Originally Posted by
Saintly
You had to man handle the F50 because it was so heavy? Lol sounds like a nightmare. almost like tacklong someone in rugby haha.
What cruises faster - F50 or Dash 8-300?
I've flown on the B737 but never the B757. Ah the 1900 turboprop...also a rugged airframe too. You must of enjoyed that one flying it.
Also guess what, yesterday June 12, i flew on the Dash 8-400 for the first time. Ive flown on the 100, 200 & 300 but never the 400. Reslly nice aircraft and as we know - quick too. I flew from Carnarvon (YCAR/CVQ) to Perth (YPPH/PER) in Western Australia. The flight only took 1 hour and 22 minutes.
Only flew the 400 in the SIM, and just 20 minutes. Definitely a lot more powerful and fast... We normally cruises the 50 around 14k' right at VMO (got to scissor the barber pole) of around 225IAS. D8/300 would do 245IAS up to 18k' so definitely faster. Read my reply to Heros for some F50 flight characteristics. Loved the plane, technically perfect, aerodynamically not so much...