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Neat. I'm usually not into curvy paint schemes but that looks great to me.

Didn’t you want to spend $55000 on a new elevator made in Mexico with all loose rivets?
It sounds like you have been around caravans for a long time.
List of things I love about a 206.
1. Everything

List of things I love about the caravan
1. Parts prices never stop going up.
2. The pos intertial sepperator with all sorts of crummy little parts that are loose.
3. Corrosion on seat rails.
4. Rebuilding trim actuators!! Why don’t they just put a zerk on them little buggers.
5. TKS system leaking on the hangar so you slip and almost die on a daily basis. It also is in every skin, panel, everywhere.
6. A composite metal passenger air stair with leaking struts and thin parts not made for anyone larger then a small child.

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Only complaint I have about my 206 is it burns the wrong fuel.

Piston aircraft engines suck.

The 206 is arguably one of the best backcountry planes ever built.

If you don’t like the motor, Soloy has a solution for you.

But, back in the late sixties I spent a bit of time on an aircraft carrier off Yankee Station. It carried the last piston engine attack squadron in the Navy, equipped with A-1 Skyraiders.

That bunch had, along with their squadron logo, embroidered on all their gear, an image of the Kix Rabbit, and “Jets are for Kids”.

My sentiments exactly.

MTV

Sierra Victor wrote:Only complaint I have about my 206 is it burns the wrong fuel.

Piston aircraft engines suck.

Suck, compress, burn, and blow right?


Turbines use more fuel to produce the same amount of horsepower and that fuel is heavier, as well as being a lot more $$$. For us low flying folks that fly light a piston engine is really a wonderful thing. At least in my ever so humble opinion.

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akaviator wrote:

Sierra Victor wrote:Only complaint I have about my 206 is it burns the wrong fuel.

Piston aircraft engines suck.

Suck, compress, burn, and blow right?


Turbines use more fuel to produce the same amount of horsepower and that fuel is heavier, as well as being a lot more $$$. For us low flying folks that fly light a piston engine is really a wonderful thing. At least in my ever so humble opinion.

Yes but that legendary turbine reliability was my point.

So many things to go wrong with a piston engine but I agree the cost and efficiency of a turbine makes them impractical for most of GA.

With the cost of a new Lycoming at $100k it sure makes me at least take a look at the Soloy, but dang they sure ugly-up a 206. Looks like they’ve been punched in the nose.

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I've seen that observer panel on a 182. Looked awesome. Is it an STC? I wondered who had it.

Gee thanks!!

Now after taking my plane to Wipaire for the copilot door I can take it to Soloy for the observer window.

U just helped me spend half my engine budget [emoji848]

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dogpilot wrote:

She's a beauty!!
Reminds of Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors".
Or Johnny Cash's "One Piece at a Time".

dogpilot wrote:I had the co-pilot door on the Soloy 206. It came with it, I didn't have to pay for it. It is rather hurtful in its pricing. Sure is nice to be able to let folks in on their own side. It also does make operating on floats a bit easier than climbing over the nose to get to the other float. It just you can also almost afford another airplane for its price.

Yes, but I look at it also from a safety standpoint. I often fly w wife and two kids and in an emergency there’s really only one useable egress point. Getting the back doors open would be difficult especially for kids.
Post crash fires give me nightmares!!!

Sierra Victor wrote:Yes, but I look at it also from a safety standpoint. I often fly w wife and two kids and in an emergency there’s really only one useable egress point. Getting the back doors open would be difficult especially for kids. Post crash fires give me nightmares!!!

Teach them on the ground how to get the rear door all of the way open with the flaps down and explain that you may have them do this while you're flying if the engine quits--but to wait for your instruction.

As long as they understand how to do this, the 206 isn't the worst for egress. Upside down under water is going to be tough for any airplane, and the 206 is no exception. But if you have an engine failure in flight they can get that rear door all of the way open before you land. It's a morbid way to start a sightseeing flight, but I do it anyway.

On a happier note, this thread makes me feel better about the money I'm about to dump into my F model.

CAVU

Sierra Victor wrote:

dogpilot wrote:I had the co-pilot door on the Soloy 206. It came with it, I didn't have to pay for it. It is rather hurtful in its pricing. Sure is nice to be able to let folks in on their own side. It also does make operating on floats a bit easier than climbing over the nose to get to the other float. It just you can also almost afford another airplane for its price.

Yes, but I look at it also from a safety standpoint. I often fly w wife and two kids and in an emergency there’s really only one useable egress point. Getting the back doors open would be difficult especially for kids.
Post crash fires give me nightmares!!!

That's why I bought a P model. Can't get quite as big of stuff in, but man I like the copilot door. And they are cheaper...

CAVU wrote:

Sierra Victor wrote:Yes, but I look at it also from a safety standpoint. I often fly w wife and two kids and in an emergency there’s really only one useable egress point. Getting the back doors open would be difficult especially for kids. Post crash fires give me nightmares!!!

Teach them on the ground how to get the rear door all of the way open with the flaps down and explain that you may have them do this while you're flying if the engine quits--but to wait for your instruction.

As long as they understand how to do this, the 206 isn't the worst for egress. Upside down under water is going to be tough for any airplane, and the 206 is no exception. But if you have an engine failure in flight they can get that rear door all of the way open before you land. It's a morbid way to start a sightseeing flight, but I do it anyway.

On a happier note, this thread makes me feel better about the money I'm about to dump into my F model.

CAVU

I have ZERO confidence that a child, or most adults for that matter, could figure out how to open the back doors in a 206 with the flaps down in a real emergency. I can see them shoving the front door and banging it back and forth against the flap while the plane catches fire. My kids, wife and most of my friends have been briefed and in the case of the kids, drilled on it, but I still don’t put faith in it. Compound that with damage and forget about it.

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Dogpilot thanks for responding.
Many times I’ve wondered about how difficult it would be to break the windows. Would those glass breaker things they recommend for cars work or do they only work on glass?
That axe is the ticket though. Mount it next to fire extinguisher maybe?
Fire just scares the hell out of me.