If you’re on final in the C90 and you both have the runway made, and you intend to use full prop reverse, activate the anti-ice vanes on short final. It will help protect against FOD when using reverse.
Very interesting indeed ! Thanks for this demonstration. I am not used to turboprops, flying only small piston engines. What about the fuel consumption during feathering ? Does it increase because of the higher resistance of the prop ?
It’s neglible. Remember that the engine is never working any harder throughout the process. The “Power Levers” are never touched during the demonstration… it’s idle power throughout.
Wouldn't it be fascinating to be able to see through the whole of the engine as if it were glass and be able to observe all of the internal workings. CGI animations can provide this but they're not the "real deal", maybe in the future a material will be designed that would allow this.
It helped a lot I have flown more than 3000 hour on this model and I have no idea that the system has a rear door mover over u gave me an idea to help my instruction switching the system differently on the ground in order to teach an learn more
0:55 I love that sound when a king air starts! I've gotten to work on some king airs in the hangar I work at, while they're a little difficult as far as their engineering goes, they are a joy to look at, and a joy to be around. King Air is easily one of the best planes ever built.
Does running in the feathered position make the power turbines run hotter ? Going from fine to featherd lost you something like 65% prop RPM. Are there any drawbacks to that kind of speed loss ? Great video by the way!!
In my experience the turbines might run slightly hotter but totally negligible. To me, the benefits of starting with the props feathered outweigh the disadvantages. Things like: Quieter, friendlier to ramp personnel, if there is snow/ice etc… inadvertent taxying if the parking brake loses pressure etc.
@@Mode_Sierra hey mate. Super interesting. Not a pilot but fascinated by these machines. I do volunteer ambulance work in a remote community in Western Australia. We transfer patients to the local airport and its most often a PC12 that picks them up. Spool up time is so fast on these things. I fly RC jets and our miniature turbines take longer to start than a pt6.
The term reverse flow engine refers to an engine design where the combustor air flowing in the opposite direction as the turbine air (folded back over to save space) not how the engine happens to be oriented on the airplane. The PT6 on the Avanti is also a reverse flow engine.
The company I am a private pilot for I'm 33 years old and they have 2 beautiful king airs and a Gulfstream G700 that I have confirmed that the Gulfstream g700 will top out at 0.999 Mach with a tail wind even though the g700 is a really fast fun jet I love flying the king airs better they are like the demon hellcat of the private airport
When Pilatus first announced that the aircraft is capable of landing on an unpaved runways, my first thought was this would be perfect for flying ambulances such as the Royal Australian Flying Doctor. And indeed it is! Because of this aircraft, medical evacuation is even faster now.
Question: How short can a King Air takes off let's say at an airfield with 25 feet MSL elevation and an OAT of 30°C, wind calm? And can it takeoff from a grass runway?
Without getting the POH out, I can tell you that I have many times taken the C90GTX into and out of a grass airfield that is 800 meters long. Max 4 occupants and 1,400lbs of fuel. That’s just over two hours endurance.
Lieutenant Burt Jouber taught me how to fly. I also did Two Hours with Wing Commander Allen Todman (that's before he committed suicide in November 1999 at age 53). I left SA in 2001, sick of affirmative action! White South African men are not allowed to work in SA. Reversed Apartheid!!!!!
FYI The Cessna Citation Mustang was approved for grass and dirt runways a long time ago, well before the PC-24. That said, the PC-24 is SO much more capable than the Mustang!
Interesting! I used to fly my multiengine schoolflights at c90. Nice plane and plenty of power. You have even glass cocpit! We had steam gauges all over 😄
This is one of the best videos that explains and shows how the props change pitch and I too love that turbine sound. The KingAir is a beautiful aircraft.
