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Old 9th Jun 2007, 11:57
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Guptar
 
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Would it be unfair to say that Beech, Raytheon have allowed the Baron to rest on its laurels. Other than the G1000 avionics option, there seems to have been little or no development of the Baron since 1984 when it went to the 300 hp engines. Cirrus seem t set the pace now with gen 1, gen 2 and now gen 3 versions of the SR22.

What would you like to see improved on the Baron.

Personally I;d love to see available from the factory, Continental IOF-550N's the engines with the crossflow heads ( are they actually better than the 550C's) and fettled with FADEC, winglets and 4 bladed props, perhaps the new EVADE thermal anti ice as seen on the Columbia 400.

The Baron brochure said the middle seats can be made to face forward. Pro's and cons for things like access etc?

What other things would pilots like Hawker Beechcraft to address/improve.
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