Pinecone Posted January 17, 2023 Report Posted January 17, 2023 I have velcro strips on the front of the shroud for the fuel selector and under the cabin air/heat vent. What might them have been for? Maybe an air deflector to direct the air to the front seat area?
1980Mooney Posted January 17, 2023 Report Posted January 17, 2023 13 minutes ago, Pinecone said: I have velcro strips on the front of the shroud for the fuel selector and under the cabin air/heat vent. What might them have been for? Maybe an air deflector to direct the air to the front seat area? Something homemade that a former owner added. 1
mike_elliott Posted January 17, 2023 Report Posted January 17, 2023 could be anything, but a useful thing would be a co detector 1
N201MKTurbo Posted January 18, 2023 Report Posted January 18, 2023 I loaned my hangar to a guy a few years ago so he could do his annual. I told him to just taxi my plane to his tie down and swap planes. When I got in my plane the next time, he had put Velcro patches all over my cockpit. I asked him why he did that and he said “you didn’t have enough Velcro” I guess he thought he was doing mr a favor…. 2
201Steve Posted January 18, 2023 Report Posted January 18, 2023 1 hour ago, N201MKTurbo said: I loaned my hangar to a guy a few years ago so he could do his annual. I told him to just taxi my plane to his tie down and swap planes. When I got in my plane the next time, he had put Velcro patches all over my cockpit. I asked him why he did that and he said “you didn’t have enough Velcro” I guess he thought he was doing mr a favor…. That guy needs his ass kicked 3
jlunseth Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 When the heat is full on and no cold air added by the vent knob, the fuel switch gets hot enough that you need something, a rag or similar, to switch tanks. It is too hot to touch if it is bare metal. I am guessing the prior pilot had something rigged up to deflect the heat over the knob. I see the knob is rubber coated at this point, but it is possible it was bare metal at one point, hence the need for a deflector of some kind until the pilot found the knob cover. That is my guess. Could have been some kind of jerry-rigged cup holder also.
N201MKTurbo Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 On 1/17/2023 at 8:12 PM, 201Steve said: That guy needs his ass kicked Wish I could.... http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2020/04/fatal-accident-occurred-april-24-2020.html 2
Guest Posted January 20, 2023 Report Posted January 20, 2023 2 hours ago, thinwing said: part # on those ft seat stops? OPP copy of AN380-5-3 which you can’t get in some locations.
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