the New Tiger ...

Since I started working on my ticket, and now my instrument, I have been in
love with the new Tigers from day one of my training. I can think about
buying a plane now, and I'm disappointed that the New Tiger outfit tanked.
There are a number of them on Controller and other sites for sale. Is it
prudent to buy an orphaned aircraft brand? Do these planes have design or
performance issues? I know I'll lose a bunch of market value --depreciation
bucks because they're orphaned but I don't care; it'll be on Uncle Sam's
dime. For me its a toss-up between a Diamond and the New Tiger, and frankly
I prefer a yoke. Would love to hear from Tiger/Grumman boosters out there.
Thanks in advance.

Dice wrote:
Since I started working on my ticket, and now my instrument, I have been in
love with the new Tigers from day one of my training. I can think about
buying a plane now, and I'm disappointed that the New Tiger outfit tanked.
There are a number of them on Controller and other sites for sale. Is it
prudent to buy an orphaned aircraft brand? Do these planes have design or
performance issues? I know I'll lose a bunch of market value --depreciation
bucks because they're orphaned but I don't care; it'll be on Uncle Sam's
dime. For me its a toss-up between a Diamond and the New Tiger, and frankly
I prefer a yoke. Would love to hear from Tiger/Grumman boosters out there.
Thanks in advance.

Tigers are not as orphaned as you would think and parts are readily
available.

About the only difference between the 79 I just bought and the latest
ones are the avionics and the later ones come with a Sensenich prop
which requires an STC to install on a pre-90 Tiger.

You might want to look at:

http://www.grumman.net and http://www.aya.org and http://www.fletchair.com

--
Jim Pennino

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wrote:

Tigers are not as orphaned as you would think and parts are readily
available.

Having had experience with two "orphaned" Pipers over the past 20-some
years, I'm not surprised, as pretty much the same situation applied for
my airplanes (now both sold).

When there's a demand for airplane parts, the aftermarket will usually
kick in and fill it, since they know they will be able to sell them at
"aviation prices" and enjoy the profit margin common in things "aviation".