"Dude" wrote in message ...
The larger piston twins will definitely be hit hard. But the smaller ones
may do okay. They are already cheap when used, and the new ones are only
being built to supply a small market - training planes and step up planes.

If the Centurion engine lives up to its claims, and has product support,
then the Diamond Twin Star could reshape the equation being useful for
training, personal transport, and short range Air Taxi.

My bigger point is that, regardless of the reliability and quality of
the Centurion and other pistons, public perception(i.e. non-aviators)
will lean towards a minijet for the "cool" factor, as long as they
don't have problems that get overblown by the media in the early
years. If the first 5 years are successful and relatively accident
free with good PR, then the prop generation of planes could see a
decline in value and use by the deeper pocket organizations.