How to Fly a Mooney

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @weok-doing-things
    @weok-doing-things 7 месяцев назад +2

    The handoff through another pilot was great to hear. Amazing aviation community in US

  • @DC-nc6vt
    @DC-nc6vt 2 года назад +10

    Thanks Tom. My 68 M20C Ranger is just about ready to fly after a lengthy renovation. I bought it because these Mooneys have it all. Speed, economy and fun. Keep up the great videos!

    • @Snuffem
      @Snuffem Год назад

      I have an M20C also. You just can't beat the bang for the buck of these planes as long as you are not trying to haul 4 people along with you :)

  • @PistolPackingPilot
    @PistolPackingPilot Год назад +5

    A320 Captain here. Good video. I’m actually looking at buying my first plane, and I’m considering the M20J. Liked and subbed.

  • @nonDescriptAviation
    @nonDescriptAviation 10 месяцев назад +2

    Great video! I start flight training in two weeks. My end-game is to find a good Mooney (or maybe a Cardinal) and work on my instrument rating. Of course i found the perfect one but don't even have my ticket yet 😕

  • @grillingwithwoos
    @grillingwithwoos Год назад +3

    I fly a ‘65 M20E and absolutely love it. We did an extensive panel redo this last spring and it’s a dream to fly. Only thing it’s missing is FIKI and autopilot for it to be the perfect plane

  • @passthetunaporfavor
    @passthetunaporfavor Месяц назад

    Had an E with the Johnson Bar. Put an alternator on it. Put some bladders in it. Flew from TX to Seattle, WA, Washington DC. , Pittsburgh, PA , Billings, MT. Flew in and out of Aspen with 3 people on board in the summer. That thing was a traveling machine. Wish I still had it. Got stranded in Billings on 9/11 after doing the prebuy inspection. Don't be high and fast on final or you are screwed. I flew that thing as high as possible if winds were favoring me. Sometimes had groundspeeds over 200 mph sipping fuel.

  • @scottb02
    @scottb02 Год назад

    Tom I am so glad I found your page. My dad owned an M20E 1966 when we were young and I can tell you the wonderful number of years that we spent helping out with annuals, plane washes, and touch and goes... Just all the things that owning a plane needs. But the most important factor was the family time that we got to spend with that plane. I will be following you, I love the way you make your videos. Again I thank you!

  • @jackt6112
    @jackt6112 2 года назад +4

    For GA they are my favorite single low-wing retractable. They are fast, with an efficient, low-cost-to-operate engine. They fly slow predictably. They are light on the controls. They are simple. They just fly right. It's the only one with all of those traits in that type of aircraft. They were the mechanical lever gear like this one. I've never flown the newer ones so I don't know what they have. I would say that for a flight school that something that puts the gear down automatically if you forget would make insurance cost a lot less. The Arrows used to do that. Maybe others do that too. The Arrows were heavy on the controls and didn't fly nearly as fast or nice. Nice airplane you have there.
    I went academy and military after that and never got back into GA. I was always so busy, then family, etc., etc., then didn't want to spend the money on that, etc. I probably won't now. A simple CFII friend of mine bought a house on an airport and had a small hangar out back for his Mooney and Pitts. You will have more fun in GA like you are doing than anything else so don't aspire to more because it can turn into less. As soon as the aircraft gets big enough to where you need a reason to fly it, or you are told when and where, it's a different ballgame. You need to set pride aside and determine what your vision is for quality of life.

  • @rogerwilco1910
    @rogerwilco1910 Год назад +3

    Great video! in all honesty and sincerity because i want you to know....please watch mike busch webinar on leaning. Of course below 65% power you can put the mixture anywhere you want. Running 100 ROP is better than most running 50. but your not really flying any faster...if you get a few more knots to use all that extra fuel, most places you go, you could count the time difference on one or two hands at most. Anyway just a suggestion. Lean of peak will give more longevity to your engine

  • @dougcrowe3054
    @dougcrowe3054 4 месяца назад

    Great job. I had a TLS turbo for a few years and it was great to “fly” with you today.

  • @jhmcglynn
    @jhmcglynn 2 года назад +1

    Have fun with it Tom. It’s a great airplane. My buddy and I bought a 1979 M20K Turbo Mooney on a handshake in 1995. It was a great airplane especially when we flew it up high. We sold it in 2010 and it was favored down to Argentina.

  • @desertdog185
    @desertdog185 Год назад +1

    Nice video. Good call not landing for unknown fuel availability. Just a thought…. Foreflight/airport data/ FBO allows you to call the FBO with one touch. Throttle back, slow up for noise, and you should be able to use an iPhone there. Might have to shout. During COVID, I found that I did that a lot as FBOs closed up without warning.

  • @thefreshies
    @thefreshies Год назад +2

    I haven’t started PPL but your mission is the same as mine. Fly my family around and get there quick. This of course led me to Mooney. Interested in your journey. Subscribed.

  • @moopsmoore7691
    @moopsmoore7691 Год назад +5

    Good job! I started out with my purchase of a 150 a couple years ago then moved to a 65 Mooney w/johnson bar. I'm still learning. Great idea immersing yourself and learning the little things with a Mooney specialist over a couple days. I think I'll try it.

  • @jeffreyhohn-gy9jw
    @jeffreyhohn-gy9jw Год назад +2

    Nice video! I transitioned with Sam as well, I’m in upstate SC and fly a C. Just did I my BFR with him!

  • @jamesharkness1058
    @jamesharkness1058 Год назад +2

    Tell me about your shoulder belt setup. Is that an STC?

  • @stanthepilotman
    @stanthepilotman 8 месяцев назад

    I used to have beautiful hair myself. Consider it the modern version of the old scarf in the open cockpit. Like the videos, Thanks

  • @rickc1410
    @rickc1410 4 месяца назад

    I flew mooneys for 37 yrs great airplane.

  • @mooneym20man70
    @mooneym20man70 2 года назад +1

    A little advice I wouldn’t recommend using power boost under 5000ft reasoning there’s a lot of bugs that can get into your intake

  • @brianpulscher6514
    @brianpulscher6514 2 года назад +1

    Good stuff Tom. looks like you have transitioned well.

  • @acerbus02
    @acerbus02 2 года назад +1

    Check the antenna ground for your radios.
    I too like to fly my Mooney at night.

  • @bombsaway6340
    @bombsaway6340 2 года назад +1

    Fellow Mooney owner, and instructor. I do check outs for new Mooney pilots, too. Looks like you got excellent training from your CFI.

    • @DC-nc6vt
      @DC-nc6vt 2 года назад

      Where are you located?

    • @bombsaway6340
      @bombsaway6340 2 года назад

      @@DC-nc6vt near San antonio

  • @davesublette7447
    @davesublette7447 8 месяцев назад

    I think I would get that radio, feedline and antenna checked out..... I am an old Mooney pilot and radio guy for a long time. Good luck.....

  • @tomm541
    @tomm541 2 года назад +6

    I noticed you have a preflight LOTOT note to yourself in there as well. HUGE thing that is not really taught and is a lifesaver for sure.. Awesome.. nice ride!

    • @Tommyflies
      @Tommyflies  2 года назад +5

      It’s insane that they don’t teach this in general aviation.

    • @thefreshies
      @thefreshies Год назад

      I have not started ppl training. What is lotot?

    • @mcdeez2722
      @mcdeez2722 Год назад +2

      @@thefreshies loss of thrust on takeoff.

  • @kevincanfly
    @kevincanfly 2 года назад +2

    C carb heat
    G gas to the correct tank
    U undercarriage down n locked/ welded 😉
    M mixture rich for landing
    P prop
    Only criticism I see was landing... CENTERLINE... 🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏👏👏👍
    I learned to fly at a Class D airport so that was amazing for radio confidence. If you have a Delta near by they are generally pretty good about working with you and your radio work if you want to sharpen up that aspect.
    Overall great job, beautiful plane, not jelly at all.🤘🤘

    • @jhmcglynn
      @jhmcglynn 2 года назад +1

      I like GUMP - GAS, UNDERCARRIAGE, MIXTURE, PROP

    • @alcarmad
      @alcarmad Год назад +2

      No carb heat on my Mooney - IO-360, so GUMP for me!

  • @TheWilliamHoganExperience
    @TheWilliamHoganExperience Год назад

    Great content! My father flew a M20E through the 1960s ferrying medical supllies and equipment. I just got the tail number from his flight logbook, and sure enough, that plane is still registered, airworthy and presumably flying to this day. I might have to contact the owner about it -
    I have a postcard my father sent to my mother describing the harrowing 650 mile flight he made from New Orleans to Lexington Kentucky he made in a previous Mooney. 1/2 of that flight was described as "IFR", but that wasn't the scary part. The scary part was the "Fell asleep on autopilot over Jackson (Miss) woke over Memphis when engine quit. First rembember switching to LH tank Dexamil (a stimulant/barbituate long ago pulled from the market) useless"....followed by "Continued on IFR to Nashville....then IFR to Lexington..."
    I plotted it all out on Google Maps. He must have been out cold for over an hour. His Mooney covered 172 nm, with it's pilot totally incapacitated. Papa Bear only regained conciousness when the engine stopped due to fuel starvation. It doesn't get any worse than that in an airplane from what I gather. At least not without people getting hurt or killed. He woke up, switched tanks, noted the IFR conditions, filed with Nashville ATC, and flew another 350 miles or so under IFR. This was in 1962.
    Navigation was all by maps, dead recoking log, compass and RDF technology.
    Two things strike me as funny / ironic about the above incident:
    1) The last sentence of the postcard ended with "...I was in pretty sorry shape." Which begs the question: Why is that? He had nice long nap half-way through the trip. =)
    ...and
    2) If he hadn't woken up, I wouldn't be writing this. It happened 2 years before I was born.
    ...and why am I currently so obsessed with my father's aviation history? Because I'm almost 60 years old, and I've always wanted to learn to fly. I figure it's getting to be now or never time in that regard ;-)

    • @Tommyflies
      @Tommyflies  Год назад

      Dude…. Wild!

    • @Goody2414
      @Goody2414 Год назад

      That is insane. Autopilot will just keep pulling back !!!! Wild

  • @abbott876
    @abbott876 2 года назад

    Love this Tom cheers!

  • @robertallison9653
    @robertallison9653 Год назад

    These old M20s are sweet! I like the late '90's glass cockpit models that mom and I helped build!

  • @watercolour7606
    @watercolour7606 Год назад +1

    Thank you for this video. I enjoyed it. The detailed MPs and RPMs for the landing were really helpful. I am flight simulator not a real pilot like you.

  • @scottyjones5992
    @scottyjones5992 Год назад +2

    Not to get into your personal life but I am a new pilot, 60hrs logged in a C172. I will be in the market in a few months for a M20. What insurance do you use and what is the average cost of it for a low time pilot. I still need my complex and high performance endorsement. Do you have the contact for the guy who trained you in it? I may be interested using him. Thanks

    • @Tommyflies
      @Tommyflies  Год назад +1

      Ha. Made a video on this exact topic 🙂. ruclips.net/video/AceSIuYn0F0/видео.html. My instructor’s name was Sam Lindsay. DM on Instagram or Facebook and I’ll give you his contact info. He’s amazing btw.

    • @scottyjones5992
      @scottyjones5992 Год назад

      @@Tommyflies awesome, thank you very much!

    • @daniellinstad1928
      @daniellinstad1928 Год назад

      Hello
      Are you still looking for a Mooney?

  • @budowens6478
    @budowens6478 2 года назад

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @T25de
    @T25de Год назад

    Pretty rad

  • @robdotcom71
    @robdotcom71 2 года назад +1

    I like the Mooney..... one thing that has always puzzled me though is why do they only have the single door?

    • @jhmcglynn
      @jhmcglynn 2 года назад +1

      Like the Piper Cherokees. That’s just the way it is

    • @jackt6112
      @jackt6112 2 года назад +2

      It would add a lot of weight to the structure.

  • @chrism9976
    @chrism9976 Год назад

    Still a student and always wanted a J, but to fly around the southeast, I think an E might be the better option.

    • @Tommyflies
      @Tommyflies  Год назад +1

      Basically the same airplane. Just more rear seat legroom in the J. I think the E I just a liiittle faster too.

  • @robertstellan6017
    @robertstellan6017 Год назад +2

    Man, I'm coming from only 172 experience to a Mooney. I'm pretty nervous about it. Do you love it more than the flying style and high wing of the Cessna?

    • @Tommyflies
      @Tommyflies  Год назад +1

      Totally different kind of flying but I love it. I love managing the airplane.

    • @brothersolem7742
      @brothersolem7742 Год назад +1

      @@Tommyflies I’m about to start flying a Mooney from a Cessna as well haha I heard the plane floats down the runway if you barely add power on landings

  • @kjackles
    @kjackles Год назад

    What happened to the vacuum step? You should replace it or fabricate cover the hole in the bottom of the fuselage. It will suck in debris over time. Great choice of airplane. I would not trade my manual gear F for any other single engine retract recip.

    • @Tommyflies
      @Tommyflies  Год назад +1

      It’s still there, just safety wired up. The vacuum actuator is missing. I plan to replace it with the electric version eventually

  • @bryantturner97
    @bryantturner97 2 года назад

    Very Cool!

  • @derrickmanning5804
    @derrickmanning5804 Год назад

    Very good informative video for me since I'm about to purchase my 2nd A/C which will be bet M20C ; E or ; extended F , G.. I'll be transitioning from a Tomahawk.

  • @lisatirkot7210
    @lisatirkot7210 2 года назад

    One of the first planes I piloted. Thx for this

  • @KPalmAir
    @KPalmAir 4 месяца назад

    Was the instructor Sam L? I need transition training in NC…

    • @Tommyflies
      @Tommyflies  4 месяца назад

      It was. If you use him, please let him know I recommended him.🙂

  • @RoyalAviatorRepo
    @RoyalAviatorRepo 11 месяцев назад

    Great video and very informative! I just recently purchased a 1985 Mooney M20J. I started a RUclips channel where I fly my Mooney cross country and repossess vehicles.

  • @kjackles
    @kjackles Год назад

    What kind of CHTs do you see at 13.5gph and 25x2500?

  • @ryanhuddleston5364
    @ryanhuddleston5364 Год назад

    Your Mooney climbs as fast as my 172 cruises

  • @ty2tall
    @ty2tall 2 года назад +1

    would ya look at that

  • @TuomoMooneyFlying
    @TuomoMooneyFlying Год назад

    Hahaha, dude good stuff! Glad I’m not the only one struggling with talking to the cameras while on FF! Nice editing!

  • @rickc1410
    @rickc1410 4 месяца назад

    WHEN I MOVED FROM A C TO A J IT WAS TOTALY DIFFERENT.

  • @eyesea123
    @eyesea123 2 года назад +1

    My eyes and ears are eating these videos like candy.

    • @mikestandifer1549
      @mikestandifer1549 2 года назад +1

      Mine are to and I’m not a pilot. I enjoy watching them.

    • @eyesea123
      @eyesea123 2 года назад

      @@mikestandifer1549 Me neither, but I sure wish I could be.

    • @justplanefred
      @justplanefred Год назад +1

      @@eyesea123 you can be it's time and money and some good health too

  • @markbrainum
    @markbrainum Год назад

    Awesome Flying! Are you working towards airline? What is your current job? I want to get my PPL and curious if it’s out of reach with my current job…

  • @kiphaynes
    @kiphaynes Год назад

    I'm a relatively new pilot (130 hours) mostly in 150s and 172s. Looking at a M20e. Thanks for your video. Curious what your insurance rate was and from whom? Thanks a ton this is super helpful!

    • @Tommyflies
      @Tommyflies  Год назад

      ruclips.net/video/AceSIuYn0F0/видео.html

  • @grejen711
    @grejen711 2 года назад +1

    130 Octane!?!?

  • @zrtsixx
    @zrtsixx 2 года назад

    Congrats man!! Your plane is bad ass!! Are you going to work on your Instrument rating?

  • @SeanAllocca
    @SeanAllocca 2 года назад

    The auto pilot works 100% of the time 60% of the time. :)

  • @matthewvisnaw4306
    @matthewvisnaw4306 Год назад +1

    Then cut it...

  • @HPRaceDevelopment
    @HPRaceDevelopment 2 года назад

    what do you do for a living

  • @jonathannelson33
    @jonathannelson33 3 месяца назад

    Climbing 2000 ft over your intended altitude is pretty naive. And in places like my area you would be flying right into the bravo airspace above. Must be nice not having airspace’s to fly around.

  • @darthheretic129
    @darthheretic129 7 месяцев назад

    Roger that is not a thing.

  • @tpsu129
    @tpsu129 Год назад

    How much for everything?