The Piper Seneca V

Welcome to the Piper Seneca V. Learn about all the great features this aircraft has to offer and hear from an actual Piper owner about the Piper ownership experience.

[@theforester_]

This will be my next plane hopefully! On flight simulator

[@KDogg_96]

LAMBSAUCE LOCATED!!!!

[@L00PdeL00P]

What a spectacular plane! The Seneca has always been my favorite plane. I just like the way it performs and looks with the twin props.

[@dwarvenmoray]

Wow, I didn't know famous chef Gordon Ramsay also sells aircraft. That's pretty cool, Chef Ramsay!

[@CaptainDoron]

THE SENECA WITH A G1000 IS THE CREAM OF THE CROP..WELL DONE PIPER..GOOD VIDEO..😊

[@Bronlund2000]

Been flying the Piper Seneca III for the past 15 years and i Still love it! But A Seneca V with G1000 would not be a bad replacement

[@zevnafte5168]

Is no one going to comment on the fact this guys name is Gordan Ramsey?

[@macho844]

THIS PLANE IS FUCKING RAW.

[@aydin3931]

raw? are we in the 80's?

[@michaelreither1826]

I had a Cherokee six 300 for 10 years back in the 80’s! The cabin was large and comfortable! Flew a Senaca once, big performance gain! Would love to have a Senaca today but stuck having to drive an RV instead!

[@crsvetteii1753]

Flew a Seneca III for about ten years. Loved "my baby" to death until a change in my business (less travel) and the demands of two concurrent college tuitions force me to day goodbye. After another ten years, I'm still crying!!

[@boobsftw553]

The money you must have spent on tissues would almost negate the money you've saved by getting rid of it...

[@JoshuaJackson15]

I feel sorry for you. I'm 19 without a job so I can't afford one but if I had to get ride of one...man that one suck

[@R1chardH]

liar your a chef

[@ariegeD]

Richard H ii

[@aydin3931]

first thing i thought lmao

[@CenturyofTerror]

liar*

[@jbw9999]

Liar. You're a chef.*

[@tomibach9712]

hahahahahahaha you're right

[@albertbremner8173]

I flew this bird once and I loved it. Old 🐦...but still

[@RootBeerGMT]

Having had a Piper Lance before a Baron I can attest the PA32 cabin is best of breed.

[@fastjet8166]

georgeous airplane pipers builds the best Aircraft i absolutly love the piper seneca v cool avionics,damn wish i had one havent flown a plane in over thirty years.

[@ldmax]

Love it when he talks about how economical it is. LOL. If you can afford a 1 million + dollar airplane, you're probably not too concerned about flying it economically.

[@mtweiss01]

Gordon! Looking good my friend. Very professional and well done overview of the Seneca. If You didn't sell me my wonderful Cirrus. I was seriously considering, as you know, a Saratoga or a Seneca. I am a former Cherokee Six owner and to this day, count it among over a dozen airplanes I've owned over the years, to be in the top three. Great planes. See you at a QB meeting soon!

[@Sixtyten6010]

Been flying the Corenado payware Senca V on FSX for a while now and I want that sickass Tri G1000 suite like that real one has now...

[@davidkitchingman2222]

Yeah I’ve also got the Carenado Seneca VI in MSFS 2020 great bird.

[@RhuanChristianDosSantos]

I love flying Seneca 5 :D

[@120108john]

I had a Seneca 2 after graduating from college. It was the most fun I ever had in an airplane. Hopefully, I will someday be able to afford the Seneca 5. Truly excellent airplane.

[@Windtee]

Stunning beauty! #Aviation #Multiengine

[@charliebowman785]

beautiful bird

[@poppetrurazvan3900]

Beautyfull aircraft

[@Flightsworldwidevideos]

Awesome aircraft!! ;)

[@capitilica]

Best aircraft in class, multiproporse, larger capacity for payload, short takeoff and landing, all terrain operation, great ranger and economic fuel burn, high level flight because turbo engine. In brazil, largest use in shuttler service, cargo, aeromedic, executive.

[@m.r3760]

Very nice airplane!

[@subzerostorm]

awesome aircraft.

[@xavierwarren9799]

Like the cr factor

[@Alex-us2vw]

I really don’t get why Piper doesn’t bring back the PA39 though. The flight training market keeps growing, time builders seek out economical twins , and owners flying 250-300hp singles already burn more fuel and have similar overhaul cost. They would be all be taking a real hard look at it at an updated PA39. It’s not like Piper doesn’t have the blueprints sitting somewhere that they could use. Make some new jigs and re-start production. Sure the Seneca is nice too but 80k for overhauling 2 TSIO360’s vs 40k for 2 IO/LIO360’s plus the extra 8GPH increases hourly expenses significantly. With the current insane cost of AV gas I’m actually surprised they haven’t brought it back yet. Back in the 70s when fuel was cheap it made more sense to focus on the larger twins. Now not so much, just look at what diamond is doing DA42 11GPH-16GPH A PA39 would kill the DA42 production line within months. Both planes are 11-16GPH cruise, but one has $60k per side diesel overhauls, and the other $25k per side. Flight training units would be selling their DA42s en mass to lower their operating expenses.

[@dieselyeti]

The Twin Comanche had IO-320s not 360s. The reason they don't start production again is there's no market for it. The cost to update the PA39 would mean it'd probably sell for the same price as a Seneca V, so it wouldn't be the same value it was way back when.

[@Alex-us2vw]

Price wouldn’t be much of an issue. Should be similar to a Seminole but faster and more fuel efficient. I can get 10gph on my PA30 if I want to go slow, and demand seems to be there. People always trying to offer and buy it, and we never have an issue renting out block time

[@EasyModeGamer]

the only couple of bad points i found were: -VERY stiff throttle controls -Very heavy on the flare -and the flap leaver is really bad...

[@charliebowman785]

I would say that be heavy on the flare it is just a feature on all Pipers. Feels like a sinking brick.

[@L00PdeL00P]

yea i love the cub and how old timey it feels but it does have that really far forward center of lift in front of the center of mass so that can be bothersome when you're trying to descend while turning.

[@dieselyeti]

I'd guess you're not using the trim correctly if it feels heavy in the flare.

[@apackwestbound5946]

Years ago I flew an older model of the Seneca for an on demand freight company. On the ramp the body angle of the airplane is nose up, tail down. That feature along with the Seneca not having windshield wipers combined with a dark rainy night makes taxiing around in low/poor visibility a challenge with rain and rain drops obscuring visibility from a windshield one can't "clear". The engines are out on the wing so there is no relief from the props getting the rain/rain drops off the windshield. Any weigh in the back only makes it worse. In flight the Seneca is a stable IFR platform. Overall the Seneca is nice light twin. I preferred the Piper Navajo Chieftain: SOLID airframe, workhorse, respectable performance, much better visibility and if I remember correctly it had windshield wipers!!

[@timj9350]

Why only a door on the passenger side of the plane?

[@toocold8985]

One sexy plane holy smokes

[@gunsaway1]

Sweet

[@RootBeerGMT]

What happened to the useful load in the new Senecas ?

[@uggooga1437]

Wooo Gordon my g whatya doin out ya kitchen?

[@nuothe11th]

CS188 WYA?

[@gatorflight74]

Anyone who buys this must wipe their ass with $100 bills. LOL!

[@MarioVelascoCarvallo]

Erick Jackson Why? It's only 1 million!!!

[@gatorflight74]

Yeah....only million...chump change right? Lol

[@MarioVelascoCarvallo]

C'mon, guy... Don't be cheap... Just open your Pandora box...

[@gatorflight74]

Lol...cheap is my middle name

[@ryanlewis3623]

Can you make an omelette while flying the seneca gordon?

[@amiraghazadeh5820]

It's so good air plane but i wish introduce one turbo diesel engine for this aircraft between all kind engines

[@dieselyeti]

The cost to certify the Seneca with a diesel would never be recouped. It's not like Piper sells hundreds of these planes every year to absorb the cost of certification.

[@Gabriel-pi1vf]

Wait Gordon what ??

[@samborlon]

Gordon Ramsay??? 😳😳

[@opl500]

Is it rawr?

[@MultiGrumman]

Забавный самолёт...

[@fieldfourie8497]

finally a not altogether terrible Gordon Ramsay

[@tropicthndr]

these things only cruise at 150 kts at 2300 rpm, why are they still so friggin slow?

[@RootBeerGMT]

tropicthndr Hershey bar wing.

[@RootBeerGMT]

tropicthndr It would benefit from having Aztec turbo charged engines. Something with at least 250hp per side.

[@gordnmo]

This airplane at 75% cruises at 180kts at 8-10000 feet. Down low and powered back it will be slower as will any other airplane.

[@dieselyeti]

@@RootBeerGMT Not hershey bar, tapered. And it has 220hp turbocharged engines.

[@dieselyeti]

:::Shocker::: at a low power setting the plane flies slow...

[@johnthompson6550]

What ever happen to the Cherokee six with two engines? Ha ha ha This actually looks like an airplane designed to fly!

[@96alpha46]

Lol they still make the Seminole

[@dieselyeti]

@@96alpha46 Seminole is a twin engined Arrow essentially.

[@avgeek9827]

I just love this Aircraft So much ...Damn!! i want to fly it so bad ...Just can't Resist ...i hate Flying 737 after watching this lol

[@rexdagostino6954]

not enough detail on the specifications; could have provided significantly more valuable performance data than just rhetoric!

[@rodrigonascimentopereirana6381]

#Ro and Bethany we to be sale.. .l.

[@TRPGpilot]

Inches??? Seriously?

[@TRPGpilot]

@jayizanu5990The world has moved on, cry about it . . .

[@atguimaraes6758]

O pior aviao feito ate hoje . O I não presta , o II tambem não. Refizeram uma porcaria com o III , mantiveram a mesma porcaria no IV e como não poderia deixar de ser , completaram uma merda de projeto com o V . Talvez com 2 a bordo e em excelentes condições de tempo consiga voar monomotor . Muito instavel em condições IFR e uma droga no final das contas . Se já fizeram um aviaozinho merda este é o seneca , seja qual for , do I ao V , nenhum deles presta .

[@puretrouble1603]

Slow and very poor useful load. Not worth the money!!

[@dieselyeti]

Max cruise is just shy of 200kt; this is slow? 1,300+ useful load.