Just recieved this message this morning of the new Mooney Acclaim 2 door. No mention of the cost. It does have a centre section panel stand by instruments and cup holders too.

Starting at $769K

http://www.mooney.com/en/AcclaimUltra.html

Not in the market for a factory new airplane (yet!), but I would seriously consider it if I was looking at Cirrii.

Come on Beech! Let's see if you can do the same with the Bonanza (although I understand how Mooney's steel cage makes this easier).

Never thought any manufacturer would add a pilot door to piston airplane that's been around forever. Nice move.

Like the center stack and interior too.

It's a great improvement, but only a dyed in the wool marketing executive would call this a new model.

The interior looks great.

Looks good.
First thing I thought was Trinidad/Tribago.

I never understood why most low wings only have one door.

Structural integrity,
torsional rigidity.

Junk door handles and Glaresheild for the cost...

GB

As if one POS door wasn't enough ...

I would think weight but that makes sense also. Do the smaller Beechcraft with 2 doors ever have issues attributed to this? Are all of the pipers single door also?

This should be exhibit A in the case against the FAA. Can you imagine how much work and money went into this for so little improvement over a decades old design.

Supposedly it's more than just a door. I read it's a carbon fiber fuselage over a steel roll cage. Reduced build time and better fit/finish.

Here is a thorough article covering the announcement and changes:

http://flyinglists.com/docs/MooneyFlyer ... cement.pdf



It is a nice evolution. I wish we could get a gross weight increase, though, as utility is quite limited with the latest versions. (Just like every other manufacturer except maybe Cirrus after their last update.)

It might just be a 3 passenger aircraft finally 1000lbs useful load. No doubt of it's rigidity, the tube cage is well built on all mooney's

I'm not sure why manufacturers aren't more focused on weight reduction for greater useful load. Maybe they have research that shows it wouldn't help sales any. Maybe most buyers are flying solo or +1, or over gross.