"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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Something I hadn't thought about until just now is how long you intend
to keep the bird. If you would be keeping it long enough to use it for
lots of instrument work, then you might want to re-consider the turbo
aspect. For example, I think the MEAs west of you get quite high for a
normally aspirated bird, isn't Monarch around 16K?

I know you can go north or south to get around the high country, but
that lengthens your time enroute and probably negates any speed
advantage you might have with the Comanche. (Am I making a good enough
case for a 400 here?)



"How long" is probably the biggest variable in the whole equation for me,
and I simply don't have any way to answer it. "Until I want a
new/different/more capable plane or I'm unable to fly it," I guess. As for
how much instrument traveling, again, that's a bit of an open
question--however, I think the lengthening of any trips due to going around
will be small enough as to be a lesser consideration. Still there, of
course, but not the primary decision point.

Heh--I'd love a 400. Bit out of my league, though, I'm afraid....

--
Doug
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