George, the Mooney M-10 does indeed have toe breaks and "normal" rudder pedals who are controlling the vertical stabilizer. I am not sure what you guys call the "extended baggage area", but that might be due to me not having flown an Ercoupe 415 as yet. In the M-10 there is, however, a sort of small baggage compartment behind the two seats. The seats flip forward for better access. A bag of modest size fits in nicely together with a headset case, and I have heard that this area can also be configured as a "child seat" facing sidewards, i.e. 90 degree off the direction of travel. There is no cover for that area, but sometimes I wish there were one to just cover it up to make it look nicer. The maximum load allowed in that area is 90 pounds, but that figure sounds highly hypothetical to me given the rather limited total gross weight of the plane (1450 lb in my M-10).
During my research for a plane, which resulted in buying N9547V, I have flown one A2-A. This aircraft was equipped with the standard "break bar" in the foot area of the cockpit and thus did not have toe breaks. It did have rudder pedals, though, and I understand this to be standard equipment in this type of airplane. The baggage area configuration was the same as in my M-10, i.e. a baggage area behind the two front seats. I think the number of A2-As built was lower than 52, somewhere in the 30s, but I do not have factual evidence of this. There were 57 M-10s built in 1969 and 1970. Out of that number, 53 are still on the FAA registry. I am not aware that any other M-10 is flying outside of the United States, but it might well be the case. Hope that helps. Best regards Stefan in Tokyo Mooney M-10 N9547V -----Original Message----- From: G/F Alon S/N149 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 9:22 AM Subject: Mooney Coupes >As I understand it, Mooney built 52 A-2As and 52 M10s. Did the A-2A have >toe brakes and/or the extended baggage in all those produced? >George Frebert > > > > >________________________________________________________________ >Get FREE voicemail, fax and email at http://voicemail.excite.com >Talk online at http://voicechat.excite.com
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