Turbine vs Piston question

[dadgametime]

Why would a pilot choose one over the other? It seems like maybe fuel type and maintenance could be an issue. But otherwise the stats seem to favor the piston. Why go turbine?

[Randolf]

It's like a sports car. If a sports car could climb at 4k fpm :)

[Black Square]

Speaking for myself in a world where I had such money, the PT6 engines are in the neighborhood of 50-70 times more reliable than the Lycoming TIO-541's.

[KRoy7]

There are a lot of educational articles found via Google search, that provide pros and cons. Keep in mind that a turbocharged piston provides additional pros such as the ability to fly at higher altitudes and achieve higher true airspeeds. Also, I highly recommend that you check out the Black Square "turbo-normalized piston" Bonanza. The documentation is really educational regarding how that works, and it's fantastic to learn in MSFS.

[emmaflic]

For flying as close I could get to rl in the sim I would choose the turbine only because it uses jet a fuel that you can find in most places a lot easer than avgas . But beyond that I think the turbine is is a little more fun.

[dadgametime]

@Black-Square more reliable, but way more expensive to maintain