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Old 17th Feb 2012, 01:21
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chuks
 
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Yes but...

The C441 has a pretty small door for air ambulance work. I don't think it would be easy to get a litter patient through that door, and I cannot remember if I ever did. I loved flying it, though.

The nose gear is kind of puny and the props don't much like loose surfaces, but what a performer it is! It would true out close to 300 knots with -10 engines, at ISA +15. That was with those trick 4-blade propellers; I think they are part of the kit.

If you can get a King Air for cheap, well...

There's no question that turbine engines beat piston engines all around. The thought of lining up on a short strip at a high density altitude, with a full load... you would really want to bet the farm on piston engines? No, not really, although most of us have done that quite happily, for a while at least.

I can think of at least three fatal accidents in piston twins that were EFATO, two Navajos and a C404.
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