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Military Visualizations Beechcraft® Baron® B55 Quick Start Guide  

Here it is!  The bare bones!  The “kick the tires and light the fires and get airborne guide.”  
You read this and you get off the ground.  You want to 
learn how the airplane actually works and flies properly, 
then you read the Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH) 
when you feel like it.  

Step one:  You have booted up FSX in Free Flight and 

you’re sitting in the cockpit.  On the keyboard, press Shift-
1 to bring up the setup menu box (figure 1).  If you  

want a two-blade prop, click the “Swap Props” button  

Figure 1

 

 

red.  You want three blades again, click it green!  You want to remove the chocks, click that 

button.  Click it again to bring them back.  You want the pilot visible and the engine plugs and 
pitot covers removed, then click that button to make it green.   Want the pilot gone and the 
plugs and 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 three up to the 
on positions.

 

  

  

 

Figure 2

  

 

 

2.

 

Look in the center of the panel, see those six levers?  The two in the middle are your 

throttles – that’s right Beech put the throttles for the Baron 55 in the middle!  Use your 
keyboard, mouse, or your physical controllers and push those two throttles forward about a 
half inch forward from the full aft position.  Make sure your two prop control levers are full 
forward and the two mixture levers are full forward.  

  

3.

 

See that huge yoke?  Covers up near everything doesn’t it?  Let’s hide it temporarily!  

See the bare aluminum shaft that pierces the panel in the center?  Hover your mouse pointer  

Figure 3

 

 

 

Содержание Baron B55

Страница 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 ...

Страница 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 ...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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 ...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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