King Katmai.
Even the 260hp has incredible performance and unbelievable handling at the bottom of the speed envelope. Personally I would rather have the IO-470, much cheaper to keep, pretty much the best of the big Continentals as far as cost of operations/HP goes. Plus the belt drive rear alternator is less prone to causing catastrophic engine failure than the front gear drive on the 520&550; then there is the airflow difference it causes as well.
I wonder what it would cost to get it onto floats? Then I'd want a GTSIO-520-K.
Hmmm, can I get Petersen to build a new STC to do that engine (or even the 375hp version) and a canard kit for a 206 including floats for my purchase price? With that I bet I could get a royalty on the STC that would pay for my flying in perpetuity as that plane would sell well to the operators in AK and other bush ops.
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