Glide Chart

YankeeClipper · #1 10-22-13, 05:07 PM

By any chance does the POH cite a glide chart for both engines out?

hharney · #2 10-22-13, 05:16 PM

Like this
see photo attached

YankeeClipper · #3 10-22-13, 05:40 PM

13.2 ratio? Really?

Thanks, btw.

YankeeClipper · #4 10-26-13, 10:27 AM

Not to belabor the point, but is 13.2 really even roughly correct? This would well exceed the same data for an M20F, and approach mid-to-late century gliders. Given the recent tail of a near double engine failure, this would be good information to have. I understand of course that weight and exterior contour changes can play a large role in the final outcome.

JeffAxel · #5 10-27-13, 04:12 PM

part of the reason twins have a relatively good glide ratio is that the charts assume both props are feathered, which reduces drag considerably.

YankeeClipper · #6 10-31-13, 06:51 AM

But the M20s also feather, and they only advertise something around 11ish. Add to this, fwiw, that the Mooneys earn their living by being just a little more slippery than other aircraft in their class.

Could it be that the small twin booms are that much less drag than a full empennage?

WebMaster · #7 11-13-13, 10:44 AM

Mooney's are advertised as a little more slippery, but they also have much higher wing loadings, hence lower glide ratios

hharney · #8 11-13-13, 01:56 PM

FWIW
Here is the Pressurized H model glide distance

Guy Paris · #9 11-13-13, 09:12 PM

Hi All,

Here is the chart from my 1977 337 G.

Guy Paris.... the old 72 driver....