M20J belly skin plate arrangement

[unicom]

Hi everyone,

My aircraft has just completed its annual. It is serviced by a mechanic who is not a Mooney dealer and has limited experience with Mooney aircrafts.

I have some doubt regarding the way one of the belly skin plate has been positioned (the thin central one).

Could anyone confirm if all belly plates overlap (the one forward overlapping the one behind) or is the thin plate between the wings actually overlap the 2 adjacent ones ?

A picture of a M20J belly Is welcome ? (excluding 1 piece belly of course !!!)

[mike_elliott]

10 minutes ago, unicom said:

Could anyone confirm if all belly plates overlap (the one forward overlapping the one behind)

Yes

[jetdriven]

Yes, put them on rear to forward. There should be no overlapping plate that has a forward edge 

[NotarPilot]

Just think of the direction the air flows over the belly. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out.

Edited February 13, 2016 by NotarPilot

[Yetti]

Edges to the front of the aircraft are slow....

[N201MKTurbo]

And when you fly in the rain it will force water into your belly instead of sucking it out.

[unicom]

Thank you all for your answers. I am astonished that a qualified mechanic does not have enough common sense to mount my belly panels the right way and even more worried that the mechanic does not have the curiosity to check the maintenance manual !!!

As mentioned above there is a real safety issue with possible water getting into the belly...and how about possible exhaust gas getting into the cabin ?

 

Edited February 15, 2016 by unicom

[jetdriven]

^{I check the logs. if they write TACK time in the logs, then the work is suspect as well.}