~^ beancounter ~^ wrote:
so, "bang for the buck" avg mileage costs and
staying w/in the "cessna family", what is gained
by moving from a 182rg to a t210? not much, ea?

a few miles per hour and a lot of $$.....


At this level of airplane why do you want to stay in the Cessna family?
I owned a 182 for seven years and on a whim decided to sell to buy my
Bonanza. The difference in build quality is huge. The Cessna's were
designed to be as light as possible for their given mission. And it
shows. Things break on Cessna's that don't on Beech products, simply
because they rattle apart. Go find any Bonanza or Debonair and get a
ride. You'll notice how solid it feels right away. You pay for that in
a higher empty weight. My Bo, a 1964 S35, 6 seat, weighs 2000 pounds
empty. I would think similar Bo's and 210's have pretty close to the
same mileage as they are pretty close in speed. Mine is not turbo and I
get 178 kts true at 14.5 gph. If you're looking for mileage I get
135-140 knots true on 8.5 gph. Maintenence has been different than the
182. A lot less breaks, very rarely do I have something break, been
into this for 2 1/2 years now. Annuals a little higher. The gear on a
Bo will always cost less to maintain than a comparable Cessna, it's just
built better. The gear on my plane is the same as on a Baron weighing
2000 pounds more. Plus the Cessna gear is way more complex, much more
can go wrong.