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FYI - You won't be flying very far in a Skymaster if you fill all six seats. You could easily be at gross with six adults and NO fuel onboard.
Make sure you take a good hard look at the useful load. Subtract your passengers and bags, ands what's left is fuel weight. You may be shocked at how little room, if any, is left for fuel. 
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09-10-21, 02:31 PM
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I get it, kids weigh less. Could be perfect for you. The back row of seats is really only good for kids anyway. I'm not sure a large man could even fit in back there. You have to crawl in through the baggage door. Just not real user-friendly.
I think of my P337H as a four seater with generous leg and baggage room, that in a pinch can be used as a five seater as long as the person in the 3rd row is not too big. No baggage door in the P, so you have to crawl over the middle row to access the rear. Middle row seats do fold flat, so its not as hard as it sounds. Also, there will be no place to store your bags. Unless of course you happen to have the belly pod, which most Skymasters do not. I also own a 310, and the same rules apply to it. If most of your legs are under two hours, its the perfect plane. If you want to go 1000 nm with 2 adults, 4 teens, and all their accoutrement, you'll need a 400-series aircraft, or a turbine. Last edited by mshac : 09-19-21 at 12:25 PM.
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#4
09-22-21, 04:09 PM
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As a general rule, the more pax on board, the sooner you will stop than planned. All it takes is one to mention the need to pee, and they all have to.
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#5
09-22-21, 04:53 PM
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So far no one has needed to go #2 - that would put me in a real bind! 
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