The Pilatus PC-6 Porter is a single-engined Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) utility aircraft designed by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. It has been built in both piston engine and turboprop powered versions (Turbo-Porter) and was produced for a time by Fairchild Hiller in the United States.
- Role: STOL Passenger and utility aircraft
- National origin: Switzerland
- Manufacturer: Pilatus Aircraft
- First flight: Porter – 4 May 1959, Turbo-Porter – 2 May 1961.
- Produced: 1959-present
- Number built:581 (As of August 2014)
- Status: Active service
Specifications PC-6 B2 Turbo-Porter
General characteristics
- Crew: one, pilot
- Capacity: up to ten passengers
- Payload: 1,130 kg (2,491 lb)
- Length: 11.00 m (36 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 15.87 m (52 ft 0¾ in)
- Height: 3.20 m (10 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 30.15 m² (324.5 sq ft)
- Airfoil: NACA 64-514
- Aspect ratio: 8.4:1
- Empty weight: 1,270 kg (2,800 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 2,800 kg (6,173 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 turboprop, 410 kW (550 shp)(downrated from 507 kW (680 shp))
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 280 km/h (151 knots, 174 mph)
- Maximum speed: 232 km/h (125 knots, 144 mph)
- Cruise speed: 213 km/h (115 knots, 132 mph) at 3,050 m (10,000 ft)
- Stall speed: 96 km/h (52 knots, 60 mph) (flaps down, power off)
- Range: 730 km (394 nmi, 453 mi) with maximum payload
- Ferry range: 1,612 km (870 nmi, 1,002 mi) with maximum internal and underwing fuel
- Service ceiling: 8,197 m (25,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 4.8 m/s (941 ft/min)
