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Old July 1st 07, 03:01 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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It's worth remembering the Mooney 201 was pretty much a cleaned up
Mooney Executive. All of the minor things added a nice amount of
airspeed to the basic airplane.

We've looked at the newer Mooneys that get hauled along the sky behind
an IO 540. Our 201 uses an IO 360, and cruises really nicely at 9 GPH.
I think the increased engine size doesn't much help our typical
flight. I do think we have to cancel 8% or so of our far in advance
planned trips, and wonder if the newer airplane's range, altitude, and
the like would change that much. But going from 8% to 4% cancellations
is probably not worth the incremental cost,



On Jun 21, 7:45 pm, john smith wrote:
When one looks at the small gains in airspeed from each existing speed
mod kit, you have to say that, for the most part, the original designer
got it right.

Having said that, I still would like to see the manufacturers do factory
cleanups of existing designs, still in production.

The Bonanza is a very clean design, but I can't help but wonder if there
are a few more knots to be eaked out by redesigning the nose bowl. Those
big air inlets designed in the 1940's and 1950's just don't look right.



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Old July 1st 07, 05:58 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Old Airframe Cleanups

We've looked at the newer Mooneys that get hauled along the sky behind
an IO 540. Our 201 uses an IO 360, and cruises really nicely at 9 GPH.
I think the increased engine size doesn't much help our typical
flight.


IMHO, a bigger engine always trumps the smaller one, not so much
because it's faster, but because you can always choose to throttle
back and putt along at 9 GPH.

However, when you really want to *go* -- or, more importantly, when
you need to lift a lot of payload -- nothing beats horsepower.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

 




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