Flying a Maule
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Flying a Maule
Never flown one myself. Can anyone highlight the good and bad points about these aircraft with a view to owning and flying them? As i understand it they're good STOL machines and can lift 4 folk and cruise at about 100kts. I'm guessing though.
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Maules are great airplanes. No particular bad habits. It's a light airplane with limited performance. Bear that in mind when filling it with fuel and passengers. If you get a conventional gear maule (who really wants one with a nosewheel?), it's subject to the same limitations and considerations as any other aircraft with a tailwheel.
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I bought one!
... in January. MX7 180B
FANTASTIC
4 small pax with no luggage and 7 hours endurance!
or 3 normal pax and luggage and same!
Lifts off like a homesick angel (as they like to say in the US), lands on a quarter. Tricky in a strong crosswind (for that ready sweaty!!!!
)
I'm flying her back 'over the top' in June.
Best is to pm me - lots of advice (and some of it may even be useful!).
Sam.
FANTASTIC
4 small pax with no luggage and 7 hours endurance!
or 3 normal pax and luggage and same!
Lifts off like a homesick angel (as they like to say in the US), lands on a quarter. Tricky in a strong crosswind (for that ready sweaty!!!!
)I'm flying her back 'over the top' in June.
Best is to pm me - lots of advice (and some of it may even be useful!).
Sam.
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Sam,
I'm insanely jealous!
Out of interest, what's the difference between the oleo gear and the spring aluminum (apart from 50lbs or so of weight & a slightly wider track)? Just wondering if the SA confers a significant handling advantage.
I do rather like the customisation options offered on the Maule website
I'm insanely jealous!
Out of interest, what's the difference between the oleo gear and the spring aluminum (apart from 50lbs or so of weight & a slightly wider track)? Just wondering if the SA confers a significant handling advantage.I do rather like the customisation options offered on the Maule website
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I don't know! Mine has oleo, and I have never flown spring.
LOTS of options - if you are planning on buying new, perhaps best to find out the specific ones which are difficult/impossible to fit afterwards (skylight being one item which mine does not have and is not practicable to fit post-construction).
For infor to other poster, I get TAS of 120kts, at 9.5gph!
Safe flights, Sam.
LOTS of options - if you are planning on buying new, perhaps best to find out the specific ones which are difficult/impossible to fit afterwards (skylight being one item which mine does not have and is not practicable to fit post-construction).
For infor to other poster, I get TAS of 120kts, at 9.5gph!
Safe flights, Sam.
