Robert M. Gary ) wrote:

Yes. With the gear and flaps out a Bonanza flys like a barn door.
Flying into a busy class C airport I used to fly final fast and then
drop the gear and flaps. You almost hit the panel the plane slows down
so damn fast. Add to that the Bonanza has a VERY high gear speed.

I rode along with the owner of the V35 this past Saturday. Unfortunately
it was such a cold day (-29c aloft and at destination) that the owner had
to alter his normal operating procedures with cowl flaps and leaning
techniques.

Anyway, he also mentioned the same point you made; namely that he will fly
a fast approach and slow it right down on short final.

Just don't try that in a Mooney. You'll end up floating into the next
state.

LOL! The owner of the v35B also used to fly a Mooney and said the same
thing. Is your first name really Robert?

The first thing you'll notice in the Bonanza is when you're CFI says
to "climb to 2000 feet" you'll probably hit 3000 before you stop the
climb.

As I indicated above, it was very cold so performance on Saturday's flight
was excellent. I glanced over at the VSI while we were climbing to our
cruise altitude and noted a slightly higher than 500 fpm climb rate. I
thought to myself that this rate seemed anemic for such a cold day and much
more powerful aircraft. I then looked back and realized my mistake.

In the C172, the needle indicating a 500 fpm climb rate on its VSI is in
the same position as the 1,000 fpm rate on the V35's VSI. I saw the
position of the needle and compared it to my mental image of the C172's
VSI.

We were actually climbing out around 1,100 fpm, although the owner was able
to squeeze even more climb rate out of the aircraft due to the cold.
Impressive.



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Peter












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