I recently was told $20K.

Hmmm,
10k in 10 years is not bad.
20k in 5 years buys a lot of gas for the Baron.

The chute is good for 10 years. That is unassailable fact. If you buy a 5 year old plane you will need to replace it in 5 years and then it's good for another 10. The market pretty well prices this in, though. Whatever you put into a chute will come back in resale.

It was around $10K for awhile. The G1 repacks (all that was done until recently) were more expensive because they required bodywork. The G2 and subsequent have a hatch or something that reduce the labor. The guy (and I think it really is A GUY) who makes the rockets had some sort of price increase lately. Not sure what it is. COPA would know.

Even if it is $4K/yr, that's 650 gals of avgas. Call that a 6gph delta times 100 hours and it's a wash. The data for the chute keeps getting better. And it helps for most of the ways that pilots murder their passengers, which is usually not engine failure.

Funny when a guy comes onto Beechtalk with a simple question about a Baron, and the peanut gallery is selling him on Merridian, Cirrus's, Mustang jets, MU2's and pushing about anything other than the best light twin ever made. The Baron which is what he asked about to begin with. Strange days...

Charles, good call. Yes it certainly impressed the wife. The Cirrus was on the radar screen and we have talked about that. The parachute times out after 5 years if I remember correctly and I was told the cost is 20k.
It is smaller, I know that I would miss the doors and easy access to the rear in the Beech. You know; everything is a trade off.

A Cirrus went down a week ago here. Engine out after takeoff; the chute deployed and everyone lived. When you hear stories like this; what's 20k?

The man posted in brand x talk

You mean the Cessna Baron?

:-)

-jason

The peanut gallery is just giving him options. When someone posts "My wife will fly with me if I buy a twin" it sends up a red flag to me. Twins are great and the Baron is one of the best, but it is not necessarily the answer depending on the mission. I like the twin because they are initially cheap, usually good useful, and have de-ice.

If I could buy a single with the same capability at the same price I would do it, especially with a chute. My wife would feel much better knowing that she only has to kill the engine and pull a big red handle if I have a heart attack. In the Baron, Duke, etc she would be better off to close her eyes, push all levers forward and push the yoke all the way to the panel to get it over with quicker.

Jason,

Who can I speak with about that quote? I was quoted $20K, but it was not a hard quote.

Best,

+1

Yuppers, man has a good point. JetA smelling pretty good right now.

Man, I'm never flying with your wife if she takes that approach.

......now you could also teach her how to land

Jason,

Who can I speak with about that quote? I was quoted $20K, but it was not a hard quote.

Best,

Man, I'm never flying with your wife if she takes that approach.

......now you could also teach her how to land

Adam Frisch wrote,"...
I haven't even factored in the cracked cylinders, or the ubiquitous turbo overhauls, mag overhauls, or the $100/pop spark plugs yet that will happen on top of this on the way to TBO."
Adam, it sounds like you have a bad annual hangover?
LB