201 Turbo at 10.5 gph

[ChristianGodin]

First, I did not know Money used to delivered a turbo 201!

I went through an ad of a 1997 mooney 201 turbonormalised (factory delivered) advertized at 10.5 gph.

Do you believe the 10.5 gph and anyone has a clue of the reputation of this turbo lycoming.

See the ad at:

http://www.planecheck.com/index.asp?ent=da&id=20702&cor=y

[bd32322]

Hmm the ad says 200 knots at 10.5 gph. Thats better than the 252!

A bit skeptical

[Scott Aviation]

I guess for enough cash the factory would have gold plated your mooney if you asked

[gamefreak32]

Probably using imperial gallons. 10.5 imperial gallons is 12.6 US gallons.

[fantom]

Skeptical not only about the speed, but about a 'factory delivered' TN MSE. The factory may however installed the turbo. I would verify both, and not with the seller!

[skeptic]

The 10.5 gph is possible.......I doubt the 200 KTAS.  The price is high.......you can buy a really nice 252 in the US for around $150K.

[N201MKTurbo]

I have a turbo 201 and it doesn't go that fast. If I take it up in the flight levels I can get 190 KTS, but it takes all day to get up there and about 70 miles to get back down.

I usually run LOP at 9.3 GPH, if I feed it more fuel my TIT gets to high. I can run ROP at about 10.5 GPH I go about the same speed with lower TIT.

I usually fly in the high teens at about 175 - 180 KTS

[ChristianGodin]

I have a turbo 201 and it doesn't go that fast. If I take it up in the flight levels I can get 190 KTS, but it takes all day to get up there and about 70 miles to get back down.

I usually run LOP at 9.3 GPH, if I feed it more fuel my TIT gets to high. I can run ROP at about 10.5 GPH I go about the same speed with lower TIT.

I usually fly in the high teens at about 175 - 180 KTS

Is it a Mooney factory installation?

Does it cost you more to maintain then a non turbo? If more, how much more?

Is the TBO can reach 2000 hrs as well as the non turbo?

If you would compared this engine to a six cylinders continental as the 252, what would you say?

Thank you for taking the time...

[Ron McBride]

Remember the cost of a turbo will be higher per hour. But you get there faster.   The real question is:   What is the cost on say a 10,000 mile trip?

 

Ron

[N601RX]

I would guess that if it was done at the factory it was just a M20 turbos unit that was installed under the M20 turbos STC by a factory mechanic.

[RJBrown]

I would guess that if it was done at the factory it was just a M20 turbos unit that was installed under the M20 turbos STC by a factory mechanic.

Check the airframe logs, the paperwork with the plane should show what was done and by whom. There should be the STC mentioned above.

[N201MKTurbo]

I looked at the picture of the plane, it is the same conversion I have. M20Turbos turbo normalizer. You can tell by the shark gill vents on the cowl. It was never offered by Mooney.

 

Maintenance is a bit harder because the already crowded cowl is way more crowded.

 

I’ve had the exhaust crack which I welded myself, and mounting brackets crack which I sent out for repair ~ $100 per weld repair. Burned up the turbo once (no fault of the system) it cost $2400.00 to repair (never stopped working, I found the damage through inspection). I have had to repair the air box twice because it chafes on everything; it is in there so tight it is impossible to keep it from hitting something. The pressure controller went south it cost $200 to repair (Approved Turbo Components is approved to repair it).

 

Other than that it works great!

[KSMooniac]

I agree that it is very likely an M-20 Turbos aftermarket kit.  It could not have been installed at the factory because that kit did not exist in 1997!  Perhaps it was installed later by the factory service center.