King Air questions

[deskjobssuck]

Is there any info out there about West Coast Charters? Got a call from the CP today and wouldn't mind knowing a little about it before making any sort of decision.

 

[English]

Wow, that was quick!


What do you want to know? It's a reputable company.

 

[FracCapt]

You know, I never realized there was a difference between the two type ratings. I've been around this plane for quite a while and had heard to it referred to as a be02 so many times that I kinda figured that was just another name for it. It all makes sense to me now, but I feel kinda like a dummy.

1900 type, by the way. Guess I wish it was the be02 rating.

The BE02 type was good for all the King Air line requiring types. Anybody that HAD a BE02 type and got a new certificate(for whatever reason) since they split them no longer has a BE02 type - but has each type that it previously encompassed listed separately. I missed the BE02 type by just a few days....and ended up with a 1900 type.

 

[Kingairrick]

The 200 has a different electrical system than the C90, 300, 350, 1900. Study it a little before you fly a 200. Also, old "straight" 200s as opposed to the B200 usually can't be started the same as other King Airs can. No "cross start." You have to bring the generator on, then off for the start of the second engine, then back on again, or you fry the current limiters.

Other than minor stuff like that, you will do fine in any King Air except the B100. That one is a whole other ball of $hit.

 

[Diesel]

Actually some of the earlier B200's couldn't be cross started. I never bothered with turning the gen on for the 2nd start. I just turned it on after the "bump" of the 2nd engine starting.

You want a weird starting plane you should see the 90 I fly now. It's got a walter conversion. It's got an "auto start" to it. You put the condition levers forward and then hit the start button. It goes through it's own cycle for the start.

It feels like it starts the engine at 3 percent. When I asked the tech he said yeah it's somewhere between 3-8 percent and then it meters it for the whole start. You can hear it turning the fuel on and off. But the temp never get's above 300 so it must know what it's doing.