AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - January 2020 - T-15
THE COCKPIT (above) is dominated by the Rockwell Collins
Pro Line Fusion avionics suite and its four huge screens. A
detail from the seat upholstery (opposite, top left) shows
accent stitching. The galley (opposite, top right), has convection and microwave ovens, an espresso machine, utensil
and glassware storage, plus lockable cabinets and a granite-veneer floor. The cockpit center pedestal (opposite)
has, from the top, FMS keypads, thrust levers, and cursor
control devices. The airplane has a ram air turbine (RAT)
that can power the ship in the unlikely event of a complete
electrical failure. The RAT extends automatically from a
compartment in the nose, but a cockpit control (below) is
there in case the pilots want to manually extend it.
CRUISE NOTES
After a few step climbs, we were in cruise at FL450 an hour
after takeoff, doing 445 KTAS/Mach 0.80 and burning a total
of 780 pph/116 gph per side for a total fuel burn rate of about
233 gph. Thanks to a 9.7 pressure differential, the cabin was at
a low 5,800 feet.
We'd climbed up through tropical storm Nestor's bumpy
clouds, clearing their tops somewhere near Jacksonville. This
raises a point about the FBW controls. Although the Praetor 600
retains the structural components of the Legacy 500, its maximum
weights range up to 4,000 pounds heavier. The FBW software
adjusts flight control forces and stability parameters to compensate for the greater weight.
Although the ventral tanks are empty on this leg, Wilson
explains that the movement of fuel from ventral tanks to wing
tanks occurs automatically, and from the forward tank only. As
wing tank fuel is burned off, engine bleed air pressure moves ventral fuel to the wing tanks, and from the aft tank to the forward one.
ARRIVALS
After two hours, 50 minutes, we are setting up for the landing
at Salina. At one point I drift past the final approach course and
correct by steering to keep the PFD's magenta flight director
cue inside the white, circular flight path marker, something that
Wilson calls "putting the jelly in the doughnut." Meanwhile, the
autothrottles are still engaged, having made power reductions
to meet the familiar 180-160-140-130-knot arrival progression. I
didn't need to this time, but if you feel the need to trim out any
pitch forces on final, the touch control steering (TCS) will let you.
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AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - January 2020 - Intro
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