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Old 10th November 2005 | 13:46
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JoeCo
 
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From: in a van, down by the river
I'd agree with CPTVOR. FL410 in 14 min might be a best case scenario, but it will not be off by much. It does climb like a rocket and will out climb a 400 any day. However you will never see it much above 410. Baggage compartment is the pits!! Your best bet is to educate your passengers on the limitations of the baggage space and to instruct that more smaller softer bags is better then larger hard cases. The wing is inadequate for the plane hence the high appr. speeds and hence longer runways. Although I have never flown the 400, I'd be surprised if it didn't beat the 60 in that department but wouldn't a better/closer comparison to the 60 be a 800XP? The 60 will still blow the doors of the 800XP in climb and cruise, but I'd suspect that it still could get into and out of shorter fields then the 60.
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