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Post subject: Cessna 210L/M vs Mooney 231/252 M20K Posted: 12 May 2015, 13:41 |
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Joined: 08/30/13 Posts: 417 Post Likes: +71 Company: Cruce Aircraft Services Location: KPGD
Aircraft: Learjet 55, C-310
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Speed, useful, load, parts? Which one one is better?
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Post subject: Re: Cessna 210L/M vs Mooney 231/252 M20K Posted: 12 May 2015, 14:07 |
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Joined: 08/30/13 Posts: 417 Post Likes: +71 Company: Cruce Aircraft Services Location: KPGD
Aircraft: Learjet 55, C-310
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How about, which one would you buy and why?
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Post subject: Re: Cessna 210L/M vs Mooney 231/252 M20K Posted: 12 May 2015, 14:09 |
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Joined: 12/24/10 Posts: 91 Post Likes: +91 Location: Charleston, SC
Aircraft: C-182
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Those are vastly different aircraft. To get any real answers, you need to define your mission.
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Post subject: Re: Cessna 210L/M vs Mooney 231/252 M20K Posted: 12 May 2015, 14:38 |
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Joined: 08/30/13 Posts: 417 Post Likes: +71 Company: Cruce Aircraft Services Location: KPGD
Aircraft: Learjet 55, C-310
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Just a private travel machine. Sometimes 800NM to Florida with 4 pax. I don't know whether a m20k has the load to carry 4 and bags.
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Post subject: Re: Cessna 210L/M vs Mooney 231/252 M20K Posted: 12 May 2015, 14:39 |
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Joined: 11/08/12 Posts: 12805 Post Likes: +5255 Location: Jackson, MS (KHKS)
Aircraft: 1961 Cessna 172
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Username Protected wrote: Just a private travel machine. Sometimes 800NM to Florida with 4 pax. I don't know whether a m20k has the load to carry 4 and bags. No. 210 much better for 4 adults plus bags on a long trip.
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Post subject: Re: Cessna 210L/M vs Mooney 231/252 M20K Posted: 12 May 2015, 15:59 |
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Joined: 05/13/14 Posts: 8955 Post Likes: +7388 Location: Central Texas (KTPL)
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Username Protected wrote: Just a private travel machine. Sometimes 800NM to Florida with 4 pax. I don't know whether a m20k has the load to carry 4 and bags. It does not, unless you're talking four Kenyan marathon runners, each with a small 1lb duffle. If you need to fill all four seats and go 800 miles without stopping, rule out most, if not all Mooneys.
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Post subject: Re: Cessna 210L/M vs Mooney 231/252 M20K Posted: 12 May 2015, 16:06 |
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Joined: 02/23/14 Posts: 1555 Post Likes: +1326 Location: KCOU
Aircraft: PA-28 / C-182
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On the mooney at 10k what would the fuel flow look like to fly at 67-69 knots? And on the 210 the same at about 85 knots. I don't have a poh for either.
_________________ John Chancellor PPL ASEL, AGI, IGI In memory of the victims of the Dictatorship
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Post subject: Re: Cessna 210L/M vs Mooney 231/252 M20K Posted: 12 May 2015, 17:30 |
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Joined: 01/16/11 Posts: 11068 Post Likes: +7095 Location: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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Tell em why Thomas, tell em why...... Mooney's are efficient and damn cheap to maintain in my 8 years of ownership. Engine compartment is a little tight 
_________________ ---Rusty Shoe Keeper---
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Post subject: Re: Cessna 210L/M vs Mooney 231/252 M20K Posted: 12 May 2015, 18:00 |
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Joined: 05/29/10 Posts: 3949 Post Likes: +1101 Company: Advanced Pilot Seminars Aust. Location: Brisbane Qld Australia
Aircraft: RV-10....ssshhh!
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But if it won't carry the load……half price insurance is 100% waste. A good 210 is a good machine But now that you are in a bigger machine an A36 is also in the race.
_________________ David Brown
The two best investments you can make, by any financial test, an EMS and APS!
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Post subject: Re: Cessna 210L/M vs Mooney 231/252 M20K Posted: 12 May 2015, 18:07 |
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Joined: 08/18/12 Posts: 764 Post Likes: +157 Company: D.J. Williams, Inc. Location: Lake Mary, FL
Aircraft: T-210
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Well, I've had both. The Mooney was a little tight for four passengers and very little luggage. Currently have a '78 T210. It has the 300hp TSIO-520R and is an awesome plane. I usually carry four adults, full fuel, and fill all the empty space with cargo when we go on trips.
Dave
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Post subject: Re: Cessna 210L/M vs Mooney 231/252 M20K Posted: 12 May 2015, 18:16 |
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Joined: 09/03/10 Posts: 273 Post Likes: +45 Location: KFCM
Aircraft: A36
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Most M20Ks (231). Will have useful of 900 to 940 lbs depending on equipment. Flight plan for 155kts down low and 170kts 12k. Faster higher and oxy. Leg room for 4 pax Plus 4 carry on sized bags. Not 4 clubs. Do the math on weights and range. Fuel burn from 12 to 14.5 gph depending on power and alt ROP.
Find one with the LB engine and intercooler. Or spring for a 252. Great aircraft for a 900 useful turbocharged mission. If you don't fly much above 9k then buy a standard M20. Also join mapa and a shop that specializes in money's.
Never owned a 210 so no comment on that AC
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