The Expedition E350 Aircraft, made at the Parry Sound, Ontario Factory.
I've ordered an Expedition aircraft E350. I'm looking forward to receiving it.
There are a lot of positive things about the expedition E350 that appeal to me. It seems to me that it has more power, performance, range and safety for rough-landings, than any other plane on the market. It is priced very well and I think it will be an easily upgradable long-term asset for my family. I'm looking forward to flying it all over Canada, and later putting it on floats and retiring to a water-side location somewhere in about 15 years. Good plan? I think so.
I had a test flight of the plane with chief test pilot Ted Dirstein, back in summer 2008. The plane is beautiful and the interior is nice and roomy. The doors are particularly nice, and not just because of the big windows. The door levers don't make you twist your body around to open them. Riding in the back seats is even more comfortable and roomy than the front seats. My wife will probably prefer to ride in the back, and let our kids take turns sitting up front with me. The plane climbs very fast! The engine has a great sound. It is very stable in flight. Ted did most of his flying with his hands off the yoke, to demostrate the amazing stability of the wings in flight. He showed me the plane stalling, which was almost imperceptible. He slowed the plane down to stall speed, and all that happened was a slight drop of the nose, and then it resumed flight on its own. Ted said "that was a stall". We both laughed. I also remember feeling impressed by the powerful rudder effect, which will be handy for float flyers. A smooth landing, and easy to control steering on the ground.
Steven Halls,
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Click here to see Pictures of my E350 being built in the factory.
Images from July 8, 2010.
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My Expedition E350, serial number 302: DELIVERED, July 11, 2010.
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Dimensions of the E350 plane.
( Because I'm always forgetting if it will fit into various hangars. Images are from the POH.)
Dashboard layout, with the Garmin G500 panels.
The color scheme for my plane will look like this:
Other pictures of Found and BushHawk XP aircraft, predecessors of the Expedition. (If you have more pictures.. send them to me.)
| Found Brothers FBA-1 1946-1964 |
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| Found Brothers FBA-2C 1964-1967 |
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| Bush Hawk FBA-2C1 1996-1999 |
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| Bush Hawk XP FBA-2C2 2000-2007 |
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| Expedition E350 FBA-2C3 2009- |
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Some press releases
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My favorite Expedition E350 pictures. (click to enlarge, save & print )
(provided by www.expeditionaircraft.com)
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Expedition E350 POH Takeoff distance calculator
Here's a cool thing I created. I hope you like it. It's a Takeoff distance calculator for the Expedition E350. Note that its based on data that will supposedly appear in the POH, but since I haven't actually gotten my plane yet, I haven't seen its final official printed POH, so there might be differences.
Check it out: E350 Takeoff distance calculator
Also note that the calculator "estimates" and "interpolates" the results based on formulas that give "approximate" results. Those estimated results won't exactly match the exact data values that appear in the tables in the POH, but they'll be reasonably close.
Legal Disclaimer: I made this for my own personal use, to make it convenient to calculate these takeoff distances. It's possible I made mistakes in programming it. It's possible that it can be used incorrectly or misinterpreted. Therefore, if YOU use it, it is entirely at your own risk. You should always verify the calculation results with the actual POH tables, to see if they agree.
You don't need the internet to use it. You can "Save As" (the calculator page), choosing "webpage, complete" and it will save a local copy of that webpage onto your laptop, and you can run that local copy from your laptop, without needing an internet connection.
See the Bush hawk XP flight simulator.
I chanced upon an Add-On product for Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX).... for the Bush hawk XP. It's very good, and the closest thing to flying an E350 in FSX right now. Thought you'd be interested too, so here's the link to Aerosoft.com Bush hawk XP. And there's a forum for discussing Aerosoft flight sim aircraft, and you can search for "Bush Hawk", to read about, and see lots of beautiful simulation Bush Hawk pictures.
Performance tables, from the POH
| Landing Distance | Takeoff Distance | Climb - Time, Fuel Distance to Climb |
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| Cruise at 2000 ft | Cruise at 4000 ft | Cruise at 6000 ft |
| Cruise at 8000 ft | Cruise at 10000 ft | Cruise at 12000 ft |
| Airspeeds for Normal Operations. | More Airspeed info | Cruise summary. Best RPM and MAPs |
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With the above Cruise settings, it will fly at 150 KTAS at -20 C and at 160 KTAS at +20 C at around 7000 to 8000 ft, and consumes about 19.3 GPH. |
The competition
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Cessna 182 |
Didn't have sufficient range and load ability. |
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Cessna 206 |
is closer, but insuring 6 seats is more than I need. You can't get a new 206 for under $500,000 either. |
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Husky |
Is a certified bush plane, but a little smaller then E350. |
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Murphy |
Non-certified. I needed a certified plane so I could fly across borders with it. |
Comments? email me.