Ralph,

Nice post. I, too, had a SmoothStop go belly-up. However, Harley Condra (BVM Rep) took it out of my plane, walked over to BV, told him about it, then came back and handed me a brand new one--no questions asked. Maybe the SmoothStop isn't the best brake valve available, but it's the one I'll always use just for that reason (unless, of course, Yellow comes out with one ;-)). Now, that's service.

Anyway, I hope your CJM flies well for you. I sure thought about their MiG for a while.