Cessna 441
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441 Conquest II | |
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Type | Utility monoplane |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Cessna |
Maiden flight | 1975 |
Number built | 362 |
The Cessna 441 Conquest II was the first turboprop designed by Cessna and was meant to fill the gap between their jets and piston-engined aircraft. It was developed in November 1974, with the first aircraft delivered in September 1977. It is a pressurized, turbine development of the Cessna 404.
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[edit] Design and development
The aircraft has retractable tricycle landing gear and on takeoff has a ground roll of 1,785 ft (544 m). The Conquest is powered by two Garrett TPE331 turboprops powering two four-bladed McCauley propellers. A 441 with Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-112 turboprops was flown in 1986 but did not enter production.
[edit] Airframe Limitations
The Cessna 441 is limited to 22,500 hours of air time by a Cessna Supplementary Inspection Document (SID). This life-limit SID is mandatory in the USA for air carriers operating the aircraft but is advisory only for private operators.[1]
[edit] Designation
The ICAO designator for the Cessna Conquest as used in flight plans is C441.
[edit] Further developments
A smaller aircraft was marketed as the Cessna 425 Conquest I, itself a turbine development of the Cessna 421.
[edit] Specifications (Standard 441)
[edit] General characteristics
- Crew: one or two pilots
- Capacity: 8-10 passengers
- Length: 39 ft 0 in (11.89 m)
- Wingspan: 49 ft 4 in (15.04 m)
- Height: 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
- Wing area: 253 ft² (23.5 m²)
- Empty: 5,488 lb (2,489 kg)
- Loaded: lb ( kg)
- Maximum takeoff: 9,856 lb (4,470 kg)
- Powerplant: 2× Garrett TPE331 turboprops, 636 shp (474 kW) each
[edit] Performance
- Maximum speed: 339 mph (545 km/h)
- Range: 1,291 miles (2,077 km)
- Cruise: 285 mph
- Service ceiling: 35,000 ft (10,668 m)
- Rate of climb: 2,435 ft/min (742 m/minmpm)
- Wing loading: lb/ft² ( kg/m²)
- Power/mass: hp/lb ( kW/kg)
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