Dashi wrote:

Maule is good!

Not necessarily. You'd better be good friends with the person in the other seat
in your row, 'cause there ain't much room. If you bought the 160hp model, the
useful load with full fuel is going to be around 550 lbs. If you bought the 235,
it may be less than that (of course, full fuel is more gallons on that model).
And you won't get anyone into the plane unless they're in real good shape and
pretty flexible (or you have a *big* shoehorn). That big fin makes it a real
bear to handle in any crosswind over about 12 knots (want an audience for your
landing, just announce you're coming in in a Maule when the wind is over 15 and
gusting).

As I said in an earlier post, a 180hp Maule is something to consider, but the
Cessna 180 is a better plane (if you can afford one).

BTW, I own a Maule MX-7-160.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned
no other way.