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1. 12:30 AM - Re: Tiger, LoPresti nose bowl update (James Courtney)
2. 10:01 AM - Re: Tiger, LoPresti nose bowl update (Ron Levy)
3. 10:26 AM - Re: Tiger, LoPresti nose bowl update (James Courtney)
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| Subject: | Tiger, LoPresti nose bowl update |
--> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: "James Courtney" <jamey@jamescourtney.net>
Tom,
I think we're in agreement. They're needs clearly don't warrant the extra
expense then. I would assume that someone eyeing a Cirrus or Bonanza or 210
would be doing so because they could afford it and either required the
additional capabilities of such an aircraft or were willing to spend the
money on it regardless of need. It sounds like the folks you are speaking
with don't have a thorough understanding of the actual cost/performance
delta of these planes relative to their needs. I'm a pretty low time pilot
and have owned my Tiger, my first airplane, for less than a year. I'm
certainly guilty of thinking about things through rose-colored glassed from
time to time. I suppose most of us do this or we wouldn't be able to
justify what we spend on our hobby:)
Jamey
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Subject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: Tiger, LoPresti nose bowl update
--> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: ThomasTholmes512@aol.com
Jamey,
It's a matter of mission I believe. Two of these folks fly almost every day
to manage their businesses. Couple hundred miles, each way max. The
difference in time with the Tiger compared to any of the others is
minuscule, while
the cost of an annual will be at least two to one and the going price for
new/newish ones varies by as much as $200K. You have to have a really big
ego need
to stand that kind of hit! ;-) Of course I fly a 150hp Yankee and an
Aeronca!
Tom
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| Subject: | Tiger, LoPresti nose bowl update |
--> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: Ron Levy <rblevy@mindspring.com>
From: James Courtney <jamey@jamescourtney.net>
--> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: "James Courtney" <jamey@jamescourtney.net>
>They're needs clearly don't warrant the extra expense then.
I think Greg Amy put best when he said he's got the LoPresti cowl because it looks
good, and does not have a PowerFlow exhaust because it doesn't.
Ron
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| Subject: | Tiger, LoPresti nose bowl update |
--> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: "James Courtney" <jamey@jamescourtney.net>
Clearly. Most of us are influenced to some or even a great extent in our
aviation purchases by their sex appeal. My friend has a Cirrus SR22 and
it's beautiful and apparently flies great (though he laments to some degree
the lack of snappiness relative to his old Navion). Honestly I hope to
upgrade from my Grumman some day if my flying profile justifies it and my
pocket book allows for it and I'd probably seriously consider planes like
the SR22 and upcoming Diamond TwinStar.
One other thing I overlooked in my statement is that even short hops of a
couple of hundred miles, if done frequently in IMC, might favor a plane like
the Cirrus with it's advanced avionics over a more basically equipped
Grumman. There are lots of variables and lots of emotions:)
Jamey
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From: owner-teamgrumman-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-teamgrumman-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Ron
Levy
Subject: RE: TeamGrumman-List: Tiger, LoPresti nose bowl update
--> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: Ron Levy <rblevy@mindspring.com>
From: James Courtney <jamey@jamescourtney.net>
--> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: "James Courtney"
<jamey@jamescourtney.net>
>They're needs clearly don't warrant the extra expense then.
I think Greg Amy put best when he said he's got the LoPresti cowl because it
looks good, and does not have a PowerFlow exhaust because it doesn't.
Ron
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