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  1. Who would imagine that Thursday of Airventure 2023 would be an immensely busy departure day??? I was leaving Oshkosh to go to Oasis Aero in Willmar, MN to get the annual done on my Ovation. ATC was using Runway 27 that morning for all departures and some arrivals while using Rwy 36 for arrivals only. There were more planes coming from the South side of 27 than from the North. A twin Cessna on the South said on the radio that he had been taxiing for 2-1/2 hours and his engines were getting "warm". Shortly after that ATC noted he was having trouble taxiing onto the runway and it was because the twin had a "dead engine". Ughhh!!! It took me 1 hr and 40 min since engine start on the North side to takeoff. Fortunately CHT's were OK but oil temp was slowly creeping up .... ATC managed the volume of traffic superbly always being jovial and professional at the same time. Quite a few rapid fire instructions along the way. Enjoy the rapid fire ATC!! Chris
  2. Flew to Oshkosh from Northeast Florida with a fuel stop in South Wisconsin for lowest priced fuel in the area and close to 1 hr flight from there to Oshkosh. Total time from takeoff in FL to landing at Oshkosh was 6 hrs 50 min and around 84 total gallons of fuel having run the engine lean of peak. Had headwind all the way and some convective Sigmets to thread through. The weather in Wisconsin was close to MVFR due to significant haze from Canadian fires so controllers had Fisk approach set up with 2 NM in trail rather than the published 0.5 in the NOTAM. Great flight with awesome controllers!!!
  3. According to Rob Kromer, test pilot for Mooney, as long as you keep above 85 KIAS in ANY Mooney you can do a full rudder forward slip with or without flaps without any problems. However somewhere between 80 - 85 KIAS and lower, K models and above (long bodies) experience buffeting and tendency to nose down pitch due to tail approaching stall which is worse with full flaps. The J and pre-J models all did well though. Ergo, you are correct Hank, vintage Mooney owners (J and earlier) are free to slip at will! Edit: I imagine he did the tests with the planes at gross weight and therefore I might expect the speeds for buffeting to be a bit lower with lower weight and corresponding lower stall speed.
  4. In the case of the video it was a choice. I will use speed brakes often but opt to do some degree of slip to do minor corrections on a number of finals always carefully watching the airspeed. Thank you for your input!
  5. My first Mooney was an M20J like yours which did not have speed brakes. Did quite a few a slips in it, a good number of them just because I could. The two K's as well as the TLS I owned thereafter also did not have speed brakes. (**** CORRECTION: the TLS and 252's DID HAVE SPEED BRAKES - I just never used them which is why I forgot about them ****) The last Bravo I owned and this Ovation do have speed brakes which I use quite often but still slip as necessary. When I got my Ovation I realized that there was a significant difference between the speed brake performance in the 2005 Bravo vs the 1995 Ovation. Deploying them in the Bravo gives you a very predictable 500 fpm descent without touching the trim which is very useful in IFR as well as VFR flight. However, deploying them in the Ovation gives you at least 1200 fpm descent and also pitches the nose down a tad. When I measured their area I noticed that the ones in the Ovation have a bit larger surface area when deployed. The ones in the Bravo are the newer 2000 Series Precise Flight speed brakes whereas the ones in the Bravo are the first generation 100 Series Precise Flight speed brakes. Go figure....
  6. Had to edit the video and only way to do that is to delete it and replace it with another one. I am in the process of doing that. Will share again a bit later today….
  7. Why not? What if the speed brakes are disabled for some reason requiring overhaul, maintenance, etc? What would you do if you flew a Mooney without speed brakes? Do it with adequate speed and they are a really useful and I would say also fun technique. Regards, Chris
  8. Had filed IFR for flight between Lake City and Fernandina due to bad weather with thunderstorms along the way. Turns out I ended up in a valley of VFR where it was quite smooth. Had a really nice surprise when I heard a friend who is a controller with Jax Center on the air who then gave me my clearance. Upon arrival at destination found myself a bit fast and a touch high turning base to final so decided to use a slip to lose altitude rather than speed brakes. Fun flight!
  9. Hi Lancecasper, I have owned with a partner two Bravos and this is the first leg of a flight I did from Hayward, CA to KFHB. Fuel and O2 stop at 5T6 then to Baton Rouge and final leg to FL. All same day. It was October with a nice jet stream which I followed along its somewhat Southerly bend. Had 100 kt tailwinds for part of the way. Did break 300 kt ground speed a few times. The Bravos are great planes for these missions. An Acclaim would be better as you said since it wraps up the 252, Ovation, and Acclaim into one! Regards, Chris
  10. I also have standard 89 gal tanks (at the bottom of tabs) and can fill to 102 total usable by going really slowly once at the tabs. Use that for long trips. She may have done that herself. The ceiling in my '95 Ovation is 20,000. Will double check in the POH (if listed). I wonder if yours (ex-hers) is higher since it is a '04 model. 280 or 310 hp engine? I need to experiment and see how mine performs above 20,000. Nice history on your plane!! Chris
  11. OK. I understand. Definitely don't want to be perceived as "creepy". Does it have long range tanks? I have been up to 17,000 a few times and no issues climbing there. But I can imagine that it would be <100 fpm when getting close to FL2300. Could be its max. (???)
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