Flew a 310 today...

HVYMETALDRVR

HVYMETALDRVR

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Just thought I'd throw this up there... its been quite awhile since I've flown something with more than 250hp and I must say it felt good. 165 knots in the cruise at 1000ft and definitely heavier in the controls than a 172. Total blast to fly though she made me sweat a little doing touch and goes quite a bit to keep up with! Must say I'm jealous of you guys out there that fly one for a living! ;)
 
HVYMETALDRVR said:
Just thought I'd throw this up there... its been quite awhile since I've flown something with more than 250hp and I must say it felt good. 165 knots in the cruise at 1000ft and definitely heavier in the controls than a 172. Total blast to fly though she made me sweat a little doing touch and goes quite a bit to keep up with! Must say I'm jealous of you guys out there that fly one for a living! ;)
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That's my new bird i'm flying survey in! 325hp a side. It took some getting used to about 3hrs and I was comfortable with the speed. I've always had a habit to be smooth on the power, so over boosting wasn't an issue. The fuel management is something i'll have to get used to, being that never switch from mains to aux unless you've burned at least 20 gal from the mains. SKY KING!
 
310 is a sweet looking bird. I still remember the first time I ever saw one depart. I was at the end of the runway when the pilot pushed up the power. I still remember that "growl" when the engines came up to speed.
 
Twin Cessnas are absolute sweethearts to fly. Very forgiving airplanes, but very capable at what they do.
 
dasleben said:
Twin Cessnas are absolute sweethearts to fly. Very forgiving airplanes, but very capable at what they do.
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310's a neat machine - puny nose gear aside...but then again, nobody lands off-field anymore :) And I love the 414 and 421. Sweethearts, each.

And I thought I had it good at 275hp/side...
 
The standard turbo charged 310 is 285 horses a side. RAM has two conversions for the 310. The RAM I is 300 a side and the RAM IV is 325 a side.

Mine has the RAM I conversion. I see 200 knots true at 65% power @ 17,000 feet. That's about 17.5 gph a side.

Great airplanes.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
310's a neat machine - puny nose gear aside...but then again, nobody lands off-field anymore :) And I love the 414 and 421. Sweethearts, each.

And I thought I had it good at 275hp/side...
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Mine is 285 a side and feels way underpowered in the mountains. In fact we can not maintain a single engine service ceiling at the MEA which makes charters impossible. :( Cargo only.
 
I got lucky to do some pt91 flying in a 310 right out of college. Only got around 100 hours in it and loved every minute of it. I'd get goose bumps listening to those 470s idle.
 
Mine's a '68 N model... Short nose and normally aspirated. She's got the ole Continental IO-470 with 260hp... But she'll do 185/190 KTAS on 28-30 gals an hour.

Nothing like a 310 as a personal plane.
 
SurferLucas said:
Mine's a '68 N model... Short nose and normally aspirated. She's got the ole Continental IO-470 with 260hp... But she'll do 185/190 KTAS on 28-30 gals an hour.

Nothing like a 310 as a personal plane.
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That's the one I flew but with the Colemill convertion making it 300 HP. The flight school has had it about two weeks.
 
Yeah its quite a rocketship and the key is that its relatively light with all the HP... it should also be pointed out we we did some full stop taxi backs at KHWO and 36R which is about 3250 usable. Definitely will make you sweat a bit!
 
HVYMETALDRVR said:
Yeah its quite a rocketship and the key is that its relatively light with all the HP... it should also be pointed out we we did some full stop taxi backs at KHWO and 36R which is about 3250 usable. Definitely will make you sweat a bit!
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We used to do touch and goes in Chatham, MA in the 402 on training flights. 3000'. :D
 
Saw on eBay where they were selling multi training in a 310. Thought it was oh so :drool: to me. Still on my mind.
 
A properly maintained 310 is a great airplane in general, I never liked the one I flew because it wasn't.:mad: Also, the yoke would hit my leg in any X-wind landing. I'm tall and I like to sit low while IMC, a ball hat helped some but sitting on that spar/bulkhead sucked. As a charter plane it wasn't good for loading/unloading passengers. The cessna factory prop sync and yaw damp systems on the one I flew were worthless. The old school cessna Nav II autopilot never worked worth a darn especially while tracking an ILS. Another minor complaint(s) was the low gear speed, and just overall a poorly built gear system. The split flaps were okay after figuring out how to prevent the ballooning while getting that first notch. (about 10* or more of bank).

Not that it was a complicated fuel system in the 310/340 .... but WTH were those engineers thinking? :wtf?:

The skinny wing makes it kinda scary in ice.:eek: Frost on the fus will kill you if you are not careful. And if you really want to evacuate your colon run over some slush on a TO roll and get it stuck on the elevator. That'll wake you right up!

Anyone flying a NA, non FIKI, maintainance abused 310 out west is asking for trouble IMHO. If you are on a "never no-go" (ie 135) you need it turboed, RAMed (just not the RAM V), FIKI'd, NO saddle tanks (including the 340) and it'd sure be handy to have pressurization... but we're talking about 310's so I digress.:pirate:

The VG's are a must on the twin cessna lines due to the large reduction of Vmc.
 
Currently teach in (among other airplanes), a 310 in the Southwest. Nice airplane. Garmin 530, S-Tec 50 autopilot with an HSI, VG's. Honest ME airplane. It just seems to take most 10-15 hours to be ready for the checkride in it.
 
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