"Ron Natalie" wrote:
Not in an airplane that has to have tip tanks added to give it
practical range.

Isn't the fuel in the tips "free" with respect to the original gross
weight of the Bo?

Pretty close, but the point is you need it all to get useful IFR range,
and then you can't carry much load. The poster I was originally replying
to compared the aircraft favorably to a Baron 58. I think it comes off
pretty poorly in the comparison.
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Dan
C172RG at BFM