Beechcraft King Air 350l - How to get better fuel milage

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How do I get better fuel milage out of this airplane ???

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Depends on many things.

Flight level/altitude

Wind direction

Load

Prop settings

Mixture settings

Speed you are going

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Turboprops have gas turbine engines which are gas guzzlers. Choice of cruise altitude will make the largest impact on fuel efficiency, followed only by winds aloft. In general, the higher the better within the performance envelope of the turbine aircraft. Turboprops, in general, live in the middle altitudes above piston GA aircraft and below Turbojet/Turbofan powered aircraft, think FL180-280. Of course, good flight planning around the length of the trip, payload, winds aloft, and descent planning frame the problem of how high to go to save fuel.

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More starts on my out of fuel flight.

Aircraft Beechcraft King AIR 350I

Distance 1101 KM

Weight 11561 at departure

Failed attempt 18000 alt propeller pitch 80%

Throttle at 80%

This attempt 30000 alt

Propeller pitch 65%

Throttles 65%

Thanks for the feed back. Glen

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Ok so these are flight planning problems. Do you have access to a web browser where you can potentially use SimBrief.com - Virtual Flight Planning Solutions to think through flight planning?

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Thanks, I’ll check these out.