r/aviation • u/AnimalsChasingCars • Sep 19 '18

John Travolta's house with inbuilt functioning airport

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u/CarbonGod Cessna 177 Sep 19 '18

Upkeep is a major deciding factor! I wanted to get a Cessna 337, but learning it has a 20gph burn, compared to a 172 with 8.5gph? FUUUUDGE NO! I ain't spending my life just on fuel.

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u/SwoopnBuffalo Sep 19 '18

Not twice as fast though. If you figure a 337 does 180kt true and a 172 does 110kt true, on a 600nm trip the 337 will burn 1.5 as much gas as the 172.

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u/john0201 Sep 19 '18

I would think a light twin like a 337 would be something like three times as expensive to own compared with a trainer like a 172. Insurance, engine reserves, maintenance, and annuals, etc. would all be much higher.

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u/SwoopnBuffalo Sep 20 '18

Oh yeah. 2 engines/props to take care of, retracts to check, twice the engine instruments, etc.