To Pawnee or not to Pawnee...that is the question...

On Monday, October 15, 2007 7:16:11 PM UTC-4, Travis Beach wrote:
Our club has a Piper Pawnee 235hp in excellent condition.
We just spent $35000 five years ago to completely overhaul
her...new fabric, new engine, anything that needed
to be replaced was...

Heres the rub...we are in the middle of a new two place
acquisition with the club making a decision about getting
a new two place intermediate performance. We were about
to drop the hammer when a very vocal minority raised
the issue of PAWNEE needing to be replaced citing extreme
maintenance cost (???) and inability to get parts.
He/She cited the local aero repair facility as his/her
source of information...Many of us just dont see this
as a problem. The replacement that was cited was a
Husky 180HP...I just dont see the reasoning of such
a switch...I surely would rather two a heavier two
place with a proven performer with 235 hp vs a 180...

What say you? Discuss...should we scrap the Pawnee
in favor of a Husky?

Beach

must be single place glass your towing with the scout and husky, no comparison between the 2 and a 235-260 pawnee, not safe hauling our ask21 loaded with anything but the pawnee, my old club had pawnees and a scout and the scout was seldom used, not enough HP, and we only towed the light gliders with it, you just can't replace horse power.