The 250 is a great airplane. I've got a few hundred hours in them and enjoyed almost every one. Now, the 400 makes my hair stand on end. That would be a real hoot to scoot around in.
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I own a Comanche 250 also. Just got back into Tulsa from Idaho the other day. Cannula, 17,500, 174Kts on the gps (14 kt tailwind) and 10.89 gallons an hour. I am clueless as to why everybody wants to buy a 500K airplane when you can get the same results for 50K. I will never sell mine.
I own a Comanche 250 also. Just got back into Tulsa from Idaho the other day. Cannula, 17,500, 174Kts on the gps (14 kt tailwind) and 10.89 gallons an hour. I am clueless as to why everybody wants to buy a 500K airplane when you can get the same results for 50K. I will never sell mine.
I agree 100%.
If memory serves, the ones I flew had 30 gallons per side in the main tanks plus 15 gallons per side due to the optional aux tanks. That brought the total up to 90 gallons which allowed legs long enough to test the hardiest of bladders. We didn't even have the tip tanks BTW.
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If any of you 250 Comanche guys know someone else who wants one, PM me. I have a friend who really needs to part with his as he hasn't been using it. I've flown it several times from WA to SoCal, and it's a very nice and well equipped. I bet he'd let it go in the mid 50's.
Just flew home my very own C-150 M. The left brake hydraulic is completely bottomed out, gonna have to start tinkering with the cylinders and how to refill/bleed them. The paint is BAAAAAAAAD (looks like the original paint and is either chipped, missing, cooked or faded). The gyros are not IFR ready (the vaccum system must be clogged/dirty filter, who knows).
The radio works great and the engine ran strong on my ferry flight home (I crossed my fingers the whole way home). Did I mention the paint is an eyesore?.... and yet, I'm completely stoked! My insurance is cheaper than my car and I got no aircraft payments! As soon as I get the brake thing fixed and the gyros sucking (sts) right it's off to the races. It truly gets no cheaper than the trusty Cessna 150. I am hoping for many years of cheap, simple flying fun, like it should have been from the beginning. I know I know, engine overhauls always looming around the corner, oh well you gotta live a little....
At any rate, everybody be safe out there and fly for fun if you can help it, I started doing it and it feels great!!! (though you couldn't tell by my 150s paint job LOL)
I own a Comanche 250 also. Just got back into Tulsa from Idaho the other day. Cannula, 17,500, 174Kts on the gps (14 kt tailwind) and 10.89 gallons an hour. I am clueless as to why everybody wants to buy a 500K airplane when you can get the same results for 50K. I will never sell mine.
Haven't had mine that high. Highest I've been is 12,500. I now have a O2 bottle and would like to really get her up high to she how she performs.
It does just fine up there. I stopped leaning at 13,500 but you'll still get 250' a minute up to 17,500. The next long trip I'm going to file and try the FL levels.
I used to own a C-177B. I loved it. 9-10 gph and 10-20 knots quicker then a 172. I still think they are the best looking Single Engine Cessna's out there (That might be an oxymoron). Kept it till I pretty much had Uncle Sam letting me borrow a T-38 every weekend. Always better to have a plane that someone else pays for.....
I had posted a little while ago looking for a partner to help defray the fixed costs of owning a plane. If you are near Fort Worth, TX, I'm still looking for a partner and I am now looking to buy a house on an airstrip as well. I developed a spreadsheet that you can use to help compare fixed, variable and total cost of ownership vs. rental for several different airframes, annual usage, and numbers of owners. PM me with your e mail addy if you would like a copy.
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