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Any Cessna 210 owners?
Jim Carter wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Whiting ] Posted At: Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:11 PM Posted To: rec.aviation.owning Conversation: Any Cessna 210 owners? Subject: Any Cessna 210 owners? Mike Adams wrote: "Jim Carter" wrote: I used to be a member of Cessna Pilots Assoc and found access to their 210 documentation quite useful. I'll second that recommendation. The CPA has a wealth of information available including very active discussion forums on all the models, where I'm sure you can get some good input. http://www.cessna.org I'll check to see how much information is available to non-members. Unless the membership is pretty cheap, I don't want to join just to research a purchase. I can definitely see the value though as an owner. Thanks, Matt The membership is less than 10 gallons of 100LL. Depends on where you buy your gas. My local airport sells 10 gallons for $31.50 which is quite a bit less than the $45 membership for CPA, but your point is well taken. It just seems a waste to join a brand organization when you don't even own an airplane. And I'd hate to have to join every other association just to compare a few different airplane models. Matt |
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Any Cessna 210 owners?
mike,
the more i think about it the more i'm persuaded that simply being allowed to monitor the c.p.a. forum is more than worth the cost without all the tons of technical data they have. they even have tech staff at c.p.a. who work full time and answer members questions. some of the regular posters are the people who teach and publish on the subject. i could start naming names but i'd scew it up. very, very impressive group. as a new owner, it's the best avaition money i've spent. matter of fact, there are a lot of people there who don't even have cessnas today. maybe they did before or whatever but they hang around for the quality of the exchanges. dan Mike Adams wrote: "houstondan" wrote: if i were really looking at spending the kind of money a 210 will cost i'd be joining cpa immediately That thought crossed my mind as well. For 45 bucks Matt can get a lot of good information, and trivial in comparison to the other costs of buying an airplane, e.g. pre-buy inspections, travel cost to look at candidate airplanes, title searches, etc. Mike |
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Any Cessna 210 owners?
Guy in the hangar next to me had a strutted 210 for about 5 years. Cost
him a fortune. What an absolute turd. He finally couldn't take it anymore and bought a turbo Aztec. We all laughed and said he'd be the first guy to buy a twin and have his costs go down. We weren't far off. He sunk at least $12K into the gear in those few short years. They are not very fast. It's a 150-155 knot real world airplane. And if it's not fast why would you want one? Matt Whiting wrote: Does anyone here own an older model C210 (strut-wing models)? I'm looking at a 1966 and would like to learn more about the real world costs of operation as compared to the 182 I owned previously. I know the insurance is a lot higher ($3800 vs. $1200), and fuel burn is higher, but what about maintenance costs? Other than the gear saddle, what are the other trouble spots? How much trouble is the gear saddle in actuality? Matt |
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Any Cessna 210 owners?
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Whiting ] Posted At: Saturday, December 30, 2006 6:11 PM Posted To: rec.aviation.owning Conversation: Any Cessna 210 owners? Subject: Any Cessna 210 owners? Mike Adams wrote: "Jim Carter" wrote: I used to be a member of Cessna Pilots Assoc and found access to their 210 documentation quite useful. I'll second that recommendation. The CPA has a wealth of information available including very active discussion forums on all the models, where I'm sure you can get some good input. http://www.cessna.org I'll check to see how much information is available to non-members. Unless the membership is pretty cheap, I don't want to join just to research a purchase. I can definitely see the value though as an owner. Thanks, Matt The membership is less than 10 gallons of 100LL. |
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Any Cessna 210 owners?
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Whiting ] Posted At: Saturday, December 30, 2006 8:35 PM Posted To: rec.aviation.owning Conversation: Any Cessna 210 owners? Subject: Any Cessna 210 owners? .... Depends on where you buy your gas. My local airport sells 10 gallons for $31.50 which is quite a bit less than the $45 membership for CPA, but your point is well taken. It just seems a waste to join a brand organization when you don't even own an airplane. And I'd hate to have to join every other association just to compare a few different airplane models. Matt Dang Matt - can I get that fuel delivered? Seriously though, albeit I don't own a Cessna I do fly them a lot. I've gotten a lot of good info from both CPA and COA that is directly applicable to my needs. The ability to contact them for technical information for $45 a year is still a lot cheaper than most "help desks" -- and they comprehend my question without having to follow some script. I would recommend a "brand organization" rather than a "type club" because they tend to cover an entire manufacturer's line -- in case you occasionally fly different models. For example, there will be information about the 310 and the 140 in the same weekly tech update. |
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Any Cessna 210 owners?
Jim Carter wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Whiting ] Posted At: Saturday, December 30, 2006 8:35 PM Posted To: rec.aviation.owning Conversation: Any Cessna 210 owners? Subject: Any Cessna 210 owners? ... Depends on where you buy your gas. My local airport sells 10 gallons for $31.50 which is quite a bit less than the $45 membership for CPA, but your point is well taken. It just seems a waste to join a brand organization when you don't even own an airplane. And I'd hate to have to join every other association just to compare a few different airplane models. Matt Dang Matt - can I get that fuel delivered? Just land at N38 and you can deliver into your tanks all that you want! :-) Matt |
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