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Beechcraft Model 76 Duchess
Beechcraft Model 76 Duchess

The Beechcraft 76 Duchess was a twin-engine development of the Beechcraft Musketeer, and was designed as an economical twin-engine trainer to compete with the successful Piper Seminole. By sheer coincidence, and in accordance to the "form follows function" rule, the two aircraft appear to be nearly identical. The Duchess was equipped with the same 180-hp Lycoming engines as the Seminole. Due to the relatively low-powered engines, and the rather heavy construction of the Duchess, many student pilots find that the aircraft is under-powered and as a result a challenging trainer, especially for engine-out training. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The Beech Aircraft Corporation, purchased by Raytheon Aircraft on February 8, 1980, and often called Beechcraft after the name they give their aircraft, is a manufacturer of general aviation and military aircraft, ranging from light single engine aircraft to business jets and light military transports. ... Beechcraft A23 Musketeer Beechcraft B19 Musketeer Beechcraft B24 Sierra Beechcraft B24 Sierra main landing gear showing the characteristic trailing idler link landing gear Beechcraft CT 134A Musketeers - the Canadian military version of the Model 23. ... The Piper PA-44 Seminole is essentially a twin-engine version of the popular Piper Cherokee 140/Warrior series of small, single-engine flight training aircraft. ...


Unlike the Seminole, which is still being produced today, the Duchess is no longer in production. Large numbers remain in use in flight schools around the world.


Specifications (BE-76)

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 3 passengers
  • Payload: 854 lbs. (387.3 kg.)
  • Length: 29ft. 1in. (8.85 m)
  • Wingspan: 38ft. (11.58 m)
  • Height: 9ft. 6in. (2.89 m)
  • Wing area: 181 ft2 (16.8 m2)
  • Empty weight: 2446 lbs. (1100 kg)
  • Useful load: 1454 lbs. (659.5 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 3900 lbs. (1780 kg)
  • Powerplant: 2× Lycoming O-360-A1G6D Hartzell HC-M2YR-2CEUF-FC7666A 2-blade, 180 hp (135 kW) each

Performance

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External link

  • Beech Aero Club (Owners and Pilots Association)

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Beechcraft Musketeer: Information from Answers.com (1641 words)
The Beechcraft Musketeer line is a family of single-engine, low-wing, light aircraft that includes the Model 19 Musketeer Sport, the Model 23 Musketeer, Custom and Sundowner, the Model 23-24 Musketeer Super III and the retractable gear Model 24-R Sierra.
A total of 2331 Beechcraft 23s of all variants were manufactured by the time production was completed 20 years later in 1983.
Due to the RCAF’s previous relationship with Beechcraft while operating the Beech 18 Expeditor, a hasty purchase of twenty-four 1971 model B23 Musketeers was made.
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