Rockwell 685

what is it?

The Rockwell Commander 685 or Aero Commander 685 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. 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 The introduction was in 1971 and the retired in 1976; in this time are built 66 aircraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 14.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 449 km/htop speed
• seats 8passengers
• size 4,082 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 55 years ago, in 1971.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1971

introduced

1972

retired

1976

status

retired

number built

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role

business aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Aero Commander

engines

2× Continental GTSIO-520-F

crew

1

passengers

8

length

13.1 m

wingspan

14.2 m

height

4.6 m

max take-off weight

4,082 kg

top speed

449 km/h

cruise speed

411 km/h

range

—

ceiling

8,382 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

family