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Mooney N94MR- Paint Project


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Thinking about it, I was all over 94MR in early 1994 when I was picking up my new J at the factory. The Ovation was an unknown quantity back then, and 94MR had a 'cute' paint job, noting that all factory paint back then was marginal, at best.

She looks much better now! :wub:

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Absolutely gorgeous! New ones from the factory look very pretty also, I dont think Mooney gets PO'd when someone steps up to keep their older plane in such pristine shape. This level of pride of ownership only helps Mooney's sales and marketing
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They added vortex generators now? Yuk!
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47 minutes ago, teejayevans said:


They added vortex generators now? Yuk!

If I recall correctly, N242PT lives in Chile, South America and goes into and out of airfields which might be a wee bit short for Mooney Acclaims. I believe @mike_elliott worked with them and found there was no real loss of speed, but much better low speed handling with reduced stall speed.

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Small world.  Was driving away from my hangar this morning and saw a lovely plane in the back of the maintenance hangar.  I stopped, got out, and checked her out.  Googled the tail number and found her here. Amazing paint job in person. 

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On 3/21/2018 at 1:37 PM, Oldguy said:

If I recall correctly, N242PT lives in Chile, South America and goes into and out of airfields which might be a wee bit short for Mooney Acclaims. I believe @mike_elliott worked with them and found there was no real loss of speed, but much better low speed handling with reduced stall speed.

I'd love to see some before/after numbers. I wonder if any short bodies are running them. My plane rarely goes into anything longer than 4,000'

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On 8/4/2018 at 12:48 PM, Raptor05121 said:

I'd love to see some before/after numbers. I wonder if any short bodies are running them. My plane rarely goes into anything longer than 4,000'

The people at Micro VG in their test data show an 8% reduction in stall speed for an M20M. I fly in an out of a 3800 ft airpark and it has an 80 foot wide runway. But there are trees on one end and towers on the other, plus high density altitude in the summer. I am leaning towards micro vg's just as an added margin.

EDIT: I did it and am happy with the results.  Coming in over the fence at 65 knots with no mushy feel is nice. I also feel that if I ever had to put it down in a field I’d like to do it just above stall speed - lowering that stall speed can’t be a bad thing.

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22 hours ago, LANCECASPER said:

The people at Micro VG in their test data show an 8% reduction in stall speed for an M20M. I fly in an out of a 3800 ft airpark and it has an 80 foot wide runway. But there are trees on one end and towers on the other, plus high density altitude in the summer. I am leaning towards micro vg's just as an added margin.

I'd be very interested in before/after numbers if you do this.  Does your Bravo currently make book speed at book fuel flows?

-dan

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On ‎8‎/‎5‎/‎2018 at 11:06 AM, Mooney-Mark said:

Gorgeous paint job! Nothing like new paint to cause you to fall in love with your airplane again! Did you do the interior as well?

I didn't think the interior looked to bad until I got it back from the paint shop. Now that the paint looks so good, a refresh for the interior is definitely on my list.

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On ‎8‎/‎4‎/‎2018 at 12:57 PM, NJMac said:

Small world.  Was driving away from my hangar this morning and saw a lovely plane in the back of the maintenance hangar.  I stopped, got out, and checked her out.  Googled the tail number and found her here. Amazing paint job in person. 

Definitely, a small world. Plane is getting annual inspection done now. I'm in hangar 14. How long have you been based at DAY?

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I'm in hangar 6. Only been there about a month.

Definitely, a small world. Plane is getting annual inspection done now. I'm in hangar 14. How long have you been based at DAY?


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