Anyone here have any info on the Beech Premier 1?

It's a beauty compared to the HondaJet, though. All relative.

 

Beechjet or Premier? I haven't heard of an upgrade for the Premier.

 

Everybody likes their own airplane. Factory support for Commander is excellent.

The fact that the FAA had to put out an SFAR for the MU-2 should tell you a lot...

Again, go fly both and see which one you like.

 

Doesn't the (Mitsubishi) Beechjet already have about a 2,000 mi range in stock form?

 

Nextant aerospace has a cool upgrade for the Beechjet but…… It's still a 2 pilot airplane so it's not gonna work for this situation.

 

No doubt at that price it's a TON of plane for the money. If you don't have to haul much go for it.

 

Mark, aren't you are answering your own question as to why the market has settled to such a low number for so much plane?

 

Boom…. They're cheap for a reason. I'm not brave enough to do it. If your hops are so short then just keep your MU2.

For that mission, I'd get a Cirrus.

 

What about a C-130? Overkill?



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Easy. I used to do it all the time. they hold 120 gallons of gas. They use 16.5 per hour in cruise. 700 NM is not a long haul

 

I used to own a Cirrus and the SR22 I flew held 84 gal, 81 usable and at 16.5 gal/hr would cruise around 175 kt TAS depending on pressure altitude. Now it was an older plane but I still think fuel is 92 gal for even the later aircraft. It can go 700 nm but that is a long time in a piston single, way over 4 hours.

 

I think the Nextant looks like a heck of a deal at that price. I would think that Nextant would support it (who knows, maybe at some point they'll end up with the type certificate). The good news about support is that there are enough Beechjets out there that there is money to be made in providing support, so someone will do it at a price.

And, as you point out, the engines and avionics are fully supported, and most of the rotable stuff is going to be pretty commonly used.

Your biggest support issue would be if you pranged it somehow and needed an engineered fix. Is there anyone who could do that? Could Nextant?

 

Needs 2 pilots.

 

I hear ya. That's why I also suggested just keeping your MU2.

If you buy that Premier you just have to be ready to be buried in it when you die. What if nobody will buy it from you no matter how cheap you want to let it go? And then to keep it running it's costing you an arm and a leg. Super risky.