UPDATE - Carenado Mooney M20R

[Bobsk8 12,732]

Took the Mooney out this afternoon, first time I have flown it in about 4 months. Everything working perfectly. 😃 Love the almost 200MPH....

[Johnny Wyatt 152]

36 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Took the Mooney out this afternoon, first time I have flown it in about 4 months. Everything working perfectly. 😃 Love the almost 200MPH....

Don't you find that the speed of the Mooney has decreased with the patch?

[Bobsk8 12,732]

Just now, Johnny Wyatt said:

Don't you find that the speed of the Mooney has decreased with the patch?

I am doing  knots  170 knots which is  normal speed for the Mooney. 

[ryanbatc 12,857]

9 minutes ago, Johnny Wyatt said:

Don't you find that the speed of the Mooney has decreased with the patch?

Here's the charts on the Mooney.  I do feel they decreased initial climb and takeoff power with the latest patch.  I've not yet checked cruise numbers against these charts.  I just haven't flown the Mooney in a while...  don't like the sub par nav from the GNS or GTN.

mooneyperf by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

mooneyperf2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

 

 

[Bobsk8 12,732]

Just landed and ran into a problem taxiing to the ramp. The RPM dropped to under 400 and the engine quit. Restarted, and same thing happened. Idle is way too low. Airport elevation is 800 feet. 

[Bobsk8 12,732]

On 9/18/2021 at 1:32 PM, Alvega said:

I don't think it's broken. As far as I know, idle in the real plane is between 600-700 rpm, so I think it's normal for the engine to stop below 600 rpm.

I just flew the Mooney after many months.  I taxied to the ramp after a 1 1/2 hours flight, and when I reduced power idle to begin shutting down the aircraft, the rpm kept dropping to under 400, and the engine quit. I restarted, and it did the exact same thing twice. I sent a ticket to Carenado. The idle speed is way too low. Airport elevation 800 feet. 

[Alvega 2,124]

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

I just flew the Mooney after many months.  I taxied to the ramp after a 1 1/2 hours flight, and when I reduced power idle to begin shutting down the aircraft, the rpm kept dropping to under 400, and the engine quit. I restarted, and it did the exact same thing twice. I sent a ticket to Carenado. The idle speed is way too low. Airport elevation 800 feet. 

Yeah, I tested it some more and I agree with you it's broken. Hope they fix it soon.

[Johnny Wyatt 152]

Please all report on https://carenado.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

[Bobsk8 12,732]

1 hour ago, Johnny Wyatt said:

Please all report on https://carenado.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

Already reported it. 

[Glenn Fitzpatrick 3,798]

Definitely got my money's worth out of the Mooney when I first purchased it so no complaints there - but so many aircraft with more character have come out since that these days it mainly gets handed to AI pilots in Neofly because Neofly seem to sell it stupidly cheap - your AI guys can pretty much pay for one in two trips. 

What I do like about the Mooney is the performance chart on the visor meaning you can just flip it down and pull your settings from there.

[gunther 167]

11 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

You don't know how to work the autopilot climb mode apparently.

Wow! Thanks so much for your nugget of wisdom!

Edited September 30, 2021 by gunther

[Bobsk8 12,732]

8 hours ago, gunther said:

Wow! Thanks so much for your nugget of wisdom!

This is how I learned to work the AP.....   

 

[RobF2 150]

I think the Mooney engine quits if you pull the idle back so far the voltages go negative.....

(agree is a bug, and wonder if this is some part of it)

[Johnny Wyatt 152]

Do you have the engine sound bug? Listen to the engine (more noticeable in exterior view), the sound switches between two engine sounds after a couple minutes.

[RobF2 150]

1 minute ago, Johnny Wyatt said:

Do you have the engine sound bug? Listen to the engine (more noticeable in exterior view), the sound switches between two engine sounds after a couple minutes.

Yep,  definitely something funny going on with engine sound too