emove (AJW) wrote in message ...

Is it better to reduce MP and leave RPM at
2200?

In my Mooney I like VFR decents at whatever speed I had been cruising. It's my
habit in cruise to keep the RPM low, almost always going a little 'oversquare'
(MP in inches a bit higher than RPM in hundreds). I don't like speeding up in
the decent, and consider the altitude energy in the bank, I spend it on haaving
the MP lower.

But your giving up all the speed you should have gotten back from the
climb. You fly slower in the climb but get it back when you start
down. Pulling power back just gives it all up.