Originally Posted by bushy
It is a better short field aircraft than the 206...
Been thinking about this one Bushy -nothing personal man... but jeez -you're kidding yeah? If that's been your experience, somebody just ain't flying the 206 right!!! I've done an admittedly little time in the P68 (was never partial to it), a fair bit on the 206 (wheels & floats) and some on 207 (pig)... no way the P68 is going to outperform a 206 in short-field or load-lifting abilities. Sorry man, just no way. It's just not up to it; was never designed, built or intended for that role. It shines at getting a ****-load of performance (speed) out of a minimum of horsepower, coupled with
a little utility.
You are comparing the show-pony P68 with the Clydesdale 206. No way will the P68 come out on top when there's work to be done -otherwise, PNG & similar spots would've been full of them!!!
