Which Mooney for me?

[KSMooniac]

Quote: 351rocketpilot

What was the tail number of the 351 liquid rocket 

[Rocket_Driver]

Quote: KSMooniac

What was the tail number of the 351 liquid rocket 

[rainman]

I found reading the Mooney e-book on the Mooneyland website to be useful in finding out which plane may be the best fit for me, but it was very helpful to visit All American in SAT and look at/ sit in their inventory of planes.  With all of the offers from folks to fly with them, that would be my recommendation. There is nothing like trying them out in person.  Ray

[orangemtl]

Regarding A/C: I live and fly in western AZ. Much drier than TX, of course: but hotter than Venus in the summer. As we know, it's cooler 'up there'. I do whatever preflight procedures I can in the shadow of the FBO or hangars, and then get off the ground ASAP.  I rejected the cost and weight penalty of A/C---although when I bought my plane, I lived in N Illinois, and didn't foresee life in AZ. I am still happy w/o it.

Regarding 'the best' Mooney for your mission: Ignoring cost, the Acclaim will spoil you. Taking cost into account however, the Acclaim will bankrupt you! Exaggerating of course, but: I'll be the last to suggest that it is the ideal compromise between speed and fuel efficiency.  Awfully darned fast, though: at 24 inches and <18gph, I'm usually over 180knots. If I leaned it further, I could likely glean another gph less.

I'd like to see one of the converted PFMs sometime:  the Porsche Mooney was my dream aircraft when they came out, although the dream apparently never matched the reality and ultimately led to their demise.

[M016576]

Quote: orangemtl

Regarding A/C: I live and fly in western AZ. Much drier than TX, of course: but hotter than Venus in the summer. As we know, it's cooler 'up there'. I do whatever preflight procedures I can in the shadow of the FBO or hangars, and then get off the ground ASAP.  I rejected the cost and weight penalty of A/C---although when I bought my plane, I lived in N Illinois, and didn't foresee life in AZ. I am still happy w/o it.

Regarding 'the best' Mooney for your mission: Ignoring cost, the Acclaim will spoil you. Taking cost into account however, the Acclaim will bankrupt you! Exaggerating of course, but: I'll be the last to suggest that it is the ideal compromise between speed and fuel efficiency.  Awfully darned fast, though: at 24 inches and <18gph, I'm usually over 180knots. If I leaned it further, I could likely glean another gph less.

I'd like to see one of the converted PFMs sometime:  the Porsche Mooney was my dream aircraft when they came out, although the dream apparently never matched the reality and ultimately led to their demise.

[KSMooniac]

The PFM ended up heavier and slower than the J, while burning more fuel and costing more.  Of course Porsche ended up hanging those owners out to dry as well...   The only thing good to come of that experiment was the modern long body fuselage.  

[fantom]

A guy at my airport had the factory talk him into changing his new 252 order for a new Porsche Mooney. He hated it the entire time he owned it. It was destroyed when the hurricane flattened PGD and Mod Works. Since he had cancelled his insurance, he sued Porsche and collected in full.

My J was faster, burned less fuel, and had more useful load. Porsche knows cars....not planes.