Hello,
Fat guy wanting to bring girlfriend from northeast to FL to South America with reasonable luggage (not favorite bowling ball set, or anything)
I'm seeing #s plastered all over web and would like to ask ppl with practical experience here. What matters most to me is hauling me/less fat girlfriend/modest luggage fast with range. Cost up front or operation/maintenance, and in some comfort, are secondary priorities.
Guy is funny&concise: claims O2 can haul 250lbs more fat&fuel vs acclaims? Claims O2 half up front price (presumably lower upkeep of course) but with this extra 250lbs just sacrificing 50mph, all three 1200nm. Claims S cruises 10knots/hr faster than plain Acclaim otherwise really similar. Cost estimates/ratios seem pretty off with some relatively cheaper acclaims but may just be random vagaries of market right now
http://www.pilotfriend.com/aircraft performance/Mooney/57.htm craps out around 2001 but O2 looks pretty similar to above
https://www.flyradius.com/mooney-acclaim-type-s/performance umm acclaim range just got a lot better and alludes to an extended fuel tank addon making it a lot lot better but idk where its coming from and assume I'd have to fly alone after a weight loss program and ship luggage ahead if I put extended fuel weight onboard if youtube source was right about everything else but prices.
There are other sources galore. Foreflight scattershot preloaded performance profiles. Just offered these to showcase confusion of new market investigator. Basically youtube claims acclaimS if equally priced with acclaim otherwise almost indistinguishable, but ovation makes up for 50mph less with hauling 250lbs more. And last ref claims you can get a hell of a lot more range on acclaim and more than that if you load it down with more fuel without discussing load but presumably I might not even be able to fly in it if fully fueled with extended tank mod if fuel fully loaded.
The only thing totally clear to me is no sources estimate market offers well bc I can look at those listings directly. Many thanks for helping me with if not hard #s at least salient differentiating factors btwn these 3 variants so I can think about offers in a true/'profitable' way!