MOONEY M20 SERIES For Sale

Mooney M20 Series Aircraft Information

The Mooney M20 series features a low- wing and tricycle landing gear and belongs to a family of piston-powered, propeller-driven aircraft. The aircraft has the capacity for one crew member and three passengers and has an empty weight of 2,370 lb (1,074 kg) and a gross weight of 3,374 lb (1,528 kg). The cruise speed is 237 kn (272 mph, 438 km/h) and the M20 should not exceed a speed of 242 kn (278 mph, 448 km/h).

The M20 is manufactured by the Mooney Airplane Company and was the twentieth design and most successful design from Al Mooney. Over the last 50 years, the Mooney M20 series has been produced in many variations. Various models of the Mooney M20 series include the M20, M20A, Mooney M20B, Mooney M20C, Mooney M20C Mark 21, Mooney M20C Ranger, M20D, Mooney M20E, Mooney M20E Super 21, Mooney M20F, Mooney M20F Exec 21, M20G, Mooney M20J 201, Mooney M20J 205, Mooney M20J MSE, Mooney M20K 231, Mooney M20K 231 Modified, Mooney M20K 252, Mooney M20K 252TSE, Mooney M20K 305 Rocket, Mooney M20K Encore, M20L, Mooney M20M Bravo, Mooney M20M GX Bravo, Mooney M20R Ovation, Mooney M20S Eagle, M20T, and M20TN Acclaim. The company announced that it was halting all production in November 2008 as a result of the late 2000s recession. As of April 2011 the company has not resumed production.

The M20 airframes are all-metal, low-wing aircraft with the exception of the wooden wing spars of the original M20 and M20A. The wings of the aircraft are of cantilever construction and the wing skin is aluminum. Early models of the M20 use a hydraulic pump to control the flaps. Later models have electrically-operated flaps.

Many Mooney M20 series aircrafts have a ram air system called the Mooney "Power Boost" for increased power. The intake air is filtered before it enters the induction system for normal operations. Partially unfiltered air will enter the induction system with a higher pressure and the manifold pressure will increases about a full inch when flying at 7,500 msl when ram air is selected. This gives a greater power output. The ram air feature is omitted on the turbocharged variants. They are their own "power boost" that provides far more increases in manifold pressure.

The M20 series store fuel in two separate tanks, which are located in the inboard sections of each wing. The M20 has a unique tailplane with a vertical leading edge. The tapered wings of the M20 have a medium aspect ratio. The tricycle undercarriage legs are made of heat-treated chrome-molybdenum steel. The main landing gear legs are attached to the main wing spar. The nose gear is mounted on the steal cabin frame. There are rubber discs and spring steel around the legs that allow for compression and shock absorption on landing. Early models of the Mooney M20 use a hand-operated lever system to raise and lower the landing gear, while later models use an electrically-operated retraction system with a backup crank-operated or wire-pull gear extender.

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