[Mooney-longbody] RE: Perf charts for TLS/Bravo?

[Donald Kaye]

Bruce weighs about 170.  Assume 2 gallons for taxi (a little high  
maybe).  So we have 116 gallons  x 5.82 = 675.  170+675= 845.

Useful load = 825.  So over gross = 20 pounds.  At a fuel flow of .33  
gal/min = 6.6 minutes.

I don't advocated going over gross, but for 6 minutes...?  Obviously,  
he should not fill up to the top.

On May 10, 2006, at 1:43 PM, tom bonacci wrote:

>
> Don,
>
> I though you were a follow-the-POH-don't-be-a-test-pilot sort of  
> guy.  How can Bruce's plane be a "one person airplane with full  
> fuel" plane if it's only got 117 lb payload when the tanks are full  
> (and not counting whatever's in the TKS tanks)?
>
> -tom
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 10:18:48 -0700
>> From: Donald Kaye <donkaye at earthlink.net>
>> I spent a few days training with Bruce last summer.  Summer in   
>> Florida is--HOT HOT HOT!  He meant empty weight of 2543 pounds.   
>> His  airplane has it all: known ice and long range tanks, so it is  
>> a one  person airplane with full fuel.


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