Brian Scranton Posted February 29, 2016 Report Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) Everything went to plan! Great pre buy--and over all awesome experience digging into the plane. Flew our new (to us) M20F w/RayJay home on Friday. PSC>SUN>MTJ. Averaged 155kts the entire way, 12gph, at 13,000ft. Hit 174kts for a while at 15,000 and rolled the nose over for a hot second and BAM, 195kts. Never left 25'' MP. Wow. Thanks for all your advice and information--it helped immensely. Edited February 29, 2016 by Brian Scranton 6
M20F Posted February 29, 2016 Report Posted February 29, 2016 Congrats, what's the TAS to go with that ground speed?
Brian Scranton Posted February 29, 2016 Author Report Posted February 29, 2016 We had a pretty unhelpful cross wind, so TAS was around 5kts slower than GS during level flight. I was pretty impressed!
Seth Posted February 29, 2016 Report Posted February 29, 2016 Congratulation! That's a lot of performance in a turbo F. It's also a very useful set up - there when you want it, off when you don't - a second power lever. Enjoy your Mooney! We are looking forward to more pictures and stories of your new capabilities. Fly the pattern at the right speeds and you'll be fine - if it doesn't look or feel right, go around. Every landing is a go around, many just end up smoothly touching down. -Seth 1
Danb Posted February 29, 2016 Report Posted February 29, 2016 Sweet, good luck with your new bird, very nice looking,I see the snow covered mtns. thats a great move with the RayJay Welcome aboard 1
chrisk Posted February 29, 2016 Report Posted February 29, 2016 Congrats! Enjoy it. I'll look for your plane on my next visit to KMTJ, once it gets a little warmer.
Parker_Woodruff Posted February 29, 2016 Report Posted February 29, 2016 beautiful airplane. I think you might have knots and mph units switched though. A TAS of 190knots would be quite a bit higher than any other TN M20F
M20F Posted February 29, 2016 Report Posted February 29, 2016 23 minutes ago, Parker_Woodruff said: beautiful airplane. I think you might have knots and mph units switched though. A TAS of 190knots would be quite a bit higher than any other TN M20F @150-169 knots TAS in level flight, the 195 knots is ground speed with the nose pointed down. His two posts were a little unclear but if you reread should make sense.
RocketAviator Posted March 1, 2016 Report Posted March 1, 2016 Congratulations and welcome to the Exclusive Mooniac Club! Hold on for the greatest ride of your life!
Recommended Posts