There are no B55 Barons certified for known ice, only the
58P and 58TC are certified, if they have the electric
windshield plate and all other required equipment.
http://www.controller.com/listings/f...E C805BCAF89D
lists a G58 as "known ice" for over a million and quarter.





"Viperdoc" wrote in message
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|I looked at big singles versus twins for the same reasons,
and since I live
| on Lake Michigan and travel east quite a bit, I chose a
twin. The redundancy
| goes beyond just the engines, and includes dual vacuum
pumps as well as
| electrical systems.
|
| Of course, this also means that there is double the
maintenance on these
| items, and double the chance of something breaking. You
should not buy any
| airplane unless you can also afford to maintain it-
patching stuff with wire
| and duct tape is the first step toward having a
catastrophic chain of events
| occur at an inopportune time.
|
| I did most of my training in an Aztec, and then flew a
Baron. The Aztec has
| bigger engines, but is slower. It did not have the solid
feeling of a Beech
| product, but parts are a lot less expensive. Finally
decided on a B-55
| Baron, and it is heavily equipped with known ice, radar,
stormscope, etc. It
| gives a lot of flexibility, and still has a full tank
useful load of 760
| pounds, with a cruise of 175 knots. The IO-470 engines are
solid, but fuel
| burn is around 25 gph. Even a short trip for lunch comes
with a gas bill of
| around $300.
|
| Again, the most important issue is to never scrimp on
maintenance- these are
| complicated airplanes, and trying to save money by
postponing repairs is
| short sighted.
|
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