"Stu Gotts" wrote in message
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Compare the climb and useful weight to a sicilian aircraft, say a
Bonanza with the same HP.

Compare the cabin. Compare the room of an Acura with a Civic.


On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 10:57:03 -0500, "Dan Luke"
wrote:

"Stu Gotts" wrote:

260 HP is "underpowered"?

HP isn't the factor. Look at the speeds those 260 ponies
are taking you.

?Huh? The airplane is underpowered but HP isn't the factor?

Commanders are slower than comparable airplanes because they sacrifice
speed for roominess; their fuselage cross section is larger. It would
take a lot more horsepower to raise the cruise speed appreciably, at
the cost of range or payload.