Beechcraft Super King Air

Beechcraft Super King Air, à partir du B-200, sur Wikipedia de langue anglaise

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The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] aircraft produced by the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] (now the Beechcraft Division of [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]).

The King Air line comprises a number of model series that fall into four families: the Model 90 series, Model 100 series (these models comprising the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] family), Model 200 series and Model 300 series.

The latter two models were originally [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] as the "Super King Air" family, but the "Super" was dropped in 1996.

The Super King Air family has been in continuous production since 1974, the longest production run of any civilian turboprop aircraft in its class.

It has outlasted all of its previous competitors and as of 2009 the only other aircraft in its class is the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

As of December 2009, the B200, B200GT and the larger B300 are the production models.

Special mission derivative versions of these models are also available for order.

The [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] regional airliner was derived from the Model B200 King Air

B 200

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Development

Super King Air 200

The Model 200 was originally conceived as the Model 101 in 1969, and was a development of the Model 100 King Air.

The Model 200 had essentially the same fuselage as the Model 100, with changes to the rear fuselage to accommodate a new T-tail (in place of the 100's conventional tail with all-moving trimmable horizontal stabilizer) and structural changes to allow higher maximum pressurisation.

Apart from the T-tail, other changes included [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]A-41 engines rated at 1,015 shp (757 kW) instead of the 805 shp (600 kW) engines of the Model A100 then in production, and a wing of increased span and extra fuel capacity.

Overall, the 200 was 3 ft 10 in (1.17 m) longer than the A100, with wingspan 4 ft 3 in (1.29 m) greater, containing 60 US gallons (230 L) more fuel.

Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) was increased by 1,000 lb (450 kg).

After protracted development including extensive [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] testing of the design (especially of the T-tail which was tunnel-tested for 375 hours), the first prototype flew for the first time on October 27, 1972; a second prototype took to the air on December 15 the same year.

Three production aircraft were also built in 1972 and delivered to the U.S. Army; these three were designated Model A100-1s by Beechcraft and were given the military designation RU-21J; the first of some 400 T-tail King Airs to be ordered by the U.S. armed forces.

The 200 received civil certification in December 1973 and the first civil delivery took place in February 1974.

In 1976 Beechcraft developed the Model 200T, a version configured for [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] or [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

The prototype was created by modifiying a Model 200 aircraft, constructor's number (c/no.) BB-186; the modifications included changes to the belly aft of the wing to allow photography with a vertical camera, provision for a surveillance
radar in a pod under the fuselage, dome-shaped windows on the sides of the rear fuselage to allow observation directly below the aircraft by occupants, and a 50-US-gallon (190 L) usable capacity fuel tank on each wingtip to increase the aircraft's range.

Customers could specify any combination of these modifications when ordering a 200T; all 200Ts were Model 200s modified at the factory and given new constructor's numbers.

The next model to appear was the Model 200C in 1979; this version had a large cargo door on the LH side of the rear fuselage with an [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] door similar to the Model 200's door built into it.

The door opening was 4 ft 4 in (1.33 m) high and 4 ft 4 in (1.33 m) wide, allowing a large range of items to be loaded into the cabin.

The Model 200C found favour with many operators who fitted them out internally as [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]. The 200C was built from scratch rather than as a modification of the Model 200.

The Model A200C military version was developed concurrently.

In 1981 a Model 200C (c/no. BL-24) was modified as the Model 200CT, fitted with the same wingtip fuel tanks as installed on Model 200Ts; there was only one 200CT, but it led to other aircraft after an updated version of the Model 200 entered production.

This updated and improved version was the Model B200, which entered production in 1981.

It was fitted with PT6A-42 engines, still rated at 850 shp (630 kW), but with improvements that resulted in greater aircraft performance.

Other changes included increased maximum pressurisation (to 6.5 psi differential) and changes to the cockpit layout.

The Model 200C gave way to the Model B200C the same year, with the first Model B200T and Model B200CT being modified from a B200 and B200C respectively the following year.

Commencing in 1984 the B200, B200C and their derivatives were fitted with a revised landing gear retraction mechanism, actuated by hydraulic rams powered by an electric pump installed in the LH wing.

This replaced the earlier electro-mechanical retraction system of gearboxes, driveshafts and chains and [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] that was a throwback to the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

At the same time the propellers fitted were changed from 3-bladed [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] to 3-bladed McCauleys.

47 B200Cs built that year were delivered to the U.S. military, with dozens more of a similar standard ordered in subsequent years, but not given official civil model designations.

200 T

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200 C

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200 C

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200 C

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A total of 14 B200s were produced in 1989 and 1990 in a 13-seat high density configuration with a belly cargo pod; these were marketed by Beechcraft as a commuter airliner under the designation Model 1300.

Customers for this version included [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].

The propeller installation changed again in 1992, when Beechcraft started offering the option of having 4-bladed Hartzell or McCauley propellers, or 3-bladed Hartzell propellers; the 3-bladed McCauley propellers were no longer available.

From October 1995 Beechcraft offered an updated B200 with [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] (EFIS) [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], this was marketed as the "B200SE Super King Air" (for Special Edition). The following year the "Super" name was dropped from all marketing and advertising.

In October 2003 Beechcraft announced another avionics upgrade for the B200, the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] Proline 21 suite.

1300 Commuter

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1300 Commuter

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1300 Commuter

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1300 Commuter

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1300 Commuter

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Lien RFSD. Model 200SE

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The B200 remains in production, with a total of 13 built in 2009.^{[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]} The B200C is available for order;^{[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]} in January 2009 two B200Cs were delivered to the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] (RFDS).^{[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]}

The two B200Cs were the first examples delivered in about three years (the most recent B200Cs prior to this were two delivered in early 2006 for use as air ambulances in [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]).

On May 21, 2007, during the 7th Annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], Hawker Beechcraft (as the company was now known) introduced the Model B200GT updated version of the B200.

The B200GT is fitted with a new model of PT6 engine developed specifically for it by [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]; while still rated at 850 shp (630 kW) the new PT6A-52 develops maximum power to an even higher altitude than the −42 it replaces, thus further improving aircraft performance.

The B200GT and B200CGT with large cargo door were certified by the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] (FAA) on November 16, 2007 and by the end of 2009 97 B200GTs had been delivered.

Hawker Beechcraft has elected to use new constructor's number prefixes for the B200GT and B200CGT; B200GTs are being built with the prefix "BY"and while no B200CGTs had been built as of December 2009, they will be delivered with the prefix "BZ".

B200 GT

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