On 6 Sep 2004 19:55:58 -0700, (Bob Miller) wrote:

The previous poster seemed to imply that Mooney deliberately set the
limitation low.

I'm not aware that Julian posted anything about Mooney setting a
*limitation* on crosswind performance, deliberately or otherwise.

He did post that they chose to *demonstrate* crosswind performance at a
certain speed. But Part 23 only requires that this demonstration be done
at 0.2 Vso or greater. Vso in the 'J' is 54 KIAS. So anything over 10.8
Kts 90° crosswind component meets the requirements of Part 23.

As I said, the usual reason for that is because that's what was available
when the schedule called for performing this part of the flight test.


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)