Mooneytestpilot

^ KS Mooniac is right. Cirrus uses a sort of linkage between throttle and prop control that sets prop speed at "optimum" for the the throttle position. Not sure what they planned to do with non-standard temperature/pressure days though.

I knew Mr. Verhalen well. May he and the other passengers rest in peace. Flying out of AF was a handful in a Bravo years ago. I cant imagine the lack of performance in a heavily laden 200hp older model Mooney. I add 75% to my figures for short field/high density altitude performance planning. Even at that, I've often been surprised with lower actual ROC in the mountains even on calmer days. Lets all take this as a reminder that safety must be planned