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Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche
Piper · Light Twin · USA · Early Jet (1946–1969)
The Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche is an American twin-engined cabin monoplane designed and built by Piper Aircraft. It was a twin-engined development of the PA-24 Comanche single-engined aircraft. A variant with counter-rotating propellers was designated the Piper PA-39 Twin Comanche C/R.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- General Aviation
- Domain
- Civil
- Era
- Early Jet (1946–1969)
- Country
- USA
- Manufacturer
- Piper
- Operator
- Private pilots
- Primary Role
- Light Twin
- Status
- Retired
- Service Entry
- 1963
- Produced
- 2100
- Unit Cost (2026$)
- ~$50-120K used
- Engine
- 2x Lycoming IO-320-B1A
- Thrust / Power
- 320 hp total
- Launch
- Ground
- Length (ft)
- 25.2
- Wingspan (ft)
- 36
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 2540
- MTOW (lb)
- 3600
- Endurance (hr)
- 6
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 20400
- Range (mi)
- 1025
- Max Speed (mph)
- 193