Beechcraft F33 Bonanza

Model Year 1970
Top speed at sea level……195 MPH
Maximum recommended cruise power……75% (169 HP)
Cruise speed at 75% power at 7000 feet (optimum altitude)
full throttle, 2450 RPM……185 MPH
Standard fuel capacity……50 gallons
Maximum range (at 142 MPH at 10,000 feet)
with standard tanks……880 miles
with extended range tanks (80 gallons total)……1430 miles
(Ranges include an allowance for warm-up, taxi, takeoff, climb, and a 45-minute reserve at 45% power.)
Gross weight……3050 pounds
Empty weight (includes standard avionics)……1885 pounds
Useful load……1165 pounds
Stall speed (landing, full flaps) ……60 MPH
Rate of climb at sea level……930 feet per minute
Service ceiling……17,800 feet
Airspeed limits Maneuvering……147 MPH
Maximum structural cruising……185 MPH
Never exceed……225 MPH
Flaps extended (normal)……140 MPH
Landing gear extended (normal)……175 MPH
Fuel……80/87 octane minimum
A further refinement of the original Model 33. Still using the 225 horsepower Continental IO-470-K, the F33 was the 1970 version and began with serial CD-1235. Like the other 1970 Bonanzas, it featured a 3-light landing gear down indication system, a redesigned switch panel, new improved engine and fuel quantity instruments (Baron type), and a quick opening cowling. Optional internally lighted instruments were available and electroluminescent instrument panel placard lighting was standard for brighter, more uniform night lighting. Performance remained unchanged from the E33. Empty weight increased.
OTHER NEW F33 FEATURES AND CHANGES:
Anti-slosh fuel cells (to prevent inadvertent unporting of fuel line during slips, skids, and turning takeoffs with low fuel in tank.)
Third side window shape changed to that used on the V35B.
New, lower glareshield with diffused lighting.
New high back seats with molded shell backs.
Quieter and more attractive, pilot’s storm window.
New entry and exit assist handle.
Improved armrests (optional).
Optional door courtesy light.
Optional recessed control wheel map light.
Optional Brittian B-VII autopilot.
Thicker pilot’s side window.
Improved parking brake handle.
New interior and exterior styling.
THESE CHANGES OCCURRED DURING PRODUCTION:
Smaller diameter control lock pin, CD-1240 and after.
Higher capacity 232 CW pressure pump, CD-1244 and after.
Single center armrests (optional) to increase hip room (also seat contour change), CD-1245 and after.
Landing gear position indication improvement (relay added to the landing gear motor to prevent any early “green” indications from the wheel well switches in advance of the motor completing its cycle), CD-1253 and after.
Improved storm window seal, CD-1254 and after.
The F33s are serials CD-1235 through CD-1254. Only 20 units. All were manufactured during 1970 and the price was $34,150.
.1.Ball, Larry A., Those Incomparable Bonanzas, McCormack and Armstrong, Co.,Inc. 1971


