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Old 18th Dec 2014, 00:30
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Not really, but it is a "different" airframe, and requires a type rating (as What Next mentions).

Primarily because to get a high cruise speed AND a low landing speed, it has

- a relative narrow, high-aspect-ratio wing (like ATR or Q400).
- with large, full-width, double-slotted flaps (airliner style). With roll control through spoilers only (no ailerons).

If you are slow and lose power, you CANNOT raise the flaps to reduce drag - low-speed flight is absolutely dependent on the extra flap lift. You've got to lower the nose to maintain speed.

So it requires unlearning instincts learned in other aircraft of about the same size and cost, or if moving up from smaller planes - thus the (only very recent in the U.S.) requirement for a type rating and special currency requirements.

Also like the ATR, the narrow wing makes it a bit of an "ice-pig."
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