I generally take 5 knots off everything in my Mooney when I'm light.


"Barry" wrote in message ...
Don't forget that, as with any airplane, stall speed and thus approach
speed
vary with weight. If 70 knots works well on short final at max gross
weight,
then to get the same flare and float characteristics, you must be slower
at
lighter weights. If the plane is 20% below max gross, then approach speed
should be 10% less.