On 6 Oct 2006 04:57:14 -0700, "Denny" wrote:

I'm a bit slow, I admit it... But when you say you have lost one engine
already and then ask our opinion as to whether you should by a twin or
a single!... It's a no brainer, buy the twin...

How can you lose an engine? Those things are pretty large to just
misplace. My keys I may have left in my other pants, but the other
engine? OTOH I have seen a few photos of jet liners with one missing,
but they had a pretty good idea of where it was.

Still if you misplace one for a single on the ground it's not a real
safety concern. Losing one in the air really screws with your W&B.

Me? I like the Twinstar, particularly with the diesel engines. The
SR-22 is a very nice airplane but I don't like the side yoke. Now if
they'd have put in a side joystick...

Back when I was looking at a TBM-700 I *might* have actually
considered a Twinstar, but they weren't available back then and it
would have been a tad small. Although the 700 is a single, the
reliability of that engine greatly reduces the concern. Then again,
one of those engines new is probably more than either of the two
planes we are discussing.

But then, what do I know, I fly junk...

But it works doesn't it? Besides I think Fat Albert is newer than the
Deb ... or maybe close to the same age.

cheers ... denny and Fat Albert the Apache...
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com