Mooney Rocket by Richard Zephro

[Goonies]

There used to be a page at mooneyland about the Rocket. Here's a copy of it for those interested:

 

 

Mooney Rocket.pdf

[banjo]

 Hi Mr Goonie,

                         l've read that page before and it was very interesting.

                          The jpg you've posted l can't read because it's too small.

                         Can you repost it with a bigger file?

                          Rgds

                             Banjo

[Goonies]

It took a while but finally figured out the only way to upload the larger file and not have it automatically squahed by this site was via PDF.

 

Banjo: I thought Zephros Rocket page was lost for good but I found it today using a 'waybackmachine'

 

Here's the wayback URL http://web.archive.org/web/20090115200622/http://www.mooneyland.com/mooney_rocket.htm

[David Mazer]

Nice of Zep to use my airplane (prior paint scheme) as the example.

[banjo]

Thanks Mr Goonie, it's a great article; you read it and think "hey l could afford one of those" 2000ft climb a minute, pull back

To 55% 13 gallons an hour. I could afford that.

The Rocket owners l spoke too told me "it doesn't work like that"

[aviatoreb]

Thanks Mr Goonie, it's a great article; you read it and think "hey l could afford one of those" 2000ft climb a minute, pull back

To 55% 13 gallons an hour. I could afford that.

The Rocket owners l spoke too told me "it doesn't work like that"

 

That seems as if it is the "old POH" in that the fuel flow is a bit low as compared to the POH that came with my airplane.  My POH recommends 15gph for the same 55%.  Yes, it does climb at 2000fpm initial climb in the winter - and it keeps pulling strong all the way up.  I posted two weeks ago that I did sea level to FL17 in 12+ min.

[Omega703]

I posted two weeks ago that I did sea level to FL17 in 12+ min.

17 thousand, unless you're in Asia

[aviatoreb]

17 thousand, unless you're in Asia

 

OMG but busy - not on ATC - abbrev..  :-O

[aaronk25]

I test flew one about a month ago wanted it but we just didn't have a good outlet for selling or trading my J. Fuel burn was a big deal I for me and I was surprised that at 15,000 if we got it LOP 2200rpms and 30ish inches of mp 1620tit it only used 12.8gph and trued at 183-185kts!!! I was amazed how efficient it was.

[rainman]

Thanks for posting this. The late Mr Zephro was a blast to get to know and his passing was a real loss for the Mooney community. His e-books on Mooneys really helped me define which plane would best fit my mission. I'm glad that a new team has kept his website open. Ray