New Piper Unveils The Piper 6X And 6XT | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-04.01.24

Airborne-Unlimited-04.16.24

Airborne-FlightTraining-04.17.24 Airborne-Unlimited-04.11.24

Airborne-Unlimited-04.12.24

Join Us At 0900ET, Friday, 4/10, for the LIVE Morning Brief.
Watch It LIVE at
www.airborne-live.net

Wed, Apr 02, 2003

New Piper Unveils The Piper 6X And 6XT

Fixed-gear Additions to the Popular Saratoga II Family Debut

New Piper Aircraft has finally lifted the veil of secrecy from two new aircraft models, the Piper 6X and the Piper 6XT. The new aircraft, fixed-gear additions to the popular Saratoga II family, represent "excellent value and top-notch performance at an extremely competitive price."
 
"Pilots are looking for a high-utility airplane with terrific value," says New Piper President and CEO Chuck Suma, "and these two new aircraft provide uncompromised performance at boldly competitive prices. They are another example of how New Piper - even in the face of a very tough economy - continues to pursue new technology, innovation and new product advancements. The culmination of those efforts are the Piper 6X and the Piper 6XT that we are unveiling here today."

The Piper 6X is a normally aspirated, fixed-gear version of the popular six-place Saratoga II aircraft, and the Piper 6XT is its turbocharged equivalent. While option pricing has not yet been determined, the standard equipped list price of the Piper 6X is $336,000 and the Piper 6XT is $356,000.

Both the Piper 6X and the Piper 6XT are powered by 300 HP Lycoming engines giving the aircraft top speeds of 153 kts/283 km/h and 165 kts/306 km/h respectively. (See attached Performance and Specifications sheet for further details.) For avid fans of the Piper Cherokee 6, which built a solid reputation for value, utility, performance and reliability, these new Piper aircraft, with their state-of-the-art avionics packages and aerodynamic styling, are the modern, powerful equivalent to their namesake.

The aircraft are also the modern answer to dramatic increases in insurance premiums. The Piper 6X and Piper 6XT are high performance aircraft that insurance companies will look upon favorably due to their fixed-gear configurations.

"The Piper 6X and Piper 6XT are fast, long-legged, and have an excellent useful load capacity, all for a very competitive price," says Molly Martin Pearce, Director, Marketing & Sales, The New Piper Aircraft, Inc.

The Piper 6X on display in Lakeland boasts an extraordinary 1,440 pounds of useful load and 828 pounds of payload with full fuel. Useable fuel for both the normally aspirated version and the turbocharged version is 102 gallons.

Both models comfortably seat six people in a club-arrangement. The rear seats are equipped with a quick-release mechanism to allow their removal, leaving seating for four with increased cargo capacity. A typical mission with two adults, two children, and a little over 300 pounds of active gear such as mountain bikes, hiking gear, or scuba gear, would be possible for a trip covering 600 miles with a one hour fuel reserve, or from Lakeland to Nashville in four hours, with no stops. Commercial operations such as check running, or cargo flights are also attractive in these new models. They can transport a pilot and 840 pounds of revenue-generating cargo 200 miles in 1.5 hours with reserves.

The first flight of the Piper 6X took place at New Piper's headquarters in Vero Beach on February 24. Company employees and members of the dealer family who played an important role in the development of these aircraft witnessed the event. The first flight of the Piper 6XT is imminent. New Piper will begin delivering both versions in August.

Potential for these new aircraft is not limited to the U.S. Specifically, New Piper's European dealer partners are particularly excited that the Piper 6XT achieves 300 HP at a low 2500 RPM, making it a perfect fit for Europe's more stringent noise regulations. The Piper 6X and Piper 6XT feature new paint schemes and will be available in two interior options: durable, lightweight vinyl or an upgraded, premium leather interior.

FMI: www.newpiper.com

Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.15.24)

Aero Linx: International Flying Farmers IFF is a not-for-profit organization started in 1944 by farmers who were also private pilots. We have members all across the United States a>[...]

Classic Aero-TV: 'No Other Options' -- The Israeli Air Force's Danny Shapira

From 2017 (YouTube Version): Remembrances Of An Israeli Air Force Test Pilot Early in 2016, ANN contributor Maxine Scheer traveled to Israel, where she had the opportunity to sit d>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (04.15.24)

"We renegotiated what our debt restructuring is on a lot of our debts, mostly with the family. Those debts are going to be converted into equity..." Source: Excerpts from a short v>[...]

Airborne 04.16.24: RV Update, Affordable Flying Expo, Diamond Lil

Also: B-29 Superfortress Reunion, FAA Wants Controllers, Spirit Airlines Pulls Back, Gogo Galileo Van's Aircraft posted a short video recapping the goings-on around their reorganiz>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (04.16.24): Chart Supplement US

Chart Supplement US A flight information publication designed for use with appropriate IFR or VFR charts which contains data on all airports, seaplane bases, and heliports open to >[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC