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One final point, nothing in aviation is perfect. While the principles of aviation are very much

scientific, the reality of piloting an airplane is very much practiced artwork based upon sound
understandings of the scientific principles involved!  Once you study the POH, you will
reference the power settings and speeds required for a good approach to landing. But, you
must remember that every day is different in temperature and atmospheric conditions.  A given
manifold pressure setting will achieve the ideal speed on one day, but on another day will need
tweaking to achieve the optimal speed.  This becomes the variations in aviation that pilots also
come to love – the constant challenge of taking a machine into the air and plying your craft
with precision and skill.

Congrats! You have flown the Baron 55! Now, once the initial joy subsides, follow that most

timeless of all instructor admonitions to student pilots, “Get in the books!”

Cheers,

Ken Stallings
Military Visualization Staff
Contract US Air Force Instructor Pilot
FAA Commercial AMEL/ASEL Pilot

Beechcraft® Baron® B55 is a trademark of Textron Aviation Inc. and is used under license to
RailSimulator.com Ltd d/b/a Dovetail Games.

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Summary of Contents for Baron B55

Page 1: ...nd covers back click it red Step two You want to light the fire OK here s how 1 On the left side of the cockpit beside the yoke see that box figure 2 It has your starter buttons master battery switch and left right alternator switches See the triangular arrayed switches figure 3 The top of the triangle is the master battery The two base switches are the left and right alternator switches Flip all ...

Page 2: ...way to the rest Figure 4 4 Reference the pilot s lower panel with all those switches in a long row figure 5 In the center there is one labeled Beacon You should click it up to the on position This turns on the rotating red beacon light and warns people you re about to turn on the engines It is ultimately the Get out of the way or forever lose your head warning ...

Page 3: ...one controls the right engine They rotate clockwise and counter clockwise by using your mouse to hover over the knobs click and hold the left mouse button and slide the mouse right or Figure 6 left to rotate the knobs The starter is engaged when you rotate the knob full clockwise When you release the left mouse button the knob returns to the BOTH position which activates the two magnetos Rotate th...

Page 4: ...to learn all about the Vmc speed you need to read the POH When your airspeed reaches that mark rotate for takeoff It s a powerful airplane here don t try to zoom up like an F 15C Keep the pitch within five degrees up or you will see things happen you don t want to see happen Step six When you get airborne you need to retract the gear Locate the gear handle figure 8 which is located in a marvelousl...

Page 5: ...inches of manifold pressure or full throttle when the air gets too thin above 5 000 feet MSL to no longer allow 25 inches of MP and 2500 RPM s Additionally you have to lean the engine s fuel flows as you climb into the thinner air To do this you use the two mixture controls on the right side of the throttle quadrant You have a fuel flow gauge to the immediate right of the Manifold Gauge to help th...

Page 6: ...tles in the center are full forward Climb above 5 000 feet MSL will see the MP decline the higher you go from there even with the throttles full forward Step eight There is an old as aviation adage Takeoffs are optional landings are mandatory Now it is time to think about landing Piston twins are designed for raw climb power and speed So to land them we have to fly them slower than their ideal cru...

Page 7: ... 9 and also reference your airspeed gauge So how do we do this in the nutshell 1 When you get about ten miles from your destination airport throttle down to about 19 inches of manifold pressure and wait for the airspeed to bleed down in level flight to at or below 160 KIAS Then lower the flaps its first notch ONLY Note if you drop the flaps to the full down position of 30 degrees when faster than ...

Page 8: ...lare In summary good landings are essentially all about pitch power and speed control When you need to increase descent rate you reduce power and pitch the nose down When you need to decrease descent rate you add power and pitch the nose up You adjust the power and the pitch the nose at the same time this is called pitch and power Pitch and power on approach to land are like conjoined twins they g...

Page 9: ...chieve the ideal speed on one day but on another day will need tweaking to achieve the optimal speed This becomes the variations in aviation that pilots also come to love the constant challenge of taking a machine into the air and plying your craft with precision and skill Congrats You have flown the Baron 55 Now once the initial joy subsides follow that most timeless of all instructor admonitions...

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