Cessna 425 Corsair
The Cessna 425 Corsair (later renamed Conquest I) replaced the piston engines of the Cessna 421 Golden Eagle with small turboprops, giving business owner-pilots turbine reliability without stepping up to a larger, more expensive twin turboprop. Its turboprop engines needed less maintenance and offered better high-altitude performance than the piston 421 it was derived from, at a modest cost premium. It sat below Cessna's larger, faster Conquest II in the company's business-turboprop lineup. Comparatively few were built, making it a less common sight today than either its piston sibling or Cessna's larger Caravan and King Air-class rivals.
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Did you know?
The 425's nose holds a huge baggage bay, reachable through three separate doors and able to swallow up to 600 lb of gear.
Specifications
| Length | 11.1 m (36 ft) |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 13.5 m (44 ft) |
| Height | 3.5 m (11 ft) |
| Maximum passengers | 6 |
| Persons on board | 8 |
| Maximum take-off weight | 3.9 t |
| Range | 1,500 NM (2,778 km) |
| Maximum speed | 270 kt (500 km/h) |
| Service ceiling | 35,000 ft (10,668 m) |
| Optimum ceiling | 31,000 ft (9,449 m) |
| Rate of climb | 2,000 ft/min (10.2 m/s) |
| Take-off distance | 624 m (2,047 ft) |
| Landing distance | 580 m (1,903 ft) |
| Fuel capacity | 1,400 l |
| Engines | 2x Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250-B17 |
| Units built | 132 |
Curated by CatchFlights from manufacturer documents, ICAO Doc 8643 and reference works; values are left out where no source could confirm them. Sources are listed on our credits page.
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