best piston aircraft for single pilot ifr...

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firedawg1513 said:
i'm sure this question has probably been posted dozens of times so i'll apollogize ahead of time, but what is the best (generally safest) piston aircraft for single pilot ifr? thanks in advance, i appreciate the insight....:cool:
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Anything with a decent autiopilot. It will lead to you actually being able to like, look at charts and approach plates, and have some small bit of SA. Getting bounced around sometimes it is hard to do much else other than fly the plane, which is less than ideal safety-wise in my opinion. Even better than the autopilot is having another actual pilot though.
 
drunkenbeagle said:
Anything with a decent autiopilot. It will lead to you actually being able to like, look at charts and approach plates, and have some small bit of SA. Getting bounced around sometimes it is hard to do much else other than fly the plane, which is less than ideal safety-wise in my opinion. Even better than the autopilot is having another actual pilot though.
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Before I earned my instrument rating (okay, honestly, before I got my PPL) I thought, "An autopilot is a luxury! A good pilot doesn't need an autopilot!"

We often think silly things, borne of ignorance. Experiencing spatial-D and earning an instrument rating cured me of that ignorance with...(in deference to @Derg )....


....wait for it.....




....catlike quickness.
 
firedawg1513 said:
i'm sure this question has probably been posted dozens of times so i'll apollogize ahead of time, but what is the best (generally safest) piston aircraft for single pilot ifr? thanks in advance, i appreciate the insight....:cool:
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Beech Baron or Twin Commander.
 
By far the Cessna 310/320.

The Doofus (@bimmerphile what was his name?) flying out in California and posting his "not really but almost perfect" flights on YouTube shows what that plane can take.

Plus I have a thousand hours in a 310R (little bit of that is in a Q and a 320) and if it weren't for the costs of operating them I would own one if I ever wanted a "normal" aircraft.
 
Tyler Pinkerton said:
By far the Cessna 310/320.

The Doofus (@bimmerphile what was his name?) flying out in California and posting his "not really but almost perfect" flights on YouTube shows what that plane can take.

Plus I have a thousand hours in a 310R (little bit of that is in a Q and a 320) and if it weren't for the costs of operating them I would own one if I ever wanted a "normal" aircraft.
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Jerry W



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bimmerphile said:
Jerry W



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Ahh yes, Jerry...

Someone really needs to explain to him that the IFR standards are NOT +/- 100 KTS & 1000' & also that being full scale deflection below the glidepath... IN IMC... is a BAD thing!!!
 
I flew a Lycoming O-320 LongEz with glass panel and autopilot. I was impressed. I flew a GPS approach and it was quite easy. Very stable and power management was also very simple. A lot of the crowd here shy away from Experimental Aircrafts but some of them are top notch.
 
Boris Badenov said:
Hard to say, of course, for all the reasons above. Plus, most of us probably haven't flown 10% of the options. I liked the 210 with TKS A LOT for hard single-pilot IFR. Fast enough, good load, VERY stable, and lands like a 172 (but doesn't fall out of the sky in ice like a certain larger Cessna single ;) ) If it's just me, a load of bull semen/medical rats/radiocative waste, and an NDB to minimums, I'd rather be in a 210 than, say, a Baron.
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Wasn't that the marketing slogan for the 210?
"The Centurion: Made just for you, a load of bull semen/medical rats/radiocative waste, and an NDB to minimums!!"
See your local Cessna Flight Center today!
:)
p.s. I like the 210, especially with a JPI and especially after the 520 > 550 engine conversion.
 
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Vector said:
I flew a Lycoming O-320 LongEz with glass panel and autopilot. I was impressed. I flew a GPS approach and it was quite easy. Very stable and power management was also very simple. A lot of the crowd here shy away from Experimental Aircrafts but some of them are top notch.
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Paging @jynxyjoe
 
Vector said:
I flew a Lycoming O-320 LongEz with glass panel and autopilot. I was impressed. I flew a GPS approach and it was quite easy. Very stable and power management was also very simple. A lot of the crowd here shy away from Experimental Aircrafts but some of them are top notch.
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Oh, if I had the money laying around, a well-built-and-tested Vans RV-series would be on my very short list. The performance bang for the buck is impressive.
 
killbilly said:
Oh, if I had the money laying around, a well-built-and-tested Vans RV-series would be on my very short list. The performance bang for the buck is impressive.
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RV's are slightly overpriced. Full disclosure, I am building an RV-9. A LEZ is cheaper but also has runway restrictions.
 
Vector said:
RV's are slightly overpriced. Full disclosure, I am building an RV-9. A LEZ is cheaper but also has runway restrictions.
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I've seen some affordable used RVs and some...optimistic....pricing on others. What kind of runway restrictions on the LEZ?
 
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