patient and lend an ear...

Best regards,

-a-

Not everyone is like you -a-

and that is o.k.

or not...

[Guest]

Chris,

It is the 'F the FAA' and 'my C is junk' threads...

Three pilots with similar challenges with an array of different responses.

I'd rather hang out here than with the other two.

Timmy just needs a friend or two that will be patient and lend an ear...

Best regards,

-a-

Anthony,

I couldn't agree more. I seriously doubt that some other posters would drop their mother, grandmother or great aunt a note with the same words they use here on fellow pilots.

Clarence

[Guitarmaster]

The check circuit is different than the sensor circuit (trying to recall this from memory). My light test would always work. The annunciator test only tests the bulbs. It just never shows the condition of the sensors. I'm pretty sure the problem on mine was the diode or the Molex connector. It was one of the first things I tackled 24 years ago. I'll see if I can find anything in my logs.

As for the black gizmo, no clue. Do you have sensor on the back of the AI or DG? Wonder if this gizmo was put in its place.

The sensor on the back of the ADI is powered constantly. It is a N.O. switch in the center. The switch sends voltage down two different wires depending on high or low vac. The black cylinder contains a circuit to blink the light for low and steady for high.

You probably have these In your airplane Chris... Unless they were removed during one of your upgrades.

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[Guitarmaster]

The low/high vacuum and low/high voltage circuits are designed, prototyped, tested and ready to be installed.  Well, the vacuum is already installed and working. 

Exhaust is back from the shop.  They used one flange from the old exhaust so it is "re-built."  Ahaha!  Looks new to me!  If you live anywhere in the IL, WI area, I highly recommend Dawley Aviation in Burlington WI!

 

Just need to finish with the PC system, re-attach engine parts and cowl it back up (it took us five hours to get it off) and off I go to see Cody.

 

Still have no idea what the ADF looking thing behind the dash is for.  

 

Chris, the gear fits nice and tight.  Hopefully the rigging issue will speed the plane up a bit.

 

Cheers!

[Marauder]

Let me know what TAS you are seeing. During my IFR cert the guys told me I had a leak in the pitot system which explains the 4 knot loss in airspeed I have been seeing since the summer.

[FloridaMan]

That's really not all that bad. Airplanes are not cars and they require maintenance. It took one visit to a non-Mooney shop to fuck up a lot of stuff and the "cheap" owner-assisted first annual cost me thousands over the next year. 

 

That ADF thing behind the panel is a little confusing to me. 

[HRM]

That ADF thing behind the panel is a little confusing to me. 

 

My theory is that the ADF was in-op or no longer used and they wanted to remove it but not do a 337/W&B/whatever. Technically, the ADF is still in the aircraft in their minds. JM2C

[Guitarmaster]

Oddly enough, the ADF still works but is coming out the next time she hits the avionics shop.

[HRM]

Oddly enough, the ADF still works but is coming out the next time she hits the avionics shop.

 

 

Well, some of us are engineers and this is like a dangling participle, no pun intended, to a journalist. I am now going to go with the theory that they needed more panel space but didn't want to do the paperwork for removal.

[Guitarmaster]

My theory is that the ADF was in-op or no longer used and they wanted to remove it but not do a 337/W&B/whatever. Technically, the ADF is still in the aircraft in their minds. JM2C

Gotcha. That wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[Marauder]

Gotcha. That wouldn't surprise me in the least.

Considering that find, you may want to see if Jimmy Hoffa is under the rear seat.

[TWinter]

As I see 73/74/75 models I'm surprised at the mix and match of the different parts or options. We all know that's the time frame when things changed for Mooney, but I'm amazed at the different variations of options. They should have called those eras "Special Edition" Mooney. I'm assuming Mooney was doing what they could to be cost conservative and still build certified planes. Kind " What have we got in that parts bin", so we don't have to spend more money..I love how my "73 or 74 E" depending on what paperwork you are looking at is configured, but you really do wonder what the real thought process was at that time to have such variation. All I would have wanted other than what I have now is electric trim. I like my electric gear and flaps. Maybe if it been built the day before I would have had electric trim probably ran out on my assembly day..darn it!