The most important thing for your CFII to teach you on an instrument
approach is how to find the power/prop settings that result in your
approach being at the exact speed you plan for (we plan 90kt in the
Mooney as well as a configuration for 130kts when necessary). All these
power settings would be out the window if you flew with the gear up. I
usually have the student put the gear down at the point of the initial
let down on a non-pre approach and on GS intercept on a pre approach.

-Robert, CFI



gatt wrote:
Hey, all. Haven't shot instrument approaches in a complex aircraft
yet,
and I'm getting ready to so I'm curious:

When you're doing a practice approach in which you know it's going to
be
missed, do you complete/amend/ignore the GUMPS check? I'm guessing
yes,
but I'm curious as to what others do. Finishing up my complex
endorsement
this afternoon, but haven't done any approaches in that plane yet.