The Sundowner is not exactly a sprightly climber either. Great airplane, solid
and lots of room. Just slower than a 172/archer and not quite the same climb
rate.

Dylan Smith wrote:

In article , The Weiss Family wrote:
I've also been looking at a Musketeer. It needs radios, but it has 5 SMOH
on the IO-346.

The IO-346 is an orphaned engine, and since you were looking at a Hawk
XP due to density altitude issues, you'll have the same climb problem
with a IO-346 engined Mouse as you would with a regular C172. The
Musketeer to look for is actually called a Sundowner, and has a 180hp
engine which isn't orphaned. There's also the 200hp Super Musketeer, but
these are a bit hard to find.

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