MU2 Landing At Mountain Air NC

MU2B-60 (Marquise) departing AVL (Asheville, NC) for a 27 nm flight to 2NC0 (Mountain Air, NC -- Private). Demonstrates the short field capabilities of the MU2 (runway is 2785' long @ 4500' MSL -- no overruns). Credits to Greg "The Colonel" Mink for the videography and to Nate Bergeron for all editing/post production work.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• MU2
• Mitsubishi
• Marquise
• Turboprop
• Aircraft
• Airplane
• Landing
• Mits
• Mountain Air

[benspreen]

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)

[mtnairpilot]

@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.

[benspreen]

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

[mtnairpilot]

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

[mtnairpilot]

@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.

[jvandervalk]

@mtnairpilot Thanks for the very quick response! I have another question, do you always takeoff downhill(14) or can you takeoff uphill also?

[mtnairpilot]

@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.

[jvandervalk]

What altitude do you fly the pattern at in the MU-2 when at 2NC0?

[jmillski1]

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?

[12Jetdiver55]

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