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Here goes a new video...just for fun, flying VFR from Guatemala city to Rio Dulce, Guatemala, close to the Caribbean coast.

With no flaps, you just put a little bit of back pressure when you hit about 50 knots or so (you can feel it) and the plane leaves the ground so smoothly the only wau you can tell you are airborn is the ride gets a little smoother. 201er, you need a smoother runway.

It was only STC'd for the A36 and PA28. Any other aircraft would either be a logbook entry or field approval depending on who does the work. This practice was very common with the 1st and 2nd generation ifr gps's of the 90's. The manufacturer would only STC it for one model aircraft and all others would require a field approval and custom flight manual supplement. You can look up STC's here. http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgSTC.nsf/MainFrame?OpenFrameSet

I only use flaps for take off on very short runways. Same as mentioned above, no configuration change and smoother take off. I bought my first Mooney in 1984 and stopped using take off flaps about two weeks after that.