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Old 27th Jan 2013, 20:53
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Garrik
 
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MU-2 vs. Turbine Commander vs. Conquest II

All three of these are TPE-331-10 powered twins from the early '80's. Performance and capability seems to be roughly in the same range.

Without starting a religious war, and without repeating the debate about the safety record of the MU-2; does anyone have thoughts about the relative strengths and weaknesses of these three planes?

For example, the MU-2 is not RVSM certified (and no STC exists as best I can tell), whereas the Commander and the Conquest are both RVSM capable...
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