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Has anyone had an issue with tailwheel shimmy. I have had landing directional control issues with my 14-19-2....and notice a vibration type issue on rollout sometimes & saw what look like tailwheel shimmy marks on the runway. I have a pneumatic tailwheel. There is some play from the...

After reading the BC contact magazine article in January about weak kickown springs I tested mine and they were much weaker than the test mensioned by the author. Got new one from AAC for a mere $165. Wow ....they are much stronger and longer and were dificult to install. I ordered the...

I just saw a cruisair project in KSL (Salt Lake City) classifieds (Recreational vehicles/ airplanes). It is located in Las Vegas area. Has recovered fuselage and low time engine and he wants twice what it is worth. Ad shows a picture of a brown/white wood wing Mooney (that I used to own and...

If anyone is looking for a project there is a 14-9 on the Tokio Marine aircraft salvage auction site in Hazard KY that ends in a few days. It was in a hangar fire. I hope it finds someone to restore it. Ken

If anyone is looking for a project there is a 14-9 on the Tokio Marine aircraft salvage auction site in Hazard KY that ends in a few days. It was in a hangar fire. I hope it finds someone to restore it. Ken

I am happy to announce that 14-19-2 Cruismaster N9842B is flying again as of last week up in Big Piney WY. It has been down for 1.8 years. I have been able to get 5 hours on it. I thought 1300hrs of tailwheel time and being a Mooney guy would prepare me for this beast but .....no....I am...

N9842B got dropped & prop struck a year and a half ago. I bought it & did a lot of work to it and finally have an engine installed ready to run..........I primed up the fuel system with the wobble pump and my engine driven fuel pump dribbles (not just weeps) fuel out of the case drain. Can I...

Has anyone installed an oil filter adapter on their 14-19-2? It looks awfully tight back there! thanks Ken

14-19-2 N9842B has been on its belly numerous times in its sordid history, so I am crefully going through the landing gear and systems. After careful lubrication, the gear will not freefall into down and overcenter on the jacks. No way it would ever lock with 70 mph breeze pushing on the...

I just got my wings on my 14-19-2 project and am trying to wring the wiring out (which was cut unmarked) which of the landing lights should be wired to the first position and which should come on with the switch pulled all the way out? thanks Ken

Greetings: I have repaired my bottom cowling after a gear up. I can't tell from pictures if the sheet metal at the air exit on your planes has been bent down to form a lip (as many non cowl flap planes do).......or should I leave it in the streamlined position. I am ready to paint and need...

I have modified each of the 9 planes I have owned over 40 years to be equipped with double shoulder harnesses. (To tell you why I am motivated as such would be an unsolicited flying horror story) I have not figured out how to mount them in my Cruismaster, as the tubes are in the wrong places...

I am repairing my 14-19-2 which happens to have 5 fuel tanks, which looks like a recipy for a fuel starvation incident. I would like to install an electric fuel pump with a field approval or? Does any of your -2's have an electric pump? I could install one inline with the wobble pump, but...

The cruisemaster owners manual stated that there is a filter in the power pack that should be serviced annually.....Where is it? I had the dome off and still didn't see it...thanks Ken

I just want to say Howdy. I bought Cruismaster N9842B (mentioned in a topic about being "gear uped" in Phoenix in February) I am an A&P IA in Big Piney, WY (KBPI) if anyone gets close enough to stop by and give me advice. If you have an airbox, prop or other goodies let me know. I have the...