If you're flush with cash, there's also the Aztec Nomad conversion... doors
on both sides. Not sure how fun docking a low wing would be.
Jim

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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If you want the TSIO 541, get a Duke. The Duke flies very
well and is as tough as nails.

Duchess on floats would be a nice seaplane trainer, doors on
both sides so you can dock. Plenty of rudder and elevator,
so it should not need extra fins. More power would be nice,
the 180 hp is marginal.

The 58TC has a gross weight of 6200 pounds, the straight 58
has a GW of 5400 pounds. The 58P has the 6200 pound gross
weight but the empty weight is about 400 ponds more than the
58TC.

In fact, if the 58TC had an STC for a IO 720, it would be a
great low altitude performer.



"Kingfish" wrote in message
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| Jim Macklin wrote:
| For those who do not know, the BE58TC is a Beech Baron
with
| the wings and engines of a 58P but the fuselage of the
| straight 58. It has the 6200 pound gross weight and
weights
| 400 pounds less than the 58P. So it carries 400 pounds
more
| payload and performs very well in the 10-12,000 foot
range
| without demanding the pilot be on oxygen.
|
| But I'd really like a Duchess on floats with 200-220 hp
| engines.
|
| Duchess? Floats? cocks head Uuuhhhhh???
|
| IIRC the real speedster of the Baron family was the BE56TC
with the
| 380hp Lycs... although I'm not sure if the 58P might have
been a few
| ka-nots faster at altitude though.
|