Inside The $10 Million Beechcraft King Air 360ER
Inside The $10 Million Beechcraft King Air 360ER Plane
0:00 - Intro
This is the Beechcraft King Air 360ER, a class-leading twin-turboprop aircraft that brilliantly blends comfort, advanced technology, and improvements in range and passenger capacity. Today we’re going inside the Beechcraft King Air 360ER to talk about everything you need to know about this amazing aircraft.
0:36 - Cabin
The cabin of the Beechcraft King Air 360ERis spacious and well-lit, offering a comfortable environment for passengers. It is 4.5 feet or 1.35 meters wide, and 4.8 feet or 1.42 meters high.
The space has been redesigned to offer more legroom, higher tables, and redesigned seats. The aircraft has a flexible interior and can accommodate up to 15 occupants. The standard seating configuration includes a four-place club, a two-place club, and an aft belted lavatory. The seats are fully adjustable, including reclining options, and are upholstered in premium leather for comfort.
Beechcraft has included ubiquitous USB outlets, which are now a staple requirement for any modern passenger cabin.
The aircraft comes with LED lighting. Moreover, a lower cabin altitude achieved due to improved pressurization adds to the comfort. When flying at 27,000 feet, the cabin altitude is just 5,960 feet or 1,816 meters.
Moreover, the plane employs noise-canceling capabilities and cabin pressurization.
And finally, the plane features a private aft lavatory that is belted for an additional passenger seat. For storage, there are well-designed cabinets and compartments in the cabin, and a generous baggage compartment is accessible from inside and outside the aircraft.
3:40 - Cockpit
The cockpit of the Beechcraft King Air 360ER features the advanced Collins Aerospace Pro Line Fusion avionics suite, a noticeable upgrade from the Pro Line 21 system of the previous models. The avionics suite comes with three 14-inch widescreen LCD touchscreens. Each screen can function independently, allowing pilots to configure them based on their preferences or the specific needs of the flight.
The avionics suite provides a synthetic vision system, offering 3D topographical imagery. Enhanced maps, MultiScan weather radar, and ADS-B capabilities also come standard with the suite.
Moreover, it includes features like electronic charts, graphical flight planning, WAAS/LPV approaches, and more. The system also features a flight management system.
The primary flight display is split into two halves, each providing comprehensive real-time information, including airspeed, altitude, vertical speed, heading, and attitude. An innovative feature is the addition of a vertical situation display on the PFD, presenting a real-time vertical profile of the aircraft relative to terrain, airspace, and obstacles ahead.
The multi-function display offers a large moving map, engine instruments, fuel status, active flight plan, and other pertinent flight information.
The flight controls, while mostly conventional, are built with the highest level of precision. The yoke provides robust control, with its left and right horns housing numerous functions, such as autopilot disconnect, electric trim, and push-to-talk. The throttles, propeller levers, and fuel control levers are well-positioned for ease of operation, and their movements are smooth. The Innovative Solutions & Support ThrustSense Autothrottle is a key feature in the cockpit.
6:56 - Engine and Performance
Talking about performance, the Beechcraft King Air 360ER has long been a favorite amongst pilots and operators around the world.
As you advance the throttles for takeoff, the twin Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A turboprops, producing 1,050 shaft horsepower each, respond with smooth and predictable power. The plane has a takeoff distance of 4,057 feet or 1,237 meters and a full-fuel payload of 1,982 lbs or 900 kg.
The aircraft has a rate of climb per minute of 2,400 feet or 732 meters, and can quickly reach its service ceiling of 35,000 feet or 10,670 meters.
The aircraft's cruise speed can reach up to 303 knots, providing a good balance of speed and fuel efficiency, and the maximum range is 2,540 nautical miles, which is 2,920 miles or 4,700 kilometers.
The aircraft features a landing distance of 2,980 feet or 910 meters.
10:03 - Purchase Price and Operating Cost
The base purchase price for a new King Air 360ER is $8 million before options, and while the total yearly fixed cost is roughly $400,000 to $600,000, the average hourly operating cost is estimated at $1,300 to $2,000, and the hourly charter cost is estimated at $3,000 to $4,000.
10:25 - Outro
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Worked on King Air’s for many years. Excellent aircraft.
The best all around plane out there. Fast too.❤
Beautiful Plane 😊
Range is close to 2700 nm. Cieling 35,000 ft. The cost is like that of a light jet.
Love It.
No wonder Textron lost interest in small planes, look at the profits from turbines. Tell me , does it really cost twice as much to make a King Air 360 than a 200??
The Wedding Supper of the Lamb is back here on Earth. Your second guest is quite confused.
If I win the lottery I’m buying one for a family travel plane. The dream.
If i had 50 mil im gifting someone a 350er and paying for fuel for a yr for mil and then buying me two 350ers
@KofoshiiKaro
5 ай бұрын
Would love to be that person😅
I always wondered what happens when you have to take a dump in a plane like this LOL...does the whole cabin suffer, or is there a vent fan??? May there be mercy for the one who poops in the airplane LOLOL
@tonylam9548
6 ай бұрын
There are such thing in a pressurized cabin as out flow valve, they are located in the rear of the cabin, constantly letting air out to maintain set cabin pressure. This effectively act as a washroom exhaust fan.
@bobrichardson5905
6 ай бұрын
I read that old learjet story where a guy took a big one with only a curtain separator between him and the cabin. Not a good ending for any of them@@tonylam9548
Rip out the Collins RUBISH and you might get a good aeroplane. Just saw a 250 upgraded to Garmin, not only was it better,it was a 108 kg lighter. The writings on the wall for Collins.
What I’m not to keen about with the king air is the instrument panel. Put it along side the new Honda jet. Or any small Jet. It’s not clean, well laid out. Just very cluttered looking.
Is 35,000 feet height enough to be flying above weather movements?
@midwestlegacy1919
10 ай бұрын
Not always. Some wether system cloud tops can reach as high as 60,000 feet, but 35,000 is good enough to remain above most storms
@dressydress9726
10 ай бұрын
Air pockets turbulence are still common at 34-35 K feet above SL
@Georgi_Slavov
8 ай бұрын
@@midwestlegacy1919up to 60k ft?This would exclude ANY passenger plane currently in use.
@biopsiesbeanieboos55
8 ай бұрын
99% of Thunderstorms will rise until they reach the tropopause. (1% will be energetic enough punch through the Tropopause). At the tropopause they will spread horizontally to form the anvil. But the altitude of the Tropopause varies with Latitude. At the higher latitudes (closer to the North and South Pole) you will be above almost everything other than the 1% of the most energetic thunderstorms that have punched through the tropopause. At lower latitudes (closer to the equator), at 35000ft, you’ll be in and out of cirrus, and have to request regular heading changes to manoeuvre around the tops of almost every storm because at lower latitudes every storm will reach an altitude above 35000ft, because the tropopause may get as high as 50, 000 feet. Hope that makes sense. CAT (clear air turbulence) is really the only other reason you’d need more altitude, so if the aircraft is limited to FL350 (35000ft) you can only really descend out of CAT. You don’t really want to be tackling any turbulence at your maximum altitude except for short periods. The aircraft is likely going to be to close to coffin corner to comfortably handle anything other than very light turbulence. Generally, flying at an aircraft’s maximum altitude, one should always be aware of the fact.
@michaeladams2959
6 ай бұрын
Not in the pacific ocean area where thunder storms can top 60,000 feet
It has USB outlets ! But does it have free WiFi ?😊
@rolltide9547
6 ай бұрын
No 19.95 per day
Actually your on the mark there, just looked through a new one. Rough as guts. They even forgot to gas the air con’. The Barons are just as badly put together. I’d be happier with an old 300 upgraded with Garmin.
Beechcraft is good for carrying a lot of coke.😅
Aside from the glass, that cockpit looks prehistoric. Such a lack of innovation.
Only a certified masochist would ride in that airplane for 2500 nautical miles
@jec1ny
10 ай бұрын
Agreed. I have nothing against prop planes. They have their uses and can be a convenient and cost effective option for short to intermediate distance flights. But anything over four hours would start to get uncomfortable. A 2500-mile flight would probably run at least 8 hrs. If you're traveling that kind of distance, you either charter a jet, or fly commercial.
@Georgi_Slavov
8 ай бұрын
@@jec1ny what if they make a jet version with,say,350-400kts cr.speed?This will shorten the flight time by 25% at least.
@jec1ny
8 ай бұрын
@@Georgi_Slavov I'm not sure what your point is. I've already said that for longer flights you either charter a jet or fly commercial. Short flights by jets are already possible. The main arguments for prop planes are cost and the ability to get into some airfields where a jet can't land.
@Georgi_Slavov
8 ай бұрын
@@jec1ny sure,but would the airframe handle 400 kts?i am just a fan of the King Air,and wonder if it can be upgraded for a faster flight.
@maple-leafs13
8 ай бұрын
@@Georgi_Slavovnot sure if theyre designed to handle those speed. But turboprop definetly wont rach 400knts. Youre delaing with jet speed at that point for a plane of this size. There are fast turboprop planes but i think theyre designed for 2 seater or max 4 seater
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Anything more than 20 to 30 minutes with 13 people and one on the can?...NO THANK YOU!
Pile of total shit, much like Harley Davidson, no real changes just new paint and some winglets. Take that 10 M and put it to a real aircraft
@waynesilva3129
6 ай бұрын
When you look at the plane, it’s 1960s technology. How often will all the seats be taken? An SUV with the pilot and one or two passengers.
@DD-lh4sv
5 ай бұрын
Man, I'm trying a lot of bikes, but no one of them feels more "bikeble" in competition with 2001 Dyna. If you prefer some kind of "new high-tech" motorbike, you are either child or just don't ride anything better than a cb600
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