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Old 26th Nov 2008, 21:20
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Fuji Abound
 
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Personally, I would go for a nice 2002 TB20GT
True.

It is metal though so you dont want to leave it outside,

The avionics are old fashioned - now that isnt a bad thing, not a bad thing at all, and I know, potentially simpler and less costly to maintain, but everyone wants glass - its sexy,

Its take off performance is a bit lack luster - the 22 needs 400 feet less runway at max,

Nearly all arent properly de-iced - not much of a VFR issue mind you.

That said I think it does everything the 22 does as well, on some counts a bit better like load carrying, on others a bit worse like climb and speed.

Personally I think you should have gone for the TB21 but then I suppose you would have to compare it with the turbo SR22.

Interestingly very similiar aircraft although Socata were there years before - clearly a design team ahead of their time, perhaps with Commander as well.

Was the Socata a copy of the Commander or the other way around?
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