I must admit that I have never understood the mentality in spending $4.5 mill to buy a single engine turboprop?
Show me any other Plane that will cost 4.5 mill or less that can do that:
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The box weights 530 kg and was flown 1350 NM. Content was a ships turbo charger. No change to get it thrue the door of a CJ or King Air.
We started with a King Air 200 but sold it after a couple of years. The PC12 can do a lot of missions the King Air canīt. Landing and Take Off distance and Payload is far better with the PC12.
Yes, I know the PC12 has 1 engine only. But that has been discussed before.
By the way, we also operate a CJ3. A nice airplane.
Have you ever calculated the Landing Distance of a CJ3 on a snow covered runway ?
From what I can tell from the only cruise performance chart that I could find online, the PC-12 (base model chart) can maintain max certified ceiling up to a maximum temperature of ISA +10, which is as high as the chart goes, and at a specific weight (which I presume to be max takeoff weight less climb fuel). At temperatures above ISA +10 (and they can occur) it would still be wise to consider whether you have the power to climb to your desired altitude.
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This chart shows the performance of the PC12 NG at 30000 ft ISA + 30.
But I never saw ISA+ 30 at 30000ft.
Max take off weight of the PC12 47 and the NG is 10450 lbs.
It takes 350 lbs of fuel to climb to 30000 ft at ISA +30.