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Pilatus PC-12 (Not the aircraft involved in this incident)


2 posted on 02/14/2022 12:47:44 PM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: BenLurkin

General characteristics

Crew: 1 or 2
Capacity: 6 to 9 passengers seats
Length: 14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Wingspan: 16.28 m (53 ft 5 in)
Height: 4.26 m (14 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 25.81 m2 (277.8 sq ft)
Airfoil: root: NACA LS(1)-0417MOD; tip: NACA LS(1)-0313[47]
Empty weight: 2,810 kg (6,195 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 4,740 kg (10,450 lb)
Maximum landing weight: 4,500 kg (9,921 lb)
Maximum zero fuel weight: 4,100 kg (9,039 lb)
Fuel capacity: 1,226 kg (2,703 lb) / 1,521 l (402 US gal; 335 imp gal)
Cabin: 5.16 metres (16.9 ft) long, 1.47 metres (4.8 ft) high, up to 1.52 metres (5.0 ft) wide
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67P turboprop engine, 890 kW (1,200 shp)
Propellers: 5-bladed Hartzell Propeller composite, 2.67 m (8 ft 9 in) diameter composite constant-speed fully-feathering reversible propeller
Performance

Cruise speed: 528 km/h (328 mph, 285 kn)
Stall speed: 124 km/h (77 mph, 67 kn)
Range: 3,417 km (2,123 mi, 1,845 nmi) (HSC, VFR Reserves)
Service ceiling: 9,144 m (30,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 9.75 m/s (1,919 ft/min)
Take-off run to 15 m (49 ft): 793 m (2,602 ft)
Landing run from 15 m (49 ft): 661 m (2,169 ft)
Fuel consumption: 250 l/h (66 gal/h; 55 imp gal/h) (915 km (569 mi; 494 nmi) trip, including climb, cruise and descent, 491 km/h (305 mph; 265 kn) average block speed)
Avionics Honeywell Primus Apex


14 posted on 02/14/2022 12:57:11 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: BenLurkin

blancolirio just posted on YouTube.


36 posted on 02/14/2022 1:39:35 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
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To: BenLurkin

A fine dependable plane...
IMHO, odds are that pilot error or jihad were involved...


52 posted on 02/14/2022 3:42:53 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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