Yeah, I've got a few thousand hours on Kingairs, C-90
and B200
The latter is what I refer to as a gentleman's aeroplane. It is a very versatile aeroplane indeed with good slow speed performance that's got me out of a few difficult situations. In one instance, due to an ATC stuff-up, I ended up at 10,000 feet at 10 DME on approach and was able to rescue the situation with a 1:1 descent profile very nicely.
I have an idea that, after a particularly nasty prang on take-off from Sydney, involving a B200, many years ago some flight tests were conducted. If my aging memory serves me correctly, the tests found that. at MTOW in given conditions (and with a pilot who was ready for it), an engine failure prior to V1 could be negotiated without rejecting the take-off. That is, the aeroplane actually accelerated to V1 on one engine and got airborne, then flew a circuit and landed again.
Clearly, not the sort of thing to explore too closely, but an indicatuon of just how good the aeroplane really is.
I've enjoyed all my B200 flying immensely and can recommend it to you very highly. As
vunzke says, "
sit back and relax, listen to you instructor and study the books and youll enjoy the ride from the first flight on". I'm sure that you'll enjoy this very forgiving and flexible aeroplane.