One variant which may be a reasonable proposition is the early 225HP Debonair. 150KTAS on a reasonable fuel burn and they do come up for sale for reasonable values.
Mooney_Driver wrote:
Same thing in the Mooney… very tight especcially behind the engine
Have you tried the 90deg oil filter adapters?
I am looking at the Casper Labs no spill but have no clue if it really works.
Any idea?
Found this in a second hand bookshop in Wales, in quite good condition. Makes a nice companion to John Eckalbar’s Flying the Beechcraft Bonanza. Beechtalk and the American Bonanza Society have a wealth of info.
Similar vintage Cessna 182s, despite new ADs on the airframe, are starting to be at a premium to a Bonanza, which suggests finding knowledgeable engineers may be a constraint?
Larry Ball’s book steers you towards the V-tail, in terms of build quality over the early Debonair, although the airframes are of fundamentally of similar quality.
One early conclusion from my research is that the 1961 N35 with the -470N, simplified fuel tanks/system (see @BeechBaby) is a value/quality/performance sweet spot!
