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AUGUST 2021
The Super King Air’s flight deck was similar to those of its siblings but featured digital avionics, weather radar and autopilot/flight director. Overhead console housed ammeter, DC load meters and lighting rheostats; subpanels contained switches for primary and secondary airframe systems. (University Archives and Special Collections, Wichita State University Libraries)
as well as positioning the propellers farther away from the cockpit and cabin to reduce noise and vibration. As a result of these modifications to the basic A100/B100, wingspan was increased to 54 feet, 6 inches and maximum takeoff weight rose to 12,500 pounds with a useful load of 5,275 pounds.
Although the changes were high- ly desirable from the standpoint of marketing and customer satis- faction, one undesirable result of the engine’s placement centered on meeting FAA regulations for mini- mum controllable airspeed with one engine inoperative. Engineer- ing realized that the additional two-foot span (on each side) of the redesigned center section would increase the effect of yaw if one engine failed in flight. They also knew that the rudder played a cru- cial role in countering that yaw and providing the pilot with adequate directional control.
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