Recent content by Tx_Flyboy

Lance, Why don’t you put real numbers from your experience? The OP will know it’s based on a short timeframe of ownership but also know he is getting real world numbers. I’m quoting figures from twin cessna owners but of course, it’s not first hand feedback.

If you are serious about cabin class cessna twins, you need to do several things: 1. Join the twin cessna flyers org. You will get much more informed answers than what you’ve gotten so far. 2. Be honest with yourself about the financial wherewithal to purchase ANY cabin class piston twin. A...

Interesting responses. Apparently, people here don’t understand how price segmention works in avaiation. $175k + $150k base airplane to save what? 4-6gal/hr of fuel? Really? This makes very little sense in the LARGEST GA market in the world. They won’t stay in business because of one off...

This company is taking a short, tortuous path to bankruptcy. If you can’t sell a new diesel engine for profit at price of a factory overhauled avgas engine...you will be bankrupt inside 10years.

Why does anyone take deltahawk seriously? I think the ultimate statement is to have a plane fly into OSH powered by your new whiz-bang engine...

Anyone wandered over to Continental, EPS, or other manufacturers trying to get diesel/Tet-A engines Certified? If so any news?

Ken! You are back at owning a Baron...how does it compare to the P337 you owned? how about the Twinco & the seneca III? also, why did you move away from the lancair and back to a piston twin?

Congrats on your C-310. I am going into year 3 of owning my C-310K...i will be putting it for sale later this year however. On fuel pumps: Low = take-off (great tool to control cylinder head temperatures (CHTs) during climbs), landing & probably high altitudes (never needed to turn it on up to...

Yawn. That company should innovate or die already...they need to compete with Cirrus which means in addition to FINALLY putting a pilot side door they also need to: Update the design by increasing the cabin width (6-8 inches) & length. Install a chute - in an pod/enclosure of its own making...

Rudy, no offense/slam intended on my part. i'm saying that the lack of multi rating is a deterrent to considering piston twins since most people will naturally minimize non value added activities. Therefore, getting a multi (for the sake of considering a piston twin) would be seen as a...

My observation is that many Cirrus owners (and single engine land airplane owners too) don't have a Multi rating like most non-commercial pilots. It makes these folks more susceptible to believe the asinine argument about how a single is "safer" or "more advantageous" than a twin. Visit...

1 million with sublimits...i forget limit on passengers but wanna say $100k per? i can look it up later.

I know its not an answer to your question but...my C-310 insurance is about $1800/yr. I am CFI/II/MEI, and had about 1500TT & 250hrs multi with no time in type at the time... i suspect a newbie (no or minimal twin time) will be about 2-2.5x that...about $3600-$4500...or so my agent told me.

I've never seen soo many TTCF members in a forum not in the TTCF forums....and providing timely feedback...unlike the TTCF forum. While the TTCF forum has a lot of type specific knowledge, its lack of activity makes it a Jeb Bush ("low energy") forum compared to Beechtalk for instance...

Great Photos! the OP even took the time to wipe all oil, fuel stains & hydraulic fluids leaks off the underbelly! :p