Turbine Transition
05-30-2010, 10:50 AM
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Turbine Transition
I fly a corporate Baron. My company is looking upgrade to a turbo prop airplane. Any one have any ideas on good turbine tansition study material. I am just trying to get a head start. Thanks for the help.
05-31-2010, 02:06 PM
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If you are near a local Community College that has an Aviation/Pilot Training Program (Curriculum), they may very well have something like an "Introduction to Turbine or Turboprop Aircraft" class. I took such a class about 15 years ago at a local Community College, very informative, cost me a whopping $33 as I recall (albeit in 1995 dollars). Also, FlightSafety has a "Turbine Transition" Class (along with a Turbine Transition Manual) which I believe is quite popular with people upgrading from a piston twin to a turboprop...... SimCom and Simuflight may have something similar, not sure. If you are transitioning from a Baron to a t-prop you will most likely end up at one of these (or another) sim based training provider - ask them for the aircraft specific training materials/manuals well ahead of time, and ask them for a copy of their "Turbine Transition Manual" too.
05-31-2010, 02:54 PM
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Just pick up a book, or several books, and teach yourself. Don't waste $1000 at FSI or SimCom. You don't have to know how to build the thing, just the basic premise of how it works. If you get stuck on something, you have this lovely forums full of thousand and thousands of hours of experience to call up. More than one person will be willing to help you, guaranteed 
05-31-2010, 04:36 PM
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Just pick up a book, or several books, and teach yourself. Don't waste $1000 at FSI or SimCom. You don't have to know how to build the thing, just the basic premise of how it works. If you get stuck on something, you have this lovely forums full of thousand and thousands of hours of experience to call up. More than one person will be willing to help you, guaranteed
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