Beechcraft V35 Bonanza
The V-tail Bonanza of the late 1960s: a 285 hp six-cylinder Continental, retractable gear and a ruddervator tail. Fast and roomy for its time; it needs careful speed control in descents.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 169 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 196 kt
Fuel
- Fuel type
- AVGAS 100LL
- Usable fuel
- 167 l
- Total capacity
- 189 l
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 95 l
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 58 l/h
- Endurance
- 2 h 55 min
- Usable fuel weighs
- 120 kg
Fuel burn at 75% power, 4,000 ft. Endurance is usable fuel divided by the burn, with no reserve.
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
- Systems
- Retractable gear · Constant-speed propeller
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 4
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 1,542 kg
- Max landing weight
- 1,542 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)
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
- BE35
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 1966
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 8.05 m
- Wingspan
- 10.21 m
- Height
- 2.01 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.15 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.13 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Beechcraft V35 BonanzaLength 8.05 m
- Cessna A185F SkywagonLength 7.85 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- White arc: flaps may be used
- Green arc: normal operating range
- Yellow arc: caution, smooth air only
- Red line: never exceed
- 52 kt
- 64 kt
- 77 kt
- 96 kt
- 134 kt
- 117 kt
- 145 kt
- 167 kt
- 196 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
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