Inexpensive Twins

JDE

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I'm not looking for one, but I am wondering what would be a good, inexpensive twin to own and operate, and would be good for building time. Thanks in advance.

Jason
 
Yeah, get a six pack of Coors Light...

Oh, I'm sorry, you were speaking about aircraft? My bad.

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First off any airplane is NOT inexpensive. ALL twins wil run about 3x the maintenance and hourly costs as a single.

But ...

An Apache or Twin Commanche (both use 160 Lycoming 0-320s .. well later model apaches do anyway as do all the Twin Commanches). This equates to a low fuel burn .. 16.5 GPH (total) in cruise.

You can find a decent Apache for about $50k (probably about $80-100k for the Commanche). The only thing you have to watch out for on the Apache is parts are getting hard to find. Hard to find parts = expensive parts/work-arounds.

As far as the wisdom goes towards building time. I think it's a good idea but it's really up to each person and more importantly, their budget.
 
I was a part owner in a Twin Comanche for a few years.
We figured our total cost, fixed and operating, at about $120 per hour (based on 150 - 200 hours a year).
I flight planned 155 knots and 15 gph @ 65% power.
Great plane.
 
Being a poor college student, there is no airplane in my future for quite awhile...however, the six pack of Coors...
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I say Olson, they're loaded so they might pay for the date. Worst case scenario is Dutch Treat.
 
I've got to admit, when I saw the title of this thread, I was hoping it was referring to the walking, talking variety. The Olsens are a little teeny-bopper for me ... but oh well.

FL270
 
Anyone want to start the timer to see how fast Iain comes screaming into the thread seeking the Olsen twins reference?
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Opened this, thinking of another kind of twins, and at least this hasn't turned into a thread about cows yet.
 
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No thats for the aviation humor forum
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Man, we could have used you a couple days ago in the "Look, no bra" thread...
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That took 9 hours, 16 minutes Iain. But considering you're on the other side of the world, I'll give you 9 hours credit.
 
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