So far, the only engine failure I've had on a King Air was
caused by a broken nacelle tank vent on an F90, discounting
a flameout due to no fuel on board even though the gauges
showed almost two hours fuel. But manual fuel control does
make sense and is a requirement on the singles, I think.

I do like the big tail surfaces, great control and VG range.



"karl gruber" wrote in message
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| I've actually had two PT6A-41s quit on me, both at cruise
in a straight
| KA200.
|
| Both were non-events, but it certainly has changed the way
I think of the
| Pilatus PC-12, and what's that other single, TBM 700?
|
| The failure rate for PT6s is unknown since the vast
majority are on King
| Airs and they simply fly home on one and get the fuel
control unit
| replaced...............which is the cause of 95% of the
failures. So much so
| that the singles have manual fuel control units and great
big emergency pull
| handles.
|
| The other reason the King Air is so good on one engine is
the nice big high
| lift wing. It's not fast but is sure hauls the load,
although I've seen our
| 350 at 305 Kts @ FL310
|
| Karl
| "Curator"
|
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news | At light weight, the 90 thru E90 King Airs do pretty
well on
| take-off with an engine loss, but at gross they are
| definetly under-powered. The F90 has 750 hp and is
still a
| handful on one engine. I really like the 300-350 King
Air,
| it will perform just like advertised. An engine failure
| before V1 and you stop on the runway. Past V1 you have
| performance to continue into the air and to a safe
landing.
| Having 1050 hp gearbox and a 1700 hp gas generator
really
| helps. At a light weight, climb rate on two engines is
over
| 4,000 fpm, can't say how much, that is because the rate
is
| pegged. Didn't have a stopwatch running.
| Took off solo one day at Wichita for a short trip south,
had
| only 2 hours fuel. Departed 1 R at Wichita (1330 MSL)
and
| did a chandelle on take-off to the right. Rolled out at
| 9,000 feet MSL still over the airport.
|
|
| It was very gentle, except I did have to go back to the
| baggage compartment after landing in Oklahoma to get my
| chart bag, the steep deck angle made it fall down the
aisle.
|
|
|
| "karl gruber" wrote in
message
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| |
| | "Jim Macklin"
wrote
| in message
| | ...
| | I sure hope you're talking about a "game" or PC sim
| Baron.
| | In the real world, there is no way in hell to keep a
| Baron
| | on the ground at 100 knots. They want to fly.
Fifty
| years
| | ago, the manual said you lifted off in 600 feet at
60
| mph.
| | That was well below Vmc and if an engine died, so
did
| you.
| |
| | I remember the day Beech sent out a new revision for
our
| King Air A90. All
| | it did was remove the short field takeoff section.
Just as
| you suggest for
| | the Baron.
| |
| | Karl
| | "Curator" N185KG
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