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What are aerostar mooney's? 200,201 and 220?

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anAscendancy Apprentice

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I just ran across a picture of a strange looking mooney.  Upon further examination it came out to be a aerostar mooney 201.  What are these aircraft and where did they come from?

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KSMooniac Grand Master

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Did it have the funny "stinger" tail?  I don't believe there were any factory J (201) models with that tail, although somebody could retrofit one to a J if they had nothing better to do I suppose.  

mooneym20d Enthusiast

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Quote: KSMooniac

Did it have the funny "stinger" tail?  I don't believe there were any factory J (201) models with that tail, although somebody could retrofit one to a J if they had nothing better to do I suppose.  

carusoam Grand Master

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MooneyM20d,


You have the most unique Mooney!


Front of a J, Paint of an Ovation, and stinger tail replete with Butler button hook that nobody else has.


Where does the name Mooneym20d fit in?


Best regards,


-a-

mooneym20d Enthusiast

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I wasn't a fan of the hook tail either and actually considered having it removed. When it came down to it, I decided to keep the plane as is. It has grown on me. The plane gets stares everywhere I go. I like the rarity. I wish I could claim it makes the plane faster, but I can't.

John Pleisse Grand Master

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Quote: mooneym20d

I wasn't a fan of the hook tail either and actually considered having it removed. When it came down to it, I decided to keep the plane as is. It has grown on me. The plane gets stares everywhere I go. I like the rarity. I wish I could claim it makes the plane faster, but I can't.

jetdriven Grand Master

jetdriven

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All except the clamp around the tube on the pilot side.  That took as much time as the whole rest of the job. It physically cannot fit.  You just have to keep bending it and retrying it.  Maybe file some on the edge of the clamp.


The job is worth it though.

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DaV8or Grand Master

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Quote: jetdriven

All except the clamp around the tube on the pilot side.  That took as much time as the whole rest of the job. It physically cannot fit.  You just have to keep bending it and retrying it.  Maybe file some on the edge of the clamp.

The job is worth it though.

jetdriven Grand Master

jetdriven

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Yeah almost forgot, dropped that special spacer a couple of times behind the sidewall.  Lose that thing and you are finished.

mooneym20d Enthusiast

mooneym20d

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Quote: jetdriven

All except the clamp around the tube on the pilot side.  That took as much time as the whole rest of the job. It physically cannot fit.  You just have to keep bending it and retrying it.  Maybe file some on the edge of the clamp.

The job is worth it though.

DaV8or Grand Master

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Very interesting that aerostar could own the mooney corp for one year and do such a unique change to an already unique vertical stabilizer.

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