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Old 2nd Jun 2010, 05:30
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Oliver Klozof
 
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Overhaul Costs?

Not knocking the Airvan, but I don't see the economic sense in using the Turbocharged version unless you really need the altitude capability.

From Lycoming, a rebuilt-exchange engine for the turbo version runs $76,992 USD vs $48,955 USD for the normally aspirated version.

I don't know the TBO of these engines, but imagine the turbo version is probably 100-200 less?

That's big chunk of cash per hour!
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