I'm not saying it isn't cool or complex, but rather why would it be more valuable?
I don't really have anything except that it's good experience to learn a "highly complex" airplane... Is that experience better than 200+KIAS turbo stuff? I don't know...
The very complex electrical system is a good point though.
However, gas mileage means little when a gearbox has a 300hr life at $16000 a pop new (maybe you can get an overhaul - not sure how that works)- which would be about an extra $100/hr just for the gearbox not to mention other costs and the $600k price tag.
Yeah that sucks. Still no overhaul, it's a swap
Air Orlando charges like $364/hr for the DA42 dual (!!!!!!)
I think we are 365+65
An older Seneca I gets around 8.5-9gph each engine
8 total in the 42
I'm anxious to see how they do with the IO-360s
-it is cool to fly a twin with a stick though-