The Duke is a great fast airplane that has great useful load. Flown with good engine management and they will last to TBO and beyond. I love ours and its some good flying and a very stable IFR platform. Thanks for the Video.

I have over 500 hrs. flying a Duke. A couple things, the fuel flow in climb is 33 gph per side. I figure 60 gal. burned in the 1st hr. from sea level to cruise altitude of FL220 or 230, then 40 gph at a moderate cruise setting. I also suggest he have his oxygen masks plugged in ready to use if needed. At FL250 a loss of cabin pressure gives you no time to be scrambling for the mask. Otherwise he has a nice ship, good climb performance.

I never put on oxygen. The Duke is pressurized and does not require oxygen, but you usually put the oxygen mask on your lap at flight about 18k just in case you have a pressurization failure..

Do you have Part 2 of this video? It would be great to see the cruise settings and groundspeed. Thanks for sharing

Hello from Tampa Florida. I'm a 16 year old kid whose still dreaming of learning to fly. Its been my passion sense i was about four. I have watched nearly all of your videos and love their simplicity. Just real flying for real aviation enthusiast; no music, just commentary and that's the way i like it. Even though Im not yet a real pilot i still manage to learn a lot from your videos. I cant help but to envy at your position as a pilot though. Owning a few planes in all. Please upload more videos and help to aid a young kid like me in chasing his dream. Thanks again and safe flying to you. : )

Northeast Indiana to Fort Meyers Beach in 30 minutes?? That thing is faster than a LearJet!! :o)

I love the Duke. Love the needle nose look, looks fast sitting still. A Duke was hangered next door to my father’s M20e ; as 16 yr old that Duke made me drool. 😎

Great video wAtched this several times , I hope to see more

Thanks for sharing a little better performance then my c-140 lol

The Duke, a classic! #Aviation

very nice video! Thanks for sharing!

That first female controller is a pro! 👍🏻

Great video, thanks

Great plane, great flight.

What a great airplane. Did you video the remainder of this flight by chance? Thanks for posting, you do nice work.

Enjoyed your video. As an "old" Avionics/Instrument system technician, USAF, I love those old "Steam Gauges!" :) I realize this airplane could be fairly maintenance intensive, at least from the Avionics point of view. Engine and electrical systems would be a whole other ballgame. One commenter indicated that it might be a little difficult to find A&P's to work on those engines. I realize there are differences among engines, but I wouldn't necessarily make that assumption. They are LARGE engines - and I think turbocharged - and you have TWO of them! ha. I do, however, think the Piper Arrow is my favorite! :) Thanks, N-6395T

liked this thanks very much

I can't completely agree with you on that comment about riding the airlines for cheaper. If you have a great, fast, economical plane that doesn't guzzle gas you can easily fly cheaper then the airlines. Mind you we do have maintenance and insurance to factor in but, of course, we don't fly because it's cheaper or more expensive. We fly for the thrill and the privacy combine. We don't have to deal with tsa invasions and can fly whenever we want and wherever we want.

@bclaverenz1

5 жыл бұрын

Mark Gailmor DAMN RIGHT..!!!

when did you put on oxygen? Do you have a backup oxygen tank should the built-in one fail?

Hello Dukepilot. I love your video. Congratulations. It's awesome. Question: What equipment did you use to make the movie? What did you use for the audio to work with your movie? I have a Mooney Bravo and will be flying to Fort Myers from Timmins, Ontario Canada in a couple of months. I want to make a video very similar to yours. Thank you for posting.

Would you be comfortable flying those engines a few hundred hours past TBO, to say 1800 or 1900 hours? I know that there are items to check on the Dukes, such as the condensation bleed valves on the belly, & for any corrosion on the magnesium tail section. Any other suggestions for pre-buy inspection? Thanks!

2:57 it is a 'yaw damper' not a 'yaw dampener'.. I used to make the same mistake.. Nice video.

Any concern of flying through visible moisture at those altitudes in the climb?

Thinking about buying a Duke, any suggestions?

Something was mentioned early on in the video T.I.T - Turbine Inlet Temperature, then several minutes later Cylinder Head Temperature was mentioned. If this is a turbine, then why was the latter mentioned? Just curious. Great video BTW. Tnx!

@colinrasmussen9470

5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Neuenschwander both are important. These are piston engines and keeping CHT lower extends engine life. TIT because you don’t want to cook the turbocharger.

@thomasaltruda

3 жыл бұрын

TIT turbine inlet temperature isn’t because it’s a turbine engine.. this is a piston engine with a turbo, and TIT measures the turbo inlet temperature!

Is this an A-60 or a B-60?

You should change the name of this to take off and climb only........

Scary ass shit ever .

Prety doggy on climb rate with just you on board and no Pax

When can you post the rest of the trip highlights ????????

These are nice planes. However the fuel burn is huge. Somehow it always manages to burn everything you planned plus a bit more. Basically 45 gph block to block. The look is pure sex appeal. But a 340 w RAM will do pretty much everything a Duke will do and it has a better cabin and baggage area.

@bclaverenz1

5 жыл бұрын

chronodiver300 what the GPH on a 340A...??

Thought the Dukes would have all cycled out by now. Nice to see one still flying, especially since there are, what, three people in the world who can work on them lol.

I'm a professional pilot for a living, flying beechjets. I'm curious, what do you do yourself ?

@baronpilot2bb

9 жыл бұрын

perfectscotty I have a CFI and fly a little contract work on a BE200/421/310. I have an automobile dealership and also buy and sell homes. Aircraft has really just been a hobby over the last 27 years.

Dukepilot are you PPL or CPL?

Always use a checklist,read back clearance & assingned/expected altitudes,& advise of traffic in sight-even if IFR.

Nice airplane! Don't say "and" when you check in with a new controller.

@RippedWookie

8 жыл бұрын

+David Rogers Because it makes you look like an amateur. It's the same with, "checking in," and, the worst, "with you."

What do you normally cruise af normally ? I’m guessing 220 Kya’s!

@rogersmart1766

2 ай бұрын

Guessing 220ktas