Inside The $1.3 Million Piper M350

Inside The $1.3 Million Piper M350 Plane

0:00 - Intro
The Piper M350 debuted in 2015 and it’s an improved version of the Malibu Mirage, with the same wings but new avionics, electronic stability protection, stall prevention, and other improvements. Here is everything you need to know about the Piper M350.

0:22 - Cabin
The Piper M350 is a single-engine turbocharged piston aircraft with retractable tricycle landing gear that seats six people in a low, pressurized configuration. It has cabin-class accommodation as well as all the safety measures.
The exterior lights are all LED for improved service life. A small storage compartment in the under-wing radome and another in the tail provide convenient externally-accessible storage for light items. Cabin access is quite dignified for a light airplane, with entry via a two-part clamshell door and stairs.
The aircraft’s hypoxia safety system is one of the most often mentioned characteristics. The M350 offers several appealing features, including a comfortable, aesthetically pleasing, and ergonomic cabin. The plane has one of the best interiors in its class, including luxury leather, carpet, and wood/metal detailing.
With one of the most extensive upgrade choices available, the Piper M350 is also one of the finest alternatives in its class of six-seater piston aircraft in terms of performance, safety features, comfort, and upgradability. With the M350’s bleed air, you may fly at 25,000 feet or 7,620 meters and still reach cabin altitudes of 8,000 feet or 2,440 meters.
The cabin’s interior is equally as significant as the cabin’s altitude in terms of comfort. In addition, the Piper M350 has a better cabin design. A spacious cabin, power outlets, lighting controls, beverage holders, a worktable, and seat controls for each passenger contribute to the cabin’s high level of comfort. Passengers will arrive calm, refreshed, and ready for anything thanks to six luxury leather seats and a large in-cabin baggage compartment, among other amenities.

2:38 - Cockpit
The Piper M350 comes with a Garmin G1000 Nxi avionics suite that is used in many current general aviation aircraft. The G1000 Nxi system is an upgraded version of the legacy G1000 glass flight deck platform, increasing its capabilities. The G1000 avionics suite includes dual 10.4-inch primary flight displays and one 12.1-inch multifunction display, and a whole lot of capability.
There is more processing power in the M350 avionics, as well as higher-resolution displays and enhanced operational features such as SurfaceWatch runway identification and wireless cockpit connectivity via Connext. Standard equipment in the M350 also includes synthetic vision and a yaw damper.
The aircraft’s safety systems are probably the most often mentioned features including a pulse oximeter: in the event of hypoxia-induced loss of control, the autopilot will enforce safe flying parameters by starting an automated descent to a safer altitude. It will also prevent the aircraft from stalling if it is traveling too slowly, seizing control, and lowering the nose, which should motivate the pilot to add more power.
The Electronic Stability Protection system provides additional flight envelope protection from roll upsets while hand-flying by automatically engaging servos to input corrective forces should the pilot encroach upon safe limits.
A further neat Garmin innovation is the big, blue “LVL” button on the instrument panel, which serves as a sort of panic button to quickly return the aircraft to a wings-level attitude with zero vertical speed.
M350 employs the GFC 700 autopilot.

5:32 - Engine and Performance
The Piper M350 is powered by a dual-turbocharged, fuel-injected Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A six-cylinder piston engine with a TBO of 2,000 hours that produces 350 horsepower, and a three-blade Hartzell constant-speed composite propeller. The M350 has a maximum cruising speed of 213 knots and a fuel burn at 75% power of 20 gallons or 75 liters per hour. It has a maximum range of 1,343 nautical miles or 2,500 kilometers and a ceiling of 25,000 feet or 7,620 meters. The M350 has a takeoff distance of 2,090 feet or 637 meters and a landing distance of 1,968 feet or 680 meters. It has a maximum payload of 1,200 lbs or 550 kilograms,
a fuel capacity of 120 gallons or 455 liters, and a maximum takeoff weight of 4,340 lbs or 1,970 kilograms.

7:21 - Purchase and Maintenance Cost
The Piper M350’s standard price is $1.3 million. A used M350 costs approximately $1 Million. While the total fixed cost is estimated at $32,000, the total variable cost is estimated at $350 per hour.

8:10 - Outro

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