What are these for? Aif Deflector?

[Pinecone]

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]

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. 

[jaylw314]

Cup holder?  

[mike_elliott]

could be anything, but a useful thing would be a co detector

[Guest]

Lint collector for the heating system?

[N201MKTurbo]

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….

[201Steve]

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

[jlunseth]

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]

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

[thinwing]

part # on those ft seat stops?

[Guest]

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.