Beechcraft Bonanza G36
BE36ICAOVFRIFRMSFS 2020 · 2024
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In production since 1947 in one form or another, the six-seat Bonanza is the classic fast retractable single. Club doors at the back make it a family hauler.
Units
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 176 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 205 kt
- Range
- 920 nm
- Service ceiling
- 18,500 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,230 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- AVGAS 100LL
- Usable fuel
- 280 l
- Total capacity
- 303 l
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 140 l
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 50 l/h
- Usable fuel weighs
- 202 kg
Fuel burn in cruise at 8,000 ft.
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Glass cockpit
- Avionics
- Garmin G1000 NXi
- Systems
- Autopilot · Constant-speed propeller · Retractable gear
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 5
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 1,656 kg
- Empty weight
- 1,142 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- PPL(A)
- Class rating
- SEP (land)
- Extra training or endorsements
- Variable-pitch propeller · Retractable gear · Complex endorsement (FAA) · High-performance endorsement (FAA, over 200 hp) · Glass cockpit (EFIS)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Beechcraft
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- ICAO type designator
- BE36
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 2006
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2020 · 2024
Scale drawing
TopSideFrontLength 8.38 mWingspan 10.21 mHeight 2.62 m
- Length
- 8.38 m
- Wingspan
- 10.21 m
- Height
- 2.62 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.2 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.03 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Beechcraft Bonanza G36Length 8.38 m
- Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga II HPLength 8.5 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VNOMax structural cruisingAbove it, fly only in smooth air. Top of the green arc.
- 167 kt
- VNENever exceedNever fly faster than this. Red line.
- 205 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Beechcraft Bonanza G36 in the simulator
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