Thu, Jul 27, 2017
Performance Is A Niche That Blackhawk Has Covered
By Tom Woodward
Sensing a need for a lower cost option BlackHawk has found a niche where they can deliver factory new engines that will provide better performance, delivering a better rate of climb (including single engine climb), higher single engine service ceiling, faster cruise speeds, shorter takeoff distance, shorter enroute climbs, increased hot/high payloads and higher resale.
Focusing on the King Air, Caravan, Cheyenne and Conquest line of aircraft Blackhawk can increase your cruise speed up to 40 knots on some models. More importantly your time to climb to altitude will increase too.
At a glance, in a stock 208B Caravan vs. the Blackhawk Vx engine upgrade your takeoff distance is reduced by 520 feet, your climb performance increased by 300 feet per minute and your cruise performance by 30 knots.
Based in Waco, Texas Blackhawk isn’t only a performance engine modification company. According to Bob Kromer, Senior VP of Engineering and Flight-testing, they also specialize in composite aircraft parts and aircraft sale and to date they have modified about 1200 engines. When would someone opt for a Blackhawk engine? According to Kromer the best time is during a normal overhaul, total airframe renovation or anytime you want to increase your power or performance. Expect an average of 23% more power and that can be significant, so much so that the military is a prime customer, where the mission calls for getting the most out of your engine.
Blackhawk is offering a $10,000 discount on your King Air 350 here at Oshkosh through the 31st.
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