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In my opinion, getting a multi rating in a rental twin and building
hours before you buy just so you can get cheaper insurance simply
doesn't make sense. The twin you want to buy probably won't be
available for rent. Owner flown twins are either going to be quick
and efficient (Twin Comanche, TravelAir), load haulers (Aztec), or big
and fast (C-310, Baron). There are only a handful for rent, and
they're expensive, and usually there is a total time requirement just
to take dual in them. Rental twins are mostly slow and docile -
Apache, Duchess, Seminole. Your insurance company is going to require
20+ hours in make and model even if you go in having 25 hours in
something else and a multi rating. You might save a little money, but
not enough to pay for rental and instructor getting those 25 hours and
a rating. Also, if you own your own twin, you can most likely get a
much better grade of instruction than the FBO will offer.

The hot tip, IMO, is buy your twin and train in it.

Michael

That only works if you can get insurance for training in your plane. My
policy has a no instruction clause in it.:- Luckily my insurer treated the
time I spent getting my rating in a 310 as the time in type for the 340.

jerry