whee wrote:

Headoutdaplane wrote:Wont affect your hiring prospect at all. I never even looked at HP or Retract time when I was hiring.

Couple years back when I was getting quotes to insure a Bearhawk it was $2600/yr for a 180hp plane and 2800/yr for a 235hp plane. Not a significant difference but a difference none the less.

If I had to guess, I would say the difference in insurance quotes had nothing to do with the HP but rather the cost of parts for the engine assumed to be installed for each HP. A 180hp aircraft engine is probably a Lycoming 360 of some variant. A 235hp aircraft engine is probably a Lycoming 540 of some variant. A prop-strike claim on the 540 is going to cost them quiet a bit more than a prop-strike claim on the 360.