Moving to a twin, so the Mooney has to go...

[EricJ]

11 minutes ago, RobertGary1 said:

The 310 I used to fly (N1110L) has been de-registered and is now a lowly 172.

 

-Robert

Wow.   Is there an STC for that?

 

[DaV8or]

On 7/22/2018 at 2:13 PM, KLRDMD said:

Maybe things are different in a flight school environment or with an Apache specifically (those things are OLD) but from personal experience owning four Mooneys and four twins, that's not the case.

The twins I've owned run +/- 50% more per year than the Mooneys. And the twins are SO much more capable. My current twin has just about twice the useful load and twice the payload of my last Mooney, 50% more seats, 300% more baggage storage area and weight & air conditioning. It fits in the same hangar and database updates are identical for identically installed equipment.

Oil changes are twice as much, the annual was 50% more and insurance is 50% more this year only because I have a non-equity partner that didn't even have a multi certificate when I put him on the insurance. Next year it will go down to roughly the price of what the Mooney was. I sold the Mooney for the same amount I paid for the Baron so that was a wash. 

I fly over the mountains pretty much every flight and fly over the Sea of Cortez regularly. That second engine is worth the expense at least to me. Maybe after your next engine failure you'll decide a twin is worth the expense to you too 

Hmmm... so 50% more and I'm guessing that's best case scenario. How was I wrong in my statement above?? 

[kris_adams]

The model you are considering looks amazing-one of the best I've seen.  I've looked at a couple 310s and find them beautiful. I just havevn't been able to make myself jump though I don't do much mountain flying or hard IFR.  Good luck on your purchase!

[KLRDMD]

12 hours ago, DaV8or said:

Hmmm... so 50% more and I'm guessing that's best case scenario. How was I wrong in my statement above?? 

What statement ? You quoted me.