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Old October 11th 06, 04:33 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mortimer Schnerd, RN[_2_]
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Default Why are multiple engines different?

Jim Macklin wrote:
E90 King Air, F90 King Air 200 King Air. The 300/350 is a
transport over 12,500 pounds and has to do it.



You call those light twins? I call them turboprops. To me a light twin is one
where you can't walk down an aisle inside... ie, smaller than cabin class. That
means airplanes such as the Duchess, Seminole, Aztec, Seneca, C-310, etc.

Compared to airliners, sure, I can see where you might consider a King Air a
light twin. But very few of us get to start in one and yet I do have a bit of
twin time, mostly in light twins and maybe a third of it in cabin class. I
doubt any of them could get out of their own way on takeoff with only one fan
turning.



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