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| Subject: | Re: 685 vs. Aerostar |
I a no Commander expert, but my travel for the last 20 years has been restricted
because I had to haul too much equipment to fly (not pounds too much, TONS).
I did my personal travel in a Tiger that I nearly wore out, and had a 3NM (C-45
to you South of 49) that we operated commercially in the bush. I have been
agonizing over exactly the same consideration.
I find that a commander with its spar done comes pretty close to the price of a
good aerostar. A commander with a pair of IO-720s has an engine cost not much
different from a U2A converted Superstar. and so on it goes. The ultimate
difference is that a 601P or 602P can be brought up to the very latest in state
of the art improvements - with an airframe and mod cost with zero time engines
of $800k+. I don't know what a Grand Rennaisance Commander would run, but
I expect just a little bit less.
If you buy something at the lower end of the price spectrum, you ARE going to have
maintenance costs that will move you somewhere up the ladder over time. So
you pick your point in that range with EITHER airplane, sort of a wash.
Unless you are carrying a lot of people, my feeling is now that the Aerostar offers
so much better speed (particularly with Superstars) and economy, it is pretty
much a given for one to three pax. (I had considered carrying more, but
we have since backed off that a bit). IF you are going to do rough field, no
question you want the Commander. I have seen a few Shrikes operating in the North,
and they work really well on partially improved fields. Like Commanders,
there seem to be a lot for sale, the price keeps going down, and it is easy
to find one with known ice, 5 psi pressurization, and good engine times with decent
avionics - FAR below replacement costs.
Perfect time to have this problem.
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AA1 and AA5B former (future?) owner
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