Maule Turbine

Dennis O'Connor wrote:
You are joking, right?
Look, the Maule is a fine airplane and does it's thing well, which is short
field and grass operations... It is not a turbine bird, and installing one
is a waste of money... Unless you are going into the bush of africa or asia
where 100LL is not available, stick to the Lycoming...
Denny

I was not talking about a conversion, you can buy a new Maule from the
factory with the Allison engine. I was looking at the difference of
cruise speed 164 with the Lycoming as opposed to 190 with the Allsion.
The 2800 fpm climb is also tempting.



"kevin" wrote in message
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Does anyone have any experience with the Maule with the Allison turbine
engine ? The Maule with the Lycombing IO-540 is $170.M , where the
MT7-420 is going for $470.M new. I would have to add about $75.M in
options for either bird. What do you think about the Allison turbine in
a Maule ?

Thanks