PA32-260

Seems unlikely. What are you using for a data source?

Mike
MU-2


"Greg Esres" wrote in message
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The Cherokee 6-260 has a shorter book takeoff roll than the -300. Any
suggestions as to why? The gross weight is the same. Props slightly
different.

Seems unlikely. What are you using for a data source?

Nothing authoritative. I don't have the POH's. But a pilot of my
acquaintance first asserted the difference to me. He claims to have
researched the issue thoroughly before he bought his -260. He claims
that bush pilots prefer the -260 for that reason.

The only supporting evidence I have found is a web site that had
performance specs on the a/c and it validated what he said.

I agree that it seems unlikely, but I'd prefer to be able to show the
guy some data. Every now and then, something unlikely turns out to be
true. ;-)

There seem to be a scattering of web sites that supply the same data.
I suspect they're using one common data source. However, I found one
web site that showed the -260 as a worse performer, as you would
expect. I'm going to see if I can acquire a -300 POH so I can compare
with my acquaintance's -260. Maybe whoever created the original
database used for the internet info got it wrong.