Cruise speed in the Beech Baron?

[WebbPA]

With all the talk about the Beech Baron and the RTW flights I thought I'd try one one my own.  No races - I'm in BOTA and may be a little over my head.

So I fired up my Beech Baron 58 for the first time but could only get a max speed of 145 kia, when the manual says cruise is 200.  Admittedly, that's only at 15,000 but I can't think 5,000 feet would make that much difference.

All my settings seem fine: gear up, flaps 0, cowl flaps 0, max throttle, but only 145 KIA.  Any ideas?

[FSTipster]

If that's indicated airspeed it's probably right for that altitude. Turn the GPS on for ground speed.

[WebbPA]

You are absolutely correct and I am kicking myself for not thinking of that.

[KennyJC]

is it possible to legally obtain the beach baron without buying the fs 2002 pro edition? I wanna do the RTW thing also (or attempt it) Yet I am struggling to find a suitable prop plane, but from what I've heard the Baron sounds the best.

[FSTipster]

is it possible to legally obtain the beach baron without buying the fs 2002 pro edition? I wanna do the RTW thing also (or attempt it) Yet I am struggling to find a suitable prop plane, but from what I've heard the Baron sounds the best.

Not that I know of. It's one of the few default aircraft that, as far as I know, has never spawned a freeware equivalent. Personally - I think it's by far the best of them.

As I mentioned in a different thread to a similar post, you might consider Fred Choate's Piper Aztec or possibly Chuck Dome's Duke B60. Had the latter been a Gmax aircraft, it would have been my first choice over the Baron. As it is, it's a VERY nice FSDS model. Chuck's said he's doing an FSDS2 version soon.

[KennyJC]

As I mentioned in a different thread to a similar post, you might consider Fred Choate's Piper Aztec or possibly Chuck Dome's Duke B60. Had the latter been a Gmax aircraft, it would have been my first choice over the Baron. As it is, it's a VERY nice FSDS model. Chuck's said he's doing an FSDS2 version soon.

thanks, i'll go check them out.