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what kind of plane is this?
Mike:
saw this at the FBO the other day. CUTE!!
what is it and how much would Chuck pay for it he wanted one?
Rooster Cruiser:
This is an Eclipse 500, the wonder of Albuquerque.
It was a great idea on paper, but it was designed and built by ex-Microsoft engineers and released in Beta version. :o I've heard horror stories from guys that fly them where they cannot seem to have a single flight where everything works right.
Eclipse went T/U a year ago, and the 250 or so airplanes have become orphans. I understand that there is a new company that bought the assets at court auction and they are now offering Mx support... but at a HUGE markup.
Controller.com lists 25 EA500's for sale. Asking prices start at $1 million, but no one is spending that kind of money on these lemons. You could probably offer $500,000 and walk away with one. The question is whether you could fly it home without declaring a mayday.
RC
undatc:
VLJ = very little jets
These guys are really annoying. We want to instate a rule where you cannot fly higher than your airspeed. FL300 and 190 kts is just wrong, makes a nice speed bump. ::sulk::
Mike:
--- Quote from: undatc on December 25, 2009, 06:30:29 PM ---VLJ = very little jets
These guys are really annoying. We want to instate a rule where you cannot fly higher than your airspeed. FL300 and 190 kts is just wrong, makes a nice speed bump. ::sulk::
--- End quote ---
wow, I thought they's be faster!! what's the point of paying a million bucks and end up with turbines just to go the speed of a Mooney ?!?! ::unbelieveable::
too bad they're POS's ! I thought they looked cool.
maybe in the future they'll come up with something similar that actually works....
4X-NTY:
The point is that you can chase a mooney without a problem, but let's see that mooney chasing you at 30,000 feet!
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