The World's Best Equipped Encore!

[Joe Zuffoletto]

My old Encore is back on the market again... I stumbled across it on Controller yesterday.

 

I glassed this bird back in 2010, adding the G500 and the EDM930, and also the PS Engineering Bluetooth audio panel. I kept the Garmin 530/430 pair. The current owner has apparently added the Garmin 650/750 stack, extended tanks and a 3-bladed prop. Also replaced the TKS tank. (Anyone have any idea why that would be necessary?)

 

I thought it was pretty sick when I glassed it, but this owner really gilded the lily!

[KSMooniac]

Yes it is!  I'd rather have that than almost any other Mooney out there.

 

Do you recall what the useful load was?  The MT prop should've resulted in a pretty good weight savings off the nose, and perhaps out of the tail if there were some charlie weights back there.

[fantom]

Based on recent sales, that guy is going to take a massive hit on his recent upgrades to an outstanding bird.

[bumper]

Wonder what the asking is?

[KSMooniac]

It wasn't that long ago a stock 252 would fetch $200k...and I bet this one would have a hard time getting $175k today. Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Tapatalk 4

[Joe Zuffoletto]

Do you recall what the useful load was?  The MT prop should've resulted in a pretty good weight savings off the nose, and perhaps out of the tail if there were some charlie weights back there.

 

I think it was around 860 lbs; 450 after filling the tanks.

[KSMooniac]

Wow, even with the Encore's higher gross weight?  

 

Parker's 252 converted to an Encore ended up with >1000 lb useful load, so I'm surprised a "real" Encore is so much heavier.  TKS is surely to blame for part of it, but I thought that was only 40-50 lb penalty (not including fluid).

[Joe Zuffoletto]

The figure I gave is with all fluid tanks full, and with the airplane as originally equipped. I gained 30 lbs of useful load when I glassed it.

[jackn]

Would love to swap, but don't think the financials would work. BTW, did speed test yesterday at 10,500 N,E,S,W during BFR/IPC. Myself, instructor, 50 gallons fuel, 4.5 gallons TKS. Saw 170 true.

[rainman]

Wow, I wish this plane had been available when I bought my K. In the end after a new interior, paint, tanks, glass panel, I'll be so deep into the plane, I can't sell it to get this one. Nice plane. Ray

[drewjensen]

Does it take much to get a plane registered in Canada back to US registration?