Meyers Aircraft Owners Association | Jody Bays | Activity https://www.meyersaircraft.org/members/a64pilot/activity/ Activity feed for Jody Bays. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:43:33 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 838f48082ae6bd6dd659e1dc53f0d0a2 Jody Bays replied to the topic Door lock replacement in the forum Airframe - Meyers 200 http://www.meyersaircraft.org/forums/topic/door-lock-replacement/#post-2185 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 01:26:27 +0000 Call a locksmith, while I’ve not seen a Meyers, but my Cessna, my Maule and I’ve been told that Beechcraft all use desk locks, the kind you can get at a home improvement store, the little bar that actually locks may be modified though.
But a Locksmith should be able to extract the lock cylinder without damaging anything, or so I’ve been told.…[Read more]

]]> 0 51caa12172573621899c8fd7b21caeb1 Jody Bays replied to the topic New Guy in the forum Airframe - Meyers 200 http://www.meyersaircraft.org/forums/topic/new-guy/#post-2184 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 01:18:58 +0000 Ref seats, Maule’s seats are absolutely horrible, a lot like maybe a 60’s VW seats or some other budget automobile way back when seats were flat.
Anyway Oregon Aero absolutely transformed my seats, I didn’t think it possible, but where my back was hurting in that flat seat that if anything was caved in some in the middle in an hour I could fly c…[Read more]

]]> 0 535fb3a53018e9c45f9ebef908d06f86 Jody Bays replied to the topic New Guy in the forum Airframe - Meyers 200 http://www.meyersaircraft.org/forums/topic/new-guy/#post-2166 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:41:46 +0000 Thanks, hopefully I will be signing a purchase contract very soon, maybe today? and arranging for an annual as opposed to a “pre-buy”, I don’t believe in pre-buys, for one to be any good it should cover everything an annual does, and if you do that, why not reset the clock?

Anyway one member is handling the sale, and another the annual.
I don’t…[Read more]

]]> 0 5dcd37f59243c5e6a335aa3a7863434c Jody Bays replied to the topic Any info available for balancing control surfaces? in the forum Flight Controls - Meyers 200 http://www.meyersaircraft.org/forums/topic/any-info-available-for-balancing-control-surfaces/#post-2165 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 03:33:03 +0000 Old post so not sure I should post. but yes flight control balancing is extremely important, yes it needs to be done if painted, the specs will be on the factory drawings and hopefully in the maintenance manual.
an improperly balanced flight control could flutter, and that can easily lead to a fatal accident, in flight break up kind.

]]> 1 49792c44dd382b1693cae7424070a444 Jody Bays replied to the topic Meyers 200 vs Bonanza in the forum Meyers 200 http://www.meyersaircraft.org/forums/topic/meyers-200-vs-bonanza/#post-2164 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 03:24:20 +0000 My last attempt to post disappeared, hopefully this one will go better.
Like you I’m in the looking to buy phase, and like you I’ve been looking at other aircraft.
First everything I’m going to say is my opinion, and it’s likely to go against what many here will say.
First I don’t have a Meyers, never even flown in one, but I’ll get back to the…[Read more]

]]> 0 74c78492291e842f359a94c5f5cc24b1 Jody Bays replied to the topic Tailbeacon ADS-B in the forum Avionics - Meyers 200 http://www.meyersaircraft.org/forums/topic/tailbeacon-ads-b/#post-2155 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:06:55 +0000 I’ve not on a Meyers, but as it’s an STC there is a 337 required, one guy on Ebay and IA will do the paperwork for $190 I believe.
The weight change is insignificant so no rebalance required.

My opinion is it ought to be a minor alteration and shoud not require a 337, but my opinion isn’t worth much I guess.

]]> 0 9ce64a4d120c4aeac26bd94ed2b08131 Jody Bays replied to the topic Meyers 200 Engine mount in the forum Meyers 200 http://www.meyersaircraft.org/forums/topic/meyers-200-engine-mount/#post-2153 Sun, 17 Jan 2021 16:58:59 +0000 I know this is an old thread, But Harold Kosola of Kosola associates in Albany Ga rebuilds most any engine mounts, steel tube landing gear etc, and as the Meyers were built in Albany Ga I’d be surprised if Harold doesn’t have a fixture.

Harold isn’t a young guy so I don’t know if the business is still up and running or not

]]> 0 68d4ebcfe63a0c24a81d002faf8d41dc Jody Bays started the topic New Guy in the forum Airframe - Meyers 200 http://www.meyersaircraft.org/forums/topic/new-guy/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 00:11:29 +0000 I’m a newby, looking at procuring a Meyers 200D.

I’m looking at a Meyers largely because of personal connections to the aircraft, first my Wife’s Grandfather who had run the TaylorCraft plant pre WWII was hired by North American Rockwell to establish the assembly line in the new Albany Ga plant.
I was born and raised in Albany, met my wife there…[Read more]

]]> 0 04785e27166d22d841e7b870ec2a8fbf Jody Bays became a registered member https://www.meyersaircraft.org/activity/p/2390/ Sat, 16 Jan 2021 16:46:08 +0000 0