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Originally Posted by Guy Prevost
Extra power sure is nice when fully loaded and taking off at 9000' density altitude (home airport in summer), or leaving Telluride at 13k density altitude in the summer, which is also fairly common for me.
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Given that many certified aircraft in the same weight class only have 200 hp at sea level and safely operate out of the same airports at same DA's, and the stock engine provides 200 hp at 9000 DA, how much extra do you really need?
You could stick a turbo prop on the front...oh wait, someone already did that.
You could put a turbo-charger on it.........but Van's actively discourages that.
Even my 200 hp Mooney can pretty much climb straight up I-40 to the east out of ABQ at gross wt, don't really see the need for the -10 to have more than stock 260. Have you flown in a -10 at a max climb rate?