I love seeing those kids in the backseat. The reason why I’m a pilot today is because I grew up in the backseat as well. No matter what they do in life, they’ll never forget the appreciation you give them for aviation, God bless!

Not a Mooney guy, but you're very worth watching because of your presentation and editing. Great dad too. Subscribed.

I once keyed the radio as I was getting onto my son. XXXX stop kicking the seat and listen to Mommy... release the button realizing what I did and I hear from ATC... Unknown caller say again (hearing them trying not to laugh)... LOL I was already leaving the airspace so I just let it be. Good info on the real numbers on the plane.

For a naturally aspirated plane 8000' DA is the general rule for the fastest altitude. It's the sweet spot where drag is minimal but engine power hasn't tanked yet. Most efficient is higher, something like 10-12.

Good info. Fun to see the kids behind you.

Happy day!!!!! Mooney driver too. Two daughters as well. One big regret is that I didn't get into flying back when my girls were young. Keep it up!!!

Love your videos. Thanks for sharing.

One of the best parts of the videos is watching the girls play with their DC headsets making funny faces! LOL

6-8k is our sweet spot in our 63 C. Anything above 9 and it falls off quick. I like flying higher only for the winds.

Great video and as others mentioned, it is great that your daughters enjoy flying with you. I remember in a previous video, when you found the Mag issue, they were disappointed they didn't get to fly. I usually fly my 65 C between 8 - 14 based on the winds mainly, but also the mountains out west drives some of the decision. I haven't done a speed test, but I have just about all of the speed mods on the plane, so maybe I should perform the same test. I was also under the impression to get an accurate reading you would want to go all four cardinal directions to account for the winds.

Great video and info!!

For long cross-country flight, I find the 7500/8500 is the sweet spot for speed and performance. Wonderful video!

In another YT vid the pilot found the sweet spot for his M20 super 21 at 7500'

You’ve probably already heard it, but there is no better tool than a digital engine monitor when it comes to engine troubleshooting, trend monitoring, etc. I caught a sticking valve very early and diagnosed a mag issue after installing a JPI830. There’s a lot of value in the data it provides. In your case, you could see exactly what was happening to each CYL and EGT during the mag checks and there’d be no guessing on which plug it was. Glad to see it looks like you found the issue though!

Your girls playing in the back is just so precious! I am a girl dad as well and I hope to get to experience that one day with my daughter. Love the flight videos man.

Flying a Mooney in a TEKTON T-shirt.. I already like this guy!

Nice video, really enjoyed that, great fuel burn for that alt, and speed, bears my PA28 hands down. Be interested to see a video on short field performance, and how the mooney gets on with that. Thanks for sharing

I have only ever flown cessna, 172 175 and now a 182tc skylane. I have always wanted to get some seat time in a mooney to feel the difference in the aircraft. I think mooneys are beautiful aircraft.

That’s awesome that the girls go along with the flying. They even look interested at what you are saying. My 21 yo has never flown in my plane and the 25 yo loves it and they borrow the warrior as the boyfriend is a pilot. That is a fast plane as I’ve read. I’m lucky if I get 120mph on 9gph on my warrior.

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I know that many folks spend lots of money to upgrade their panels, but personally, having only flown 'steam gauge' equipped aircraft, they're familiar and they 'do the job' well. Add an iPad and it's all good. Your panel is set up quite nicely.

I agree. 6000 feet to 8000 feet in my 66E seems to be the sweet spot. I’ll go to 11,000 if the eastbound tailwinds are good.

The one area the POH is usually wrong is telling people to go full mixture and no mention of leaning for taxi or just sitting at idle.

I have similar speeds in my M20B. On x-country flights I flight plan on something between 7k and 9k.

I don't own a mooney, however I do like them for their efficiency. That being said, I would recommend an electronic ignition. I would do a compression check on cylinders. As you well know, MP, and perefofrmance drops with altitude, for normal aspirated engine. Iam not sure, if you're instrument rated or not? But, it will be good to have. I personally prefer a turbo normalized engine myself, for margin of safety. I believe altitude is pilots best freind. 2nd, it is always good, when ever, you take your plane out of the shop, to test fly it alone, or with an A&P that did the work. I wish you, and your family safe flying, where ever you go, or what ever you do.

6:55 Watching the young lady pay attention to everything you did was cool.

We fly our ‘65 E model at about 10k and 11k in x-countries granted we’re surrounded by mountains. Our average TAS is about 145kts burning 8.2 gph

Looks like it was a nice ride, thanks for sharing! I must say that was the cleanest I've ever seen your plane look, did you wash it? I enjoyed watching the kids in the backseat you know wrestling fighting playing!

8000ft ASL seems to be the most efficient in the normally aspirated Mooneys (thin air less drag, too thin air too little power). 7500 Easterly heading, 8500 West works great if the winds are in favour for your longer flights. I used to use the built in calculator (true airspeed indicator) in my father's '66 "C" model. I see your plane has one too. My current Mooney is more efficient (2mph/Hp) but slower with less useful load than the M20 models.

Regarding the ears - “Valsalva”. Normally aspirated airplanes give best range at ~7500msl, no wind. They just don’t have enough horsepower at very high altitudes. You could put a Rayjay turbocharcher on there and fly to the heavens.

I like to fly my Mooney high, 9-12K. My power is WOT and 2100-2000 RPM (3 Bladed prop no RPM restriction) Average 6.7-7GPH 140 knots.

Good video, looked like a nice flight! At the beginning when you were testing the magnetos and spark plugs, can you add on that… So on the ground doing that test if I’m correct you were testing using just the one magneto only then just the other one only? That correct? Then in the air I can only assume the engine is running with both magnetos online and all 8 spark plugs firing?

Where and what type of app are you using for calculating the TAS? Nice Mooney. Trying to finish up my 65 Mooney and burn some avgas. I liked the calculator and would like to install it so I can do the same thing. Thanks

You should run at full throttle, helps reduce pumping losses, if you can get your hand on the lycoming engine manual you see how much over square you can operate as well.

Love your channel… thinking of buying 1/2 share in a 1977 M20C ranger… concerned about the fuel burn due to here in Canada it’s almost $3 a litre. Can you tell me what your average hourly fuel burn . I am used to my 172 at 6.3 g / hr average.

I don't have a lot of data for my J, but I once calculated my TAS at 9500' at 160 kts on 8.5 gph. I need to do it more often though because that seems to be a little too fast for the fuel flow. Next month I'm putting Gami injectors on so I need a good benchmark to compare the before/after.

Need a three way average (3 different directions on the compass) at each altitude to account for wind speed & direction when you're ckg airspeed & efficiency.

I wish I could learn again. My flight school was a nightmare and I had an incident. Scared me effectively then they stole $5000 dollars and I had to threaten to sue to get some back.

Also, it looks like your running a mode c transponder. In the 48 states without “certified”ADS-B, you are limited to below 10,000msl.

I fly a Light Sport with Dynon avionics. Winds and TAS are calculated. Don’t think I could go back to steam gauges.

I like to fly high. 10-11K. Too many mountains out here. I also pull the prop back to 2300 and leave the throttle forward.

Were you receiving flight following from ATC? Otherwise not too wise to be flying at non VFR altitudes. As an Air Traffic Controller, one of the biggest hazards i see are pilots flying wrong altitudes.

Installed a turbo charger on a C model it doubled the airspeed at 11,000 feet agl …. Normal aspirated was 110 mph ground speed. After installing the turbo plus kit. We we’re getting 220 mph ground speed at 11,000 feet

i fly a 182 RG and was wondering why you cleaned the flaps so quickly after take off? i like to retract flaps 500AGL so that i can get the most lift and be higher up in case of engine failure. also, is flying in VNO sppeds normal in a mooney? those speeds are insane. ive dpne 150KTAS at 75% Power. great video and great landing.

You may need to get the carb checked. Your idle system should not let the engine die. When your throttle valve is closed that's when the idle system kicks in. Basically it's a hole above the throttle valve and that hole has a vain that goes back into the float chamber. So the vain going to the hole has fuel in it The suction from the piston causes a low air pressure enough to pull the fuel from the holl and vaporize the fuel to enter the plant. If it is clogged the powerplant will not idle. This is part reason we do a cylinder pressure check to see where the numbers are on them. If too weak it MAY NOT produce a proper suction to cause the low pressure and fuel vaporization above the throttle valve. Anyways loving vids I am restoring a Mooney m20 G 1968. Been taking a lot of pics and video. I'll be putting them up once it's complete. I been restoring it for about 3 years now and it's just about ready to put it together and paint. This things is going to be new when I'm done. .ive re-made lots of airframe parts and reinstalled them. But like I said love the channel.

Now a days, the only thing I monitor during cruise is my GPS ground speed!

Would you expect an IO-360 in a mooney to perform about the same?

The best part of the vid: was the girls playing in the back.

I was surprised. I always thought that Mooneys were faster.

How do your numbers compare to the book numbers at 3,7,& 11? You look like you have a relatively stock M20C.

You can pick up another 5 knots if you spend 75k on upgrades.... don't ask me how I know. Site seeing down low I do 2000 rpm/7gph/130kt. Cross country at 2200/8gph/142kt pulled back for endurance above 10000. I'll max at 8000 if it's less than an hour.

I hope you build a BD4c

The answer to your question is you should be getting only 120 HP out of 180 HP combustion engine at 11,000 feet so that s the reason your airplane is slow at 11,000 feet and you’re not benefiting from any tail winds at altitude.

As the girls get older, the plane will go faster (more aft CG).

7000 vfr?

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Maybe I missed the winds aloft? That's got to be a factor.

You're taking your kid on the first flight after service? Uh what? Even if that was legal, it would still be effing careless...