To me it appears that Quest, with a new infusion of capital after being acquired by Setouchi Holdings a couple of years ago, stuffed the sales channel with aircraft. Lots of inventory out there that appears to have been there awhile. Then Quest added the so-called Gen 2 aircraft with the 1000 NXi and some other updates which may have negatively impacted sales of the units already on the ground. Both appear to *list* for about $2.5M. The question is, does anyone have accurate info regarding actual transaction prices on these aircraft, both Gen 1 and Gen 2?

Maybe a better question is: is there someone on the list that could reach out to a knowledgeable player and ask around? I'm just looking for input other than from a dealer's beginning gambit. What caught my attention was that Banyan at FXE had been a dealer, sat on the same inventory for what seemed a long time and then stopped being a dealer. Got me to wondering if the market for all that inventory out there was tilting toward the buyer.

Larry,

I'm not sure about actual sales prices as we'd have to task a researcher with going through that market and both my researchers are slammed... with a quick look I can tell you that there hasn't been a tremendous number of sales. That's a fairly niche market, lot's of aircraft can be bought for $2M and the Kodiak fits a niche very well... but it is a niche market.

Looks like a neat airplane...

In many ways, for the owner/pilot/operator, if money were no object, ultimate
two plane hangar could be a Quest Kodiak and a Cessna M2.

Kodiak economical for short trips and great short field performance, even back country flying and airstrips.
Citation M2 for longer trips where speed matters.

Like I said, IF money were not object.....

Was at a fly in near aspen a few years back and they were doing rides in the kodiak. It’s performance was spectacular and the build quality/details were awesome. Monster 206.

I was hot for a Kodiak for a while. The issue once you really dig in is that it's not as big as a Cessna 208 and the PC12 kicks the tail outta it in every category but landing distance.

It has serious, serious back country chops, but in the US, those are not needed. We landed in San Blas and the Kodiak pilot was in disbelief that a Pilatus could land there. On a per mile basis, the PC12 and most probably the King Airs are better aircraft. They're faster, go higher, are more weather capable.

Have a fella that flies into Staniel a lot on a Kodiak as they have an island nearby. They're now gonna trade out for a PC12.

Or a Kodiak and a TBM, the ultimate package deal.

Lack of pressurization is a huge factor.
Very niche market.

I was hot for a Kodiak for a while. The issue once you really dig in is that it's not as big as a Cessna 208 and the PC12 kicks the tail outta it in every category but landing distance.

It has serious, serious back country chops, but in the US, those are not needed. We landed in San Blas and the Kodiak pilot was in disbelief that a Pilatus could land there. On a per mile basis, the PC12 and most probably the King Airs are better aircraft. They're faster, go higher, are more weather capable.

Have a fella that flies into Staniel a lot on a Kodiak as they have an island nearby. They're now gonna trade out for a PC12.

No problem agreeing that it's a niche aircraft, this wasn't meant to be a which aircraft is best sort of thing. It was to maybe find a market opportunity and the possibility of bargains in the offing. A well equipped Kodiak for somewhat less than 2.0 maybe would make a fun family aircraft but not a business aircraft where time, speed, distance are the criteria. It'd be more use out west where there is more recreational backcountry flying. But island hopping in the Caribbean, on floats or not, would be fun. The Recreational Aviation Foundation has done much better work out west than in the rest of the country in identifying and establishing FAA recognized strips and maintaining them.