Originally Posted by
tartare
That Maule is a damn fine aircraft - just finished reading the brochure.
By all accounts they are.
I haven't actually poled one around, but have done a few sorties into airstrips in the RHS.
It was a MXT7 180HP with CSU.
Seems to fly well, and good for strip work by all accounts.
They have Fabric rear fuse and tail feathers, solid wing from memory.
Can be bought new for significantly less than the C172.
They don't look as nice as a C172, and they have two bars going from the ceiling to the centre of the dash, so the C172 is better in that regard.