Some say that driving a vehicle with a manual transmission is "real driving". I say that flying in a prop plane is "Real Flying"! This is a "Turboprop" aircraft. A turboprop engine is a jet engine with a propeller attached. It's not a turbocharged piston engine like that of a Porsche. Many non observant people are not aware of that. The word "Turboprop" actually refers to the fact that it's a turbine driven engine and not a piston engine. Another name for a jet engine is "Gas Turbine" engine. The props spin at their maximum RPM on takeoff, roughly 1,500 RPM. Shortly after takeoff, they are spooled down to about 1,200 RPM. They probably spin at approximately 1,000 RPM during the cruise portion of the flight.
+Khalid Suwaid I believe it just sounds like that because of the feather. It sounds like it he's powering up but really it's just louder with the more feather used.
Increasing the feather, increasing the RPM while maintaining the same torque which helps slow the aircraft down, sounds like it's producing more power because the angle of the blades is more forward and therefore is putting more of a workload on the props
18,000 feet for a 40 minute flight seems pretty low, most aircrafts I've been on have flown to maybe 24,000 feet and we only flew for maybe 30-35 minutes or so. Perhaps you only flew to 18,000 feet because of the type of aircraft you were flying?
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Great. Thanks. My first flight from LCY was to Rotterdam, in a Dornier 228 operated by (the now defunct) Flexair.
Awesome flight ! I'd love to fly on a Saab 2000, looks like an interesting turboprop !
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+Avionsetcie Is it safe to travel onboard such planes for long haul journeys?
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Great video mate :D I like the approaching into LCY so much ;)
Brilliant especially that excellent shot at the end as pulling onto stand with the embraced tacking by and the Swiss avro landing.
Wow..... enjoyed the vid. Thanks for sharing.
Brilliant video! I didn't know that BA still had Saab 2000's!
I wonder if they still have ATPs :D.
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loved it thanx for sharing im going edinburgh to dublin in sept aer lingus simular air craft cant wait love those engines x
Fantastic video!
Some say that driving a vehicle with a manual transmission is "real driving". I say that flying in a prop plane is "Real Flying"! This is a "Turboprop" aircraft. A turboprop engine is a jet engine with a propeller attached. It's not a turbocharged piston engine like that of a Porsche. Many non observant people are not aware of that. The word "Turboprop" actually refers to the fact that it's a turbine driven engine and not a piston engine. Another name for a jet engine is "Gas Turbine" engine.
The props spin at their maximum RPM on takeoff, roughly 1,500 RPM. Shortly after takeoff, they are spooled down to about 1,200 RPM. They probably spin at approximately 1,000 RPM during the cruise portion of the flight.
Great video! :D
Many thanks :D
+Vxracing16 - HD Aviation Videos turboprops like the saab 3000 and 2000 series rarely fly in this country
Wow great vid :)
Enjoyed your video but it would have been nice to see your inflight service as well. Thanks.
Wait at the beginning was that Tomasz Schafernaker (I love him) doing the weather on the plane I recognise the voice
Real nice one, know this from my trips with P3D ;-)
I've noticed that he increased engine speed when started to descend, something I've never seen before
+Khalid Suwaid I believe it just sounds like that because of the feather. It sounds like it he's powering up but really it's just louder with the more feather used.
Increasing the feather, increasing the RPM while maintaining the same torque which helps slow the aircraft down, sounds like it's producing more power because the angle of the blades is more forward and therefore is putting more of a workload on the props
Nice !!
awesome :) !!!!!
18,000 feet for a 40 minute flight seems pretty low, most aircrafts I've been on have flown to maybe 24,000 feet and we only flew for maybe 30-35 minutes or so. Perhaps you only flew to 18,000 feet because of the type of aircraft you were flying?
Anyway, Saab 2000 is among the fastest turbo props.
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because flap extended in the park ?
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