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Old December 14th 06, 06:26 PM posted to rec.aviation.owning
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Default Twin Comanche vs. Mooney/other singles


"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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E Andersen wrote:
Hi all

When a Twin Comanche

flies 165 knots
burns less than 15 gallons
have 2 engines ( :-) )
is relatively cheap to overhaul (OI-320)

is this the "ultimate" twin? I am considering an airplane that flies in
the
165-170 knot range, prefer a twin, if I decide to
go for a single nothing really beats a Mooney J/K but for the same
investment I can get a TwinCo, have I overlooked something?


I thought about the same thing. I came to the conclusion that I didn't
want double the down time. You now abort twice as many flights. I've
been down almost 2 months with a bad fuel servo, I would hate for that
to happen twice as often. I fly in a lot of remote areas of Mexico and
don't want to double the chance to get stuck on the ground waiting for
an A&P to show up to replace a mag. Can a twin comanche even fly on one
engine?

-Robert



I like mexico...... It's 9:00am Sir you need fuel? Yea, No fuel till 4pm can
have by 11am for $20.00 hahaha just love it down there. Or we don't know
ware the fuel truck drive has gone come back tomarrow.