It is possible to overload an A36 out the back of the envelope - as a woman demonstrated at YBAF many years ago. Failed to stay airborne after departing off the 4800' main runway - ended up in a creek off the western end.
hiya Doc - you're referring to the ditz who didn't check the trim, but looked at the setting scale and read the 'U' with the lubber line across it as an '0' and assumed it was set to Takeoff (which is actually 3-6 degress anyway)....?
The thing lifted off at about 45-50 kt and staggered across the boundary with her unable to exert enough down force on the yoke to make the thing level into a normal attitude, tried to trim it down by turning the trim wheel the wrong way, and didn't just shut the power off when it lifted of waaay too slow.
I've driven the FTDK and the straight Bonza in VMC and IMC, at night and by day....the A36 is a very nice aeroplane, so is the V35. Anyone who wants a lesson in what a really NASTY stall feels like, get an experienced driver to demo an accelerated partial power turning stall in a FTDK......
Don't spend close on a mil to buy a new one though.....get a 2nd hand B36TC in the States for 250-300K, paint and interior it, retrofit a G600(?) I think it is...the aftermarket equivalent of the G1000, and enjoy.
