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Originally Posted by JetJock16 (Post 98106)

My bad, I forgot about the Saab2000. You don't see those much in the US.

AFAIK, there are only 2 of them in the US, both now owned by a NASCAR team.

There were only about 60 ever made. It was timed badly and had a lot of CG problems for the first year of service, forcing SAAB to introduce Fly-By-Wire controls for the elevator and rudder.

RJs started coming out about the same time.

I think the Dash 8 Q400 might be faster, or about the same speed. And it carries more passengers.

Any Q400 drivers out there?

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Originally Posted by SAABaroowski (Post 98096)

you think the bro is bad, try the systems on the SAAB, although the SF-340 is very easy to fly

The systems on the Saab? What was so hard about it?