Talk:Mitsubishi MU-2

Safety
I went and cleaned up the part dealing with Safety. Added it as it's own section and tried to expand it. The FAA quote was there, but I expanded it. Not sure if pulling the entire quote of their press release is consistent with Wikipedia style.

The Atlantic Flyer (http://www.aflyer.com/letters.html) has been talking about the MU-2 for a couple issues. Perhaps more information could be gathered from them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 143.231.249.141 (talk • contribs) 16:21, 4 January 2006.


 * CNBC just re-aired an episode of Business Nation with a segment called The MU-2. Unfortunately, I only saw a small part of the segment however, the website states: "...there have been 111 fatal crashes, resulting in 330 people killed." .  Since CNBC is a legitimate news source, would it be reasonable to include facts such as this or others from the segment in the main article? --George3 04:34, 5 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I wrote the initial section on this plane ages ago before I even had a user account. If it's coming from a factual source, I'd say put it up on the page.  RepSchnell 01:27, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I have about 1700 hours pilot-in-command in the MU-2 dating back to its first introduction into the U.S. In the late 1960s. The safety section of the article is quite accurate, as far as it goes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.17.93.130 (talk) 13:39, 7 April 2010 (UTC)


 * As I have understood it, this aircraft type is the target of some US lawsuits claiming that the aircraft is seriously dangerous to fly, while experienced pilots on the type claim that it indeed is a easy to fly and handles with pleasure. The main problem with the accident rate (according to them) is that pilots, who previoussly have only operated small aircraft are allowed to fly this type without any additional training and therefore could get into serious trouble if there were any typical aircraft related problems. ~--MoRsE (talk) 19:32, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

max/cruise speed update
i have heard that the marquise model has a 340mph cruise and the solotaire has a 370mph cruise, i think we should update it and include info on marquise (japanesse built model) and solotaire (american built model) solotaire does not have the bulge in the fuselage for landing gears. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Superchad (talk • contribs) 14:11, 21 April 2007 (UTC).

Military Service
While not part of the Argentine Air Force at the time, some Mitsubishi MU-2 were used in the Falklands War by the Argentine Air Force. Some as part of the Fenix Squadron, and at least one was used to guide the FMA IA-58 Pucará from bases in the Patagonia to the islands at low altitude since the Pucará has no navigation system to fly that way.

I believe this sort of information should be included in this article as well.

Accidents
I've cleaned up the accidents section some, removing personal accounts and research and cleaning up links and verbiage. Others have noted more than a hundred crashes of this model, suggesting that some notable incidents might be missing, given the small number of crashes listed and their commonality. Martin Blank (talk) 23:38, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

This source says 287 active, unclear which version (all?). TGCP (talk) 21:53, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Nose Gear
I`ve noticed that shorter MU-2s has backward retracting nose gear and longer ones has forward retracting mechanism. Anybody has a reference that can be used in this subject? RobertoRMola (talk) 22:23, 25 July 2015 (UTC)

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MU-2L section needs tweaking!
Hi,

Interesting aircraft.

Under Variants, where you list the MU-2L, it is clearly incorrect.

It cannot be an upgrade to itself! It is probably an upgrade to the MU-2J.

However, I do not know enough about the aircraft series to be sure and make the correction myself.

All the Best,

James96.30.100.73 (talk) 14:11, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

"Never Exceed Speed" listed is wrong!!
The "Never Exceed Speed" given under the "Performance" subsection of the "Specifications" section is obviously wrong.

How do I know this, even without knowing the actual NES? Well, it is because the NES given is lower than the "Cruise Speed".

In fact, the NES given is lower than the "Economy Cruise Speed"!

Take a look at it folks, and please put in the correct numbers.

Thanks,

James 202.44.211.249 (talk) 01:13, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for spotting it - the switch between specification templates was completely mucked up - the quoted never exceed speed was actually the Max operating speed (quoted as a Calibrated airspeed so is legitimately less than the cruise speeds) - a never exceed speed isn't actually given for the MU-2L in the 1976 Jane's, although they are given for the J and K.Nigel Ish (talk) 21:22, 13 August 2019 (UTC)