Is there confusion with Vx on our vintage M20s?

[luv737s]

If you climb out at 80MPH, Best angle, it takes about 3 seconds not 3 years to clear an imaginary faa Tree!!  I have all my students count one potato, two potato etc.  At 80 mph it is not hard to raise the gear and retract the flaps and either accelerate to best rate or keep best angle if the FAA tree (or you are in Montana) a while longer.  Just remember our Mooney's get hot fast at that airspeed.  The FAA tree is only 50 FT high, it is not a Sequoia in the redwood forest like so many DPE's see.  That's what I teach in my C and no one has failed a ride yet with that technique.  Heck the wingspan on my M20c is 35FT imagine another 15 ft.  Just saying don't overthink it.