Guys, we all know the differences between TPs and Jets, thanks.
We had a JT15D-4 putting ALL its oil on the ramp cause of a faulty valve during startup.
I had Oil chips in a HTF7000 after 17 hrs.
I had a cracked bleed valve in a PT6A-42.
So what?
If a propellor is a drawback, then only because of single engine / performance issues, not because of oil lines or simply because its fitted.
The topic is:
Positive and negative points on this aircraft?
I havenīt flown one, but we looked them up for a potential buy and I talked a lot to real operators.
My best guess is that the airplane has its drawbacks in following fields:
Runway required
Range
Baggage space and how you get the stuff in (if that is relavant)
Behaviour on the ground (taxi and crosswinds - but that is just hearsay and certainly managable - but apperantly a bit of experience is big plus then)
Pistol refueling.
FAR 23 - if you are interested in FAR 25 T/O performance.
Positive side:
Cabin - huge and quiet
Interior quality
Cockpit layout
fuelburn
Speed
Depending on if you want to charter it out, we often heared the term: "but its not a jet" (we showed pictures to clients who were used to KingAirs and CJ2s) [maybe a to futuristic design to appeal to the average client we had]
We did not buy it, but it is certainly not a bad airplane.
The mx shop we had our KingAir in, had the first german Piggy as well. Spare availability and some procedures where a nightmare, from what I hear this issue has been closed. (was related to cash crisis after crisis at the works I was told)