On Jun 12, 7:27*pm, Newps wrote:

* *Go get a ride in or at the very least sit in all you are interested
in. *Mooney guys have a complex about people saying their planes are
small on the inside. *Only you can make that decision. *I flew one for a
few hours. *Way too small for me. *Major design difference too. *In the
Mooney you sit on the floor with your legs straight out. *In the Bo and
210 you sit on a chair just like in your kitchen, legs bent and with
room to move them around. *Baggage door on the top of the fuselage, not
the side. *Damn stupid if you ask me. *Ever try to load a 48 qt cooler
filled with appropriate beverages from the top? *Or get it out again?
Some people like it though. *Go figure.

Funny, I can't figure out why anyone would want the door on the bottom
like my old Bo. In the Bo we loaded the first bags though the door but
you can only access the bottom of the baggage area with the door and
the rest must be loaded over the back seat. In the Mooney I've never
had to load bags over the back seat. Most of our trips are with bags
to the ceiling. I've never seen a car where you load the trunk through
a little door on the side so I can't imagine why anyone would do that
with a plane.

-Robert, M20F