BeechTalk - BT - Pilatus is with out doubt the greatest Turbo Prop ever built

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 00:05

Forgive me for posting without being able to contribute succinctly until Friday, but it's breaking HUGE in South Florida right now and my arms are like jello. Tomorrow promises to be epic. Daylight hours are for paddling, even hours for plane talking.

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After all my research, Pilatus is without doubt, the best turboprop option, bar none.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 00:08

Time to change the name of this website to EverythingbutBeechtalk.com

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 00:08

Your arms are like jello from all of your :stir:

I think...

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 00:11

CirrAtaLatusEssnatalk.com

Cirr- Cirrus
Ata- Socata
Latus- Pilatus
Essna- Cessna

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 00:14

Nope, I'm serious about my crappy surfing, but even more serious about my analysis of the Pilatus. I cannot find a way to argue against buying one as much as I try.

Cost per mile per seat - Pilatus

Just to start the discussion.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 00:15

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 00:15

TBM 900 is better

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 00:16

The only things wrong with a Pilatus are:

1. Only one engine.

2. No parachute.

3. Costs $4 million bucks.

Otherwise, I want one!

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 00:18

Username Protected wrote:

TBM 900 is better

Sorry, flown an 850 for 30 hours. It's a fast 6 seater. You cannot 'p' on that airplane. Compare the TBM with a Meridian, not a Pilatus. Not even the same class.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 00:28

Username Protected wrote:

TBM 900 is better

Sorry, flown an 850 for 30 hours. It's a fast 6 seater. You cannot 'p' on that airplane. Compare the TBM with a Meridian, not a Pilatus. Not even the same class.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 00:41

I'm not the one who voted you down! But there is a fugly potty available on the TBM, but you get there so fast you don't need the potty. I just think it's sleeker, faster, sexier and has better avionics.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 00:51

Username Protected wrote:

I'm not the one who voted you down! But there is a fugly potty available on the TBM, but you get there so fast you don't need the potty. I just think it's sleeker, faster, sexier and has better avionics.

I know, I know, Baron men don't do that type of thing :cheers:

I had no potty in our leased TBM. The pilatus will seat 9 very comfortably, fly a long, long way, has an enclosed head, and a better payload than the TBM. The TBM is a sleek fast airplane, but the speed difference is not that much.

The ability to carry more than 6 people with a Pilatus and do it for the per mile cost that they do it, is a very compelling proposition.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 08:10

The pilatus has a PA system. Thats just cool.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 08:53

I wouldnt compare a TBM to a Meridian, very different aircraft.
The TBM is a true turbine, the Meridian well...
Go visit both plant and check the way the aircraft is built.
The piper plant looks like an homebuilt plant compared to Socata in Tarbes that looks like a Boeing plant.

The TBM 900 is 330 kts at FL280 vs 280-285 for an NG?
Thats the same speed as my C2.
Thats a lot of speed difference and probably on the same fuel or less.
The TBM is a stronger aircraft with a 266 VMO.

Different aircraft for a different market.
Then a PC12 wont fit in my hangar...

Username Protected wrote:

TBM 900 is better

Sorry, flown an 850 for 30 hours. It's a fast 6 seater. You cannot 'p' on that airplane. Compare the TBM with a Meridian, not a Pilatus. Not even the same class.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 10 Dec 2014, 08:59

If you compare the speed you have to compare the size