flyersfan31
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I was looking at the high class airplane porn the other day (i.e. turboprops) and got to wondering. What kind of mx costs do you face on, say, a Pt6 or a Garrett AiResearch over the lifecycle. I pretty much know the OH and annual costs of maintaining different piston engines, but nothin about turbines.
We had some aeroderivative turbines in some of our powerplants at my old company. I seem to recall A/B/C inspections, with varying degrees of cost/complexity. The only ongoing cost I can think of if you're living with a turboprop is a compressor wash, maybe 1AU every 25hrs? I know there is MUCH more.
Anyone have any general data points on cost of ownership?
(Curious, just curious)
We had some aeroderivative turbines in some of our powerplants at my old company. I seem to recall A/B/C inspections, with varying degrees of cost/complexity. The only ongoing cost I can think of if you're living with a turboprop is a compressor wash, maybe 1AU every 25hrs? I know there is MUCH more.
Anyone have any general data points on cost of ownership?
(Curious, just curious)