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"Mark Astley" wrote in message
... Marco, clip Don't know anything about the M10, sorry. I DO know that the first M20s had wooden wings, if that's true for the M10 then steer well clear. good luck, mark /clip Just for the record, the Mooney M10 Cadet is all-metal. It is really just an Aircoupe with its tail feathers clipped. Mooney bought the Ercoupe/Aircoupe type certificate and started producing the plane after Alon. But they clipped off the most distictive part of the 'Coupe, the twin vertical fins and replace it with their well know Mooney tail. With the twin Tails the plane was placarded as incapable of spinning, under normal CG limits it just could not be made to spin. For better or worse, this was not true once Mooney put their tail on it. In my opinion, Mooney did Fred Weick's design a great disservice. The M10 may be a great little plane, but it just ain't the same bird. Mitch Hines Alon A-2 Aircoupe N6369V Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible. - Simon Newcomb, 1902 |
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On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Mitch Hines wrote:
not true once Mooney put their tail on it. In my opinion, Mooney did Fred Weick's design a great disservice. The M10 may be a great little plane, but it just ain't the same bird. I think they probably did it because they wanted a conventional trainer. Although I hated the M10, I have to admit it generated a LOT of attention when I would taxi into an airport. Not to many people have seen one. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Say NO to useless over-quoting! Just quote a few lines to get the point across, not the whole goddamn thing, OK? Thanks! :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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