From Beechcraft Duke B60 Can Jump???

[maxus 0]

Can You tell me how many people can jump from this plane?



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[SKYgoonie 0]

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not quite sure but make sure to get video looks like a fun exit to me

i only pretend to know what im doing
D.S.#619

[JoeQ.Public 0]

Is the Duke cerified for flight with the door off?

Very soon, an honest person will not be able to sing the last 2 lines of our National Anthem:::Practice safe dining....use condiments

[Beerlight 0]

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Is the Duke cerified for flight with the door off?

Probably not, but I don't have any data to back that up. There is a turbine version of the Duke that's out. Unbelievable performance......

http://www.royalturbine.com/

[davelepka 4]

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There is a turbine version of the Duke

It's called a King Air.

[riggerrob 643]

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There is a turbine version of the Duke

It's called a King Air.

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If you bothered to read the website, you would see that it is possible to convert a Duke airframe to turbine power by bolting on Pratt & Whitney PT6A turboprop engines. This gives owner-operators King Air performance - and reliability - at a fraction of the cost of a King Air. Remember that a lot of small turboprop airplanes routinely fly with only one or two passengers.

[riggerrob 643]

You could probably jump from a Beechcraft Duke, but I doubt you could afford the maintenance on its Lycoming TSIO-541 engines.
T stands for turbo-charged, one way to reduce time between overhauls.
S stands for super-charged, another way to reduce time between overhauls.
I stands for fuel-injection, another maintenance-intensive system.
O stands for opposed, as in horizontally-opposed, a reliable configuration.
541 means it is one of the larger piston engines built by Lycoming, meaning they are squeezing the maximum possible horsepower out of those six cylinders, which means you need a pilot who is very smooth on the throttles. Which means that those engines were never designed for skydiving. Instead,they were designed to cruise for three hours, then gently descend.

[CSpenceFLY 1]

Yep. I am amazed that people used QueenAirs as much as they did.

[davelepka 4]

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If you bothered to read the website, you would see that it is possible to convert a Duke airframe to turbine power by bolting on Pratt & Whitney PT6A turboprop engines. This gives owner-operators King Air performance - and reliability - at a fraction of the cost of a King Air.

Maybe I should have added a smiley face and written it like this -

It's called a King Air

I did read the website, and strapping any PT6 to just about anything is cool as hell.

[maxus 0]

This Plane You can buy for 130.000 $ In Poland

[airgord 1]

I worked for a Beechcraft dealer for ten years, the Duke is a maintenance hog and parts are tough to get now, so, there's a reason that Beech doesn't build them anymore.

[thedude325 0]

In Soviet Russia, this plane flies you!

[riggerrob 643]

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This Plane You can buy for 130.000 $ In Poland

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In North America, US$130,000 will buy you a solid Cessna 206, with good paint and plenty of time remaining before the next engine overhaul. Cessna 206s are work-horses that burn less than half as much gasoline - as twins - and cost a fraction for maintenance.