And the wing is in the right place for contact flying. Spraying, or any low level work, is more dangerous in high wing. It really helps to see the target in a steep turn.

Nice thing about the low wing pipers is how they fly in ground effect.get it up just out of the sod and you are compressing the air into less than 2 feet under the flaps.


With the OPs mission profile I'm surprized no one has mentioned the Bonanza V tail.
I am looking for a highwing for ground visibility reasons but I keep being drawn back to low wings for load and speed.

Goldinthecreek wrote:Nice thing about the low wing pipers is how they fly in ground effect.get it up just out of the sod and you are compressing the air into less than 2 feet under the flaps.


With the OPs mission profile I'm surprized no one has mentioned the Bonanza V tail.
I am looking for a highwing for ground visibility reasons but I keep being drawn back to low wings for load and speed.

My dad did some amazing flying off short river bars and other short strips in Alaska years ago. Bonanza is a great airplane! $$$ though....

Kurt

G44 wrote:

Goldinthecreek wrote:Nice thing about the low wing pipers is how they fly in ground effect.get it up just out of the sod and you are compressing the air into less than 2 feet under the flaps.


With the OPs mission profile I'm surprized no one has mentioned the Bonanza V tail.
I am looking for a highwing for ground visibility reasons but I keep being drawn back to low wings for load and speed.

My dad did some amazing flying off short river bars and other short strips in Alaska years ago. Bonanza is a great airplane! $$$ though....

Kurt

I daydream about buying an H35 with the o470m, somehow getting a PPonk field approved, and gutting it to make a fast cross country plane with rougher strip capability. Those V tails are great flyers. That’s about 5 planes down the list of wants though...

Goldinthecreek,

Depending on the working altitude and ground reconnaissance mission, low wing has many advantages over high wing. At 200' to 500' AGL with single pilot/observer, low wing is safer and more efficient because we can see the target throughout the turn to target. Looking down out the side window is dangerous. High wing blocks the target in the turn. Observation through the front left windscreen gives the pilot better observation and aircraft control.

G44 wrote:

Goldinthecreek wrote:Nice thing about the low wing pipers is how they fly in ground effect.get it up just out of the sod and you are compressing the air into less than 2 feet under the flaps.


With the OPs mission profile I'm surprized no one has mentioned the Bonanza V tail.
I am looking for a highwing for ground visibility reasons but I keep being drawn back to low wings for load and speed.

My dad did some amazing flying off short river bars and other short strips in Alaska years ago. Bonanza is a great airplane! $$$ though....

Kurt

Debonairs with the upgraded engine seem like a great deal too. I hear the landing gear is fairly stout.

Roger, my advice is different from all the others: Don't buy an airplane yet. You're a brand new pilot, and brand new pilots in my experience don't yet really know what their mission profile is. Brand new pilots don't have much experience doing anything but training. And the families of brand new pilots are not necessarily interested in flying around with the brand new pilot. Get some experience in rentals for awhile, and at some point, you'll have a better idea of what your actual mission profile will be.

Cary