Twin Bonanza Flyer's Guide

by Dave Eckert

from the Premier Collection

Flying the Twin Bonanza

Install the Twin Bonanza into your FS2002 \aircraft or FS2000 \aircraft folder. If you haven't alredy done so, follow the instructions on our installation page. You can see the beautiful exterior the Bonanza from spot plane view by press the 'S' key three times When you "walk around", you'll see: If they aren't already on, press Ctrl-Enter to start the engines and see the props spin. Move the stick forward and back to see the elevator move up and down. Move the stick from side to side to see the rudder and ailerons move. Press F8 to lower the flaps. Takeoff Taxi out and position the aircraft on the runway center line. Set flaps up (F5) and the mixture to rich (Ctrl+Shift+F3) and then using full throttle, accelerate and liftoff at about 80 knots. Normal climb speed is about 115 mph. The Bonanza is a retractable. When abeam the end of the runway, retract the landing gear ('G'). Climb to your desired cruing altitude and set throttle to cruising speed, which is 200 mph. Landing Set the engine mixture to rich (Ctrl+Shift+F3) and approach the runway at about 110 mph. Drop full flaps when your speed is below 140 mph. Touch down at about 75 knots on main gear and gently lower the nose gear.

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