Buster1 Posted January 7, 2010 Report Posted January 7, 2010 I am narrowing my search on 231s. Hopefully the few I am eyeing will be around in a few months when I'm ready to pull the trigger. Anyway, I have built a spreadsheet on each plane and it's details. After that I have another spreadsheet that calculates monthly cost based on 100 hrs flow a year or 150 hrs flown a year for the different airplanes. I found that after Loans, Fuel, Insurance, Maintenance savings, parking, and engine OH savings...that two of my prospect birds have THE SAME monthly costs. One is over $100 K, and the other is in the $80s. The expensive one has a low-time engine, and the cheaper one has a mid-time engine. The loan amounts are countered, or offset, by the engine OH savings projections and come out within near dollars for a monthly estimate. Thought that was interesting.
skyking Posted January 7, 2010 Report Posted January 7, 2010 Your numbers are very close to mine. I would say you have done your homework very well. i average 150 hours a year with the exception of 2009 which was a really bad year as i only put about 80 hours on mine.
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