Soon, but first it will be in the shop having about $10g worth of squawks being taken care of. The mechanic was very thorough. And then there is transition training. The Bo has a few more knobs and dials than the 172.
She'll catch on to it just fine. One thing about a Bo, and a Mooney even more so, is that people get in their minds these planes have to land fast. Nothing of the sort is true. A Bonanza with two up and half fuel is going to get real slow, landings will happen in mid 40s in ground effect around mid weight or less.
Practice flying it real slow and dirty, get really comfortable flying it with the stall horn screaming. This is the realm that is most critical to be comfortable with in an emergency, and it the one that makes all your landings sweet.
The neat thing about the Bonanza/95 95-55 series planes is that Walter really had a knack for control harmony and the ability of the plane to provide subtle yet clear feedback. They just have a really nice feel to them, however by the nature of that fact are not quite as inherently stable when it comes to hand flying IMC and are a bit more work than a Mooney or 210.
If she goes up and finds her 1.2Vso and 1.5 Vso at typical weight through a real stall test and using the CAS-IAS conversion, she will have the speed to trim for for final. Now, If I'm not mistaken, there should be a graduated trim indicator next to the trim wheel. You note these two trim indications at various weights.
Now you have simplified power and speed management. As you come into the pattern you set your trim for the 1.5Vso/approach flaps number on the wheel that was predetermined and the plane will automatically stabilize at your downwind speed, and power will influence your rate of climb or descent. Turn base, throw in the last of the flaps and set the trim for your 1.2Vso speed and use power to control slope. Stabilize the slope to intersect the ground 1 plane length shy of the threshold and the mains will touch in the stripes with a smug little chirp and you pull off having looked good at doing this once again.
The graduated trim indicator on the Beech is a great tool, take full advantage of it by creating a weight/speed database with it. You can develop a new data set or two every flight/pattern, by the time 100hrs goes by, she'll have proactive trim down to a science, and that is key to simplicity and consistency.
A Bonanza makes it easy to look good as a pilot, that's what made them as popular as they were and still are. If I had the money I would have an F-33C.
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