Mcstealth

There ya go. Flame on :)

Well crud

Hope this worked. I'm sure you tech guys will cringe if it doesn't. This guy can fly a Plane????

Don't foget Waco, TX

You tech guys suck.

So I have to get some kind of account on YouTube first?

Okay. I have looked in the search function and have come away not yet enlightened. I have a cool video on my Android phone. I want to share it. I saved the video in my computer but it won't load into Mooney space. Some one hold my hand and lead me please. Sincerely David

Uh oh. I guess some have not seen your post :)

400's were the bomb!!!!!!!!!!

Just say NO, to snowbanks. NO NO NO

Seeing that this is a first time poster, I won't mind asking you guys your thoughts on this bird. Won't be hurting a long timers feelings Obviously the paint, interior, and listed upgrades and overhauls are all desirable. No mention about tanks. Nothing for 2010 compliance AD's mentioned Etc etc David

In my most humble opinion, huge fuel tanks, magnificent range and big engines are for record challengers and swinging dicks. I prefer the simple, efficient, economical and increasingly timeless airplane envisioned by the designer and promulgated again and again by concerns who see the value in the basic design.

Auto pilot?

To me, this seems like a logical step. Fully optimize what you have. Just as most all F1 teams are continually twerking, uh, tweaking the Aero throughout the course of a season, so should Mooney. Real winglets. I mean really, I probably know three RV builders who could fabricate three different versions of winglets within a months time. How hard could that be for real engineers at Mooney to cobble something together? I guess I will have to read up on Computational Fluid Dynamics and wind tunnels. If eight F1 teams use it, I'm sure Military contractors use it, different airplane manufactures use it, so I am obviously ignorant as to the significant expense it carries. Is it the man hours that is the prohibited part? Someone expensive needs to know what to do with the data in order for it to be useful? Put the damn airframe on a diet. How hard could that be? As an ex-racer, I know the benefits of eliminating unsprung weight. Mooney owners are always wanting for ways to take weight off the nose or gain UL. Why can't the factory do it for them and make the plane lighter? With todays materials, why can't that happen? Okay Rant over. David

I appreciate the analogy and understand it, but that is my ultimate question. Is Mooney at the edge of the design envelope? Can it get 40 more pounds of UL and still increase its efficiency, utility, and speed? DF

The optimization of this latest TBM family member was achieved through major efforts in modeling, including the use of computational fluid dynamics – enabling detailed assessments of airflow around the aircraft that replaced traditional wind tunnel testing. As a result, the TBM 900’s performance and handling was determined with high precision. Computational Fluid Dynamics. Okay. If they pulled out more of everything on a TBM, could it help M20's and could it help sell more Mooneys?

Ok you engineer guys. What was it that TBM did to squeeze out more performance from the 850, to the 900? Flow dynamics or something like that? Pretend that Mooney performed this type of procedure. What would be the outcome? An O3 with 5% increase effiency? An Acclaim that's 10 % better at 16Fl? No measurable increase? I didn't sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night DF

No. Big engineer study that resulted in the performance gains. Called it flow dynamics or something like that. The horsepower and engine are the same.

Ok you engineer guys. What was it that TBM did to squeeze out more performance from the 850, to the 900? Flow dynamics or something like that? Pretend that Mooney performed this type of procedure. What would be the outcome? An O3 with 5% increase effiency? An Acclaim that's 10 % better at 16Fl? No measurable increase? I didn't sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night DF

Any updates?

I've got dibbs on it.

Most likely the lowest hour C available in the world, that is airworthy.

It's because you drive an 'S'

Her "You are heading out to the airport for no reason?" Me "Yes, I like the smell of Jet A in the morning."