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Re: Allan Smith Hi Allan, Welcome aboard COG. What are your flying plans? High, low, near, far, etc? Jim

Re: Motor Mount Hi Dennis, Our work with AWI has been only with respect to the 114/A/B/TC mount. They have the Kosola drawings and fixture but had not repaired any mounts until last year when we sent in the mount from s/n 20016. It came back unuseable. They stood behind their work, and...

Hi All, Just another weekend at Aerodyme... At the moment, it's the IO-540 mount. After extensive consultations and tests with AWI, we have mutually concluded that the Kosola dwgs they have are incomplete and inaccurate, and the fixture is worn beyond reasonable use for repairs. For our...

Re: Shimmy Dampers in Production! Hi Joel, The price is 1250, exchange for your old damper. Jim

Hi All, FAA-PMA shimmy dampers are finally marching out the door! The Aerodyme SHIMInator dampers accomplish the original intent of the aircraft designers, to have a damping force in the 15 lbs range to manage the short-castered Commander nose gear. This compares to a pound, or a few, of...

Hi All, Due to special circumstances, I am able to offer ONE owner an incredible deal on an IO-580-B1A Super Commander conversion, and ONE owner an incredible deal on a Scimitar three-blade prop conversion. If you are interested, call me. Jim

Re: SuperStream Hi All, Based on 38 airplanes thus far, we can say the SuperStream gain does vary ship to ship, within a realm of 5 to 10 KTAS, and usually somewhat with altitude for any given ship, with maximum gain typically right in the old sweet spot of 6-9,000 MSL. An also, I can confirm...

Re: SuperStream Hi Todd, Welcome. Yes, we continue to offer the SuperStream mod for $7,900 turn-key at Aerodyme. 38 SuperStream Commanders are flying to date. Jim

Re: New Shimmy Dampners Hi Carol, Emailed you back but got caught in your spam filter. Several years ago I approached Lord but they declined any program to produce a Commander damper. We are just too tiny a community. Thus, we proceeded with development of the Aerodyme SHIMInator. Our...

Re: New Shimmy Dampners Hi Jim, Start with these inspections: 1. Check for damping action of 15 lbs or so. 2. Check for wear at the nose gear attaching hole (in the nose gear lug). Jim

Re: New Shimmy Dampners Hi Jim, To evaluate your existing OEM damper: 1. The criteria for allowable shimmy is NONE. 2. The criteria for structure is no cracks and no significant corrosion pitting. 3. The criteria for leaks is subjective based on your willingness to replace the seals. 4. The...

Re: New Shimmy Dampners Hi Jim, Yes. Firstly, I constructed an automated test set and have run 3 Beta units to 25,000 full steering strokes at 1 stroke per second. Several earlier runs, during engineering, taught us a thing or two and allowed us to increase seal life from about 10,000 cycles...

New Shimmy Dampers New Shimmy Dampers Hi All, Well finally, here it is... approval of the Aerodyme SHIMInator. I will proceed to catch up with the backlog over the next few months although I guess the list will be getting longer at the same time we ship it down. I'll aim to ship the first...

Re: Hi there to all Hi Peter, The rudder does not appear to be airworthy. The previous repair has failed. Commander rudders carry significant loads in flight and a failed rudder could foul the elevators. There are no replacement skins available and another attempt to repair this rudder is...

Re: Hi there to all Hi Peter, If you proceed to a pre-buy inspection, Aerodyme offers a special inspection list to help any mechanic scan for the known potential issues with any model and serial Commander. This service includes full access to Aerodyme's vast library of defects/solutions...

Re: New Shimmy Dampners Hi All, Great fly-in! All who could not make it were missed. About the SHIMInators, I am looking hard at my costs once again this week and will propose a pricing matrix to all with the next week or so. We may be able to establish a few pricing options: i.e. primed...

Re: New Shimmy Dampners Hi Lewis, I am anticipating the FAA PMA approval today, in fact! Expecting to start production deliveries in October. It will take me several months to catch up on the backlog so it is important for you to get an order in with me before the line gets longer. Thanks, Jim

Re: Ahoy from Atlanta Hi Brandon, Judi is a great resource for vetting aircraft history, down times, etc. If a particular airplane catches your eye and makes it through the Judi filter, you should then have a thorough pre-buy inspection accomplished by a Commander expert, or a local mechanic...

Re: Gear Checkvalve Hi Larry, Aerodyme has FAA-approved replacement pistons A-1031-A (used in the main and nose) and collars A-1218-A (used in the nose cylinder) available for overhauling the early style gear actuators. If your A-1032-A body is OK, or can be cleaned up, we may be able to...

Re: Gear Checkvalve Hi Jim, I need let's say 10 of you to queue up for a supersedure kit so that the costs of tooling the chassis pan and tubes can be reasonable for all. Jim