Rockwell 685
| Aero Commander 685 / Rockwell 685 | |
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| Rockwell Commander 685 | |
| Role | Business aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Aero Commander/Rockwell International |
| First flight | 1971 |
| Retired | 1976[1] |
| Produced | 1972-1976[1] |
| Number built | 66[1] |
| Developed from | Rockwell Commander 690 |
The Rockwell Commander 685 or Aero Commander 685[2] is a light-twin piston-engined aircraft with a pressurized cabin originally built by the Aero Commander company, a division of Rockwell International from 1965.
The predecessor model was the Aero Commander 690 and the next generation are Aero Commander JetProp series. The Aero Commander 685 had the ICAO aircraft code AC6L[3] The introduction was in 1971 and the retired in 1976.[1] In this time are buildt 66 aircraft.[1]
Design and development
The Commander 685 was a piston-engined variant of the turboprop-powered Rockwell Commander 690, with two wing-mounted 435 hp Continental GTSIO-520K piston engines in tractor configuration with three-bladed Hartzell feathering propellers. It is a high-wing cantilever monoplane with an enclosed nine-seat cabin and a retractable nose-wheel landing gear. The Model 685 was type certified by the Federal Aviation Administration on 17 September 1971.
Specifications
Data from Flying Magazine[4]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1[1]
- Capacity: 8 passengers[1]
- Powerplant: 2 × Continental GTSIO-520K air-cooled flat-four, 435 hp (324 kW) each
- Propellers: 3-bladed
Performance
- Cruise speed: 255 mph; 411 km/h (222 kn)
- Range: 1,438 mi; 2,315 km (1,250 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 24,000 ft (7,300 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Stemp, P.D. (2016). Rockwell Aero Commander 680 to 690 (Kites, Birds & Stuff - Aircraft of the United States of America ed.). New York: Lulu com. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-326-82815-8.
- ↑ Barke, Robert P., ed. (January 1973). Aero Commander 685 (Flying Magazine ed.). New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. p. 100. ISSN 0015-4806.
- ↑ Anderson, Lionel K. (2010). ICAO Aircraft Codes (ACARS - A Users Guide for the Aviation Enthusiast ed.). Las Antalayas Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-4457-8847-0.
- ↑ Barke, Robert P., ed. (August 1972). Aero Commander 685 (Flying Magazine ed.). New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. p. 78. ISSN 0015-4806.
External links
Media related to Rockwell 685 Commander at Wikimedia Commons