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Old 6th Oct 2008, 09:29
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The stats show that a SE turboprop is several times less likely to go down than a ME piston.

Emotionally this is hard to accept, of course.

And the direct hourly running costs of the two are probably similar (e.g. Jetprop or Meridian v. Aztec). And a Jetprop allows you to go IFR without the route charges.

The capital cost is the problem. A half decent TP in flyable condition is going to cost at least £500k. But you can pick up a twin piston for £80k, like for like condition.

I am sticking to singles And if I was to move up, and had a really serious mission profile to justify it, it would be a SE TP.
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