X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:24:12 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.65] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.4) with ESMTP id 4174605 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:13:24 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.65; envelope-from=panelmaker@earthlink.net DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=I6NEYv4OqC6OCTzhbllqFCxc5/aUjy8piBAMk5hVj167t58PEPieNx9YRY6GG4sG; h=Received:From:To:References:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Mailer:Thread-Index:X-MimeOLE:In-Reply-To:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [209.173.71.128] (helo=DELL8300) by elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NtkFG-0002Ao-7V for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:12:50 -0400 From: "Jim Nordin" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: Subject: Lancair 235 X-Original-Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:12:58 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcrJYNKNaAqmo+J7SO+lZKrVJ5BU0AAeRs+w X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 In-Reply-To: X-ELNK-Trace: bdfc62829fd2a80cc8ad50643b1069f8239a348a220c260928bb1c438513cff5a850f5a438aa3e70350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 209.173.71.128 Say Lorn, In your matrix (LancairCostSpec.jpg) you show speed and gph. For these figures, were all aircraft operated at the same rpm & manifold pressure? Or percent horsepower? Jim -----Original Message----- From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Lorn H Olsen Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 8:41 PM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Re: Lancair 235 Gus, You ask if it flies as well as it looks. What are you looking at? The Legacy looks almost the same and yet cruises at 240 kts. Why not a Legacy? The answer is pretty simple, money. Not only the initial cost but the cost of operation. I think that, depending on your size, the 235 is a great flying aircraft. Here is an unofficial table of about what the different Lancairs cost (used, built), how they operate, and the direct operational cost: