Can Barons back up?

"Jim Macklin" writes:

Flight Safety's Lear simulator, when they first installed it
back in the late 70-early 80s would stop in flight if the
gear was down and the pilot applied the wheel brakes. You
even got the chirp of the tires.

I hope students were told that this occurred only in simulation.

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Viperdoc writes:

Yes, you can back up a Baron (like the one I own and fly) by shifting into
reverse. It is the R on the switches. Rearward visibility is limited,
however, and I usually roll the windows down to look out.

I don't see a switch marked R.

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If you shift it into "R" it will back up!

Yep! You can even do that in the air!

Just don't forget to engage the backup alarm... beep! beep! beep!
beep! beep!

karl gruber writes:

THere IS an STC for reversing props on a Baron...............the only one on
a light twin that I'm aware of.

What does STC stand for?

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Keep looking- I just checked on my own version of MSFS and it is there.

It was always more fun to fly through the TV towers near
Maize. The FS King Air sims would fly under the
runway/ground and could do spins ;like a car on ice.



"B A R R Y" wrote in
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| On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:54:05 -0500, "Jim Macklin"
| wrote:
|
| Flight Safety's Lear simulator, when they first installed
it
| back in the late 70-early 80s would stop in flight if the
| gear was down and the pilot applied the wheel brakes.
You
| even got the chirp of the tires.
|
| AWESOME!
|
| Imagine flying an ILS, and the instructor slamming on the
brakes,
| complete with squealing tires at 2500 feet, and turning to
you and
| saying "what the heck are you doing?" G

karl gruber wrote:
Actually,

THere IS an STC for reversing props on a Baron...............the only one on
a light twin that I'm aware of.


Rocket Engineering in Spokane is doing PT6A conversions to Dukes and
P-Barons - you can back those up on the ramp if you were so inclined.

On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:25:39 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:

I don't see a switch marked R.

It's not so much a switch as is it is push button, much like a 1957 Desoto.
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Jim Macklin wrote:
I think there have been several reversing prop STC, usually
on seaplanes, such as the BE 18 and even the Aztec.


Heck, even the Seawind has a reversing prop, as does the Caravan, and
those are both single engine planes. Yes, you can back up the Caravan
on floats.

Reverse was not a standard option on the Aztec and the Beech
18 with Hamilton-Standard props was required to get reverse.
I think the now have STC for modern light weight props.


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| Jim Macklin wrote:
| I think there have been several reversing prop STC,
usually
| on seaplanes, such as the BE 18 and even the Aztec.
|
|
| Heck, even the Seawind has a reversing prop, as does the
Caravan, and
| those are both single engine planes. Yes, you can back up
the Caravan
| on floats.
|