Mike:

Thanks for your reply.

I understand what you are saying. I flew C15x until I got my PP. Then
transitioned to the C172 and it just felt like a heavier C152. When I
started complex training in a C182, now there we are talking about a
heavier airplane. Glad the elevators are balanced so that when you are
at 60Knotts you don't need to have been doing curls with 60# bars!

The Lance I'm starting to consider is not a Turbo. And my PA28 also has
rudder trim (which I get to change on rare occasions). And if I
remember correctly, this one is not a "T" tail. And right you are about
heavy controls for IFR -- I hate these simulators with the light
controls -- I apply the amount of pressure I use in my PA28 (or a
rented C172) and I get 2-8x the reaction.

I am also used to having to carry ballast to fix the CG issues. When my
wife and I are in the plane, I typically stick enough stuff in the
baggage compartment to give me 50# back there. Our PA28 flies and lands
much better that way.

The point about more stuff -- that is why I am wanting to move up. I
want an autopilot, anti-ice, complex a/c and I need to carry 4 adults
with BAGGAGE not shaving kits. This way I can work on my commercial
with my "own" a/c, get both hi-perf and complex signoffs and get my
CFI/I (well, that is the plan). AND I can do the trips that I want in
the weather we have here in Ohio.

But I wanted to ask this goup about issues that I wouldn't otherwise
know about. The C210s do have gear problems. The 337s now have an AD
about the rear engine (you must start it first - because most don't and
then sometimes forget to start it before they pull out on a runway -- I
do know a few 337 owner/pilots).

Later,
Steve.T