If you had limitless $$$

[bnt83]

bit of a grey area whether you have to do hot sections on that schedule for part91 ops

All the crap found at HSI, I wouldn't skip it.

 

[Bill]

...for one airplane purchase and one only, tax free transaction, and the plane could not be resold, then which airplane would you get, given your pilot experience, mission, and the ongoing costs of ownership for which you will have to pay out of pocket?

I have to feed and maintain?

I'd want gentleman aerobatic capability
I'd want easy mx
I'd want good avionics
I'd want fast yet economical cruise
I'd want grass strip capability

For this exercise?

I'd want an RV-8

 

[Ted]

Piper Malibu with the big SMA SR460 300hp diesel engine, G600 or G1000 w/Synth Vision, GTN 650, GFC 700 A/P, and the STC to convert others to this configuration.

Look out JetProp DLX....

With a 300 HP engine, that will be one slow Malibu. Poor takeoff, climb, and likely cruise.

 

[James331]

Cessna 180 with a glass panel and floats/skis for it.

Why not go all the way and get the 5

 

[AcroGimp]

With a 300 HP engine, that will be one slow Malibu. Poor takeoff, climb, and likely cruise.

Funny, since the 310 hp original PA-46-310 set several city-pair records and is liked by a number of pilots given the typically better useful load. With the lower SFC of the diesel, the range would be outstanding and assuming weight of the install is equivalent take-off and climb performance would be basically the same as the original. YMMV.

'Gimp

 

[Ted]

Funny, since the 310 hp original PA-46-310 set several city-pair records and is liked by a number of pilots given the typically better useful load. With the lower SFC of the diesel, the range would be outstanding and assuming weight of the install is equivalent take-off and climb performance would be basically the same as the original. YMMV.

I said slow, I said nothing about range. Yes, the range would probably be phenomenal (assuming you can maintain altitude performance with the diesel, which will end up requiring sequential forced induction).

You're right about the 300 vs. 310 HP, though, so it might not be quite as bad as I think it would. It would definitely not be a JetProp competitor, though. I do expect to see the Malibu with a diesel at some point, but I'd hope for 375-400 HP.

 

[JB1842]

Why not go all the way and get the 5

I could. Never really thought about the 185 much.