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Since when does "popular" equal "best"?
Since never. But they are related. The "best" may not be resellable or maintainable if it is not also popular. |
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As a glider driver I'm most intrigued by the Cirrus SR22 and Diamond
DA40. Glass slippers are cool. No interest in dirt strips, but it will probably be necessary at some point! -tuno |
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In a previous article, Tuno said:
As a glider driver I'm most intrigued by the Cirrus SR22 and Diamond DA40. Glass slippers are cool. Don't know about the Cirrus, but the DA-40 has a useful load that sucks compared to a Piper Archer or Dakota. Again, you need to define your needs, and find a plane to meet it, rather than saying "that plane looks cool". -- Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/ "But you've got to hand it to IBM, they know how to design hardware. The servers all had handles to pick them up and throw them out of the window...." --Juergen Nieveler in the Monastery |
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"Dave" wrote in message . net... Maule, Good capable aircraft in both tricycle and tail wheel versions. ...and it can tow a glider. Vaughn |
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Have been Mauled in my glider many times
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Don't know about the Cirrus, but the DA-40 has a useful load that sucks
compared to a Piper Archer or Dakota. EVERYTHING has a crappy useful load compared to a Dakota. Well, except a Cherokee Six -- same plane with a longer body. (Or a Cessna 206, which does the same thing but with a WAY bigger engine.) We've got the Pathfinder, Tuno, which is what the Dakota evolved from. We also have four people in our family, and the Pathfinder is one of the few planes that can carry an honest four adults, with 150 pounds of luggage AND full fuel. 1460 pounds is a wonderful thing when you're talking useful load. And 84 gallons means that you don't have to stop for fuel as often. We've flown ours in the desert Southwest, without difficulties. With 235 horsepower, density altitudes aren't quite as critical. My suggestion: Go to Oshkosh in the next 7 days. You'll be able to check out every make and model of GA aircraft that has ever been made. Talking and reading about them simply can't compare to kicking the tires and touching the wings. We leave in 90 minutes.... :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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On Jul 20, 5:29 pm, "Howard Nelson" wrote:
"Tuno" wrote in message ups.com... Transportation for family of four. Mostly VFR but some IFR. Rarely more than 1000 miles one-way. Southwest USA. Easy choice C182 or C182T God, why? Unless he's also hauling granite why would me want to burn that much fuel to go slow? Sure, an 18 wheeler can haul everything you need but not everyone needs to haul that much. As you putt around at 130 knots in the C-182 some guy is going to zip by you on the same fuel doing 200 knots in a Mooney. -Robert |
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On Jul 22, 5:45 am, Jay Honeck wrote:
We've got the Pathfinder, Tuno, which is what the Dakota evolved from. We also have four people in our family, and the Pathfinder is one of the few planes that can carry an honest four adults, with 150 pounds of luggage AND full fuel. What does "full fuel" mean? In my plane full fuel is about 7 hours of flight, is that useful? -Robert |
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Jay,
the Pathfinder is one of the few planes that can carry an honest four adults, with 150 pounds of luggage AND full fuel. IOW, the tanks are too small. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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Thomas Borchert wrote:
Jay, the Pathfinder is one of the few planes that can carry an honest four adults, with 150 pounds of luggage AND full fuel. IOW, the tanks are too small. As is the fuselage. Matt |
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