King Air 100

Pilotforhire587 said:
You mean that the B100 was the only descent king air ever made, soley because it had TPE 331's on it? Boris Badenov
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de·scent [dih-sent] Show IPA
noun
1.
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
2.
a downward inclination or slope. Synonyms: decline, grade, declivity; slant.
3.
a passage or stairway leading down.
4.
derivation from an ancestor; lineage; extraction. Synonyms: ancestry, parentage, origin.
5.
any passing from higher to lower in degree or state; decline. Synonyms: decrease, drop, plunge, decline, lessening, contraction, downturn.
 
I used to fly the B100 for quite a bit. Flies like it looks basically. Good in ice, enough to penetrate reasonable conditions and get out, decent payload (I found the biggest limiting factor to be zero fuel weight), a good solid airplane. I doubt you will find anyone panning it. No manual trim. Every time I hit the trim, it reminded me of all the halyards on the masts of yachts in a breezy harbor, (the sound) but that's just me.
 
The 100 has stubby wings, so I actually think it fares better in icing conditions than the 90 or 200 series, at least that was my experience. OEI performance is the worst of any King Air I have ever flown, at the weights I fly the airplane single engine service ceiling seems to fall just over or under the 10k mark. The short wings and low power to weight ratio limit it more than a newer 90 series or 200, but they also make it a breeze to fly. There is no manual trim wheel, just two motors that are controlled on the yoke and selected on the pedestal. It doesn't trim out like a 200, it feels like you are always either nose up or nose down just a hair, and no amount of trim switch finesse can stop it. I still fly the 100 from time to time, and I think it handles turbulence and icing better than other King Airs and better than a PC12, but that's about the extent of it. I also think that the low wingspan and longer gear mean that it's easy to cheat a crosswind landing, I know I've landed well above the demonstrated crosswind component multiple times, with room under the wing to spare. Overall a decent airplane.

I still have a boatload of flight training and systems information specific to the A100 from a now defunct 135 operation if you would like them, a lot of the stuff you'll find from Flightsafety, Simcom, and Simuflite is incorrectly copied from a 90 or 200.
 
It is. It is a bunch of training manuals scanned into .pdf files. PM an email address and I'll sent it to you.
 
I spent a decent amount of time in a 99, which is basically a 100 without the pressurization. Agree with everything jergar said regarding the wing and OEI performance. Handled ice pretty well and it certainly rode better in the bumps than a PC-12, but that describes everything that isn't a sailplane. An empty 99 climbs like a raped ape...and that's about all of the good things I have to say about it. The trim is absolutely maddening, but you'd presumably have an autopilot, which would make it just irritating. PS. Take it easy on them brakes. They're extremely effective, but they're also attached to tires that started life on Hot Wheels and are er, "less than robust".
 
Boris Badenov said:
I spent a decent amount of time in a 99, which is basically a 100 without the pressurization. Agree with everything jergar said regarding the wing and OEI performance. Handled ice pretty well and it certainly rode better in the bumps than a PC-12, but that describes everything that isn't a sailplane. An empty 99 climbs like a raped ape...and that's about all of the good things I have to say about it. The trim is absolutely maddening, but you'd presumably have an autopilot, which would make it just irritating. PS. Take it easy on them brakes. They're extremely effective, but they're also attached to tires that started life on Hot Wheels and are er, "less than robust".
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It's a turboprop, what on earth are you using brakes for? Oh... right... pratts.
 
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