Which Twin?
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From: UK,Twighlight Zone
The BE76 Duchess is my preffered weapon of choice. I fly it around 150hrs a year and she is gracefull lady if a little slow compared to other twins.
I dislike intensly flying the Sennecca and avoid it unless there is no other option! The one I have access to is a Sennecca 201 Turbo, it goes OK but is very heavy in pitch.
The twin commanche is lovely to fly but a bit long in the tooth. The 310Q was also nice to fly.
The weirdest I have flown was the Aerostar, very twitchy and cramped, like a 6 seater 152!
I dislike intensly flying the Sennecca and avoid it unless there is no other option! The one I have access to is a Sennecca 201 Turbo, it goes OK but is very heavy in pitch.
The twin commanche is lovely to fly but a bit long in the tooth. The 310Q was also nice to fly.
The weirdest I have flown was the Aerostar, very twitchy and cramped, like a 6 seater 152!
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From: EuroGA.org
I don't think anyone has answered my question on why no new twin designs have come to the market for such a long time. The liability issue can't be extra bad on twins over singles.
Is it because high perf singles come so close to the perf of a twin that most people buy a single, and only a small % of buyers are willing to pay the substantial premium (fuel and maintenance especially) for the engine and systems redundancy? And those buyers are happy to just keep maintaining an older aircraft?
Having said that, there are very few "new" 150kt+ single designs...
Is it because high perf singles come so close to the perf of a twin that most people buy a single, and only a small % of buyers are willing to pay the substantial premium (fuel and maintenance especially) for the engine and systems redundancy? And those buyers are happy to just keep maintaining an older aircraft?
Having said that, there are very few "new" 150kt+ single designs...
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From: He's on the limb to nowhere
IO540,
Maybe this oft-cited article by Mike Busch gives an idea as to why twins are not so popular, resale prices of light twins vs decent singles also give an idea of the demand.
Maybe this oft-cited article by Mike Busch gives an idea as to why twins are not so popular, resale prices of light twins vs decent singles also give an idea of the demand.
