M20C cowl flaps....

[Alan Fox]

At the Georgetown fly in a gentleman with an M20C was complaining of hot chts , as I was inspecting his airplane , I noticed he had no linkage to the cowl flaps , and was setting them manually (fixed) ... He has the ATI cowl closure , Is this part of the STC , or is this really screwed up???? I have never seen a short body Mooney with fixed cowl flaps....

[Oscar Avalle]

I never understood how mooney could have taken the decision to fix the cowl flaps...well I guess bean counters rule the world.

[Comatose]

I have a 66 C, ARI cowl closure and adjustable cowl flaps... so its definitely not from that. 

[stevesm20b]

At the Georgetown fly in a gentleman with an M20C was complaining of hot chts , as I was inspecting his airplane , I noticed he had no linkage to the cowl flaps , and was setting them manually (fixed) ... He has the ATI cowl closure , Is this part of the STC , or is this really screwed up???? I have never seen a short body Mooney with fixed cowl flaps....

This is really screwed up. None of the "C" models came with fixed cowl flaps.

[Mooneymite]

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My '74 C model came from the factory with fixed cowl flaps.

Personally, I like them that way. One less thing to worry about. My temps have never been a problem, even on oppressively hot Georgia days.

Some Mooney folks like to bash the so-calked Butler Mooneys, but they incorporated many of the fixes and simplifications found on the 201s. I really like mine as compared to the older ones I'm acquainted with.

I'm not sure about other years, but I thought C's with throttle quadrants had fixed cowl-flaps?

Is this true?

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[Hank]

My 1970 model has throttle quadrant and fixed cowl flaps. So does a friend's 69 model.

[jamesm]

I have a '67 M20C it has adjustable cowl flaps. It looks like 1968 is year when Mooney went to the  fixed cowl flaps, According to link quoted frequently and previously stated by others on this thread.

  http://www.pilotfriend.com/aircraft%20performance/Mooney/31.htm

 

James '67M20C

[Mooneymite]

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According to that list, there are C models with fixed cowl flaps, but not the throttle quadrant. I've never come across one, but I don't doubt they exist.

Anyone have first hand knowledge?

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[Wildhorsesracing]

Anyone know if you can retrofit the fixed cowl flaps on an older M20C?  I always forget to close mine and they are hard to close at speed.

[Mooneymite]

Yes. I think that all 1968 C models have fixed cowl flaps and push/pull engine controls. We shared a community hangar with one back in the 80s. We own a 1965 C model, so I was able to make a detailed comparison of the differences.

Thanks!