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As a reference a new Cessna 172 is $432,000 [1] and that is not a high tech aircraft. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2021/04/28/prices-for-new-gen
by Ottolay 5y ago
As a reference a new Cessna 172 is $432,000 [1] and that is not a high tech aircraft.
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2021/04/28/prices-for-new-general-aviation-aircraft-may-be-pricing-pilots-out-of-the-market/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2021/04/28/prices-fo...
- runarberg 5y agoThis feels like comparing potatoes and pineapples. A new Cessna vs a used Falcon 9 launch hardly seems like a fair comparison. The cost of the rocket is written off as externalized. The actual satellites are not factored in at all. Really what we are comparing here is the cost of an operation vs the cost of an airplane. The economics still seem dubious.
- sfblah 5y agoAnd a Cessna 172 has to be human safe.
- runarberg 5y agoIndeed, and the $432,000 is the price on the consumer market. A mass order of Zephyrs by, say, the British Government is sure to land a much smaller price tag per unit then a lone hobby pilot can expect when buying a single airplane.