"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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Those numbers are in the same ballpark as our club's Archers, and I think
the differences may be due to different interiors, avionics, etc. Also, in
my experience Piper's numbers for their '70s - '80s aircraft tend to be
conservative.

OK I apologize for the Piper-guys-must-have-been-on-acid comment then.

Those are great numbers. Seems odd to me that the various media outlets
never refer to them as "haulers" given that it's the same useful load as
many six-seaters. I guess it's because the Dakota will always get the nod
since it carries more with the same airframe.

Marco