john smith wrote:

Newps wrote:

And to top it off this was the annual work party weekend at our
wilderness airstrip about 40 SE of Kalispell. I am this close to
selling my 182 and buying an S35 Bonanza that was there. I am looking
at some performance numbers now and if the Bo doesn't give away too
much short field performance I am going to buy it.


Do a W&B/C&G comparison for full and empty weights before you sell the 182.

That's one of the items I'm going to do. The Bo has more useful load
although I don't have to run CG numbers on my 182. It can't be loaded
out either the front or rear CG, full tanks or empty. The Bo has a much
larger baggage area and I really like the ability to remove the rear
seats individually.