Piper PA-46
Piper PA-46 | |
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Piper PA46-310P Malibu |
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Type: | Light aircraft |
Design country: | |
Manufacturer: | |
First flight: |
November 30, 1979 |
Commissioning: |
1983 |
Production time: |
since 1983 |
Number of pieces: |
500 |
The Piper PA-46 is a single-engine business jet produced by the US aircraft manufacturer Piper Aircraft Corporation .
development
The PA-46 is a metal low wing aircraft with retractable landing gear and pressurized cabin . In its normal configuration it has a capacity for four to six passengers. Development began in the late 1970s. The first flight of the prototype PA-46-300T took place on November 30, 1979. The first flight of the serial version 310P then took place in August 1982 and the approval by the FAA in September 1983. 404 pieces of this were produced. The cabin has a length of 3.76 m, a width of 1.26 m and a height of 1.19 m.
Versions
- Malibu ( PA-46-300T ), prototype (still without pressure cabin)
- Malibu ( PA-46-310P ), first production version with Zweiblatt- Hartzell - Propeller
- Malibu Mirage ( PA-46-350P ), improved version with new drive and three-bladed Hartzell propeller, changed electrics and new interior, first flight in 1998
- Malibu Meridian ( PA-46-500TP ), improved variant with new turboprop drive and four-blade Hartzell propeller, first flight August 21, 1998
- Matrix ( PA-46-R350-T ), the latest cheaper version, which received its type certification in October 2007. It is equipped with the same drive, the glass cockpit (from Avidyne) and the three-bladed Hartzell propeller as the Mirage, but does not have a pressurized cabin.
- M600 ( PA-46-600TP ), enlarged version of the Malibu Meridian with a new wing design.
Technical specifications
Malibu | Malibu Mirage | Malibu Meridian | matrix | |
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Crew / passengers | 1/5 | |||
length | 8.66 m | 8.72 m | 9.02 m | 8.80 m |
span | 13.11 m | |||
height | 3.44 m | 3.51 m | 3.44 m | |
Empty mass | 1066 kg | 1397 kg | 1549 kg | 1332 kg |
Max. Takeoff mass | 1860 kg | 1950 kg | 2310 kg | 1969 kg |
Top speed | 434 km / h | 430 km / h | ||
Cruising speed | 398 km / h | 395 km / h | 485 km / h | 348 km / h |
Take-off run | 726 m | 743 m | 637 m | |
Landing runway | 595 m | 643 m | 600 m | |
Service ceiling | 7750 m | 9144 m | 7620 m | |
Range | 2880 km | 2491 km | 1953 km | up to 2485 km |
drive |
Continental TSIO-520 BE / SER , six-cylinder with 230 kW (320 PS) |
Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A , six-cylinder with 257 kW (350 PS) |
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A , turboprop with 373 kW (500 PS) |
Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A, six-cylinder with 257 kW (350 PS) |
List price | $ 1,141,500 | $ 1,896,500 | $ 900,000 |
M350 | M500 | M600 | |
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Crew / passengers | 1/5 | ||
length | 9.02 m | 9.05 m | |
span | 13.11 m | 13.16 m | |
height | 3.44 m | 3.51 m | 3.44 m |
Empty mass | 1559 kg | 1397 kg | |
Max. Takeoff mass | 2329 kg | ||
Top speed | 482 km / h | 507 km / h | |
Cruising speed | 485 km / h | ||
Takeoff route | 726 m | 803 m | |
Landing route | 643 m | 810 m | |
Service ceiling | 9144 m | 9144 m | |
Range | 2880 km | 2491 km | 3071 km |
drive | Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A |
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A |
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propeller |
Hartzell three- blade controllable pitch propeller |
Hartzell four / five-blade controllable pitch propeller |
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Avionics | Garmin G1000 NXi | Garmin G3000 | |
List price | $ 1,178,610 | $ 2,040,000 | $ 2,928,000 |
See also
- Piper PA-42 (Cheyenne)
Web links
Commons : Piper PA-46 Malibu - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Piper manufacturer website (English)
- EASA-TCDS-A.077 (PDF; 271 kB) - Type certification of the Piper Model PA-46
Individual evidence
- ↑ piper.com: Piper Delivers 500th Single Engine Turboprop Meridian ( Memento from October 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 26, 2012
- ↑ data sheet at Flugzeug.net
- ↑ data sheet at Airliners.net
- ↑ Data sheet at the virtual aviation museum ( Memento from July 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ FliegerRevue 5/2008, p. 36, New sister of the Malibu
- ↑ Business & Commercial Aviation , April 2018
- ↑ http://www.piper.com/repositions-m-class-product-line/
- ↑ https://www.piper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018_M350_03072018_LoRes.pdf
- ↑ https://www.piper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018_M500_3072018_LoRes.pdf
- ↑ https://www.piper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018_M600_3072018_LoRes.pdf