View Full Version : Pilatus to unveil PC-24 Twinjet at EBACE May 21 2013
robbreid
2nd Apr 2013, 22:35
PC-24 project
The PC-24 project – the new business jet by Pilatus – is making good progress. Last year, the Board of Directors gave the definite green light to the biggest, fastest and most complex aircraft that Pilatus has ever built. On 21st May this year, the aircraft will be presented to the general public at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva. EBACE 2013 (http://www.ebace.aero/2013/)
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/robbreid/PilatusPC-24_zps4f17357e.jpg
LGW Vulture
3rd Apr 2013, 09:21
Interesting to see what another entry level twin jet will do in/to the market. If it aint broken.........!
Happy to be proved wrong mind you.
Booglebox
3rd Apr 2013, 11:15
STOL bizjet? Awesome :cool:
robbreid
3rd Apr 2013, 11:42
Aircraft is based upon the Grob G180 SPn
Grob G180 SPn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grob_G180_SPn)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Grob_Aircraft_SPn_D-CSPN.jpg/800px-Grob_Aircraft_SPn_D-CSPN.jpg
pithblot
3rd Apr 2013, 13:33
I hoped that Pilatus would release a PC12 with a pair of Williams turbofans bolted on down the back, replacing the PT6.
What a shame that won't be the PC24 :(
Dream on !
Booglebox
3rd Apr 2013, 20:21
pithblot: how about PC12 with contra-rotating prop and 2 smaller engines in the nose? Higher weights, longer range, faster speed and no worrying about failures (apart from I guess the prop gearbox). :} A chap can dream.
pithblot
5th Apr 2013, 18:13
Booglebox,
A nice idea Booglebox, but why not use bigger engines? Rock solid U/C and arrestor hook for real short field work. Maybe borrow the Double Mambas and add a nice executive interior from Stans; with lids for the coffee cups so the boss doesn't spill his Latte during the Cat.Shot. And the trap.
Call it the PC34, Pilatus Gannet ?
The Fairey Gannet - YouTube (http://youtu.be/NhZRVc9SS0M)
Fairey Gannet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Gannet)
A really mind boggling aircraft.
Booglebox
5th Apr 2013, 20:59
I like it. Let's pitch it to Pilatus :}
As a bit of a museum nerd :8 I've seen a few Gannets up close. Construction is like a combination of ship and tank - always amazed that they actually fly. :cool:
PC12 is certificated single pilot makes you wonder if PC24 will be also.
VFD
PLovett
6th Apr 2013, 07:01
Love the dirt strip and the look of the Australian outback in the promotional brochure given that the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Oz would probably be the world's biggest operator of the PC12. :cool:
Can just see a PC24 rocking up to a remote community scattering the cans and camp dogs blowing a dust cloud fit to cause a blackout for 30 min or more. :E
Would certainly put all the other manufacturers super-suave brochures with elegant people and red carpets rolled out to the waiting jets to shame. :}
avconnection
17th May 2013, 09:16
Anyone notice Pilatus are looking for an AFM author "for a new FAR23 aircraft"? Only 5 days to the announcement but this could be a sneak peak to the aircraft. It'll be a real shame if its just a stol phenom 100. It's a step in the right direction but at 5700kgs it has limited versatility. In order to match the size of a PC12, even using modern materials and structural reinforcing techniques, it'll have a BEW around 3000kg which doesn't leave a lot left over. I wonder if they'll achieve the magic 8 place 2000nm stol numbers with such a limited MTOW?
Time will tell, 5 more days!
Rabina
21st May 2013, 10:30
What happens when a Learjet tail merges with a Legacy look-a-like forward fuselage after you've taken a good look at what Grob's SPn wasn't and shouldn't be?
Read all about it (http://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/#275)
sk8erboi
21st May 2013, 11:02
One does wonder if the light jet market will have improved by then.
atakacs
21st May 2013, 11:36
What is the market they are aiming for ? Except for some Australian mining or emergency services I'm not too clear about it ?!
Trim Stab
14th Nov 2013, 18:39
What is the market they are aiming for ? Except for some Australian mining or emergency services I'm not too clear about it ?!
The company I currently fly for here in West Africa would buy one today if it was available now at the price and specs they announce.
Nothing currently on the market comes even close - single pilot, STOL-ish, rough strips, cargo door for emergency spares delivery or occasional stretcher, smart enough for occasional exec transport, range for occasional single-stop trips to Europe and ME.