Very cool shots! But given the subject line, I feel obligated to post my favorite Mooney air-to-air shot:
That just never gets old.
Perhaps, but that wing is a thing of beauty. Just took awhile for the rest of the airframe to catch up with it.
I thought you were supposed to pass on the right???Very cool shots! But given the subject line, I feel obligated to post my favorite Mooney air-to-air shot:
That just never gets old.
Of course I always want people to pass me on the left, too, since that's where my photo window is.
Well, it is a 1965 plane, so I’m aviation I’m guessing a state of the art design from the 50’s wasn’t so bad!
That looks to be a C model which likely puts in the 60's. So it kind of is from the 50's. They sold for a reason and looks were it.
My comment was about the plane in the photos.
The M20C is not bad for 50's technology. In this plane, he routinely gets 130kts on about 9gph. Considering we burn about the same fuel in the 170 and go 100kts, it's not too shabby!
Still 9 gph block time, too.
I should have said 135, but still slower than yours!I'm sorry, Jack, that your friend has a slow Mooney. My M20-C routinely gets 145-147 KTAS around 8000 msl or higher.
I'm sorry, Jack, that your friend has a slow Mooney. My M20-C routinely gets 145-147 KTAS around 8000 msl or higher.
I first heard about that rule of thumb when my C-172N got its 180 hp conversion. Despite a fixed-pitch prop, we have a manifold pressure gauge, and this system makes for easy cruise power management regardless of altitude. I didn't know it was a "thing" in the Mooney world.
At 3000 msl, 150 mph + 6% = 138 KTAS.
At 8000 msl, 145 mph + 16% = 146 KTAS.
Read my post, "mph" occurs three times . . . .
Well your first post said you got 145 ktas and your second post said you got 145 mph. Just looking for clarification.
