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Re: Mr and Mrs Beech would be delighted!...

Postby Brian Z » Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:19 pm

Wow, that new Beechcraft King Air 350i's looks very very nice....................


MilViz is slowly working on a payware version, what they've shown off so far looks sweet.
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Re: Mr and Mrs Beech would be delighted!...

Postby Hagar » Sat Aug 03, 2013 2:41 am

Fozzer wrote:A TURBINE Engine (Pratt and Whitney PT6) is a rotary engine driving a propeller....Beechcraft King Air 350; as illustrated above
(It might not sound right, [Turbine Prop], but it accurately describes the type of engine fitted. A Turbine engine, and not a Turbocharged Piston engine!).

Sorry Paul. There ain't no such animal as a 'Turbine prop'. They have always been called turboprops.
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Re: Mr and Mrs Beech would be delighted!...

Postby Hagar » Sat Aug 03, 2013 4:41 am

Gas turbine engines were originally called turbojets. I suspect the term turboprop is a shortened version of turbojet prop. http://inventors.about.com/od/jstartinventions/ss/jet_engine_2.htm
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