The Pilatus PC-8D Twin Porter was a Swiss ten-seat light transport built by Pilatus Aircraft. The type did not go into production and only one was built.[1]
| PC-8D Twin Porter | |
|---|---|
| |
| Role | STOL Light transport |
| National origin | Switzerland |
| Manufacturer | Pilatus Aircraft |
| First flight | 28 November 1967 |
| Status | Scrapped |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Pilatus PC-6 |
Work on the Twin Porter started in 1966, it was a modified Pilatus PC-6 high-wing monoplane with the nose-mounted engine removed and two 290 hp Lycoming IO-540-GIB engines mounted on the wing leading edges.[2] The prototype first flew on 28 November 1967.[3] Only one aircraft was built as flight testing was halted in 1969.
Specifications
editData from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1968–69[4]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 9 passengers
- Length: 10.50 m (34 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 15.60 m (51 ft 2 in)
- Height: 3.65 m (12 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 32.4 m2 (349 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 1,550 kg (3,417 lb) (equipped)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,700 kg (5,952 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Lycoming IO-540-GIB5 air-cooled six-cylinder horizontally-opposed, 220 kW (290 hp) each
- Propellers: 3-bladed Hartzell HC-A3VK/V8433-4, 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn)
- Cruise speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn) max cruise (70% power at sea level)
- Range: 1,400 km (870 mi, 760 nmi) max fuel, 620 kg (1,370 lb) payload, no reserves
- Rate of climb: 6 m/s (1,200 ft/min)
- Take off distance to 15 m (50 ft): 260 m (850 ft)
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft): 250 m (820 ft)
See also
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| Pilatus PC-8 Twinporter | |
 Pilatus PC-8A Plan | |
| Pilatus PC-8D Plan |
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
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- ^ "Pilatus Chronical" (PDF). Pilatus Aircraft.
- ^ Harrison, Neil (23 November 1967). "Commercial Aircraft Survey". Flight International. p. 869. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ "World News: Twin Porter Revealed". Flight International. 28 March 1968. p. 434. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ Taylor 1968, p. 151
- Taylor, John W. R. (1968). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1968–69. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.