The Rockwell Commander 685 or Aero Commander 685[1] is a light-twin piston-engined aircraft with a pressurized cabin originally built by the Aero Commander company, a division of Rockwell International from 1965.
Aero Commander 685 / Rockwell 685 | |
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Rockwell Commander 685 | |
Role | Business aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Aero Commander/Rockwell International |
First flight | 1971 |
Developed from | Rockwell Commander 690 |
The predecessor model was the Aero Commander 690 and the next generation are Aero Commander JetProp series. The Aero Commander 685 had the ICAO aircraft code AC6L[2] The introduction was in 1971 and the retired in 1976; in this time are built 66 aircraft.[citation needed]
The Commander 685 was a piston-engined variant of the turboprop-powered Rockwell Commander 690, with two wing-mounted 435 hp Continental GTSIO-520K piston engines in tractor configuration with three-bladed Hartzell feathering propellers. It is a high-wing cantilever monoplane with an enclosed nine-seat cabin and a retractable nose-wheel landing gear. The Model 685 was type certified by the Federal Aviation Administration on 17 September 1971.
Data from Jane's All the Worlds Aircraft 1976–77[3]
General characteristics
Performance
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