A Little Bit of Trivia

[cliffy]

What other single engine complex airplane is/was built similar to our Mooneys? (steel tube and aluminum shell)

With 285 HP it would cruise at around 180+ kts

[Paul Thomas]

What is Meyers aircraft?

[Hank]

I was thinking Comanche, but the horsepower is wrong.

[00-Negative]

Navion?

 

[varlajo]

Bonanza 

[KSMooniac]

I vote Meyers as well

[Danb]

Meyers 200 

[201er]

LoPresti Fury would do that speed but only on 200hp

[N201MKTurbo]

There is a Meyers 200 4 hangers down from me.

[1980Mooney]

1 hour ago, 201er said:

LoPresti Fury would do that speed but only on 200hp

The LoPresti Fury (aka SwiftFury based upon the Globe Swift) is semi-monocoque design and construction.  And a 2 seater.  So not like Mooney.....

I vote Meyers 200 also

Edited yesterday at 03:00 AM by 1980Mooney

[M20F]

What is a DC9?

[1980Mooney]

On 5/5/2025 at 5:52 PM, KSMooniac said:

I vote Meyers as well

 

8 hours ago, Danb said:

Meyers 200 

 

16 minutes ago, N201MKTurbo said:

There is a Meyers 200 4 hangers down from me.

The Meyers 200 shared one other similarity with Mooney:

" The company could not produce the design economically......."

 

Isn't @A64Pilot the expert on the Meyers?

He previously posted:

" I prefer metal myself due to its damage tolerences and ease of repair and it’s very well known fatigue rates.

However having said that I like the 4130 tube structure around me, the Meyers 200 carried that much further than Mooney, even the wings out past the gear were 4130, however this meant it was extremely labor intensive to build, Aero Commander learned that they couldn’t break even on it, it just took too many hours to build. However I believe it is the only complex airplane that has never had an airframe AD, and it’s known for its survivability, even more than Mooney.

”Spam Can” construction like Cessna, Beech, Piper etc is less labor intensive and therefore cheaper to build, composite even moreso, however it’s possibly not better as in crashworthiness.

Pic of the Aero Commander line in Albany Ga probably about 1966 or so, you can see the tube steel structure and size of the tubing."

 

[201er]

9 hours ago, 1980Mooney said:

" I prefer metal myself due to its damage tolerences and ease of repair and it’s very well known fatigue rates.

However having said that I like the 4130 tube structure around me, the Meyers 200 carried that much further than Mooney

Is the steel cage really there as a crash survival feature??? As opposed to a vestigial relic of times past when fabric was used?

[1980Mooney]

49 minutes ago, 201er said:

Is the steel cage really there as a crash survival feature??? As opposed to a vestigial relic of times past when fabric was used?

I think it was a relic of historic design practice.  Other articles point out that the Meyers was virtually handmade without jigs.  

[1980Mooney]

1 hour ago, 201er said:

Is the steel cage really there as a crash survival feature??? As opposed to a vestigial relic of times past when fabric was used?

Here is another perspective from Aviation Consumer.  Note the discussion of overall safety record. They could not find any incidence of gear up landings. 
 

https://aviationconsumer.com/used-aircraft-guide/meyers-200-2/