Thanks.
Flying is just expensive. The Bonanza just flys so nice.
"Peter R." wrote in message
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Aluckyguess wrote:

I thinking of buying a Bonanaza (currently own a P28-180) How did you
come
up with the $150 hour cost to fly?

My Bonanza burns about 16 gallons of fuel per hour at $4.50 per gallon
(average in the northeast US) = $72. Oil consumption right now is
negligible, perhaps one quart every 40 hours.

My Bonanza is equipped with a turbonormalized IO-520 engine with a 1,700
hour TBO. Having just replaced the over-TBO engine with a factory rebuilt
and rebuilt turbo components, I came up with a parts and labor per hour
engine reserve of about $21.

Insurance is about $3,000/year for a $180k hull (aircraft has TKS system,
young engine, new avionics, tip tanks, new paint) and my 300 hours of time
in type. Thus, if I fly about 250 hours per year (higher than average
given the cruise speed), this works out to $12/hour.

Hangar costs me $260/month, which is $12/hour. So what is that so far?
$105 per hour.

Oil changes, routine maintenance, and annuals have been running about
$5000
per year, which is another $20/hour. I don't do much of my own
maintenance
(oil changes, etc.) yet since time with my family right now is more
important than the $200 or so it costs me to have the mech. do it every 40
hours or so.

Avionics have been costing me about $2500/year right now (my Garmin GNS430
went TU twice in 14 months, naturally out of warranty both times, for a
total cost of around $1200 to have it repaired by Garmin). That works out
to $10./hr so now up to $135/hr.

It is worth noting that I have only owned the aircraft for about 1 1/2
years so I don't have a lot of data by which to base my maintenance and
avionics costs just yet.

And finally, as an owner of an aging aircraft, I am facing some of the
long
term preventative maintenance items since my airframe has about 3900 hours
on it, such as replacement of the landing gear braces, aux fuel pump, fuel
bladders, etc. I have no idea of the per hour for this, but you can see I
am really close to $150 without even factoring in all of these costs.

Someone who flies less would easily hit the $150/hour mark, assuming
comparable insurance, hangar fees, and annual costs.


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Peter
























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