Right, if you have the money and like the look of the plane, get the M600, VMO of 250 is very nice.

fuzzyjax just depends on how much money you have:). Outside of the outright purchase price the JetProp is far cheaper to operate.

JW you bet! And for many that makes the JetProp a no-go. Others are willing to give up gross for efficiency.

I realize it is pretty off topic but do anybody know a good site to stream new tv shows online?

@Kameron Kayson try Flixportal. You can find it on google :)

Kyle, being able to climb out of the weather and cruise at 27,000 feet at 260+ kts burning 30 GPH of jetfuel is pretty amazing. Also, compare the reliability of a turboprop vs a piston. It’s in a new league altogether.

@@MrCannonls Yeah but by that point why do it a Malibu and just get a Turboprop conversion of a Bonanza? What I question is why would you bother with this when you can't carry anyone or anything with full fuel.

Kyle Goodman. If your mission is to carry a few people over long distances, the JetProp would be a poor choice. But to move pilot and 1 passenger quickly, safely, out of the weather, over long distances, and with low hourly costs, the jetprop is top of its class. If you need to carry more weight and are ok with higher operational costs, just get a Meridian. As for the bonanza conversions, I don’t know their stats so I can’t comment. Just that I’ve seen conversions without pressurized cabins, and that doesn’t make sense to me as the turboprops find their efficiencies up high.

You can control it if you want, but in normal operation you simply feather before shutdown and take it out of feather before startup. This arrangement allows the prop to be feathered without shutting down the engine. That allows an idling engine without prop wash, which is not the case with the meridian. This is nice when starting with a GPU or when you’re offloading passengers or baggage without shutting down the engine.

Mark G thanks for letting us know. I flew a couple weeks ago in a Meridian and it was so simple in comparison.

He was measuring the take-off distance, not when to rotate. He did a short-field take off.

Henrique We’re glad the video was useful for you.

@@MrCannonls Started flying Jet Prop last week, and during my studies i watched this video at least 10 times ! That made everything easier to understand.

Scott Major It’s the same thing. “Ice door” is a name and “inertial separator” is the function.

Also for your interest, when you close the ice door/separator the torque increases by 150 lb ft with the same fuel burn Alternately, you can reset to the same torque and reduce fuel burn by 4 goh

GPH

@@MrCannonls Thank you for the info. I suspected that was the case, but I am only a piston driver myself, so I wasn't sure. :-)

ExtremeRecluse. No doubt its gross is a limitation, but like anything, know your mission and buy accordingly.

You'd have to cut back to 400 mile legs with more people. One refuel to Telluride, two to California. If you are thinking commercial, well pony up for the TBM. Smooth power, more of it, extreme reliability, less maintenence. Reliability and power. That is worth it...... if you can afford it.

"where you are stopping for fuel"

Yeah, motoring the starter a little longer to bring down the ITTs a bit will work. Having a GPU-assisted start will typically let you get a higher Ng, bring down ITTs, and give you a cooler start overall.

Motor the engine and get ITT below 150

Batt Mann. I’m glad you liked the video. When we were looking to buy and comparing the two there wasn’t a ton of information on them from owners. We thought we’d try to give back and make the decision a little easier for the next guy.

Christoff du Plessis Thanks for the kind words!

Ju Teint. The startup procedure certainly is complicated. After that it’s pretty standard. Watch your ITT and push forward to go faster.

Why is it complicated? I mean he said a lot about it but that is a good thing and makes it easier to understand. You have a few steps to follow (and monitor) and the turbine is running. When wrestling with piston engines you still have several steps to follow and you then need a feeling/knowledge of what to do if the engine doesn't start. I see a lot of guys cranking their engines until they cry for mercy while I am doing my preflight. With the plane I know I only need 1 or 2 seconds to start normally but I still would like to just turn the starter on give it some fuel after stabilizing on a certain percentage and watch ITT and that's basically it. Works every time as long as the battery is ok.