"AJ" wrote in message
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Thanks to Jim and Morgans for the replies. I'm not a troll (physical
appearances aside), and the question was an honest one. Thanks for the
honest answers -- they helped a great deal.

Great. Honestly, there are some compromises that you give up, with SP. To
me, wanting to go cross country, not being able to fly at night is a
problem. Other than that, the limitation is with the plane.

One of the biggest limitations with the plane, as I see it, is the
limitation of the powerplant. There are not a lot of choices out there, to
keep the airframe at a reasonable weight, and give it a reasonable useful
load. If only they had given us a couple hundred pounds more!

Of course, you could play the "if only" game, about many of the
limitations, but "it is what it is."

What it really comes down to is, it give a lot of people a chance to get
their feet off of the ground, that might have not been able to, any other
way. All of the trade-offs seem very reasonable, at that point!
--
Jim in NC