Cessna 408 SkyCourier
 

Looks like they bred a BE1900 with a DHC8.
Then again maybe it's a westernised LET410 :}
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Cessna SkyCourier

Bit like a Dornier Do228

What the nomad should have been,

Anybody found a MTOW for it?

Looks like a bit of a hybrid from everything.

The question is...... expected cost?

Sounds like good speed when put next to the Viking.

Now a float option would be sweet!

Quoted price 5.5 us
Whats is interesting is the choice of engines. Seams they gone for the pt6. Had they gone for the GE it woyld have been a game changer for GE. Fedex was the reason forthe pt6 to get the single engine ifr charter certification. Had they gone with ge and proved its reliable would have give ge some extremly strong data for the same

I did think Nomad!

Options would be good.


Engine options.


Pressurised & non-pressurised.


Floats/ski's.

Why wouldn't they use a PT6? Its clear from the press release that the project is built around the FedEx order and FedEx and its associates has a long history of using PT6 powered aircraft.

The transition period of the new aircraft coming online to current PT6 operators alone would justify a common engine type.

Wunwing

So, P&W got single engine IFR certification due to the record of single engine IFR operations on the caravan with FedEx ... Taking that at face value, how would putting GE's engine on a multi-engine airplane help them gain single engine certification?

It isn't rocket science to work out reliability in a multi and calculate risk for single engine IFR applications.

Because the engines are independent of each other. Plus the bonus of ever 1 hour flyi g time you are getting 2 hours of reliable record. So in fact it can be shown in half the flight hours as againts to 208

Over 12 months ago the pt6 seris had over 550million flight hours in service.

ASEPTA approval in Australia is based on engine/airframe reliability not just the engine. Think you will find that some C-208 variants aren’t ASEPTA approved in Australia (yet), Caravan EX maybe? Other types such as the PC-6 won’t get a lookin without reliability data.

ASEA is such a joke. Just approve anything with a PT6.

Yes. You can make any caravan complaint with the mods. The aircraft is in tne consideration but ghe main thing is the thing at the front converting liquid into noise.

Weird looking props?

GE vs PW argument aside, there are some potential uses for it. Payload is on par with DHC6-400. Faster cruise but takeoff distance handicap. Pacific Islands over water uses spring to mind.

Folks,
Looks like it will be the first aircraft to be certified under the new FAR/EASA 23.
Be interesting to see if the rather radical new system will work, probably beautifully, as CASA are already saying No!

Tootle pip!!

Particularly if it's certified for 19 seats Leadie, Kiwi regs would fix all this - BUT WHAT WOULD WE KNOW?

Duck Pilot,
Exactly!
Tootle Pip!!