The need for speed

[Yooper Rocketman]

53 minutes ago, PJClark said:

Ah. I was pretty sure that was no kind of Mooney, or at best, an Acclaim at 100% power and headed for new cylinders!

That IS phenomenal. But what a demo of the power of parasite drag.  200 hp gets us 180 KTAS.  The next 100 hp gets us another measly 20 KTAS.  Those are 20 awesome, beautiful KTAS, but still,you gotta hate the physics!

Well that's not entirely true.  Albeit a bit above 10 more gallons per hour (but cheaper fuel than Avgas), I'm clearly getting more than 100 more HP, and TAS's that challenge the most expensive TP's.  Four seats, non-stop to Spruce Creek, Florida from the U.P. of Michigan (1200 NM's, 3.5 hours, and even did that with all 4 seats full).  And I can do my own maintenance.  

Not sure I see the Rocket, any other Mooney, or a Comanche 400 meeting the utility of my latest stead.  Just saying.........

Tom

 

[hammdo]

That is a ‘sick’ aircraft!

-Don

[ArtVandelay]

Not sure I see the Rocket, any other Mooney, or a Comanche 400 meeting the utility of my latest stead.  Just saying.........
Tom

The 2 obvious questions:
How long did it take to build and how much?

[tmo]

10 hours ago, M20Doc said:

Now just several thousand other Mooney owners to convince.

Not enough Comanche 400's built, not to mention still flying / available..

[Guest]

10 hours ago, Yooper Rocketman said:

Well that's not entirely true.  Albeit a bit above 10 more gallons per hour (but cheaper fuel than Avgas), I'm clearly getting more than 100 more HP, and TAS's that challenge the most expensive TP's.  Four seats, non-stop to Spruce Creek, Florida from the U.P. of Michigan (1200 NM's, 3.5 hours, and even did that with all 4 seats full).  And I can do my own maintenance.  

Not sure I see the Rocket, any other Mooney, or a Comanche 400 meeting the utility of my latest stead.  Just saying.........

Tom

 

Smooth composite skins with little drag and some extra horsepower sure does wonders for performance.  It’s sure looks great!

Clarence

[Yooper Rocketman]

3 hours ago, ArtVandelay said:

The 2 obvious questions:
How long did it take to build and how much?

Oh boy ...... you had to go down that worm hole 

17 years to first flight, 10,000 man hours, most of which were mine (I DID have some help a lot of the time).  

Cost?  Well with man hours at zero cost...... about 12% of the current new cost of a TBM, burning half the fuel, and if they want range (in other words not full power for speed) we are about the same speed.  I've had one TBM 930 chase me all the way to Florida and could never catch me (Flight Aware average speed over distance was one MPH difference).

Tom