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Beechcraft Model 18 Twin Beech

Beechcraft Model 18 family FAA approach category A Default Aviator

Target for the Beechcraft Model 18 Twin Beech

Up to 60fpm

Full marks for descent rate up to 60 fpm, and no note for a soft touchdown: a feather-light arrival is the right technique here.

Vref reference
87ktat 3,969 kg
Tail-strike limit
11°the category's
Ideal touchdown zone
50 to 250mpast the threshold
G-force
1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve

Twin-engine light transport with Pratt & Whitney Wasp Junior radials, built continuously by Beechcraft from 1937 to 1969, with more than 9,000 produced.

Roundout scores this aircraft with the Vintage / Pre-1950 category's curves and touchdown-zone window. The figures it uses are below.

How its touchdown is scored.

The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.

Descent rate at touchdown (fpm)30 of the 100 points.
100≤ 60fpm
90≤ 120fpm
75≤ 210fpm
55≤ 330fpm
35≤ 450fpm
10≤ 600fpm
G-force at touchdown (g)20 of the 100 points.
100≤ 1.10g
90≤ 1.20g
75≤ 1.35g
55≤ 1.55g
35≤ 1.75g
10≤ 2.00g

No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.

For reference.

Aircraft data

Manufacturer
Beechcraft
Model
Model 18
Variant
Twin Beech
FAA approach category
A
MTOW
3,969 kg (8,750 lbs)
Vref in flight
Adjusted to the weight you land at
MSFS source
Default Aviator

Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains

  • Beechcraft Model 18 Twin Beech
  • Model 18 Twin Beech
  • Model 18Twin Beech
  • Beechcraft D18S
  • D18S

$23.99 once.

Every landing in the Beechcraft Model 18 Twin Beech, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.