Hummer vs Skylane

IMHO the H1 Hummer looks good but the H2 does not.

Mike
MU-2


"Newps" wrote in message
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Guy Byars wrote:
I just realized that my Skylane gets about the same gas mileage as a
Hummer.
I burn about 13gal per hour and go about 130 knots... 10nm per gallon, or
11.5 miles per gallon. Now granted I am going in a straight line, and 3
times as fast, but still that is awful mileage. Now my old Cessna 140
did
a lot better, 105mph at 5gph... more like about 20 miles per gallon.

But the 182 looks good while converting all that money to noise. The
Hummer is a god awful looking contraption. More befitting a low wing
driver.

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.



Mike Rapoport wrote:

IMHO the H1 Hummer looks good but the H2 does not.

Mike
MU-2


"Newps" wrote in message
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Guy Byars wrote:

I just realized that my Skylane gets about the same gas mileage as a
Hummer.
I burn about 13gal per hour and go about 130 knots... 10nm per gallon, or
11.5 miles per gallon. Now granted I am going in a straight line, and 3
times as fast, but still that is awful mileage. Now my old Cessna 140
did
a lot better, 105mph at 5gph... more like about 20 miles per gallon.

But the 182 looks good while converting all that money to noise. The
Hummer is a god awful looking contraption. More befitting a low wing
driver.

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.

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.

Newps wrote:
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.

The Bo's C/G moves aft with fuel burn, making it easy to get outside the
envelope. I have had to leave people behind because the C/G was
calculated to be beyond the aft limit for landing.

Newps wrote:

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.

Had a chance to buy a Bo once and missed it. Go for it.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.