Great, classic machine. Love it. The Garrett TPE331 engine is loud because it is essentially a single-spool turbojet driving a prop shaft through a gearbox.
I got up close and personal with an MU2 when I was in high school. It was hangared at a small private airport near where I lived. It's a beautiful aircraft even though it's not that sleek or flashy. There's something about it that seems almost like it's a toy. I got to gently turn the props and watch the first-stage compressor turn in response. The engines are amazingly small. The compressor disk you can see through the air intake isn't much bigger than the blower in a canister vacuum cleaner.
A corporate pilot I knew told me it was the nicest flying plane and he really liked it. Although he said if you were assigned to one, it should be the only plane you fly because it's a slightly different skillset.
This model is like the Marque. The bigger engines came with props that rotated counter clockwise, which required left ruder during the climb. It would also exhibit torque roll to the right.
In that ad the pilot standing next to the airplane was most likely Jim Mac McGrath. He and the Mu2 were a ledgend at our small airport. Highest mu2 time pilot in the world.
Vi este aviao somente uma vez No aero club de volta redonda Talvez a uns 40 anos atrás Me lembro de sua fuselagem baixa funcao elerons era por pequenos elementos na parte superior das asas Lembro de seu diedro negativo Ele era bonito
what i don't like about it, is the huge inputs required because of the spoilerons... i think of high skills as sniper precision.. these things are neat... the airbus i fly is the exact opposite... tiny corrections but actually more forgiving... hopefully all this makes sense..
A lot were built at San Angelo, TX, so not all are rice rockets. I was told that, in order to be truly proficient in the MU-2, a pilot must be flying one on a daily basis. ...and I once knew an alcoholic aircraft salesman who would fly one while drunk. The FAA got after him and that's when it came out that he had been denied a medical certificate for "psychological reasons" and had been kicked out of flight school. He was not even a licensed pilot.
The problem is when flying a conventional aircraft is if you lose an engine on take off you would normally clean up undercarriage and flaps, but on the Mu2 raising flaps after engine failure just digs a big hole in the ground. Pilots have to unlearn their training to fly the Mu2.
Great, classic machine. Love it. The Garrett TPE331 engine is loud because it is essentially a single-spool turbojet driving a prop shaft through a gearbox.
One of the best aircraft I ever flew. ❤
I got up close and personal with an MU2 when I was in high school. It was hangared at a small private airport near where I lived. It's a beautiful aircraft even though it's not that sleek or flashy. There's something about it that seems almost like it's a toy.
I got to gently turn the props and watch the first-stage compressor turn in response. The engines are amazingly small. The compressor disk you can see through the air intake isn't much bigger than the blower in a canister vacuum cleaner.
A corporate pilot I knew told me it was the nicest flying plane and he really liked it. Although he said if you were assigned to one, it should be the only plane you fly because it's a slightly different skillset.
This model is like the Marque. The bigger engines came with props that rotated counter clockwise, which required left ruder during the climb. It would also exhibit torque roll to the right.
Old company I worked for had a version of one of those. 20 degree flap takeoffs were fun. Like being on a high speed freight elevator.
I remember seeing this plane in a ad I think in 1972 always loved it
In that ad the pilot standing next to the airplane was most likely Jim Mac McGrath. He and the Mu2 were a ledgend at our small airport. Highest mu2 time pilot in the world.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO....can tell an MU2 without even looking at it :) Good value, and they still have a robust service infrastructure.
❤ pensa uma máquina dessas nas mãos dos engenheiros da embraer ia ser só u luxo
É imagina com as avionicas modernas de última geração
Nice catch! Thanks for uploading.
Not many registered in Europe about 7 in Sweden i saw an Italian one at Gatwick in 1994
Love the Gloster Meteor's in the background too!
Fantastic video mate 🤙
Cheers
Rare???? Hehe.. we love ours
Your lucky to have one
@@aviationinhd8970 Thank you, we are. Great videos!
Flew it for 3 years and absolutely loved it. Wonderfull machine
In this case “rare” means gorgeous, I believe. ❤😍
Although it was made in 1981, it could pass off as being made in ~2020.
Awesome
Vi este aviao somente uma vez
No aero club de volta redonda
Talvez a uns 40 anos atrás
Me lembro de sua fuselagem baixa funcao elerons era por pequenos elementos na parte superior das asas
Lembro de seu diedro negativo
Ele era bonito
How did you get a video from the future...:)
Nice
Love it
hello from August 2023😎👍
Think you mean 9/6/2022 mate 😂 cracking video though!
😅. Yeah I’ll edit that bud, cheers
Sexiest plane ever built.
No other sound comes close
Would take it over. KingAir any
Pretty lethargic take off, for an Mu2. The long body Marquise can take off in 650 metres.
Nice Rice Rocket. Takes a high skill pilot to safely operate. Not a good choice for the occasional pilot operator.
what i don't like about it, is the huge inputs required because of the spoilerons... i think of high skills as sniper precision.. these things are neat... the airbus i fly is the exact opposite... tiny corrections but actually more forgiving... hopefully all this makes sense..
A lot were built at San Angelo, TX, so not all are rice rockets.
I was told that, in order to be truly proficient in the MU-2, a pilot must be flying one on a daily basis.
...and I once knew an alcoholic aircraft salesman who would fly one while drunk. The FAA got after him and that's when it came out that he had been denied a medical certificate for "psychological reasons" and had been kicked out of flight school. He was not even a licensed pilot.
The problem is when flying a conventional aircraft is if you lose an engine on take off you would normally clean up undercarriage and flaps, but on the Mu2 raising flaps after engine failure just digs a big hole in the ground. Pilots have to unlearn their training to fly the Mu2.
For sure...qpply rudder/feather and trim out rudder and qjickly on the spoiled wing! At safe alt retract gear.. What a bird!!!!@@Tazjet100
The nippon revenge...
Not rare at all. Loved flying that baby.
Scary plane!!!