What a wonderful Summit!

[OHAEDO]

Great meeting the Mooniacks and learning from an awesome group of presenters.

 

Great week all!

 

 

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[1964-M20E]

yes summit was wonderful.

 

A big thanks to the board who puts the summit on.  y'all did a great job again.

Edited September 29, 2019 by 1964-M20E

[DonMuncy]

I enjoyed getting to see my old friends and meet new ones. The programs were top notch.

[daytonabch04]

4 hours ago, OHAEDO said:

 

Great meeting the Mooniacks and learning from an awesome group of presenters.

 

Great week all!

 

 

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Good meeting you Omar and parking next to you. Enjoy your beautiful bird. 
 

Dustin

[AlexLev]

Hope to be able to make it next year.

[Bryan]

Mooney tails everywhere.  Enjoyed the summit; PROTE was very neat.  See you next year!

[ChrisV]

Any words of wisdom from those lucky enough to go?  Anything you learned that surprised you?  Such as "I've been flying my mooney for 50 years and I never knew ____________?"

[Bob_Belville]

6 hours ago, ChrisV said:

Any words of wisdom from those lucky enough to go?  Anything you learned that surprised you?  Such as "I've been flying my mooney for 50 years and I never knew ____________?"

Richard Simile: A different, minimum "maneuvering" speed: 1.404 times stall speed (clean) is a useful reference speed to stay above while banking. For my E that's 81 kias. At that speed (or higher) I can bank 30 degs on climb out or turning base or final. Wolfgang Langewiesche would approve.

[Hank]

1 hour ago, Bob_Belville said:

Richard Simile: A different, minimum "maneuvering" speed: 1.404 times stall speed (clean) is a useful reference speed to stay above while banking. For my E that's 81 kias. At that speed (or higher) I can bank 30 degs on climb out or turning base or final. Wolfgang Langewiesche would approve.

For my C, this is 94 mph, which aligns well with the statement in my Owners Manual to hold airspeed over 90mph until flaps are lowered. Knowing "why" is nice, knowing that I can make standard banks at that speed is nicer!

Flaps or not, I still hold banks in the pattern to 20° or less.

[Bob_Belville]

23 minutes ago, Hank said:

Flaps or not, I still hold banks in the pattern to 20° or less.

Hank, that's good SOP. I seem to find myself flying tight patterns from time to time. When I rack around from downwind to short final in a bank that might approach 45 deg I keep speed up and relax any back pressure. (I was checked out in N3224F, a '67 M20E, over 50 years ago by JD Reeves at BNA. That was before Don Kaye taught folks stabilized approaches.)    

To be clear, I am not knocking flying in a smooth, disciplined manner, particularly with passengers on board. But losing an engine on the downwind or doing an impossible turn from 6-800' should not involve a maneuver that an experienced pilot has never done before.