ATR-92

[keesje]

The empty weight of the Q400 is around 17k kg, the empty weight of an Atr72-600 around 13k kg. Even if you fly exactly the same flight profile with an Q400 as an Atr72, someone has to pay for flying around 4k kg of aircraft. Bigger engines, landing gears, everything. For a Q400 the extra performance has to pay for the higher operating cost somehow, otherwise it's useless deadweight.

[EstorilM]

Originally Posted by DaveReidUK

There's very little point in putting winglets on a turboprop.

And don't call any aircraft a -800, it will only make the airlines think they need a bigger one.

Most modern designs have them - the TBM's, Pilatus', and as others said, King Airs, etc..

I didn't realize the ATR fuselage was wider than the Q400; I generally thought that was a larger aircraft in almost all respects.

Anyways, I think this concept has a TON of potential give recent advancements in turboprop technology, and the recent additional routes in the regional segment.