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Post subject: Malibu vs 421 Posted: 07 Aug 2018, 03:28 |
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Joined: 07/10/17 Posts: 79 Post Likes: +39
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Suppose my mission is to carry no more than four people (that includes the pilot) at high speed for long range (more than 600nm).
It seems a Malibu is just as fast at half the operating cost. And easier to fly. And fairly comfortable.
Am I missing anything? Am I wrong?
-trying to pick my next fantasy plane.
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Post subject: Re: Malibu vs 421 Posted: 07 Aug 2018, 07:45 |
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Joined: 06/09/09 Posts: 4573 Post Likes: +3298
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Username Protected wrote: Suppose my mission is to carry no more than four people (that includes the pilot) at high speed for long range (more than 600nm).
It seems a Malibu is just as fast at half the operating cost. And easier to fly. And fairly comfortable.
Am I missing anything? Am I wrong?
-trying to pick my next fantasy plane. The big question for many is how well to you fit in the pilots seat (and how easily can you get into it). For me it was to tight.
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Post subject: Re: Malibu vs 421 Posted: 07 Aug 2018, 08:01 |
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Joined: 11/08/12 Posts: 12799 Post Likes: +5226 Location: Jackson, MS (KHKS)
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Username Protected wrote: The big question for many is how well to you fit in the pilots seat (and how easily can you get into it). For me it was to tight.
I'm 6'3". I fit OK. I've long said, the problem with the Malibu/Meridian cockpit is the size of the pilot's wallet. If it's too thick you won't fit!
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Post subject: Re: Malibu vs 421 Posted: 07 Aug 2018, 10:19 |
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Joined: 05/13/14 Posts: 8340 Post Likes: +6549 Location: Central Texas (KTPL)
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I think one of the biggest knocks against the Malibu series is the wingspan, just in terms of hangar fit. A Malibu doesn't it in many/most t-hangars. Otherwise, I think it would be my next step up from an A36. But then I'd have to have a small hamburger getter, thus requiring more hangar space.
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Post subject: Re: Malibu vs 421 Posted: 07 Aug 2018, 11:23 |
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Joined: 12/16/07 Posts: 17603 Post Likes: +21335 Company: Real Estate development Location: Addison -North Dallas(ADS), Texas
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If I went back to a single, hard to beat the capabilities of the Malibu/Mirage. I was at FL200 in the KA a couple weeks ago and a Malibu was was flying right with me at FL230 talking to center. Wish Beech made a pressurized single. That being said, if you open the front cowling, they've stuffed ten pounds of stuff in six pound bag. Can be tight to work on up there, and as has been said, you're flying long cross-country flights in the flight levels with a plane that's got all the systems, but not near the capability of what many other planes with that mission have. In my C90, I can be to FL200 in 12 minutes with an unrestricted climb at 140 IAS just for comparison purposes, and bleed air for boots, but much more expensive to fly and maintain.
_________________ Dave Siciliano, ATP
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Post subject: Re: Malibu vs 421 Posted: 07 Aug 2018, 18:00 |
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Joined: 01/31/10 Posts: 13101 Post Likes: +6970
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Username Protected wrote: 421 has higher wing loading by 10lbs (A little better in turbulence)i think, and lots of places for baggage- nacelles/ nose baggage is huge. If a cruise ship is “a little better” than a ski boat in rough seas, then yes the 421 is a little better in turbulence.
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