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Ah, still a nice ride. I have friends with 180s and they are what sold me on the Comanche line.

Ah yes, you are gonna love the Comanche 250. It's a nice sweet spot in GA aircraft. Climbs as good as a twin, decently fast on 12.5-14gph, great useful load, hard to load out of CG, great handling but still a challenge (landings), I can go on for a while....Looks like you got a later serial...

The P-Navajo is a completely different animal than the baby Navajo with IO-540s. I don’t think there are any similarities between the two, save, the name. It’s a piston Cheyenne, not a pressurized Navajo. I think they are beautiful but as much or more maintenance than a Duke.

I did state that the 335 would be the upper end of the budget, for sure. Figure 32gph @ $5/gal = $160hr, $6000 annual at 125hr/yr = $48hr, insurance (obviously varies)$4000yr at 125hr = $32hr all of which is $240hr. This doesn't include prop reserves or engine reserves, but unless you are...

Piper PA31 Navajo would work too. I've never flown one but I hear they fly great and aren't crazy on maintenance (at least that's what my A&P says).

How about the Cessna 335? Its a non-pressurized Cessna 340. Useful load over 2000lbs, no complicated pressurization, de-iced, full fuel useful load at around 1000lbs, 200-215KTAS, cabin class and checks all your boxes above. Might be really close to your $250hr

This is Exciting!!!!

Turbine power will most certainly price a lot people out of that market. Keep it competitively priced with a RV10 or Sling Tsi and you will have a winner! I like the idea of using different engines to keep prices from skyrocketing, for example the TSIO-360. A 210HP turbo 4 seater would be a...

The Comanche 180 is still a nice plane but may seem underpowered due to all of its big brothers. After flying my 250 and regularly seeing 1500+ft/min, pretty much any 180hp airplane will feel underpowered in the climb. Fuel burn isn’t a big difference either. At 160kts (speed mods) above 8000ft...

I agree but when you consider the next closest priced NEW Twin is the PA44 Seminole at $700,000, it seems like a good deal. They have very similar performance (ROC, Single engine performance, range, useful load) except the Seminole is 10-20kts faster on nearly double the fuel. For the same base...

Because sometimes it'll show a 40-55kt xwind, 10kt headwind but my wind correction angle is only 5-10degrees into the wind. Using the ole' wiz wheel shows that the correction angle should be triple that with 55kts from the left. In less wind, it seems more accurate though. I'm not complaining...

How this hasn’t happened yet is beyond me. You’d think they could beef up the structure where needed and add all weather capabilities. Basically compete with the Diamond DA42 but with an all metal high wing design that runs on mogas.

I have the wind data on the G5's too. Thought it would be an awesome "geewiz" thing but honestly I could care less. The winds aloft data seems to be off by about 5-10kts and the true airspeed I always had on my steam gauge airspeed. I still cross check it and they always match.

Damn, we basically have the same setup except I have the GTX-33ES remote transponder! I love the setup.

I'd love to see someone bring back the White Lightning. This plane and the Bellanca SkyRocket III are designs that deserve another shot.

G5’s, Stec30 GPSS, Garmin 480, King KX-125, GTX33ES remote transponder, JDM700. I love the setup!

It was actually mentioned in the 4th post. I too was wondering how this turned into MooneySpace. On a side note, I climb full throttle and 2500 with my O-540, but I'm at 25 squared in less than 3mins (thanks to a 1200-1400ft/min climb rate). The 235/250/260 HP Lycoming 540 was not certified with...

Im just with the group that think N-numbers are more useful information. In particular I use type and abbreviated N-number, Comanche 8-9er PAPA. Using a specific identity gives you a better idea of sequencing, but the comment that I responded to seems to think N-numbers are meant for reading...

As a controller I find the color/type combo annoying. Do people really think the N-number is meant to be read air to air? That can't be, people really aren't that dumb are they?

I agree with most, you'll need FIKI capabilities. There is a great airplane that doesn't get a lot of love and fits your mission. The Socata TB-20 or TB-21. I'd recommend my Comanche 250 but it is old enough to be Jesus' airplane and it's not an all weather platform. The TB-20/TB-21 has nearly...