what do you think of this 337 for sale?

[JimC]

Originally Posted by phlgsse

edit: I guess the point is, do I pursue this one or wait for something else to come along, not necessarily another 337.

Ah...if you're not stuck on a 337, I might pass. What's your mission?

[phlgsse]

Originally Posted by JimC

Ah...if you're not stuck on a 337, I might pass. What's your mission?

Island hopping with 2 of us and a dog or two. There's a pretty nice aztec up for sale but he wants 85k and I think insurance will be even worse on an aztec. I had a grumman cheetah shared with a guy but I'm pretty certain an over water engine failure would prove fatal in that... And my partner wanted to dump 50k into a 20k airplane.

[mshac]

Originally Posted by phlgsse

Island hopping with 2 of us and a dog or two. There's a pretty nice aztec up for sale but he wants 85k and I think insurance will be even worse on an aztec

The 337 fits your mission profile to a "T". The question is, does this 337 fit your wallet, and your expectations?

The easy entry of the clamshell door runs circles around loading women, children, and animals up over the wing! My elderly mother was badly injured when she mis-stepped coming onto the wing to board on my Bonanza! This would NEVER happen on a 337! The cabin of the 337 is the roomiest, with the best visibility, of any light twin.

Cessna actually got quite a bit right with the 337.

The new electric airplane company (I forget the name) is putting 337's into airline service between the islands - if that's not an endorsement, I don't know what is!

[phlgsse]

Originally Posted by mshac

The 337 fits your mission profile to a "T". The question is, does this 337 fit your wallet, and your expectations?

Performance and payload are fine. I can't go more than 200nm anywhere anyway unless I want to island hop to nz, which a 337 doesn't have the legs for

Maintenance is a whole other thing here. Getting parts here and the cost to get them here is unreal. Need a windscreen? Sure, $700 for the part and 1k to ship it

[phlgsse]

Oh and I haven't regularly flown a multi since about 2000. I flew a 310 once this summer. Lol

[mshac]

The Skymaster is like flying a single with two engines. If you can get over the awe factor of having six levers in your hands, you'll soon realize it responds like a big single engine. The pitch is heavy, and the aircraft is very stable. Lose an engine, lose some airspeed. Feather the inop engine, and continue your flight. In a Skymaster, an engine-out is not an "emergency", its an inconvenience.

[mshac]

The panel is state of the art - for 1985. It does have a modern Garmin transponder, but that's about it for anything on the plane made after 1990.