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Maule in Washington -- Looks Like a Good Project

NimpoCub said:
Will a Maule handle a downwind turn better than a Cub??
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Now that is funny!!


Now on the truck compero thing try this.... 8)

Cub= Toyota small, light, tight inside, slow... can haul a bunch if you make multiple trips.... Great Off road! pretty good fuel economy

C-180 = Extended Cab Ford 1 ton (no rear doors) with a 460cid Big Block can haul a Big load, pain in the ass to load(see EXT Cab) fast, passes everything but a fuel station lol...

Maule = Dodge 1 ton Mega Cab, Not to fast... can slow up pretty well.... can haul a big load (in one trip) Built like a truck (or tractor) drinks a bit of fuel as well...





:cheers :pop:
 
As for the cramped comment - A Maule is a bit tight up front if you are a 6'4" wide body but if you are a little guy like me you will fit just fine. It's the baggage door setup I like the most.

Here is a 54" bull moose rack inside and on top of all four legs in the back of my M-7. Notice how much room I have left in the plane. I could have fit the whole moose but had to let the guy that shot it get some blood on his little cub. As far as take off distance the cub did better but I held my own got off fairly quick considering what I had on board.

As for rebuilding one, they are cheap and easy to rebuild, and one of the few planes where the sum of the parts does not exceed the value of the whole plane when done.

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Jerry
 
cstolaircraft said:
Ok what is better c-180 or m235?

Reuben
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All depends on the mission Rube, I prefer the Maule but a very good buddy likes the Cessna they all have their goods and bad, have some one that knows the birds take you out and see what you like best.
 
Compare the LEGAL useful load of a Maule on floats and a C180 on floats....apples to apples, folks.

They perform, but if you put enough gas in them to go very far, there isn't much useful load left over.

MTV
 
skipster said:
The biggest problem with that particular one is the worthless Franklin in it.
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What makes you say that? Technical specifics please.

Unless you're referring to the fact that it's probably really rusty inside.
 
This is an interesting topic to me as I have always been intrigued by Maules. Ideally in the next couple of years I would like to add a four place aircraft on floats to go along with my Cub. I would love to hear more about Maule performance on floats and on skis from experienced Maule pilots.

Keep it coming guys!

Shane
 
Shane,

Find someone with a Maule on floats. Ask them to see their Pilot Operating Handbook and ask for their airplane's ACTUAL empty weight on floats.

Do some math.

Performance of Maules on floats is great. And, if you really don't have to travel very far with a big load, they'll carry a fairly decent load.

But, to do so, you'll leave a lot of gas at home, so if you need to haul a load AND go some distance, the C-180 MAY be your better choice.

Maules are good airplanes, but they do not have a lot of useful load ON FLOATS.

They fly great, and they perform.

If twas me, I'd try to find one that's been rebuilt/repainted, since Maule has never really figured out paint processes. They've gotten better over the years, but...

I've flown a couple older Maules that had been rebuilt, new fabric and paint, and they were great airplanes, again, assuming the load/fuel/range meets your needs.

And, Reuben:

What's your definition of what "people" and their "baggage" weigh?? Your estimate seems a bit optimistic for the Maules I've been around, but.....

MTV
 
It's been a long time since I have known an adult American male that weights only 150 pounds. Maybe its a girl's plane.
 
There is a yellow Maule that comes into the lake the cabin is on daily in June. The guy hauls in 3 or 4 other guys (mostly burly Europeans) and they all go down to the stream fly fishing. In the evenings he hauls them out to where-ever his lodge/cabin/setup is. It's the most ridiculus thing you've ever seen. It think its a M5 on Aerocets. Luckily the lake is about 2 miles long. He loads up, goes up the the very end of the lake and is on step but not coming off as he passes my dock a mile down the lake. A bit past me he staggers into the air then goes like a bat out of hell. He doesn't seem to care where the wind is. Somedays it's blowing 10 to 15 and he takes off downwind. I watch this just about everday in June and shake my head. I think he's the worst Maule pilot ever and am fairly certain we'll have a nice pile of parts if he keeps it up.

I should shoot a video of it next year.
 
I have been a maule owner and liked them. Sold last one because of divorce, not disliking plane. I find lightly loaded they perform real well. I have only flown 235hp maules. Real heavy i would give the skywagon first choice. Lightly loaded a heck of a performer. I don't miss the fibre floats i had with the maule. Does anyone see those anymore? Lot's of maules seemed to have them. I think they are a good all around performer and were a good load hauler, it just suffered in performance when loaded with 4 and full fuel. The skywagon suffers as well, just not as much. I would own a maule again if i needed a 4 place plane and did'nt already have one. They were a speedy little plane for engine size. I don't know if the negative flap helped much.
 
I'm no expert, have a couple hundred hours in an M7-235 and got my float rating in a Maule (albeit in Florida) but here's my opinion:

The Maule is not a Cub and it's not a Skywagon. It's a capable airplane but, like lots of others it does have a useful load problem. They have been working on upping the gross to, I believe, 2800 but it won't be a retrofit and if you've ever been to the Maule factory and met the people you'll know not to hold your breath waiting for it to get completed - things move at their own pace down there in Georgia.

The one thing the Maule does have going for it is price, you can't beat it with a stick. For one thing, you can't buy a new Skywagon and have you looked at the prices of a Cubcrafter's lately? The Maule has it's own niche market that it fills quite well.

Speaking of Cubcrafters, we went to their open house a couple of years ago - they host a great get together and I'd highly recommend it to anyone looking for something to do on a Saturday in October. Anyway, as short as those little Sport Cubs were landing they got beat by the Oregon Aero guys in their PC12 (who were carrying their golf cart in back) But I've always been a big Cub fan and I like Maules and Skywagons and Pilatus' too.

What I don't like are a bunch of snobs who fly into a back country strip with their Alaskan Bushwheel equipped be all to end all and then get miffed when some clown shows up in an Ercoupe

Here are a couple of clips from the Cubcrafters meet. Of course these aren't "real world" - one skinny pilot before eating lunch, barely enough gas and a pretty good wind but they are entertaining none the less.

Cub short take off

Maule short landing

Either way you can see a couple of guys having a blast and for most of us it's not really about much more than that. :o [/url]
 
STMAWR14 said:
It's been a long time since I have known an adult American male that weights only 150 pounds. Maybe its a girl's plane.
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Well I only weigh 110# @ 15. So I don't think that I'll be much bigger as for the other people I plan to do medical missionary flying so tribal Indians wouldn't weigh more than 150# norm.

Reuben

PS Am a male
 
If you stick to tribal indian food and do the work required to actually get it you'll probably lose 20 pounds but if you accept the reality of processed food you'll end up at 180 to 200 at best, unless you're a dwarf.
 
I've flown a number of Maules now, mostly right seat. The big engine ones are very impressive. The show stopper for me and the thing that got me to choose the 180 over a Maule is that the seats are too close to the panel and I always have to put my arm around whoever is flying (unless they are small enough that I would WANT to put my arm around them :lol: ). I really like the way the seats go back all the way in the 180.

sj
 
kcabpilot said:
If you stick to tribal indian food and do the work required to actually get it you'll probably lose 20 pounds but if you accept the reality of processed food you'll end up at 180 to 200 at best, unless you're a dwarf.
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OH not hard, that is the kind of food I eat all the time! kinda I am a vegetarian. I am about 5' 5".

Reuben
 
No No I meant veggietarian. :lol: :lol:

NOT what wikipedia says! The Vegetarian Society, founded in 1847, writes that it created the word "vegetarian" from the Latin "vegetus" meaning "lively".[9] The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and other standard dictionaries state that the word was formed from the term "vegetable" and the suffix "-arian".[10] The OED writes that the word came into general use after the formation of the Vegetarian Society at Ramsgate in 1847, though it offers two examples of usage from 1839 and 1842.[11]

benflyn: Say you are from starvation flats, WY you're trying to cover up your bad hunting skills. Oh maybe you're Indian too. :lol: :lol:

we gotten it bit off topic.

Reuben
 
kcabpilot said:
If you stick to tribal indian food and do the work required to actually get it you'll probably lose 20 pounds but if you accept the reality of processed food you'll end up at 180 to 200 at best, unless you're a dwarf.
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That or work in a sweat shop in TX where it is 120 degrees all day 8)
 
Cub Beavers Cessnas of all sorts wheels skis floats tundra tires you name it they all have good and less so sides.
There is only one that does everything well Maybe not perfect but well. That is the Maule M7 series.
Should have never sold my last one looking for one right now.
 
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