Jump to content

Average useful load of a Mooney


201er

M20 Useful load  

174 members have voted

  1. 1. What is your M20 Useful Load?

    • 600 or less
      2
    • 650
      3
    • 700
      1
    • 750
      0
    • 800
      5
    • 850
      16
    • 900
      30
    • 950
      51
    • 1000
      37
    • 1050
      23
    • 1100
      4
    • 1150
      1
    • 1200 or more
      1


Recommended Posts

My '68C model left the factory with 1005 lb useful load (appears to have been weighed at the factory per docs - a small number of planes). The C models with bare bones factory avionics had 1050.  It now has a calculated useful load of 894lb, merely 565lb with 54.8 gallon bladders full.  

I plan to reweigh at some point - I think it should have more useful load.  It lost 30lb to the bladders and I think the Top Prop weighs a bit more.   It was also never reweighed after swap to a more spartan interior and strip/repaint.  It also has a clean install of modern avionics now,  though calculated gain only gave back 6 lbs after the new panel. 

At some point, I also hope to recover some useful load by replacing components as they fail with lighter ones: e.g. Skytec starter, PCU5000 governor, vac system removal and install of electronic backup AI, maybe step removal for reweigh purposes

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 months later...
  • 4 months later...
  • 1 year later...
  • 3 years later...
On 2/21/2019 at 3:28 PM, Niko182 said:

1999 20S. 100 Gallon tanks with 75 Gal Tabs. 1140Lbs useful. 700 Lbs useful load with 75 gallons. I use 5.8lbs per gallon. Range about 1300NM flying conservatively. 800NM range with 75 gallons.

Well I use 5lbs/gallon, so I have 900lbs with full fuel :P.  I’m just messing with you, but why do you use 5.8?

For the record, I have a ‘68F and 1035 UL.  650 lbs left with 64 gallons.  Gotta get rid of my 3 blade and save a little more weight.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Ragsf15e said:

Well I use 5lbs/gallon, so I have 900lbs with full fuel :P.  I’m just messing with you, but why do you use 5.8?

For the record, I have a ‘68F and 1035 UL.  650 lbs left with 64 gallons.  Gotta get rid of my 3 blade and save a little more weight.

I use 5.8 because i read somewhere that fuel is a lot lighter at higher temps, which in sothern california, it usually is. I guess looking back at that its kind of dumb but oh well. Been slowly creeping the useful load up as ive owned the plane so i guess i dont need to worry about 5.8 compared to 6. I think next is going to be an MT prop. 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.