The answer lies in the type of Piper you refer to. I have mentioned in many other threads the 'Cub tax' that inflates rag-wing Piper singles (except the short wing ones...) far beyond comparable aircraft and Piper Navajos, and Chieftains tend to command more than the Cessna 402s and 404s do. All of these aircraft have the advantage of either greater utility or lower operating costs than the cheaper aircraft.Deltawidget wrote:On the question of this topic for Pipers, for some reason (lack of flight school demand? inability to use floats/skis?) Piper aircraft with equivalent performance to Cessnas sell for 25-30% less than Cessnas. Ocassionally, performance is better in some Piper Aircraft (other than shortfield performance..but are you operating out of the bush?)
I'm not sure why this continues to be the case..guess people stick with the type they are familiar with?
Performance and payload wise, we could replace our entire fleet (172, 206, 337) with Warrior, a Cherokee Six, and a Seneca. But the aircraft wouldn't be able to make money because a lot of our work involves being able to see down and being able to attach things to wing struts (cameras, antennas).