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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. Primary flight controls are via push-pull tubes, torque tubes and bell cranks. The nosewheel has its own steering control and isnt connected to the rudders. Fuel-selector valves and elevator and rudder trim systems are also electric.

Knot 115
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Nothing Small About It

Plane and Pilot

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. But I have maintained 5000 feet at 6000 pounds gross weight,” notes Ross. Precisely what the single-engine ceiling is, the team can’t say. “We