rn
-
MOONEY-
OWNERS
MANUAL
DESIGN FEATURES
/
The
MOONEY
CHAPARRAL
is
a low- wing four-place air-
craftwith
a
retractable gear. Afourcylinder enginepowers
the aircraft for economical, high-performance flight. Li-
censing under Federal Aviation Administration regulations
assures that your Mooney meets the requirements of Nor-
mal
Category aircraft.
AIRFRAME
Theairframe
has
awelded, tubular- steelcabinstructure en-
closed
in
sheet-aluminum skins. Stressed skins rivet
to
main andauxiliary spars
in
the wing, stabilizer, and ver-
tical fin. Thelaminar- flow wing
has
fullwrap-around skins
with flush riveting over the forward top
two
thirds of the
wing
area.
For pitchtrim control, the empennagepivotsonthe aftfuse-
lage.
A
torque- tube-driven
jack
screw, bolted
to
the
rear
tail cone bulkhead, sets the stabilizer angle.
The forward-opening cabin door provides access to both
front and rear seats. The baggage compartment
door
is
abovethe wingtrailing edgeto enable baggageloading from
the ground.
POWER PLANT
The powerplant
is
a four-cylinder fuel-injectedengine that
develops
200
horsepower.
A
60-ampere 12-volt alternator
supplies ampleelectrical power for allstandard andoption-
al
equipment at all engine speeds from warmup to
flight
power settings.
t"
The hydraulic propeller governor, using oil pressure for
increasing blade pitch
to
control engine speed, regulates
the controllable-pitc
h
constant-speed propeller. Spring
and blade aerodynamic forces decrease blade pitch.
