The finest interior in its class, the M500 boasts premium leather, carpet and wood/metal trim. Engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A- PT6A-42A, 600 shp Business Jet Traveler is a publication of The Convention News Co., Inc., 214 Franklin Avenue, Midland Park, NJ 07432. For roughly an extra $600,000 the M600 delivers the more feature-packed Garmin G3000 touchscreen-controlled avionics system with larger displays and a variety of capabilities to simplify single-pilot operations. The tried-and-true PT6A-42A turbine engine with 500 SHP and the impressive Garmin G1000 NXi Avionics Suite with the GFC 700 Autopilot come together to set a new standard for capability and value. For the pilot or business owner looking to take that step up in performance from a piston, it is a significant step. Compared with the M500, the M600 has a more modern-looking interior with upscale leather and convenience features, including cupholders, USB charging ports, and fold-out work tables. Equipped with the latest Garmin G1000® NXi avionics suite, the M500 provides the pilot incomparable situational awareness. The M600 does particularly well under high altitude/high temperature conditions like those encountered in places such as Telluride, Colorado (field elevation 9,078 feet). Both airplanes have the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A engine, but on the M600 it is rated for 600 shaft horsepower, 100 more than on the M500. and beta is with the single power lever. The Garmin G3000 cockpit aboard the Piper M600 . Activating Autoland in the M600 SLS is as easy as pushing a guarded button on the instrument panel. The $2.994 million airplane builds on Piper’s M-series fuselage, which dates back to the company’s piston-engine twin Navajo of the 1960s and its now discontinued line of Cheyenne twin turboprops. There is a small 20-cubic-foot baggage compartment behind the aft-most passenger seats that can hold 100 pounds. The new wing is also home to a wider-track main landing gear design that makes strong crosswinds—up to 17 knots—easier to navigate on the runway. If you have difficulty viewing the website, contact us at Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Full-fuel payload in the M500 is just 315 pounds—basically you and your luggage. While the M600 has a range of 1,658 nautical miles (no reserves), the M500, holding 90 fewer gallons of fuel, tops out at 1,000 nautical miles. These cookies do not store any personal information.Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Its robust engineering design has stood the test of time in some of the most demanding flight environments worldwide.
It is the same system that is standard in many light jets, as opposed to the more basic Garmin G1000 in the M500.
The tried-and-true PT6A-42A turbine engine with 500 SHP and the impressive Garmin G1000 NXi Avionics Suite with the GFC 700 Autopilot come together to set a new standard for capability and value.
2016 Piper M600 airplane for sale located in United States. Starting with serial number 81 in mid-2018, the M600 received additional upgrades, including a new fuel control unit that facilitates starting temperatures that are up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit cooler. Piper M600 cockpit The M600’s new wing—which is only a few inches longer than that on the M500— enables it to hold more fuel, and the fuel differential also accounts for the M600’s heftier maximum takeoff weight—6,000 pounds, 908 more than the M500’s takeoff weight. Piper’s M600 is ideal for an owner pilot transitioning out of a piston-engine-powered aircraft or for a corporate flight department needing short-hop or short-field supplemental lift. The M600 does not require a Canadian private operating certificate, a fact that appeals to owners. Engine operation for forward, reverse (ground only!) An M600 sits on the ramps in front of Aviation Unlimited in Oshawa, Ont., the exclusive Canadian dealer for new Piper aircraft.
Fuel burns are about the same in both at cruise power—39 and 37 gallons per hour, respectively, on the M600 and M500, and both aircraft have an approved service ceiling of 30,000 feet.