Suggestions for a new Mooney owner

[tmo]

Yep, guilty as charged.

Hey Wojtek.

Not much to add, as the guys wrote, fly it and have fun. Make sure gear is down two or three times, perhaps on downwind when you lower it, base, and short final. You can always go around. That's about it. Good luck, good to "meet" a fellow Mooniac.

If you need anything, feel free to reach out, but it seems like you have it all under control.

Didn't know you guys had a M20M and a M20T at your club. Can you share the rates you charge? Does your club do IR training?

[larrynimmo]

Buy the LHS…landing height system…I find with this device 10% of my landing are “good” and 90% of my landing are “super soft”

smooth landing extend the life of tires, brakes, fuel tank sealants, all of the landing gear joints, bearings etc.

After installation, it will call out your landing heights for every landing…hopefully thousands of them.

you can search the topic and read about it

[Fly Boomer]

On 1/25/2022 at 5:27 AM, tmo said:

Make sure gear is down two or three times, perhaps on downwind when you lower it, base, and short final.

What if you don't fly downwind or base.  Is one check (final) enough?

[carusoam]

13 minutes ago, Fly Boomer said:

What if you don't fly downwind or base.  Is one check (final) enough?

How much risk tolerance do you want to have?

Minimized risk… regular patterns… three gumps…

increased risk… something different…

 

 

 

There is a reason for repeating the same thing three times… when technically, once is enough…

is one gumps, more important than the others?  
 

Which one would you choose to skip?

I think you mentioned risk management earlier…   

Best regards,

-a-

[Hank]

9 hours ago, Fly Boomer said:

What if you don't fly downwind or base.  Is one check (final) enough?

On a straight in approach, you should have a standard spot to lower your gear. Check it at least once after that point, and always ALWAYS check the floor indicator on short final. 

Edited March 22, 2022 by Hank

[Will.iam]

1000’ always 4 things that must be checked

1) stable on the approach

2) go around altitude set

3) landing checklist complete / gear down

4) cleared to land. 
 

[tmo]

6 hours ago, Fly Boomer said:

What if you don't fly downwind or base.  Is one check (final) enough?

I mean, it's your money / Mooney, you can skip the checks altogether, except, maybe, during a flight review / check ride. Others have already given you ideas on how to work the gear check into your workflow, let's leave it at that.