A friend is looking at a Maule M5-200. Looking for info on what expected performance might be, useful load, etc. Tell me what you know.

Bonanza Man wrote:A friend is looking at a Maule M5-200. Looking for info on what expected performance might be, useful load, etc. Tell me what you know.

Not familiar with an M-5 200. Are you sure it's not an M-5-235? That'd be the most common engine in the M-5.

MTV

mtv wrote:

Bonanza Man wrote:A friend is looking at a Maule M5-200. Looking for info on what expected performance might be, useful load, etc. Tell me what you know.

Not familiar with an M-5 200. Are you sure it's not an M-5-235? That'd be the most common engine in the M-5.

MTV

That or a M5-210. A bunch of them had the IO-360 in them.

I thought the M5 had a Franklin 210 in it? I had that engine in a 172 and it was a crazy performer!!!

Cheers!

Jim

A rare bird indeed. The 210's, 220's, and 235's are the most common, followed by the 180. Everything else is very rare.

M5 models:

M5-180 (Lyc O360)
M5-200 (Lyc IO360)
M5-210 (Cont IO-360)
M5-210TC (Turbo Lyc TO-360)
M5-220 (Franklin O-350)
M5-235 (Lyc O-540)
M5-250 (Franklin TO-350)

Here’s the M-5 lineup for the Maule M-5 from Wikipedia:

—M-5-180C
Initial production variant with a 180-horsepower (134 kW) Lycoming O-360-C1F engine, more than 94 built.
—M-5-200
One aircraft modified with a 200-horsepower (149 kW) engine.
—M-5-210C Strata Rocket
180C with a 210-horsepower (157 kW) Continental IO-360-D engine in a revised cowling, 206 built.
—M-5-210TC Lunar Rocket
210C fitted with a turbocharged 210-horsepower (157 kW) Lycoming TO-360 engine, 10 built.
—M-5-220C Lunar Rocket
210C fitted with a 220-horsepower (164 kW) Franklin 6A-350-C1 engine, 57 built.
—M-5-235C Lunar Rocket
210C fitted with a 235-horsepower (175 kW) Lycoming O-540-J1A5D engine, more than 379 built.

So, there was ONE M-5 200 built….but just one.

But in any case, the M-5 is a good performer, though it has a short wing span. It’s also, like all the Maules, kind of short coupled, so a good thorough checkout is highly recommended, particularly for anyone without much tailwheel time.

Many (most?) Maules have two fuel tanks in each wing, which offers lots of range with full tanks. They also have relatively large cabins. With most, the pilot needs to choose either a big load OR lots of gas. Both at the same time will result in over gross by a bit.

Frankly, the earlier Maules exhibited pretty lousy fabric and paint work. The wings are basically metalized Pacer wings, with bigger flaps. The sheet metal could use a few more rivets. But, find one that’s been rebuilt/recovered fuselage and new paint and they can be pretty nice.

There’s a somewhat used up one parked just off the end of the Three Forks runway as of this morning. No injuries reported.

MTV

mtv wrote:So, there was ONE M-5 200 built….but just one.



MTV

That's the one. I'll pass on the info.

Actually there were two M5-200 built.
IO360 and constant speed prop but was towards the end of the M5s
It fitted well between the M5-180 and M5-235
There were M5-210 (IO360 Continental), M5-220 (O350 Franklin), and M5-210TC (O360 turbocharged 210hp Lyc)