67M20F Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Wondering if any of you have mooney specific IFR tricks. Like what approach speed do you use, i have foun 90 GS isn't as easy to maintain in my mooney as a 120 GS. Mabey just me but wondering none the less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Peace Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 On 12/23/2008 at 12:06 PM, 67M20F said: Wondering if any of you have mooney specific IFR tricks. Like what approach speed do you use, i have foun 90 GS isn't as easy to maintain in my mooney as a 120 GS. Mabey just me but wondering none the less. maintaining a groundspeed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N201MKTurbo Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 14 minutes ago, Jim Peace said: maintaining a groundspeed? Remember back when you had to time approaches? It required an accurate ground speed. But then nobody uses NDBs or four course ranges anymore either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob - S50 Posted June 14, 2018 Report Share Posted June 14, 2018 It all depends on you and your plane. Try different speeds and configurations while VFR and see what you are comfortable with. Figure out what kind of descent gradient you can handle while clean, then anything steeper than that and you'll need to put down the gear. I'm very comfortable IMC at speeds between 75 and 120 KIAS on final depending on the situation. I'm comfortable VFR as slow as 62 KIAS on final when it's just me and 10 gallons on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Larussa Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 I use 110 MPH. Gear down and 10 degrees flaps about 10 seconds before the final approach fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 I don't know what you guys are seeing on your screen, but I see an original post from December 2008 and the first reply by @Jim Peace 15 hours ago. That's gotta be some kinda record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Peace Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 thats the shock value I was going for 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Bartman said: I don't know what you guys are seeing on your screen, but I see an original post from December 2008 and the first reply by @Jim Peace 15 hours ago. That's gotta be some kinda record. I'm sure Jim was just catching up on some of his readings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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