Acclaim Type S market value.

[johncuyle]

Light twins... 3-5 times the cost to “build your hours quicker” (go slower), and haul an effective extra couple hundred pounds.
man- seeing these acclaims and their hull cost vs performance vs useful just reinforces the idea in my mind that the best long body value is a bravo right now.

I have a 231 and like the relatively low operating costs (as complex turbocharged aircraft go) but as soon as you start thinking "You know, FIKI TKS would be a significant improvement in dispatch" and your start thinking about putting significant money into a panel, you start looking at Bravos. Yes, they aren't quite as pretty as the K or Acclaim, the panel is absurdly tall, and the TIO-540 isn't my preferred engine, but the airframe is valuable enough that putting a decent panel in isn't insane, it may already have G1000 if you get a later model, the electrical system is very robust, useful load is very good even with FIKI TKS, and most of the places you can pull weight out of a 231 you can also pull weight out of a Bravo. Also (probably because most people come to the same place, where they'd really prefer something which didn't have the thirsty Lycoming, the high panel, etc.) They are an insane value. I pretty much constantly think I should sell my 231, take the loss on the repairs and upgrades I had done, and buy a Bravo. Then I look at my fuel consumption spreadsheet and decide I should keep the 231. Then there's a 3000' thick cloud layer at 2000 AGL, which coincidentally is also the freezing level and I know I could never fly my 231 through it and I start the second guessing process all over again.


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