BeechTalk - BT - Cessna 206 -- I want to know

Username Protected · **Posted:** 16 Jul 2020, 19:53

Username Protected wrote:

One of the reasons I like Cessna's in general is the two front doors. I didn't realize you can have a pax AND cargo doors on a 206, I don't think I would trade the passenger door for cargo doors but would sure love to have both. Especially if I was hauling elk racks. :thumbup:

I would take a utility door over a passenger door any day.......I mean how else is one going to load a barrel of wine

Username Protected · **Posted:** 16 Jul 2020, 20:04

Username Protected wrote:

One of the reasons I like Cessna's in general is the two front doors. I didn't realize you can have a pax AND cargo doors on a 206, I don't think I would trade the passenger door for cargo doors but would sure love to have both. Especially if I was hauling elk racks. :thumbup:

I would take a utility door over a passenger door any day.......I mean how else is one going to load a barrel of wine

Username Protected · **Posted:** 16 Jul 2020, 20:51

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Haha thats great. Somewhere I remember seeing a photo of a full size dirtbike in a 206 which is what I always picture when I think of cargo doors.

In my case, I carry people more often than large items and I've fit some impressive sized stuff through the baggage door which is why I said that. Definitely would love to have both.

If Jim C. sees this thread, maybe he will post that picture, it is his plane. But I thought it was a motorcycle, not a dirt bike.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 20 Jul 2020, 17:14

Username Protected wrote:

Or a 205:

https://www.controller.com/listings/air ... cessna-205

essentially a fixed gear 210.

RAS

Yep, a "205" correct model number is a 210-5

Username Protected · **Posted:** 20 Jul 2020, 18:07

Username Protected wrote:

Haha thats great. Somewhere I remember seeing a photo of a full size dirtbike in a 206 which is what I always picture when I think of cargo doors.

In my case, I carry people more often than large items and I've fit some impressive sized stuff through the baggage door which is why I said that. Definitely would love to have both.

If Jim C. sees this thread, maybe he will post that picture, it is his plane. But I thought it was a motorcycle, not a dirt bike.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 21 Jul 2020, 03:35

tell the truth now - have you ever ridden it around a parking lot with the small tire ? I wouldn't be able to resist

Username Protected · **Posted:** 23 Jul 2020, 09:28

Still doing “research” on 206s.

This plane will be based at 4750 feet MSL.

Some have been equipped with the IO-550 engine, which I like.

So, thoughts on the turbo 206 versus the 550?

Budget restraints mean I have to stay with older models.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 23 Jul 2020, 10:24

I flew a T206 for a while. I cant say enough about its SUV like qualities. I love to camp and explore remote locations here in AZ and it was good for that. Great for hauling lots of sightseers. We had a lot of friends/relatives wanting to see Sedona, the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley, etc.

TBS, it is not your long range plane unless you have a dedicated expedition. It handles dirt and unimproved strips very well, but its not a short-short field plane.

If you are routinely above 4500, the turbo will be a benefit. Otherwise I wouldn't ask for the additional complexity (reliability) risk. You generally pull back the throttle in cruise anyway at those altitudes. (my question for turbo/not is: will I be WOT/LOP in cruise 90% of my flights?)

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Username Protected · **Posted:** 23 Jul 2020, 11:10

Yes, I know the 206 is slow, but no different from the 182s I fly, now. Typical flight for me is 30 minutes with operation at grass/gravel airstrips sitting at 5,000 to 8,000 feet MSL.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 23 Jul 2020, 11:51

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I mean how else is one going to load a barrel of wine

Steve... Is that a wine barrel 100lbs, or a barrel of wine 600lbs? Holds it well either way.

side note: I once called Palm Beach ground control to tell them a local 206 pilot had taxiied out with the cargo doors still open. It was so stuffed with supplies for his Bahama home that he didn't notice.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 23 Jul 2020, 12:08

If u can afford the turbo buy it. Makes things a lot easier when it’s high and hot.
Not sure if u can get the turbo w the Conti though in a pre 84.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 23 Jul 2020, 12:23

If one doesn't like having only one front door as with the U206 and doesn't need the big doors in the back, the P 206 has two front doors, but no large cargo doors.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 23 Jul 2020, 13:29

This is how they fly.....

Username Protected · **Posted:** 23 Jul 2020, 14:00

Username Protected wrote:

This is how they fly.....

Closing the cowl flaps will get you another 5 knots if you can do it; they are also good for about 200 feet per minute rate of climb increase. Added to that, opening the cowl flaps for landing gives you a noticeably lighter nose as they add lift to the nose.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 23 Jul 2020, 14:02

Username Protected wrote:

This is how they fly.....

Closing the cowl flaps will get you another 5 knots if you can do it; they are also good for about 200 feet per minute rate of climb increase. Added to that, opening the cowl flaps for landing gives you a noticeably lighter nose as they add lift to the nose.