My maule has a 2500 gross weight and It weighs just over 1500 pounds. It performs very well with a 1000 pound load, in and out in 300 feet if I’m on my game. Often times not the case. :). Thanks for watching
Happy new year Oliver ! Nice video as always. It never gets old seeing the Maule in its natural habitat. How do you manage to get the tail up so fast? are you using breaks? I usually need about 2 to 3 seconds in my MX7 235. And I veer left when I'm pushing forward too aggressive. Had a smirk on the face when I saw your oil service door rattling at 2:53. Had the same issue before I drilled out the rivets on the little steel plate, flipped it 180 degrees and riveted it back in ;-) Greetings from Germany
Hello there. The angle of attack with the extended gear and 35” tires helps. It’s an old m5 fuselage with the hard to find m7a long wing. Converting it to an M6. Yours are 32’11” I believe with the universal wing. Mine are 33”8 with 120 inch flaps that have been dropped. Helps a little with rotation as well. The big sea plane Mac prop up front means I’m heavy on the nose. Always no breaks, full power, full forward on yoke, start at 1 notch of flaps. Once the elevator feels almost neutral, pull hard on flaps and then fly the flap accordingly. It does help if I’m trying to get off very short, to not push the yoke forward until about 1 full second after full power. Then you don’t waist energy and drag with a slower tail rise. But I can’t see a thing over the nose until it does. Annual this week, oil hatch on the list of squaks. :) I’ve only got a few hundred hours in this plane so far and I love it more every time I fly it. Thanks much for watching.
@@olivercoray Thanks for explaining My wings are actually 30'10".I'm curious to try your method although I seem to have a somewhat different setup. ...I'm also fairly new to the Maule. She is an addictive sweetheart but she'll bite you if she catches you off guard landing on a hard surface
Yeah, I’d rather land on sloped beaches and short gravel bars then pavement. Maules have their moments for sure. But then again, all planes do! Keep at it. The best plane is the one you know the best. At least that’s what they tell me :)
Just a little cub time, mostly champs, Cessnas and maules. They are pretty different. Cubs are more forgiving I’d say, but I honestly wouldn’t trade my plane for any cub, even a nice one. Maules can be a little trickier to get used to than a cub, but once you do, they are great and I prefer they way they handle. Not to mention I go 120 mph and can take 1000 plus pounds in and out of 300 feet. Not a brag, it’s just a different plane. There are some issues with some maules, no different that cubs or Cessna’s, but they need to be addressed or watched. My plane, although pretty modified, will out perform a stock cub. But not do as well as nicely modified ones. The controls and feel of a maule are super light. but the short coupled nature of them make them a little touchy with pitch, cubs are more stable by nature I’d say, but I land at 38 mph with decent control. I can fly the beach at 40-42 mph and feel stable. Both are great planes, lots of maule haters out there but if you get a good one and learn to fly it, not much better bush plane in my opinion. All planes are great, just have to learn them. My very winded two cents :)
@@olivercoray yours is an M5 you out M6 wings on, correct? Seems like the M6 is the sweet spot for the smaller fuselage like the M5but still the longer but not longest wing. I’ve heard the longer winds can be a handful in a cross wind and the M6 is really the one to go with for a backcountry plane.
It’s an m5 with the rages to find m7a wings. Longest maule ever made. 33’8”. M7 has 32’11 inches. I drooped the flaps, bumped the hp. Fun plane, no issues in crosswinds as long as you do a wheel landing. Plenty of rudder.
