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"Sideways step?"
You asked about an aircraft for a mission, The Robin is that aircraft for that Mission at a price not far off the cost of the warrior. I have flown and maintaned most of the aircraft quoted by people in posts above, all the retractable gear and wobbly props will add at least 50% to your costs, 15% to your speed and 20% to the take off & landing distance required.
The Robin is not a hard aircraft to fly but it requires a bit more skill to get the very best from it and I find a very rewarding aircraft to fly, it is at home on the smallest of farm strips or flying an ILS down to 200 ft.
It is probably not as "club house sexy" as some of the other kit quoted above but after 11,000 hours flying I don't realy care if it is only a sideways step from a Warrior I like flying it !