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Post subject: Re: TBM  Posted: 14 Jul 2013, 11:12 |
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Username Protected wrote: Here's to me hoping then!
I don't gamble or buy lottery tickets, so this probably won't happen... but it's nice to dream.... You have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you buy a ticket or not. 
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Post subject: Re: TBM Posted: 14 Jul 2013, 23:55 |
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Username Protected wrote: Here's to me hoping then!
I don't gamble or buy lottery tickets, so this probably won't happen... but it's nice to dream.... I buy tickets all the time. Hasn't happened for me yet either.  You can't win if you don't play though. 
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Post subject: Re: TBM Posted: 15 Jul 2013, 03:23 |
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What as Beechcraft done since 1992?[/quote]
Created the starship (Dumb bells they already make the #1 Turbo prop
Created the premier ugly jets don't sell
Gone broke
filed for BK
Sold Hawker
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Post subject: Re: TBM Posted: 15 Jul 2013, 04:19 |
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What as Beechcraft done since 1992? Created the starship (Dumb bells they already make the #1 Turbo propCreated the premier ugly jets don't sell Gone broke filed for BK Sold Hawker[/quote] The Starship goes all the way back to 1984. It was revolutionary. Too revolutionary for a buisness aircraft. First FMS, first glass cockpit, first auto deice, first composite plane (carbon fiber too), first pusher turboprop, first canard. And it was the first aircraft ever certified in the more stringent commuter category, too. The King Air B300 was second. Beechcraft had a strong balance sheet until those carpetbagger finance vultures got ahold of it.
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Post subject: Re: TBM Posted: 15 Jul 2013, 08:42 |
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My hangar neighbor has one and he loves it, it is an early one with a G600 in it... I have flown it and while it is fast, capable, long range, and comfortable for 3 or 4 people... It doesn't fly like a Beechcraft. The controls feel like you are flying a dump truck....
And, he quit flying it west of Denver at night... He said he just could not stomach the belly acid of looking down at the mountains in the dark....
If I won the Lottery (I don't buy tickets either) I would buy a FJ- 44 powered 500/550 conversion with a G-1000....
Faster, two engines, much nicer handling airplane, room for 6 or 8 comfortably, potty, and as much or more range than the TBM. The only thing missing on the jet is the reversible prop... One landing on a slick runway with no buckets will make you pine for a reversible propeller....
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Post subject: Re: TBM Posted: 15 Jul 2013, 08:46 |
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There is actually an STC to install the G1000 in the 700, $350k if I remember. Not worth it when you can do the G600. They have only done 1 as I have been told. It was developped for the french army to upgrade their own A and B model. Kevin I have talk to your friend Marc at last year TBMOPA convention. Username Protected wrote: Kevin, I think I found your buddy's TBM on controller. Even has a video with him taling about the plane. Novel marketing technique! Looks awesome!
Drop a G1000 in there and you are set!
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Post subject: Re: TBM Posted: 15 Jul 2013, 08:47 |
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Citation 500/550 with upgraded Williams FJ44 engines Username Protected wrote: What's this? " I would buy a FJ- 44 powered 500/550 conversion with a G-1000.... "
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Post subject: Re: TBM Posted: 15 Jul 2013, 08:50 |
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Username Protected wrote: My hangar neighbor has one and he loves it, it is an early one with a G600 in it... I have flown it and while it is fast, capable, long range, and comfortable for 3 or 4 people... It doesn't fly like a Beechcraft. The controls feel like you are flying a dump truck....
And, he quit flying it west of Denver at night... He said he just could not stomach the belly acid of looking down at the mountains in the dark....
If I won the Lottery (I don't buy tickets either) I would buy a FJ- 44 powered 500/550 conversion with a G-1000....
Faster, two engines, much nicer handling airplane, room for 6 or 8 comfortably, potty, and as much or more range than the TBM. The only thing missing on the jet is the reversible prop... One landing on a slick runway with no buckets will make you pine for a reversible propeller.... If you won the lottery you'd buy a 40 year old frankenjet? Why?
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