How about the other end of the scale (Piaggio P-180)?
enicalyth,
[edited. oops, posted a half-finished message]
Kind of curious whether you could suggest what the perfomance tradeoff in the Piaggio Avanti P-180 might be?
It seems rather fast for a tuboprop and rather efficient generally, especially compared to a lot of older bizjets.
I can't quite see why it hasn't been a roaring commercial success except that it's price range is similar to that of many smaller bizjets and might not do so so well as a turboprop given the ego factor i've always assumed (possibly quite wrongly) to be associated with a certain part of the bizjet market.
Given your rather detailed assessment of the perfomance limitations of tuboprops in general, you strike me as somebody who might be able to suggest the 'catch' in that design- if there is one.
Last edited by nkrid; 26th Sep 2005 at 21:51.