"Nathan Young" wrote in message
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Actually, I don't know if it is any worse than the conventional twin
market. The high fuel consumption and potential maintenance costs are
terrifying to most prospective buyers.

Double the engine and fuel costs, but not double the speed... It boils down
to basically how much of a premium do you put on the supposed advantage of
having an extra engine... Of course, two engines just means that you are
twice as likely to experience an engine failure... It's up to you whether
that failure results in really bad day or not... Do everything right and
that 2nd engine will save your butt... Do it wrong and it will take you all
the way to your crash site... With a single engine aircraft, at least you
know what is going to happen when you lose an engine... Other than some of
the moto-gliders, it's not like you have the option of staying aloft for an
extended period of time... Gravity sucks...