Turbo props heavier than 5700kg

[niksmathew24]

Hello all,

Could someone please list me a few turbo props heavier than 5700kg which can be used for sea plane ops?

Thanks

[DeltaT]

No authority on it, don't think there is any ones that big.
The Twin Otter and the Super Goose come in at 5670kg MTOW.
There has been a DC3 on floats, and some DC3s have had turbines put on them, not the 2 combined though I don't think.

[Captain_Bob]

Grumman Mallard with a turbine conversion.
Check out the new Dornier Sea-star.

[DeltaT]

Seastar mtow 4600kg, but looks like the Mallard fits the bill, not many around though looking at Wiki with the hefty price tag when converted to turbine.

[niksmathew24]

So in short there is no a/c in present heavier than 5700 MTOW for sea ops. Right?:confused:

[Denti]

Check out the Bombardier 415, 18,597kg MTOW.

[ZFT]

Shin Meiwa US-1A & US-2?

[DeltaT]

Martin JRM Mars, mtow 74,800 kg, only 2 aircraft are left in existence.

If you want to go Jet then there is the Beriev A-40 Albatros at 86ton and the
Ilyushin-76TD waterbomber which has a 42,000 litre capacity, but not sure if the latter is amphibious :E

[Denti]

The Il 76TD is "only" ground based. The A40 is quite impressive, but only 2 prototypes were build, however Beriew builds the smaller Be-200/210 which is still in production (if you order one) and a quite modern design, with FBW, a choice of western or russian engines and the ability to take water in during flight (12t in 18 seconds) as well as a pressurized cabin. Have her seen a few times including water bombing demonstrations, quite impressive to be honest. Search on youtube and you will find more than enough clips about it. The 210 is a transport variant, but i have no idea if one was build yet.

The plane is marketed by an EADS (EADS IRKUT Seaplane (http://irkutseaplane.com/)) joint venture nowadays and has been certified by EASA as a firefighter plane with the help of airbus. MTOW is somewhere around 40t depending on version, options and operating environment.

[niksmathew24]

Cheers for the info guys..:ok:

[first_solo]

F27 friendSHIP :-)

[niksmathew24]

Guys,

Could someone also list a few turbo props heavier than 5700kg for land ops? Apart from atr's and dash. Also I'd prefer aircrafts which are available in the market and still in production.

Cheers