What is a Super King Air?
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What is a Super King Air?
For you King Air folks,
What is the term Super King Air ?
I here it used loosly, some folks say it's a 300, some a B200.
Whats the difference between a 200 & a B200 ???
and where does the 300 fit betwene the 200 and 350?
Hope that kind of makes scense.
cherro.
What is the term Super King Air ?
I here it used loosly, some folks say it's a 300, some a B200.
Whats the difference between a 200 & a B200 ???
and where does the 300 fit betwene the 200 and 350?
Hope that kind of makes scense.
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The term originated when the “200” came on the scene in late ’74 I believe. I flew BB102 for a lot of years with many happy memories. The principle difference between a straight 200 and a B is the engines. The former had PT6A –41’s and the latter (current model) has –42’s. No change in SHP but some very minor changes to a couple of wheels to improve high altitude performance.
The 300 is the same airframe as a 200 but has a higher gross, 14,100(?) and more SHP engines…-61’s but I stand to be corrected on that one. The FAA only let Beech manufacture the 300 under a special dispensation for 5 years, 1985 - 90. After that Beech was going to be required to redo the TC. Given the cost to doing that they decided to stretch the fuselage and make it a bigger airframe and then retype it. I am quite sure that the resulting 350 is a FAR25 aircraft. Should note that there were a few 300’s still manufactured after the 1990 cut-off but they are 300LW’s limited to 12,500lbs and were destined for the European market. Flew a 300 for a very short time when they first appeared on the market. Nice a/c, full seats/full fuel and would get as high as 320kt TAS and in and out of 3000ft runways.
Not sure if that answers your queries?
The 300 is the same airframe as a 200 but has a higher gross, 14,100(?) and more SHP engines…-61’s but I stand to be corrected on that one. The FAA only let Beech manufacture the 300 under a special dispensation for 5 years, 1985 - 90. After that Beech was going to be required to redo the TC. Given the cost to doing that they decided to stretch the fuselage and make it a bigger airframe and then retype it. I am quite sure that the resulting 350 is a FAR25 aircraft. Should note that there were a few 300’s still manufactured after the 1990 cut-off but they are 300LW’s limited to 12,500lbs and were destined for the European market. Flew a 300 for a very short time when they first appeared on the market. Nice a/c, full seats/full fuel and would get as high as 320kt TAS and in and out of 3000ft runways.
Not sure if that answers your queries?
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I have flown around 6000 hours just in the King Air range mainly 200 and B1900. The 200 changed around serial number BB-827 moved accross to the Super Kingair B200. The difference being in the engine from PT6-41 to PT6-42 (still 850sHP). It was able to pull more horsepower at higher altitude. The pressurisation went from 6 psi to 6.6 psi as well and the ZFW increased from 10400 lbs to 11000lbs.
The King Air 300 came out as a 300LW and 300. Light Weight (LW) would take-off at 12500 LBS single crew and the the natural 300 would take-off at 14100lbs, but required two rated pilots. The only difference between the two was a placard near the door to confirm if it was an LW or not. The fuselage was the similar to the 200/B200 but it had two emergency exits, one on either side. The engines would push out derated 1050HP in both cases.
The B350 was a stretched 300, same engines and flew a little faster than the 300. This was possibly due to fuselage design being a little longer.
These are all beautiful aircraft to fly.
The King Air 300 came out as a 300LW and 300. Light Weight (LW) would take-off at 12500 LBS single crew and the the natural 300 would take-off at 14100lbs, but required two rated pilots. The only difference between the two was a placard near the door to confirm if it was an LW or not. The fuselage was the similar to the 200/B200 but it had two emergency exits, one on either side. The engines would push out derated 1050HP in both cases.
The B350 was a stretched 300, same engines and flew a little faster than the 300. This was possibly due to fuselage design being a little longer.
These are all beautiful aircraft to fly.
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(Raytheon Aircraft) Beech Super King Air 350/350C (TC callout is B300/B300C) is FAR23 Commuter Category. Nice aeroplane. Best place to start your research is with the TC (Type Certificate Data Sheet as pdf file from FAA website).
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