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In October 2019 the PT6 E-Series was launched on the PC-12 NGX, the first general aviation turboprop with an electronic propeller and engine control system with a single lever and better monitoring for longer maintenance intervals, increased from 300 to 600 hours, and a TBO increased by 43% to 5,000 hours, reducing engine operating costs by at ...
The Lancair IV and IV-P were designed by Lancair around the Continental TSIO-550 — a twin turbocharged engine that is capable of developing 350 horsepower (260 kW) at sea level, and capable of operating at altitudes as high as 29,000 feet (8,800 m). [1] [3] By the fall of 2011, 110 Lancair IVs and 250 IV-Ps had been completed and were flying. [1]
The cost of fuel is a significant part of the operating cost of an aircraft, about 56% for a wide-body airliner in 1983. [2] Particular fuels are approved for use in a particular engine to prevent safety and reliability issues. Fuels include jet fuel and AVGAS (aviation gasoline), which differ from automotive engine fuels. Gas turbine engines ...
A turboprop is a gas turbine engine that drives an aircraft propeller. [ 1 ] A turboprop consists of an intake , reduction gearbox , compressor , combustor , turbine , and a propelling nozzle . [ 2 ]
The Avanti's counter-rotating [35] turboprop engines are placed on a mid-set, high-aspect-ratio wing located just behind the cabin. The three-surface design incorporates both a T-tail and a pair of small, fixed forewings having slight anhedral and landing flaps. On the Avanti II these flaps automatically deploy in concert with the main wing flaps.
The 400LS made aviation history on 16 April 1985 by setting two new time-to-climb records for its class (C-1e Group 2, 3000m and 9,000m) and shattering two time-to-climb records for all turboprop classes (6,000m and 12,000m): with retired United States Air Force Brigadier General Chuck Yeager at the helm of N400PS (with co-pilot Renald "Dav ...
The Kestrel K-350 or Kestrel (previously the Kestrel JP10) is a high-performance, single engine turboprop, all-composite, six-seat aircraft. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The proof-of-concept (POC) first flew on 29 July 2006 [ 3 ] and by April 2010, registered N352F, had logged about 260 hours. [ 4 ]
The Tecnam P2006T is an Italian high-winged twin-engined all-metal light aircraft, [1] built by Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam based in Capua, Italy, near Naples.The P2006T received airworthiness certification in the European Union by EASA under CS23 in 2003, [2] type certification in 2009, [2] and Federal Aviation Administration FAR Part 23 certification in 2010.