TKS for Columbia 300/350/400

A description of the new TKS product for the Columbia 300, 350 and 400 series aircraft.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• TKS
• columbia
• 350
• 400
• oshkosh
• airventure
• deice
• anti
• ice
• airplane
• avweb

[pballa92]

ejected and a rocket pulls the parachute out. The parachute straps are pulled from under the skin and, unless you land in a tree or on a mountain or something, the airplane isn't "destroyed". Some structural damage? Yes, but (in many cases) the plane remains generally intact. Want proof? Check out some videos of CAPS deployments. The plane isn't "destroyed."

[pballa92]

@cff121 Alright, I'll give you that the CAPS handle isn't steerable, but its a lot better than dead sticking. That said, it doesn't destroy the airplane in the process. I was at the Cirrus factory and they showed us a plane that had just recently deployed its CAPS system and was back in the factory to be repaired. The parachute is mounted on reinforced points on the airframe and the straps are covered when the skin is put on. When the parachute deploys, a recessed cover on the top of the tail is

[cff121]

@pballa92 If you pull the CAPS handle, you will total the airplane in the process. Also the CAPS parachute is not steerable. You land wherever the wind and you position of deployment take you. And there are no guarantees. Even the CAPS activation handle itself is marked with a warning 'PULLING THIS HANDLE MAY RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH'.

[cff121]

@kimiles1 There is one major advantage to the CAPS and that is your chances are better for walking away from a deadstick landing at night with the CAPS as opposed to a forced landing.

[chris5812341234]

i was watching the promo video and they said thta they have a special propeller because at 25000feet with favorable winds it can break the sound barrier breaking it apart....crazy!!!

[ljackso]

I LOVE the Corvallis 400TT (Cessna400) and I can hardly wait until I get a chance to fly one. Sat in one this weekend at the local airport. Very nice airplane. My grandson (12) really thought it was 'sweet'.

[Blaine748]

hmm... ok, I'll buy that :-)

[Blaine748]

...and the change from 350 to the 400 was the TURBOCHARGE! oh yeah.. and the huge Garmin redesigned Instrument Panel that your Cirrus very much lacks.

I worked at Columbia/Lancair Certified from 2002-2007

[Blaine748]

The columbia was designed by Lance, who started the Lancair kit plane company... Who sold the kit plane company, when he wanted to design and Certify a "NEW" plane under the name Lancair Certified Aircraft, and received prototype cert. August of 97 for the 300. The 350 came around 2004 which was the "air-conditioned ready" version of the 300. The 400 was certified in 2005. Lance was bought out of the company later that year by the 49% owner, government of Malaysia, who changed the name to CAM.

[RobertGary1]

Nothing wrontg with flying through known ice when you have TKS installed and an FAA certificate for "Flight into Known Icing Conditions" on your AFM.