MU2 Landing At Mountain Air NC 

amazing area, I live in north carolina and never even heard of this place! Sounds like heaven to me!

Impressive plane, impressive piloting. Great video!

Love making this approach on Microsoft Flight Simulator with our virtual group: Asheville ATC.

Keep these coming!!! MU's are great and we need more vids like this, Thanks! Tom

Marvellous aircraft!

Yes, it almost always is. However, it usually smooths out on short final, and there is rarely any crosswind due to the mountain.

Looks like a carrier landing !

Bet the people living there loved it when you flew in with those screaming engines.Flew these for Bankair back in the 90s.Had a bunch of em gutted with crew doors installed so they could pack em all the way and you could still get in.Linemen who didnt know how to fuel them use to almost tip them over.Seen more than a few get their glasses blow off if they did not vent the tip tank before cracking the cap.Quick plane but I do not miss it and smiled when I got to fly the commander 690 instead.

@benspreen It depends on weight, but ususally right around 100 kts. The MU2 doesn't have poor roll control at low speeds, but as you can see from the video on final, having spoilers does require a good amount of control wheel deflection at lower speeds to get the airplane to do what you want.

About 3000'. At Mountain Air, we are always a good 1000-2000 lbs below gross, so the numbers work by the book. Realistically, most airplanes are committed very early in the takeoff run. Good news is there is a valley off the end of the runway if you need to dive to get airspeed.

That plane sure stops fast. I think it was build with that in mind. A small turbo prop for business use. You get a ton of plane for the price and I think it has a sharp design. Such a beautiful plane. I like it better then the King Air.

That is insane!

@jvandervalk Field elevation is 4436, so I fly the MU2 at about 5500. The pistons fly at about 5300. Almost all the accidents that have occured are the result of an overshoot, so although it may seem counterintuitve, I will tend toward the lower end of the range.

Holy Shhhit! Not in a million years would I want to land there for real! I have the Aerosoft scenery on my fsx...and the A2A 182... I have crashed and burned dozens of times. Respect to the real world pilots!

Greg Mink Used to be my favorite pilot.

No, when we touched down the camera swung around on its mount. It took us a second to get it back around, so we edited that part out.

Great job with the info balloons. Let's create a folder on web site and stick this and other similar videos in to help people coming in the 1st time.

I am unaware of a cool down requirement for the brakes. There is a 3 min cool down requirement for the engines, measured from when the CLs are pulled back after landing, until they can be shut down.

WOW!

@jvandervalk I would never takeoff uphill (nor land downhill). The gradient has more effect than almost any wind. A downhill landing is also dangerous because your base-to-final turn puts the energy vector pointed right at the clubhouse and swimming pool, i.e. if you overshoot you are potentially going to hurt a bunch of people on the ground.

Thanks so much for this vid. I'm not a pilot but have scheduled my 1st lesson! I was amazed by the amount you had to turn the wheel to keep level as you approached the runway. Is that normal? Do you even call it a wheel in an airplane? LOL.

Question: Assume you landed at Mountian Air Airport using normal breaking and reverse as required. If you were doing a quick turn could you depart right away? I am curious if the Mitz requires any "cool down" period on the breaks to meet break energy requiremts as spelled out in the AFM? Thanks -kd

I've thought several times about getting a weekend rental out there and flying my 172 up- but everytime I start planning and see that big fat WARNING SEVERE TURBULENCE AROUND MT MITCHEL box on the sectional. Any words of wisdom about that?

OK, thanks for the quick response and for not correcting my spelling (breaks - brakes).

Great thanks. Matt studant pilot with 27 hrs

Out of curiosity, what's the accelerate stop distance for the MU2...at average weights, etc?

@benspreen Been there a few times. My daughter looked at going there.

Most of the time we call it a yoke, but control wheel is OK. The spoilers in an MU2 require more control wheel deflection at the lower speeds typical of final approach than conventional aileron equipped aircraft. Good luck with your flying lessons.

what is your air speed that you came in at? i hear that the mu-2 has poor low speed roll control from a friend(jvandervalk)

Was the air really choppy on final?

@mtnairpilot do you ever fly out of horace williams airport at unc?

I'm sure I could negotiate the approach and landing fine but a go around is triggered up at all times. I have your same approach speeds but I don't have reverse props. Pretty countryside.

What's the accelerate stop distance for your MU2 ? I know it's a short field machine but mine is not. Ever had to abort a takeoff ?

I's it as loud on the inside as it is outside? I hope not. Louder than a loud of full jets.

looked like a bit of pucker factor going on there

I would not cover that risk with my life. Old pilots, bold pilots, no old bold pilots.

Kind of like a carrier landing without the hook or safety net ? Lol

I have 4500 hours in them things. No big deal.

Holy fuckme..Excuse my language.