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Old 29th January 2008 | 12:31
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IO540
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Agreed, SB - I was just trying to point out how "200kt TAS" is achieved, and that it isn't a realistic cruise speed at realistic levels.

I sometimes wonder why I didn't buy a TB21 instead. It does do less MPG at low levels (lower engine compression ratio), has about 2x the engine fund (bigger overhaul cost, due to a very rare IO540 variant), but with full TKS it has much more mission capability.

Perhaps I just too often see turbocharged planes sit in hangars for months on end........
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