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Post subject: Re: Considering a Turbo Commander for my next plane Posted: 15 Nov 2020, 01:05 |
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Joined: 12/16/09 Posts: 7087 Post Likes: +1957 Location: Houston, TX
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Username Protected wrote: I had to watch the mu2 icing videos on about 6 different recurrent occasions. There were no ‘problems’ on the long body that I can recall.
They actually made wood cutouts of what an ice loaded wing would be and took off with them. They also flew it behind a tanker that sprayed it down. It did fine.
I contend it handled ice just as well as any other booted turboprop. **I found a BT thread on it. but can't find a report. So absent of something more than forum talk, I'll retract that suggestion.
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Post subject: Re: Considering a Turbo Commander for my next plane Posted: 15 Nov 2020, 17:54 |
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Joined: 04/20/13 Posts: 48 Post Likes: +1 Location: 2b7
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Well the mu2 I flew in ice scared me for sure..only speaking from personal experience...
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Post subject: Re: Considering a Turbo Commander for my next plane Posted: 15 Nov 2020, 22:50 |
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Username Protected wrote: Well the mu2 I flew in ice scared me for sure..only speaking from personal experience... Anthony and I are speaking from personal experience as well. Here's one more pirep... The MU2 has long been a favorite among freight companies who fly regardless of the weather. One of my friends was the chief pilot for a good sized freight company flying MU2s and he has flown the MU2 in icing conditions dozens of times and his experience was that it handled ice just fine and as well as any other comparable turboprop. I flew with him in my Marquise multiple times and he shared his thoughts with me firsthand.
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Post subject: Re: Considering a Turbo Commander for my next plane Posted: 15 Nov 2020, 23:04 |
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Joined: 11/08/12 Posts: 6232 Post Likes: +3735 Location: San Carlos, CA - KHWD
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Username Protected wrote: Well the mu2 I flew in ice scared me for sure..only speaking from personal experience... I haven’t had any issue in icing. What exactly happened to scare you? To me, one of the most scary scenarios is tailplane icing, which leads to pitch control problems. During the icing testing the MU2 underwent they couldn’t get ice to adhere to the tail, I believe the engine exhaust hit it in such a way it doesn’t really ice up. To test for control issues they had to attach icing shapes specifically made out of foam or wood. So I don’t think it is particularly susceptible to that problem, for example. What did you experience?
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Post subject: Re: Considering a Turbo Commander for my next plane Posted: 24 Mar 2021, 23:42 |
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Joined: 04/09/16 Posts: 541 Post Likes: +157 Location: Utah
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Username Protected wrote: The Commander is a pilot’s airplane for sure..I flew -5 690a&b models, and the 1000 with -10s.. the -10 is great, but the 690 pressure light for higher altitudes...both models sip fuel and can carry lots of ice unlike the moo2...very safe airplane, but proper training is crucial...without good training, most pilots fly it too fast because it can....a -10 690B is a Big Bang for the buck... News to me the Mu2 can’t handle ice.
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