DA42 v Baron

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Re: DA42 v Baron

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How did you spec one out with all the modern gadgets? most of the ones I've seen listed for sale are fitted with outdated avionics.
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You strip them out including the panel and have everything redesigned to accommodate anything and everything you want.http://www.aerostaraircraft.com/N700GPBigPanel.html Even this panel is outdated but is probably a whole lot more updated than what you have been looking at.
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This really looks quite amazing. Never seen one...
The fuel burn is remarkably low for such a heavy, fast plane.
The MTOW almost certainly rules it out for us Euro flyers. En-route IFR taxes...
(which probably explains why I haven's seen one...)
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Under 6,000 lbs.
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While I was getting some radio work done at Muncie Aviation a year or two ago, an owner of an Aerostar came up to me stating that he wanted to get rid of his Aerostar and get a DA42. The main reasons were the costs of fuel and the costs of maintenance. I should have sold him mine on the spot considering I just paid $11,000 for propeller overhaul and a solenoid repair on the unfeathering accumulator.
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Lesson being, that we always think the other plane is less maintenance and running costs, until we own it?
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psk wrote:Lesson being, that we always think the other plane is less maintenance and running costs, until we own it?
Precisely
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I never think that. Why would anyone think their costs are somehow going to be less or more than another's.
It makes no sense to me. I estimate my costs based on what I know, not on "hope and change."
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Antoine wrote:This really looks quite amazing. Never seen one...
The fuel burn is remarkably low for such a heavy, fast plane.
The MTOW almost certainly rules it out for us Euro flyers. En-route IFR taxes...
(which probably explains why I haven's seen one...)
Antoine, I've seen a couple in the UK, but they definitely are a rarity. That said they not a routine aircraft to see in the US. Per Wikipedia only 1010 built, must be mostly resident in the US, those that are still flying...
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Re: DA42 v Baron

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Thanks Patrick. Tommy: in Europe we have a "MTOW-ceiling" at 2000 Kg (about 4400 lbs). If you exceed it, you pay tax for en-route IFR services. I dont know the amount as it is not relevant to me but it must be substantial for people to design planes with this limit in mind (see new-VI MTOW bump to 1999 Kg)

Another reason for the Aerostar to be less popular here is probably the "relative weight" of fuel costs in the overall cost of ownership. At $12+ per gallon...
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