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This was a bit of an exaggeration but not totally untrue.
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It was not unusual to hear that if you could close the door after stuffing it full of people and then close both baggage doors then it was OK to fly. For a long time it was a common line that you could fill the seats, (and there are 6 full sized seats) fill the baggage compartments (two very large areas), fill the tanks (144 gallons) and take off and fly for about four hours. More than a handful of light twins will meet two or three of those requirements but only the exceptional ones will meet all of them. A loose definition of an honest airplane is one that you could reasonably expect to place a full sized person in every seat, add a reasonable amount of baggage for each of those folks, fill it up with gas, and expect to fly a reasonable distance - and still be under the maximum gross weight limitation and within the allowable CG range.
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No, the Aztec was always intended as what many would call an honest airplane. None of these models were ever intended to create a love affair or even long term bragging rights. The production run was from 1960 to 1981 and the prices ranged from the initial introductory price of $49,500 fully equipped, yea right, to the 1981 fully equipped turbo model that went for around $250,000. The major forms of the Aztec were the normally aspirated, the most popular, then the turbo equipped which opened up the heavens to FL250 and bumped the cruise speed from pedestrian to decent, and the float model which the guys in the outback are still flying and think of it as a gift. The Century III autopilot is lower left and mostly hidden by the pilots yoke. The C through the F models were mostly changes in stretching the nose from very blunt to very pointy and the reshaping of the engine cowlings from bathtub to tiger shark, and the evolution of the flight panel from scrambled eggs to an acceptable form of the standard 6 flight instruments on the left with the avionics stacked vertically in the middle and all engine instruments on the right.
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The Aztec experienced only one change in max weight from the introductory 1960 gross weight of 4,800 pounds until its first update two years later when the B model was capped at 5,200 pounds. The Aztec was initially a 5 seater and it sported twin 250 hp Lycomings on the wings from the gitgo and it was always named the Aztec. This was the mainstay 6 place light twin from the Piper Aircraft Company for a little over 20 years. What is a PA-23-250 model F Aztec you ask? Alabeo introduced their PA-23-250 model F Aztec on Thursday. Well folks my wish list has just been cut in half. Maybe the Diamond DA42 is mentioned by the newer pilots or the old time favorite Twin Comanche by the older ones.Ī couple of my favorites that are glaringly absent from the payware choices are the Aero Commander 500 and the Piper Aztec. Should I search for the best twin for FSX I will surely get several recommendations for the Beechcraft B60 Duke, Cessna 310, Beech Baron B58 and the smaller E/B55 Barons and the Twin Otter. No turboprops, no jets, no singles, no commuters, what does that leave? In my mind, I would immediately think of the Beech Barons, the Cessna 310, and then, uh, hmmm, maybe the newer Pipers like the Seneca V, or the Diamond DA42. Now what specific models would or should be considered as a light twin. It is not uncommon to find a discussion in the forums seeking the perfect light twin for flight simulation.