Some more positive GA News

Matt Whiting wrote in news:kg6pj.129$kD5.1326
@news1.epix.net:

Peter Clark wrote:
On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 18:29:33 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:


Yes, redundant systems are nice, but you can get similar redundancy
(other than the engine itself obviously) on a single.
mmm, not really. Where you gonna put a second generator?

The Malibu has two alternators.

Peter, you had to go and respond to the Buttnip after my filter had no
nicely automatically deleted his ignorant response. Now why did you go
and do that? :-)


Aww, Matt hiding from Bertie?


Bertie

Matt Whiting wrote in
:

BDS wrote:

OTOH, neither is a Seneca which reminds me of a radio exchange I had
one evening going through Patuxent airspace. The female controller
asked for my airspeed and then told me not to exceed 170 knots. I
told her that unfortunately that wasn't going to be a problem. :)

Well, you can always dive! :-)

The one twin that looks very appealing to me is the Tecnam P2006. It
has similar fuel economy to the singles with similar performance, yet
the advantage of the second engine for the reasons you mentioned
earlier. The only problem is that it is a new airplane and you can't
get one for less than probably $400K, which is about $300K out of my
league.

It also has the advantage of being one of the very few light twins
with the wing on top where it belongs!!


Nice. Does it have a gun rack?

http://www.tecnamaircraft.com/Tecnam_P2006T.htm


Bertie

"Matt Whiting" wrote

The one twin that looks very appealing to me is the Tecnam P2006. It has
similar fuel economy to the singles with similar performance, yet the
advantage of the second engine for the reasons you mentioned earlier. The
only problem is that it is a new airplane and you can't get one for less
than probably $400K, which is about $300K out of my league.

It also has the advantage of being one of the very few light twins with
the wing on top where it belongs!!

If it can meet all of the performance figures it claims, it should be a
hit. Too bad it is not a little faster.

Finally, a Rotax powered airplane I might be convinced to get into!
--
Jim in NC