Bill
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I had my second (and first meaningful) lesson in the Mooney last night, and I had a blast.
Normal departure from CHA, then to the practice area for slow flght and stalls in various configurations. I'll never understand how the old wives tales start, but there is simply no drama to stalling a Mooney. About the same break as a 172, yes, a wing is more likely to drop, but a little forward pressure and top rudder, and all is well. No where near the thrill ride you get with two beefy guys in a 152.
Steep turns, then some landings in Cleveland, TN (HDI). First two were high, resulting in idle power the whole way to the threashold, and fairly decent landings. All takeoffs after this were practiced as short/high perf, rotate at 63, climb 69. I was very impressed with the way the 201 gets off the field on a short, really popping above tree level quickly.
We then asked for vectors to ILS02 at CHA, and were sent on the downwind. Wanting time to set up, and being in no hurry, I put in what I thought to be pokey power settings. About 19 or 20", prop 2500, cowl flaps 1/2 open, leaned a little, at 3000msl. Set up the radios, look at the GPS groundspeed, and gadzooks, we're making 137kts over the ground into a quartering headwind. Pokey indeed. NOT!
Did the ILS, this thing goes down the ILS like it is on rails, very minimal control inputs needed once you have it tracking. Nice!
After the missed at DH, we headed to our new home, 1A0. 3000 x 50, with 300 displaced one direction, 700 displaced the other. Did two landings to the north, and if at the desired speed of 65-70kts, landings are a total non-event. Mucho room to spare coming into 2700ft.
Really, 65kts is a perfect short final speed, and results in a nice landing with minimal float.
Next lesson Wednesday night, I can't wait!
Normal departure from CHA, then to the practice area for slow flght and stalls in various configurations. I'll never understand how the old wives tales start, but there is simply no drama to stalling a Mooney. About the same break as a 172, yes, a wing is more likely to drop, but a little forward pressure and top rudder, and all is well. No where near the thrill ride you get with two beefy guys in a 152.
Steep turns, then some landings in Cleveland, TN (HDI). First two were high, resulting in idle power the whole way to the threashold, and fairly decent landings. All takeoffs after this were practiced as short/high perf, rotate at 63, climb 69. I was very impressed with the way the 201 gets off the field on a short, really popping above tree level quickly.
We then asked for vectors to ILS02 at CHA, and were sent on the downwind. Wanting time to set up, and being in no hurry, I put in what I thought to be pokey power settings. About 19 or 20", prop 2500, cowl flaps 1/2 open, leaned a little, at 3000msl. Set up the radios, look at the GPS groundspeed, and gadzooks, we're making 137kts over the ground into a quartering headwind. Pokey indeed. NOT!
Did the ILS, this thing goes down the ILS like it is on rails, very minimal control inputs needed once you have it tracking. Nice!
After the missed at DH, we headed to our new home, 1A0. 3000 x 50, with 300 displaced one direction, 700 displaced the other. Did two landings to the north, and if at the desired speed of 65-70kts, landings are a total non-event. Mucho room to spare coming into 2700ft.
Really, 65kts is a perfect short final speed, and results in a nice landing with minimal float.
Next lesson Wednesday night, I can't wait!
