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twinstar vs. cirrus - your call?
Hi all,
I hesitate to ask this question, since on rec.aviation this kind of thing always turns into a religious war, but here goes: a bunch of us are getting ready to go in on a new plane together. I travel with my family, and have already lost one engine over the woods, so the candidates are the Twinstar and SR-22. Here's what I'd like to find out: IF YOU ARE BUYING ONE OR THE OTHER (or have recently, or decided to buy something else instead), why did you make the choice you made? I apologize for sounding exclusive, but everyone's got opinions, and I'd like to concentrate on opinions of folks who have invested their $$$ and lives into the it. Many thanks in advance, -dpc |
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twinstar vs. cirrus - your call?
I'd buy an older King Air.
Karl wrote in message oups.com... Hi all, I hesitate to ask this question, since on rec.aviation this kind of thing always turns into a religious war, but here goes: a bunch of us are getting ready to go in on a new plane together. I travel with my family, and have already lost one engine over the woods, so the candidates are the Twinstar and SR-22. Here's what I'd like to find out: IF YOU ARE BUYING ONE OR THE OTHER (or have recently, or decided to buy something else instead), why did you make the choice you made? I apologize for sounding exclusive, but everyone's got opinions, and I'd like to concentrate on opinions of folks who have invested their $$$ and lives into the it. Many thanks in advance, -dpc |
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twinstar vs. cirrus - your call?
Aviation Consumer had an article on this choice within the past few months.
Mike MU-2 wrote in message oups.com... Hi all, I hesitate to ask this question, since on rec.aviation this kind of thing always turns into a religious war, but here goes: a bunch of us are getting ready to go in on a new plane together. I travel with my family, and have already lost one engine over the woods, so the candidates are the Twinstar and SR-22. Here's what I'd like to find out: IF YOU ARE BUYING ONE OR THE OTHER (or have recently, or decided to buy something else instead), why did you make the choice you made? I apologize for sounding exclusive, but everyone's got opinions, and I'd like to concentrate on opinions of folks who have invested their $$$ and lives into the it. Many thanks in advance, -dpc |
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twinstar vs. cirrus - your call?
I'm a bit slow, I admit it... But when you say you have lost one engine
already and then ask our opinion as to whether you should by a twin or a single!... It's a no brainer, buy the twin... But then, what do I know, I fly junk... cheers ... denny and Fat Albert the Apache... |
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twinstar vs. cirrus - your call?
Excellent - thanks, all! Consensus (mostly sent offlist) is to buy into
an older twin. I ran the spreadsheet numbers and, while I can't plug in the "damn, it's sexy factor", the data all support an older, non-sexy twin for speed, cost and safety: I'd need to fly 2k hours to make up the difference in buy-in. Thanks again, -pablo On Oct 6, 4:57 am, "Denny" wrote: I'm a bit slow, I admit it... But when you say you have lost one engine already and then ask our opinion as to whether you should by a twin or a single!... It's a no brainer, buy the twin... But then, what do I know, I fly junk... cheers ... denny and Fat Albert the Apache... |
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twinstar vs. cirrus - your call?
wrote)
Excellent - thanks, all! Consensus (mostly sent offlist) is to buy into an older twin. I ran the spreadsheet numbers and, while I can't plug in the "damn, it's sexy factor", the data all support an older, non-sexy twin for speed, cost and safety: I'd need to fly 2k hours to make up the difference in buy-in. Is a new 2006 Diamond DA-42 (Diesel) Twin Star (with two partners) an option? I was hoping to call them $450,000/3 = $150K each http://makeashorterlink.com/?M36324FED (Same link as below ...wait for it) http://www.controller.com/listings/forsale/list.asp?Man=DIAMOND&catID=9%20&mdltxt=DA42%20TWIN STAR&MdlX=Contains¬found=1&GUID=52282B84D989476 78F7D9AFC924A9CEE Montblack |
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twinstar vs. cirrus - your call?
Montblack wrote: wrote) Excellent - thanks, all! Consensus (mostly sent offlist) is to buy into an older twin. I ran the spreadsheet numbers and, while I can't plug in the "damn, it's sexy factor", the data all support an older, non-sexy twin for speed, cost and safety: I'd need to fly 2k hours to make up the difference in buy-in. Is a new 2006 Diamond DA-42 (Diesel) Twin Star (with two partners) an option? I was hoping to call them $450,000/3 = $150K each http://makeashorterlink.com/?M36324FED (Same link as below ...wait for it) http://www.controller.com/listings/forsale/list.asp?Man=DIAMOND&catID=9%20&mdltxt=DA42%20TWIN STAR&MdlX=Contains¬found=1&GUID=52282B84D989476 78F7D9AFC924A9CEE Montblack The fuel burn of 11 gallons for 175 kts also very good. What about the overall operations cost ? Say the 3-way partnership does a total of 200-300 hours/year ? P S |
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twinstar vs. cirrus - your call?
Consensus (mostly sent offlist)
That sucks. Big time. THanks all - not! -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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twinstar vs. cirrus - your call?
Y'know, it's embarrassing to admit that I didn't look at the
marketplace on this. But of course there are people selling their earlier slots. Yes, I feel stupid, but that's nnot a new sensation for me. Hmmm, that opens up another option. At the moment, I'm focusing on a mid-late model Seneca or Baron - higher fuel burn, but much faster, and a few hundred $K less. Montblack wrote: wrote) Excellent - thanks, all! Consensus (mostly sent offlist) is to buy into an older twin. I ran the spreadsheet numbers and, while I can't plug in the "damn, it's sexy factor", the data all support an older, non-sexy twin for speed, cost and safety: I'd need to fly 2k hours to make up the difference in buy-in. Is a new 2006 Diamond DA-42 (Diesel) Twin Star (with two partners) an option? I was hoping to call them $450,000/3 = $150K each http://makeashorterlink.com/?M36324FED (Same link as below ...wait for it) http://www.controller.com/listings/forsale/list.asp?Man=DIAMOND&catID=9%20&mdltxt=DA42%20TWIN STAR&MdlX=Contains¬found=1&GUID=52282B84D989476 78F7D9AFC924A9CEE Montblack |
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twinstar vs. cirrus - your call?
Thomas Borchert wrote: Consensus (mostly sent offlist) That sucks. Big time. THanks all - not! -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) I agree, this is just the type of information and discussion I would have wanted to see here!! -- Cheers, John Clonts Temple, Texas N7NZ |
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