How long from start up to take off? (Normally aspirated)

[Hank]

Back on topic:

I've timed myself from engine start to 7500 msl, power set, mixture leaned. Fifteen minutes or less, even in WV winters. Obviously, I'm based at a non-towered field.

[Pinecone]

On 6/26/2016 at 8:33 AM, N201MKTurbo said:

For the twenty years I used the Mooney to commute, if I had to wait ten minuets for the engine to warm up it would have tipped the time scales in favor of driving.

Do you wait for your car engine to warm up for ten minuets before driving down the road? Well, maybe sometimes in the winter.

I may not wait 10 minutes, but I do not use full throttle until the oil temp is up. 

My 2002 M3 has a variable red line based on oil temp.  So at start, it may be limited to 6000 RPM, while once the oil temp is up, it goes up to 8000.

[Pinecone]

My M20K POH says 100 min oil temp for take off.  I normally wait for 100 before run up.

But my engine warms pretty quickly.  If yours is taking a while, you might want to check the operation of your Vernatherm.

My CAP-10 (AEIO-360) says off the peg before run up.

[PT20J]

The standard for the big radials was always 40 deg C oil temp and 100 deg C CHT. Seems reasonable for any engine. 

[EricJ]

On mine the oil pressure will go past the high green limit for a little while at takeoff if the oil isn't fully warmed up, but it does that during a go-around, too, if the throttle has been back for a while.  

[N201MKTurbo]

Here in AZ, nature preheats your oil, except in the dead of winter. Run up usually gets it hot in the winter.