Alice’s spec sheet has become a fair bit less impressive over the last year or so as well – when we looked at it in May 2021, this nine-seat luxury machine was running an interesting three-prop propulsion system and a V-tail, and promising 506-mile (814 km) flights to a charge. Now, the tail’s a T-shape, there are just two props, the claimed range has dwindled to just 288 miles (463 km), and the max takeoff weight (MTOW) has burgeoned from 14,700 lb (6,668 kg) to 18,400 lb (8,346 kg). On the positive side, the max speed is now up from 253 mph (407 km/h) to 299 mph (481 km/h).
“The claimed range has dwindled to just 288 miles . . . the max speed is now up from 253 mph (407 km/h) to 299 mph (481 km/h).”
So it’s bigger, but has about 1/5 the range at the same speed as my Cessna T240 that my wife can also fly that costs 1/3.
Not even a flight from Fairbanks to Anchorage, that takes 45 minutes, and is around 350-375 miles. What and incredibly sorry waste of someone’s money.