billy hellcat Posted January 27, 2025 Report Posted January 27, 2025 I will take two if there are any left
show me the mooney Posted January 27, 2025 Report Posted January 27, 2025 Ill take what you have left.
M20E for me Posted January 29, 2025 Author Report Posted January 29, 2025 Sorry, they are all gone, I should have ordered more! 1
sdmideas Posted January 29, 2025 Report Posted January 29, 2025 I received my boots early this week, shipped very quickly and included manufacturing certificate and instruction page for boot replacement. A very pleasant experience all around. Hats off to @M20E for me for a well executed group buy. 2
Mooney-Shiner Posted January 29, 2025 Report Posted January 29, 2025 I would be interested in several if we are doing this buy again
billy hellcat Posted February 6, 2025 Report Posted February 6, 2025 I will take two if anybody wants to order another batch.
cruiserflyer Posted November 5, 2025 Report Posted November 5, 2025 Just bought a 1967 F and my elevator trim boots are bad, how do we start this up again?
DCarlton Posted November 5, 2025 Report Posted November 5, 2025 15 minutes ago, cruiserflyer said: Just bought a 1967 F and my elevator trim boots are bad, how do we start this up again? You have some sort of altitude control on your 67? Mine only had wing and rudder servos. I'm still interested in a spare or two if you generate enough interest for a group buy.
cruiserflyer Posted November 5, 2025 Report Posted November 5, 2025 Just now, DCarlton said: You have some sort of altitude control on your 67? Mine only had wing and rudder servos. I'm still interested in a spare or two if you generate enough interest for a group buy. Yes, I was as surprised as you when I found out that it has altitude hold... well it does when the servos are working! 1
takair Posted November 5, 2025 Report Posted November 5, 2025 Be sure to size them carefully. The altitude hold servos are typically much larger than the rudder and ailerons.
cruiserflyer Posted November 6, 2025 Report Posted November 6, 2025 15 hours ago, takair said: Be sure to size them carefully. The altitude hold servos are typically much larger than the rudder and ailerons. Yes, I noticed that. I realize there must be a couple different PNs for the boot sizes.
Mooney-Shiner Posted December 12, 2025 Report Posted December 12, 2025 Anyone wants to get another order going? I think we can figure out how to do a group buy of 80% complete boots that look just like Brittain, leaving room for the owner to do another 20%(cutting a top hole for example). This way it will be legal "owner produced part." I'm sure we could order them at $20 a boot if the order will be big enough. 2
cruiserflyer Posted January 14 Report Posted January 14 On 12/12/2025 at 8:28 AM, Mooney-Shiner said: Anyone wants to get another order going? I think we can figure out how to do a group buy of 80% complete boots that look just like Brittain, leaving room for the owner to do another 20%(cutting a top hole for example). This way it will be legal "owner produced part." I'm sure we could order them at $20 a boot if the order will be big enough. Count me in! 1
Mooney-Shiner Posted January 14 Report Posted January 14 1 hour ago, cruiserflyer said: Count me in! Hopefully, we can get more people!
Mooney-Shiner Posted February 21 Report Posted February 21 On 11/25/2024 at 11:51 AM, M20E for me said: I now have commitments for 14 and an addition 5 if the price the around the $100 mark. They are giving me quantity 25 price for 20 ($102.75 each) so I'm going to go ahead and order a qty of 20. Do you know what material did they use? I can see it says "nitrile," but wondering if it was specific kind of nitrile? Do you have blueprint of the items? I'm about making a custom order as well.
DCarlton Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 4 hours ago, Mooney-Shiner said: Do you know what material did they use? I can see it says "nitrile," but wondering if it was specific kind of nitrile? Do you have blueprint of the items? I'm about making a custom order as well. Has anyone called Kevin to discuss specs? Whatever original specs might be available for reference?
Mooney-Shiner Posted Sunday at 05:58 PM Report Posted Sunday at 05:58 PM 16 hours ago, DCarlton said: Has anyone called Kevin to discuss specs? Whatever original specs might be available for reference? Yes, I called him. He was awesome, but not sure about the material and blueprint info.
takair Posted Sunday at 07:14 PM Report Posted Sunday at 07:14 PM For what it’s worth, I’m starting discussion about PMA boots with FAA, but even under the best circumstances it will be months. Was planning elevator boots first, since they are even harder to get than the roll. I’ve got most of a test fixture set up to show equivalence. It will depend on what hoops the FAA throws my way beyond my basic plan. Constant turmoil with FAA funding won’t help. 2
Mooney-Shiner Posted Monday at 01:39 PM Report Posted Monday at 01:39 PM 18 hours ago, takair said: For what it’s worth, I’m starting discussion about PMA boots with FAA, but even under the best circumstances it will be months. Was planning elevator boots first, since they are even harder to get than the roll. I’ve got most of a test fixture set up to show equivalence. It will depend on what hoops the FAA throws my way beyond my basic plan. Constant turmoil with FAA funding won’t help. Unless we can use "owner produced" justification to say that the new item is a group buy that is "similar" to the diaphragm on vac- servo? The install will be completed with owner punching a center hole for the chain bolt. I got your POC from Kevin and will shoot you a txt this morning.
takair Posted Monday at 01:49 PM Report Posted Monday at 01:49 PM 5 minutes ago, Mooney-Shiner said: Unless we can use "owner produced" justification to say that the new item is a group buy that is "similar" to the diaphragm on vac- servo? The install will be completed with owner punching a center hole for the chain bolt. I got your POC from Kevin and will shoot you a txt this morning. I agree. The only problem with the owner produced group buys is that it happens in spurts and the person running the group buy is typically AOG and will not be around for the next one. If I can get it on my PMA it might provide for a continuous source for the ones and twos that folks typically need. The PMA would not preclude owner produced parts from happening. I still have a ton of work to make it happen so it’s not certain. For example, many Brittain installs are STC, so not clear to me that there is a clean path to PMA on top of and STC.
Hank Posted Monday at 04:04 PM Report Posted Monday at 04:04 PM 2 hours ago, takair said: If I can get it on my PMA it might provide for a continuous source for the ones and twos that folks typically need . . . many Brittain installs are STC, so not clear to me that there is a clean path to PMA on top of and STC. It's great to see someone seriously pursuing this! Many (most?) of our Vintage birds had the PC system installed at the factory, then added the autopilot by STC, but they still use the same factory servos. Memory says the PC system was introduced in '65, but I know it's in the Owners Manual for my 1970 C. This won't affect your PMA, but it should make it easier for people to purchase and install your boots.
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