Looking for a Ray Jay STC for my M20c

[jetdriven]

3 minutes ago, David Herman said:

I couldn’t agree more ... sorry ... but our next airplane probably  won’t be a Mooney. Why buy trouble? 

I mean if you have an M20J or M20F and  need a turbocharger you’re likely  better off selling that airplane and buying one that has the turbocharger, whether that is a M20K 231 or 252, M20M Bravo, a Bonanza B36TC, Tornado alley turbo TNA36, T210, or a turbo Cirrus or many other of the dozens of options.  Or a big block NA airplane like a IO550R V35B, or a Ovation, or even a Comanche 400... those with deice are very capable. 

[tomgo2]

It depends...if you already spent 10s of thousands of dollars tricking out your existing plane, would you really want to start over on an unknown airplane just to get turbo? *Some* owners put $75K in glass panels.. what's another $35K to fly at FL200 to FL250?

[Kmac]

I will have to go to the hangar and read through the logs.  The airplane I bought used to have a turbo installed.  I'll look through my documentation this weekend and see if it was a rayjay system.  I know squat about the STC process or if it came with the plane.  I would have no use for it, however, if the documentation for it does exist.

[jetdriven]

34 minutes ago, tomgo2 said:

It depends...if you already spent 10s of thousands of dollars tricking out your existing plane, would you really want to start over on an unknown airplane just to get turbo? *Some* owners put $75K in glass panels.. what's another $35K to fly at FL200 to FL250?

So make a bad financial decision over-improving a plane and then double down and put another 35k into it. Ok. 

One way to find out. Put the 35k kit on the market and let the buyers come. 

I don’t get how some welded pipes and flanges and a 1200$ turbo gets 35k but I’m not in the market either. 

Edited April 6, 2018 by jetdriven

[N201MKTurbo]

14 minutes ago, jetdriven said:

So make a bad financial decision over-improving a plane and then double down and put another 35k into it. Ok. 

One way to find out. Put the 35k kit on the market and let the buyers come. 

I don’t get how some welded pipes and flanges and a 1200$ turbo gets 35k but I’m not in the market either. 

A new turbo is about $8000. You are better off getting a core on EBay and having it overhauled. That would be about $2500.

[MIm20c]

25 minutes ago, jetdriven said:

I don’t get how some welded pipes and flanges and a 1200$ turbo gets 35k but I’m not in the market either. 

Same way an extra 1k lbs of aluminum and less components/technology than a Chevy spark can go from a $9k car to a $900k acclaim. 

I’m glad Tom and the company are providing parts to owners that need them and technical support on the phone / forum.  The same goes for the Mooney company. 

[Kmac]

Some of the electronic documents I have show some info... Again, I will have to wait until this weekend when I return to the hangar to check more...  My C did have a Rayjay turbo installed.  It was removed in 1999 or so.  Below is part of the FAA Form 337 that I have downloaded electronically.

[jacoody]

Wow, I'd be interested in buying the STC from you if you still have it.

[orionflt]

KMAC,

What did you buy?

 

[jacoody]

Since each STC is tagged to a specific aircraft number it isnt possible to reassign the stc without the permission of the stc owner it doesnt seem possible to use the Rayjay stc at this point. I guess a new stc is the only real option.

[Oscar Avalle]

On 3/29/2018 at 3:16 PM, neilpilot said:

But, as Tomgo2 posted in the link I provided above "Legally speaking, RAJAY only sells parts related to STCs which we own and applied to airframes which are listed in our PMA supplement. However, I imagine some of these PMA parts find their way on to other airframes like the Mooneys....".  So doubtful that they can provide or transer an STC for that install.

Key would be to know, what parts are needed and how to do the installation.

[chriscalandro]

On 8/24/2020 at 2:45 PM, Oscar Avalle said:

Key would be to know, what parts are needed and how to do the installation.

This thread ended 2 years ago

[Oscar Avalle]

10 hours ago, chriscalandro said:

This thread ended 2 years ago

Obviously, the pandemic is limiting my flying and I have time to spare to go over some of these older threads...

 

[carusoam]

Old thread... new thread...

What would keep you from discussing cool upgrades like a TC, intercooler, or a new piece of avionics...

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