"ktbr" wrote:

Three dollars to buy 30 minutes? Tempting deal.

How much does thirty extra minutes on your tach cost you?


Good point.

In a typical year, I fly 120 hours. Let's say I average 125 kts, that's
15,000 nm. and $5670 of gas @ $4.50/gal.

In a new Skylane, let's say I average 137 kts. That's 15,000 nm. in 109.5
hours. Times gas @ $4.50/gal * 15.5 gph (probably a high number) = $7638. So
I would spend $2K more for gas, but put 10.5 fewer hours on the airplane,
saving eight hundred bucks or so. Net $1200 more to fly the Skylane vs. the
Cutlass RG. Not a bad deal to get the comfort of a 182.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM