And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
first Pilatus I ever saw was a Porter. I was on a 2-3 day detail near Quang-Tri city. Across the road aways was some outpost or the other that rated air-messenger service once or twice per day. STOL was new to me and along with the unique sound of the engine, the Porter became a private airshow of sorts.
The airflow from the prop swirls in the same direction as the propeller rotation. The exhaust stacks are shaped to create the least drag in the prop's airflow and to keep the exhaust gases from discolouring the paint. If you have a King Air you can install Frakes stacks. https://www.frakesaviation.com Al_in_Ottawa
I think it's hilarious that we can build jets that reach 3 times the speed of sound but nobody can afford to pump fuel into one all day so now our military is looking at THIS.
You had me at turbo but added prop. Sold
ReplyDeleteHey look, somebody stuck a ceiling fan on the front of an airplane.
ReplyDeleteI've had my eye on this one for some time. It would be a great stablemate to my Yak 3, if I had a Yakolev 3.
ReplyDeleteis this an agro upgraded to attack platform?
ReplyDeletelovin' it.
No, this was built from the git-go to be a fighter jet pilot trainer.
DeleteThe AirTractor AT-802 is the cropduster turned into a CAS attack plane.
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ReplyDeletefirst Pilatus I ever saw was a Porter. I was on a 2-3 day detail near Quang-Tri city. Across the road aways was some outpost or the other that rated air-messenger service once or twice per day. STOL was new to me and along with the unique sound of the engine, the Porter became a private airshow of sorts.
ReplyDeletePratt and Whitney PT-6 reverse flow air coupled power turbine. Nice.
ReplyDeleteYou think they'd be able to get the exhaust stacks level.
ReplyDeleteThe airflow from the prop swirls in the same direction as the propeller rotation. The exhaust stacks are shaped to create the least drag in the prop's airflow and to keep the exhaust gases from discolouring the paint.
DeleteIf you have a King Air you can install Frakes stacks. https://www.frakesaviation.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkcX50Hi9-I
ReplyDeleteA Storch on steroids.
ReplyDeleteMike Patey's Scrappy is the Storch on steroids.
DeleteI think it's hilarious that we can build jets that reach 3 times the speed of sound but nobody can afford to pump fuel into one all day so now our military is looking at THIS.
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