Originally Posted by Bookworm
Sounds like the Mooney 201 and friends, introduced around 1980. The max demonstrated is 11 knots (exactly 0.2 Vso). I also remember 17 knots as being the number that stuck in my mind as delimiting the routine from the ... interesting landings. Crosswind take-offs were challenging too.
Bookworm - I was thinking the same thing as I was reading John's post.
If I remember correctly, your aircraft was a later J. Out of interest - was the 17 knots transition level with full, half or zero flaps? Did you have any personal guidelines for how much flaps you'd use with different levels of crosswind?