Guitarmaster Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Posted June 25, 2015 RV10 surely is a fantastic and very capable airplane, but they're simply too expensive. You can buy a very good A36 or C210 for less than half the price of the RV, which leaves you with quite a bit of spare cash to spend on maintenance. This is exactly the conclusion I came up with when looking for a four-place experimental. I love the Velocity, the RV.. not so much. Maybe I will go with a TBM-650. What do you guys think? 2 Quote
petegaz40 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Posted July 14, 2015 My dad used to own a Turbo 337... Nice plane but a maintenance hog.. Quote
Marauder Posted July 14, 2015 Report Posted July 14, 2015 This is exactly the conclusion I came up with when looking for a four-place experimental. I love the Velocity, the RV.. not so much. Maybe I will go with a TBM-650. What do you guys think? I personally would go Pilatus. Now that's a single capable of hauling some big stuff. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote
cujet Posted July 25, 2015 Report Posted July 25, 2015 No I was not; I own a P46T and it is too tight in the front seats for my 6'2" frame. I expected the much larger PC12 to be more comfortable in pilots' seats but it is not. Great in back seats, though. The owner of our PC-12 is 6' 4" and fits fine. Did you move the rudder pedals forward? I'm not a small guy either and I fit fine, I get to fly it from time to time. Flew it from FL to CA a while back. It's possible the configuration was somewhat different than ours. And there are at least 2 different cockpit seats available. Ours really does have plenty of room. However, it is difficult to "climb" into the cockpit due to the overhead panel location. Quote
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