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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12  Posted: 10 Sep 2022, 01:06 |
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Username Protected wrote: Bringing this thread back from the dead for another similar PIREP. Flew a 2020 Kingair 350C with proline fusion for about a year. Equipped with cargo door, high density seating, HFG, higher power engines. And I recently started flying a 2021 PC-12NGX.
Bottom line, there isn't any comparison. The Honeywell system is way more intuitive than the Proline Fusion. The latter seems suited for crew operations, not single pilot ops. The FADEC and auto throttle work beautifully and make flying and starts a breeze. You can actually cool the plane down with a GPU. Load up the plane with pax, start the motor and you're off. The doors are easy to open and close, and best of all the pax don't get a face full of ass on the way to the cockpit. I've read some people say that the 350 looks like a real plane, but the entryway negates that advantage IMO. The landings are almost disconcertingly smooth and the plane slows down without brakes or reverse.
The Kingair 350 is an impressive turboprop, no doubt. But to climb into a nearly 10 million dollar plane and see analog fuel gauges is infuriating. Two engines is just about the only reason I could see to buy the 350 over a PC-12NG. Two engines and ... 50 KTAS? -J
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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12 Posted: 10 Sep 2022, 08:51 |
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Username Protected wrote:
Two engines and ... 50 KTAS?
-J
350 advertises 312ktas and the PC-12NGX advertises 290ktas max speed. Time difference is made up for in pax comfort and utility. Comparing a 1995 /45 to a Blackhawk mod 350 is a different proposition (although even then the utility of the PC-12 is hard to beat).. I’m talking about fresh of the factory line.
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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12 Posted: 10 Sep 2022, 20:26 |
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Granted I learned to fly in 1969, but there is something to be said about steam gauges. If one goes out, you have the rest. I’ve had G1000 aircraft as well and if a screen goes black you’re looking across the cockpit. So I don’t mind the analog fuel gauges people are complaining about. To each his own. Long live the King Air, newer isn’t always better.
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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12 Posted: 10 Sep 2022, 21:18 |
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Username Protected wrote:
Two engines and ... 50 KTAS?
-J
Nope, the NGX runs like 275-280, a factory 350 will be like 295-300… so 20 knots faster…
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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12 Posted: 12 Sep 2022, 09:03 |
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Username Protected wrote: Granted I learned to fly in 1969, but there is something to be said about steam gauges. If one goes out, you have the rest. I’ve had G1000 aircraft as well and if a screen goes black you’re looking across the cockpit. So I don’t mind the analog fuel gauges people are complaining about. To each his own. Long live the King Air, newer isn’t always better. I’ve had more old gauges get stuck then screens go out in my life. But I’ve had screens go out. Maybe the key is not to have massive screens that are like eye candy in sales adds and have back up ones. But you started in the 60s and like analog, I started in the early 90s when multi screens was the most advanced thing. I’m sure those who started in G1000s see it different, but that’s okay, they’re spoiled and wrong  
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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12 Posted: 24 Sep 2022, 13:47 |
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Username Protected wrote: Regarding the lav - the legacy Cessna jets (and twins) have the same contraption.
Unlike Bill, I don’t let the line guys touch it. There was an Ultra that was nearly totaled when the pilot did not connect the flush line properly and blue juice corroded the airframe. You mean same conCraption?
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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12 Posted: 24 Sep 2022, 13:51 |
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[quote="Anthony Pigliacampo"]P180 will do that and go full fuel assuming you are ok ignoring balance field length. I don’t think you have that in mu2 either in those conditions unless you are really light, right?[/quot
Will it do that off dirt field?
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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12 Posted: 25 Sep 2022, 18:55 |
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How about the Cheyane 400? Looks amazing on paper. Not the same load hauler as a 350 though
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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12 Posted: 25 Sep 2022, 21:12 |
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Username Protected wrote: How about the Cheyane 400? Looks amazing on paper. Not the same load hauler as a 350 though It's a beast. But not many were made and I think you need to be an involved downer to own one. But the performance is spectacular.
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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12 Posted: 27 Sep 2022, 16:12 |
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Username Protected wrote: How about the Cheyane 400? Looks amazing on paper. Not the same load hauler as a 350 though The 400LS is a lot like a Lamborghini Countach... looks cool as hell! But, old and hard to maintain. They built 43 and 37 are still in operation.
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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12 Posted: 27 Sep 2022, 16:23 |
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Username Protected wrote: How about the Cheyane 400? Looks amazing on paper. Not the same load hauler as a 350 though The 400LS is a lot like a Lamborghini Countach... looks cool as hell! But, old and hard to maintain. They built 43 and 37 are still in operation.
I don't know about you, Chip, but I'd be willing to bet that 85% of King Airs built are not presently operating...
Also, of all the "modern" era Lamborghini's, the Countach is pretty easy to maintain. Parts are available, albeit expensive, just like the 400LS.
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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12 Posted: 27 Sep 2022, 16:30 |
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Username Protected wrote: How about the Cheyane 400? Looks amazing on paper. Not the same load hauler as a 350 though The 400LS is a lot like a Lamborghini Countach... looks cool as hell! But, old and hard to maintain. They built 43 and 37 are still in operation.
I don't know about you, Chip, but I'd be willing to bet that 85% of King Airs built are not presently operating...
Also, of all the "modern" era Lamborghini's, the Countach is pretty easy to maintain (unlike, say a Murcielago or Diablo). Parts are available, albeit expensive, just like the 400LS.
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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12 Posted: 27 Sep 2022, 16:56 |
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Username Protected wrote: How about the Cheyane 400? Looks amazing on paper. Not the same load hauler as a 350 though Buy two so you always have one ready to go.
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Post subject: Re: 100 hours in the King Air 350 vs. 8 years in PC12 Posted: 27 Sep 2022, 16:59 |
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Username Protected wrote:
I don't know about you, Chip, but I'd be willing to bet that 85% of King Airs built are not presently operating...
Also, of all the "modern" era Lamborghini's, the Countach is pretty easy to maintain (unlike, say a Murcielago or Diablo). Parts are available, albeit expensive, just like the 400LS.
Did you mean only 85% of King Airs built are still operating? 
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