G200_PILOT
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Like you said, who knows what it REALLY costs, but we were told that the main cost comes from the fact that Gulfstream holds the rights to the new performance numbers. When they decided to up the weights, they had to go back and prove to the FAA that the airplane could perform. They had to come up with a whole new set of numbers. That testing obviously took a lot of time and money so now, whoever wants the mod, gets to pay for it.
In the end, we were told somewhere around $10K per airplane. In the long-run, the mod would pay for itself but the question has always been "Why not just make the new numbers the REAL numbers?" It would only make sense that Gulfstream would want to show potential buyers the larger numbers.
Who knows. It's a goofy airplane with goofy people selling them.
In the end, we were told somewhere around $10K per airplane. In the long-run, the mod would pay for itself but the question has always been "Why not just make the new numbers the REAL numbers?" It would only make sense that Gulfstream would want to show potential buyers the larger numbers.
Who knows. It's a goofy airplane with goofy people selling them.
