msw
Well-Known Member
Haven't flown a 260. Have 200+ hours in 300s. We typically climb at 25"/2500 and cruise at 24"/2400. Burns about 16 an hour in cruise, usually see 120-130 knots depending on weight........
Interesting. I've owned and been flying a PA32-300 for 20 years. I routinely get 145 kts at my typical cruising altitudes of between 6500 - 9500 feet, burning between 16-17 GPH depending on altitude. It was a fantastic airplane to carry everything on family trips, wife and kids, all the bags and crap, etc. When the kids were younger and started fighting in the back, I'd just climb up to 11,500 or 12,500 for a bit, starve their little brains of oxygen, and they'd take a nap. Then I'd descend before I'd take a nap too. Now that the kids are grown and gone, I've considered selling it and getting a Mooney (faster) but the wife won't part with the big cabin - on long trips, I take most of the back seats out, and make her a full size bed/berth from old sofa cushions and sleeping bags back there - so I guess I will just be doing 145 kts instead of 195 kts (I'd love to get a Mooney Bravo) for the foreseeable future!