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Priced at a hefty $1.4 million for the 2017 model year, the Baron G58 is powered by naturally-aspirated Continental IO-550-C engines each rated at 300 horsepower. The G58 can fly up to 1,480 nautical miles and has a maximum cruise speed of 202 KTAS. Introduced in 2005, the G58’s worldwide popularity should keep it in production beyond 2017. (TEXTRON AVIATION)
The cabin interior was carefully planned to take advantage of the 135.9 cubic feet of volume provided by reconfiguring the cockpit area. The large double doors located on the right side of the fuselage allowed easy entry/egress from the cabin as well as loading and unloading of light cargo with the four passenger seats
removed. The standard cabin seating configuration included four seats facing forward, but a club seating arrangement with the third and fourth seats facing aft proved to be a popular option but was not made available until serial number TH-35. In addition, customers could order fifth and sixth folding seats, but these were best suited only for children or small adults.
The forward baggage compartment accommodated up to 300 pounds of luggage or light cargo, and was accessible through a hinged door forward of the windshield. The compartment also provided about seven cubic feet of space to mount remote avionics components. With all passenger seats removed, the main cabin floor was rated for up to 400 pounds. An additional 120 pounds could be placed in a recess located in the aft cabin area.
The Baron 58’s airframe featured standard all-metal Beechcraft construction with a semi-monocoque fuselage (length 29 feet 10 inches) and a cantilever empennage equipped with dual trim tabs on the elevators and one on the rudder (span was 15 feet 11 inches). Manually- operated pitch trim was standard, but electric pitch trim was an option (few, if any, airplanes left the factory without an autopilot that incorporated electric pitch trim). The wings, which spanned 37 feet 10 inches, featured the NACA 23016-5 airfoil at the wing root that tapered to NACA 23010-5 at the tip, with six degrees of dihedral and an incidence of four degrees.
The wing panels gained their strength from double- spar, box-type aluminum alloy construction fitted with
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