Mooney Acclaim Type S

FLYING Staff

Friday, January 23, 2009 at 10:00 AM ET

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Mooney Acclaim Type S Robert Goyer

Key Takeaways:

The Mooney Acclaim Type S is highlighted as an exceptionally fast piston single, achieving speeds up to 242 knots due to its 280 hp Continental engine and aerodynamic enhancements like a new propeller and improved seals.
It offers versatile performance, excelling at high altitudes for maximum speed but also providing efficient and respectable cruise speeds in the mid-teens, suitable for long-range and regional travel.
Described as a "sports car" of the sky, it provides a compact, luxurious flying experience and includes features like speed brakes that aid pilots in managing descents and landings of this high-performance aircraft.

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There are many things to love about the turbocharged Mooney Acclaim, more than 230 of those things, in fact, and the Type S follow-on has a few more to add to the mix, bringing the total, according to Mooney’s accounting, to 242 … knots, that is.

The Continental TSIO-550-equipped Acclaim has been around for a couple of years now, and it’s been a great seller for Mooney. It was the successor to the Bravo, which was powered by a turbocharged 270 hp Lycoming TIO-540. I’ve had a chance to fly the Bravo, and it’s a nice airplane, a near 220-knot cruiser at 25,000 feet that can do around 200 knots in the mid-teens, where most pilots wind up operating these airplanes.