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Wow! Mooney's using my video!


Joe Zuffoletto

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Cheaper than paying the wet lease rate I guess! I would be flattered if they were to use my plane for advertising.  But isn't it more than a little  tacky that they would use your video on their site without contacting you first? Not that they asked me. 

 

I have customers in Rocky Point and several sites south. Always wanted to fly down but don't have the juevos to do it. The direct route from Alabama puts me in rough and isolated territory and the safer route east through Texas is also isolated and much longer. Maybe one day!

 

PS - great video by the way!

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I agree it's cool...but also agree that the least they could do is tell you about it. Of course, once you put something out on YouTube it's pretty much fair game for others to use unless you specifically try to protect it.

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Joe, I've got a question for you. Were you pretty loaded with gas during that takeoff, or was it extra hot that day? It just seemed like your ground roll took longer than I would have expected for a fire-breathing dragon such as the Acclaim S. I'm comparing it to what I experience with my O3. Admittedly I've got a few more horses to play with at ground level (before your turbo advantage kicks in) but I was just curious about that.

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Joe, I've got a question for you. Were you pretty loaded with gas during that takeoff, or was it extra hot that day? It just seemed like your ground roll took longer than I would have expected for a fire-breathing dragon such as the Acclaim S. I'm comparing it to what I experience with my O3. Admittedly I've got a few more horses to play with at ground level (before your turbo advantage kicks in) but I was just curious about that.

Half tanks, two grown men on board, 85 degrees outside... and an uphill runway.

 

I also bring the throttle forward gradually to avoid overboosting the turbos.

 

I'm having the 310hp STC from Midwest Mooney installed this winter and that should shorten my takeoff rolls quite a bit.

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