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Old 5th Mar 2016, 01:30
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The Ancient Geek
 
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Your requirements are simply incompatible, you can either have speed or short strip capability. These 2 require totally different wing designs, you cannot have both.
Rather buy something fast with long range etc and rent a 182 when you need to get into shorter strips.

One other factor which seldom gets a mention is accessibility. Some people, especially as we get older, do not find it easy to climb over the wing to enter so high wing types such as the 182 are more practical.
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