Sorry, my mistake, i thought we were discussing PT-6A-27 specifically rigged to be installed on PC-6 B series here...
Beside that i would suggest to whoever doesn' t have specifical PC-6B experience to try it once in a while, it can be a fun and enlighting experience to undestand how things really work and to bust some miths, oh BTW did i already mention that we DO NOT have to pass the hard stop lifting the PCL to obtain the B range condition on PC-6s?
From my side i will keep operating this peculiar aircraft inside its envelope and according to the manuals as i did with lot of satisfaction for many years.
Just for completeness sake here a PM i sent to Hueyman regarding the approaches.
Originally Posted by Krapula
Hi Valentin,
the truth is that a lot of Porter pilots are naive enough to get really bored having to explain all the times how the thingy works
Regarding your curiosity on landing techniques i hope this solves the enigma...there are 2 way to land a porter.
The first is the one we teach during initial training together with all the basic flying manouvres involved, it' s just a normal engine assisted landing, that means that you follow your nice 3° or whatever° profile with as much Tq is needed, of course you' ll pay a lot of attention not to enter the B range by retarding the PCL too much otherwise mother earth will meet you quite suddenly as previously mentioned in some posts.
The second is the one tipically used in paradrops operations, once the drop is completed and IAS still way low you retard the PCL to idle thus entering the B range in flight and allowing a stable descent at around 110KIAS with an attitude of around -30°.
At these speeds the "braking" effect of the prop disk is not enough to "blanket" the tailplanes, at this point you just fly the plane till the moment you have to flare, it' s actually that simple
Regards
Have fun and happy landings !