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Post subject: Re: Diamont Single Turboprop first flight  Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 15:36 |
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Orrrrrrr, it'll just go the way of the RR500TP
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Post subject: Re: Diamont Single Turboprop first flight Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 21:13 |
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Is it me or are those wings really stubby ( pic ) MC  I dig the power plant
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Post subject: Re: Diamont Single Turboprop first flight Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 21:22 |
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Username Protected wrote: Is it me or are those wings really stubby ( pic ) MC I dig the power plant And it holds seven people. Not sure where the bags would go, may a cargo pod would at to it looks. Kevin
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Post subject: Re: Diamont Single Turboprop first flight Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 21:46 |
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Username Protected wrote: Turbine that isn't pressurized? Who they take me for - Scrooge McDuck?  See Cessna Caravan I sure would love a pair of those motors and props for my Duke.
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Post subject: Re: Diamont Single Turboprop first flight Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 21:57 |
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Username Protected wrote: Turbine that isn't pressurized? Who they take me for - Scrooge McDuck? Adam why all turboprop has to be pressurized ? Depends on your mission ,my friend in Germany has BONANZA TURBOPROP he loves this plane and he doesn't want pressurized 
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Post subject: Re: Diamont Single Turboprop first flight Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 23:09 |
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Username Protected wrote: he doesn't want pressurized :D Nobody "doesn't want pressurized". Some people accept they don't have it. Mike C.
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Post subject: Re: Diamont Single Turboprop first flight Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 23:15 |
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Username Protected wrote: he doesn't want pressurized Nobody "doesn't want pressurized". Some people accept they don't have it. Mike C.
For some, the mission is low and slow. Pressurization adds complexity, cost, and reduced view.
I can foresee the day I will want a low and slow open cockpit airplane.
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Post subject: Re: Diamont Single Turboprop first flight Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 23:25 |
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Username Protected wrote: For some, the mission is low and slow. Turboprop not indicated. We were talking about turboprops being pressurized, right? Mike C.
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Post subject: Re: Diamont Single Turboprop first flight Posted: 22 Jan 2015, 23:38 |
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Every airplane is a compromise. Pressurization is only needed if you intend to fly high usually combined with cross country flights. I would be willing to wager that there are as many or more turboprop aircraft in service without pressurization as there are with it.
The Caravan is arguably one of Cessna's largest successes since the 172. It's a turboprop with no pressurization. It's mission doesn't require it.
The Twin Otter probably has the best resale vs. original price of any plane out there. It is highly sought after. It's also an unpressurized turboprop. You could also put the turbine Otter conversions, Kodiak, PAC 750, Porter, and turbine Beaver conversions in the same category.
Look at the production numbers for Air Tractor and Thrush for the last ten years. Combined, they probably make as many turboprop airplanes as anyone else. They are all unpressurized as are the turbine Ag Cats, Braves, Dromader, and Fletchers.
Don't forget helicopters. Most are turbine powered and none are pressurized.
I think it is pretty easy to think everyone else flies what we fly personally, but there is a whole world of aircraft out there, each well suited to their particular mission.
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Post subject: Re: Diamont Single Turboprop first flight Posted: 23 Jan 2015, 00:03 |
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Craig, You missed the Quest Zodiac. Tim
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Post subject: Re: Diamont Single Turboprop first flight Posted: 23 Jan 2015, 00:37 |
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Fuel is the issue I would think. How much fuel does that airframe hold?
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