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Old 9th Mar 2008, 07:39
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ForkTailedDrKiller
 
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The V35 is perhaps the classic S/E GA aircraft of them all
Hard to argue with that!

For anyone who has forgotten what "sex with wings" (no, not the ugly mug in the left front seat) looks like:



Having said that it needs to be said again, there's nothing out there in the world of piston singles that will do what a 210 can do. And that includes the G36
If fact the G36 does not stack up well against the C210, or earlier A36s. Beechcraft got pretty slack with increasing weight of the aircraft as it gained more bells and whistles. The end result is that the G36 will not carry what earlier A36s will.

When I win Lotto I will go to the States and buy a low time, nil prang, high engine time, pre-G36. Have a turbo-normalised IO550 fitted. Have it completely refurbished (with conventional seating), new avionics stack, etc - and live happily ever after in Bonza heaven!

I have recently flown a 91 model A36 (IO550 engine) and in the next couple of weeks I get to run in a C210N with a new IO550. Will be interesting to compare the two.

Dr

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