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Used Aircraft Guide: Piper Aerostar Offers Turbine-Like Performance

Flying Magazine

The airplane gets a gross weight boost to 6,356 pounds ramp weight. Claimed 75 percent cruise is a blistering 261 knots, and initial climb rate is 1875 fpm. At economy cruise (55 percent), the fuel burn is 32 gph and claimed speed is 225 knots. External skins are butt-joined and flush-riveted.

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Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

“We routinely taxi at 1200 rpm due to the low spray…[we] can cruise at 10 knots” in displacement mode, something a Goose can’t do. Another advantage of the counter-rotating props is the elimination of torque roll. This is the tendency to dig in the left tip float during takeoff while countering engine torque.