I took my M20F to FL220 (naturally aspirated)

[FloridaMan]

I didn’t level off to see where I’d cruise because I was over sitting there in the climb and it was getting kindof cool. I think I still had another 1000ft or more available to me. 
 

temperature on the ground was in the mid 60s and up high it was in the teens. I was wearing a short sleeve shirt. 

Edited December 31, 2019 by FloridaMan

[carusoam]

Last flight before ADSB rules change?

Or...

I was in such a rush, I grabbed the wrong keys and left the Rocket behind?
 

Or...

I left the Rocket keys in my winter coat back at home?

 

Go M20F!

Happy New Year,

-a-

[aviatoreb]

14 minutes ago, FloridaMan said:

I didn’t level off to see where I’d cruise because I was over sitting there in the climb and it was getting kindof cool. I think I still had another 1000ft or more available to me. 
 

temperature on the ground was in the mid 60s and up high it was in the teens. I was wearing a short sleeve shirt. 

Wow I’m impressed/ I wouldn’t have guessed it was possible.

[FloridaMan]

12 minutes ago, carusoam said:

Last flight before ADSB rules change?

Or...

I was in such a rush, I grabbed the wrong keys and left the Rocket behind?
 

Or...

I left the Rocket keys in my winter coat back at home?

 

Go M20F!

Happy New Year,

-a-

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[Ragsf15e]

Light weight for sure, right?

[ArtVandelay]

Technically your service ceiling changes with weight, at 2300lbs, the 201 ceiling is FL230

[FloridaMan]

 

Just now, Ragsf15e said:

Light weight for sure, right?

Probably around 2200-2300lbs

[FloridaMan]

Just now, ArtVandelay said:

Technically your service ceiling changes with weight, at 2300lbs, the 201 ceiling is FL230

Damn. I should’ve pushed through that. I felt it wasn’t done yet. 

[ArtVandelay]

Just now, FloridaMan said:

Damn. I should’ve pushed through that. I felt it wasn’t done yet. 

Since you have to be on an IFR plan, how did you file?

[FloridaMan]

Same destination as departure with a waypoint in between 

[ArtVandelay]

Just now, FloridaMan said:

Same destination as departure with a waypoint in between 

What did you put in the altitude box, “To infinity and beyond “? 

[Ragsf15e]

25 minutes ago, FloridaMan said:

Damn. I should’ve pushed through that. I felt it wasn’t done yet. 

I would’ve really liked to know what she’d true out at in cruise!

[FloridaMan]

Well, I guess I can go to 17,500 and get the numbers for there with 978UAT. FL220 is somewhat impractical unless you’ve got some rippin tailwinds or want to put a lot of distance between you and weather below you or the ground, or if you have to go over a TFR that’s boxed in by weather, but it’s nice to know that it’s an option if you really need it. It took 20 minutes to get from 17,500 to 220, though I wasn’t as aggressive in the climb as I could’ve been. 

[GeeBee]

Were you over FL? What area? ATC gets real quirky at the low FL's in Florida.

 

[Immelman]

Nicely done. I quit at 210.

I think our airplanes could do 250. Risk starts to go up quickly with any O2 issue.

What an amazing wing we have...

[kortopates]

What was the total climb time? Do you recall how many inches of MP you had at the top?


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[FloridaMan]

51 minutes ago, kortopates said:

What was the total climb time? Do you recall how many inches of MP you had at the top?


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I think around14”. I could have climbed more aggressively and I should’ve leveled off for a bit at the top. I regret not doing it now and collecting data, but it was uncomfortable. 

Edited January 1, 2020 by FloridaMan

[aviatoreb]

5 minutes ago, FloridaMan said:

I think around14”. I could have climbed more aggressively and I should’ve leveled off for a bit at the top. I regret not doing it now and collecting data, but it was uncomfortable. 

What was uncomfortable?  Was it the way the plane handled?

[Stephen]

Probably  the T-shirt vs temps at altitude, nice job Alan, good ro know!

[Yetti]

Interesting 43 minutes for the climb.   I am to lazy to calculate how far down range would you be from GPS?   Or what was your climb MPH and I can E6B it.

[N201MKTurbo]

FlightAware says you hit 221 MPH in the descent, that’s hauling!

[FloridaMan]

1 hour ago, N201MKTurbo said:

FlightAware says you hit 221 MPH in the descent, that’s hauling!

That’s not even level cruise in the rocket. 

[N201MKTurbo]

Just now, FloridaMan said:

That’s not even level cruise in the rocket. 

But the fuel flow was a lot less!

[FloridaMan]

4 hours ago, N201MKTurbo said:

But the fuel flow was a lot less!

I think I burned a total of 14 gallons for the whole trip, and I probably could’ve leaned more up high. 

[carusoam]

19 hours ago, GeeBee said:

Were you over FL? What area? ATC gets real quirky at the low FL's in Florida.

 

On an IR flight plan... as covered early... airport, point in space, returned to airport... if I have that correctly, in my fuzzy memory...

Best regards,

-a-