Best Plane for the Money

jason said:
Or buy a different Comanche. 430w/530w + tip tanks + a nice autopilot and it would be a hell of a traveling machine.
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And a fuel pig,,,,,,, IO-720/400 has 8 cylinders to feed and care for..
 
Tom-D said:
And a fuel pig,,,,,,, IO-720/400 has 8 cylinders to feed and care for..
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Who said anything about an IO-720? I'm essentially talking about the equivalent of Ed's plane...which, I'm pretty sure, is an IO-540.
 
jason said:
Who said anything about an IO-720? I'm essentially talking about the equivalent of Ed's plane...which, I'm pretty sure, is an IO-540.
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Is Ed'a a 250 or 260? IIRC the 250 is an O-540.
 
jason said:
It's a 250



Right...but a 540. What do you burn in cruise? 12-14ish?
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9k, 2300rpm, WOT, 12.5gph, 150ktas

today I was 7500, 2300rpm, WOT, 13.5gph 155ktas
 
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